This just in ...

Read it here ...

http://sea.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/72596

This post has been edited by XenoFr3ak: Sep 20 2010, 10:11 AM

impending NA flood of SEA ppl wwwwwww

anyone know whats the changelog?

F YEAH!

yeeehaw kekeke

Time to own the Americans!

Time for laggy-ness

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"You have been dropped"!

wahahaha, looking forward to see the patch info, i think alot things going to change

Q: How will my friends list and rankings be handled?
A: All account-specific data, including friends lists, rankings, achievements, statistics, titles, and unlockable rewards, will be tracked separately for each region's Battle.net servers, and will not carry over between them.

WTF is this?

hahaha,
We can see more creative swearings now from Uncle Sam

It means that, u gonna have 2 separate profiles..

derp moment

lol all my frens practicing their off race for US server already...

racism launch detected

From 3 race..
now add another 2 race..
Blacks and Whites..

i going move to NA!!!

hor now only move? dun welcome you anymore

so basically they are letting us to have 2 accounts. That got me thinking: Can i give my US account to my friend then while i keep playing on SEA?

Anyway i wont have time to replay single player to unlock those achievements all over again so probably will only play on NA for custom games or join tourney only. See hows the connection first.

This post has been edited by fizyboy: Sep 20 2010, 07:31 PM

>My face when SEA players with BMs move into US servers

You know what? I think I'll just quit SCII

u can not welcome me move ... but u cant stop me

BMs?

Bad manners

erm, sea can go US, but do US can come sea?

nope, and nor do i (and i would assume, the rest as well) want to rofl

well it matters abit for new players who havent got their copy because you can buy NA region for U$60 (RM186), compare to RM215 from garage sale or RM248 from local game store.

I forget to keep my save file. Later mission should keep it so that just load and get back achievement.

Finally, off i move to NA.

this would be epic...and those wee hours players can still have lots of games...lol

i guess.. sea will be quiet for a while~~~~

and it would be YOUR fault

Aren't you guys concerned at all about the possibility of us having above average latencies in the NA servers? Or has this issue been addressed in the pass?

Personally I would move to NA too based on the asumption that NA players are simply better than SEA player, of course, I might be wrong. There's also a huge possibility of SEA being underpopulated due to a mass migration
That wouldn't be really nice

yeah means we can play all the nice custom map from US server, thumbs up!

But back in sc:bw days latency seems ácceptable to me

the disconnections were not.

back in sc:bw the netcode is running on UDP. for nowdays connection or even game (read:sc2) UDP is no longer feasible. during the beta proven it. now they are using a hybrid of UDP/TCP

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Added on September 22, 2010, 9:51 amlatency isnt an issue unless you're playing at the highest level and very serious on laddering

also yes, NA players would generally be better for various reasons. one of them being that since they have vastly MORE players, chances of getting more good players would indefinitely be higher.

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Sep 22 2010, 09:51 AM

During the beta it was okay. Do not foresee any latency issues.

Besides, if the rumors were to be true, it seems that IAH merely maintains the Login/Profile & Achievement/A.I servers.

beta had terrible terrible damage lag and disconnections lol. but of course, they were experimenting with the netcode

During the initial start of the beta yes, but towards the end of the beta, the connections were decent and stable. Yes there were the random disconnects when TM was PMSing, but majority of the time it was ok.

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Added on September 22, 2010, 10:46 amI played beta before, it seems that at times IAH server connection seems worse then beta servers

This post has been edited by Sky.Live: Sep 22 2010, 10:46 AM

true that though

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Added on September 22, 2010, 10:47 ami played both NA and SEA.

SEA delay is noticeably lower, however, not by much. then again, SEA got this HORRIBLE spikes at random thats imo is worse than the delays of NA

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Sep 22 2010, 10:47 AM

good larh... at least i can finally climb up the ladder with all the pros going to NA...

beta phase 2 was really good imho...
better than current SEA lol...

yeah. having spikes was just sigh. had a TON of them during vista lasik (though no, not gonna use it as an excuse cuz it was clear that id lose with or without the spikes) and it was just not pleasant at all.

Since we're in the topic of disconnections, is it just me or does the SEA server have very shitty stability? 10% of my ladder losses are caused by random disconnections from battlenet, or maybe it's the fact that I'm using wireless =O

Some of my game do lag (jerking) but never a total disconnect.

thats you using wireless.

never seem to have disconnections while i play SEA. just shitty "spikes"

yeah, wired connection more stable, my friend from SG which using wireless connection also facing disconnection problem.

in my case its just "u have been dropped"...
nvr happen on my 1v1 ladders (i only had 35 games on it anyways lol) but happen on my 3s and 4s at times...
other than that? its smooth...
so jz minor dc moments for me, no jerking etc...

in the end depends on the ip...
i always sc2 wit 124 ip over 115...
115 is spiky...

Wireless is not very reliable. Even in my home just simply pinging www.tm.net.my , for wired my ping is consistently 18-21ms. Then once I change to wireless N, the ping fluctuates from 25-90ms. Not noticable for web surfing, but less reliable for online gaming. Sometimes it would lag for no appratent reason, only solution is to reset the whole wireless part of the router, then it'll back to normal.

wut i learnt from wow? screw wireless...
it jz randomly spikes and dc u cause of that lol...
for gaming, go wired!

Lol unfortunately for me I'm playing my SC2 on a laptop, in my room, with no LAN sockets, if that's what you call them. Desktop's GPU's fried so it's a no go, and I'm just lazy to play outside my room =O

NA bronze will go rage, cause they will pitch with plat/diamond SEA players when we are doing our placement match .

planetary fortress rush FTW!!

ALL IP same. and the biggest wonders: i get no such bullshit playing NA servers (supposedly, america further than SG aye? OLOLOLOL)

- The Standard (US) and Standard for Lefties (US) hotkey configurations are now available in all regions.
- A new game clock has been added. Players can now instantly see how long they've been in their current mission or match. This feature can be turned on or off in the Gameplay Options menu.
- A new Quick Save option is now available for the single-player campaign. Players can now quickly save their mission progress by pressing Ctrl + Q.
- A new System Panel has been added. Players can now view their local time and FPS while in game by mousing over the Menu (F10) button in the upper-left hand corner of the game screen. Laptop users can also view Wi-Fi signal strength and battery levels.
- Sight granted by death reveal no longer lifts Fog of War. Units revealed in this manner are not targetable.
- (Mac only) Moved StarCraft II data files and settings from the Documents folder into the Application Support folder.
- Support for NVIDIA 3D Vision has been added. To experience StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty in 3D on your desktop or notebook, you will need 3D Vision. For more information, visit www.nvidia.com/Starcraft3D

This post has been edited by hiroshi: Sep 22 2010, 12:44 PM

just want to pitch in my experience..

I'm using wireless network for my gaming PC right now.. my connection is quite good so far, no lagging or jerkiness that is noticeable..

however.. this is after I changed my wireless network card to external USB wifi device and it even have an external antenna connected to it.. my previous wifi device gave me all sorts of connection problems

so the moral of the story is.. if u are using wifi, try to get the High Gain wireless device that have 6inch antenna attached to it.. now I can even get near full bar reception from my neighbor's house

well depends on the routing rather than the location in terms of spikiness...
if u get routed to heavily congested path then its still gg

ps: i gonna suicide my way to bronze in US and roll nubs lol

Hmm i wonder since u can select either SEA or NA server to play, can 2 person use same account 2 play? 1 person play SEA the other play NA at the same time lolzzzz

atm i think its possible since its separate accounts, anyone care to try? lol

well this method works for sc1 battle.net...
but not sure bout sc2...lol

last time my fren borrow my account cd-key n i ask him play other servers while i go us west...lol

This post has been edited by aLertz: Sep 22 2010, 02:41 PM

Then plat/diamond SEA players can go rage also when suddenly they lost to bronze NA players in placement match

so you're saying im ALWAYS routed (regardless of IP range, all 4 of them that i can connect to) to shit connecting to singapore while they give me win route to USA? good logic lol.

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Added on September 22, 2010, 3:25 pmSEA to NA, however not vice versa

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Sep 22 2010, 03:25 PM

well i dun have the spikes u mention when i am on 124 ip...
rarely DC (do happens at times)...
so my experience was so far pretty ok...

your league games combined is like 200+ while im over 500 already. almost 3 times the amount you played :/
even if you considered combining customs and leagues, im at 651 while you 588.

of course, those statistics are me doing NA solely, however EVERY god damn time i go SEA, every f***ing time i get those spikes/jerks. while on the SAME IP on the SAME DAY, i go back NA, no problem AT ALL.

IP used are 60.48/60.49/60.50/118. ranges (utter shit IP)

that cant be right at all when someone in malaysia is getting more stable (not "necessarily" better, as i said, latency delays in NA is heavier than SEA) connection connecting to USA while having an unstable one connecting to Singapore. again, latency is lowered due to closer distance, however id rather take the added latency to USA if im getting a guaranteed smooth connection for the entire session.

I'm in the same shoes as you.
Same starting ip address as well.

Have tested with both and it does seem that the 124 ip gives us the best route to the singapore IAH server.
115 can be really bad until even after logging in, nothing is showing up.

I have never been able to download any maps with my streamyx line.
Always have to plug in my maxis broadband to download any custom maps.

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Added on September 22, 2010, 4:01 pmYea. Stick with 124.

Yours does sound like PJ Subang area I think.

I'm pretty sad that those ip ranges was initially available for my area in desa petaling, which helps when you play WoW.
Ever since it got changed to 115.135 and 124.18, I had to always use tunnels to play WoW, though I have already quit that game now.
Just not sure why your ip range is terrible for Singapore. Probably routed you all the way to Taiwan and then back to Singapore.

Try a tracert to sea.battle.net and see what ip addresses you route to. That might give you an idea why is it so slow to connect to singapore.

This post has been edited by tatyinw: Sep 22 2010, 04:01 PM

lol from my experience, the 60.48/49 ip is really good for US (WoW lol)...
mostly IP sets and routing...
since that's ur ip range ntg much u can do...
i cant get those ip as well in my new place so i gotta tunnel for wow back then...

speaking of maxis broadband, while its wireless connection is shit for gaming and what not, the bandwidth speed is insane lol... downloaded steam/recettear in office at 400-500KB/sec (corporate line blocking steam LOL, so had to hook my phone up)

and i live in intan baiduri, between kepong/selayang jaya area.

not adding much.. except for recettear

CAPITALISM HO!

Damn....even kepong selayang area get that too?
My friend living near SJMC is getting that range too.
Why my area has to suffer with the weird new ip ranges....
I was getting 118.100 and 60.** ranges before this...

Yea. It is not stable for gaming, but its awesome for downloading things.
Even streaming is great. Great for watching the day[9] dailies.
If only my line is not capped at 1.5gb.

118 is rubbish weh lol. but the 60's are nice.

and lol at the cap. typically i have my usage on 500-600MB/month. 1 recettear only added like 700MB. lol almost killing my 1.5gb limited XD
well, hopefully it goes well. im at 1gb now, 8ish days to go, and according to meter predictions based on usage, id be at 1.2-1.4gb

When I played it my cousin place, it prompt a 1.1 patch.. when I am at home there's nothing @@

Haha yea. I remember cursing the 118.100 ip address.
Until I actually wrote a login script to keep trying until I get a certain ip address.
After that, I try to make sure that I don't switch off my modem.... ever....

Haha. Try not to use so much or stream so much.
You'll survive.

Weird. Tried starting it again?

This post has been edited by tatyinw: Sep 23 2010, 06:07 PM

So, lets move onto NA server and leave SEA to rot. Including their lc admin IAH

IP used to make a hella difference for me last time, now every IP is the same, I can get both 118.xxx and 60.48.xx but it's the same, everyday during 10~12PM (which is my prime time) it just starts to lag... zzzzz

tested playing on both servers.

Theres a small but noticable delay when playing in US.
Its ok if you're slow at micro but when your APM is higher( 100-ish) it gets annoying.

No delay when playing in SEA. response is almost instant. So, laddering is still better in SEA.

Yea. It is absolutely terrible for custom games like storm of the imperial sands. Don't ever play it on the na region if you can....
You'll want to rage quit every time you try to kill someone...

hmm.... i find the NA community doesnt like us much.....

why ah? racism?

White supremacy.

Then again, no need to mention you're from SEA and they'll leave ya alone just fine.

Tried the NA server yesterday,
can feel the 0.3 seconds lag, but game was smooth..
Won 3 out of 4 placing matches.. 1v1

pfft my bronze league SEA n00b a$$ also beat 2 silvers and 2 golds in my NA placements ... /flex

Maybe NA has many good players BUT also many bad players!! LOL

Yeah NA has many good players and bad players and terribad players and awesome players and cheese players LOL!!!

LOL!!!
LOL!!!

It all boils down to percentage. Not "many this many that".

NA Bronze league > Entire SEA Starcraft population.

nt really lol...
US have tonnes of noobs...
from wut i experienced, their are the 2 extreme (super nub or super pro) lol

need help. i launch SC2 today and it patched.

now i can't start any custom game. i can't go single player, if i were to click CONTINUE CAMPAIGN it'll show something about exit and load previous version.

what exactly is going on har?

hmmm leave it on to download the maps/ files etc...
happens always on the first loadup after a install/ patch...

Havent download the patch yet

damn crappy. just now got CREATE button so i tot ok liao. want to start game with fren, blehh download start. some LYN members would know how sucky battle.net treats me.

lol i was having this issue yesterday (i think SEA server over crowded)...
i swap to US server download maps over there for 1v1 then cross to SEA back and the maps are linked...

Yea. Same problem here haha.
Had to go NA to get all the maps.
Damn slow but at least I see the download bar moving...

LoooooooooooooooooooooooL. I just got promoted to Diamond 3v3 Random. Broken ranking is broken.

maybe you are worthy there, you wont know =)
if you are really not you will be demoted someday then

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Added on September 25, 2010, 12:49 pmany idea how to ping battle.net server? I wanna know if my connection is stable or not..

I am having problem lately.. ping tm.net 400ms... swt

This post has been edited by Sky.Live: Sep 25 2010, 12:49 PM

Oh well still it is a promotion.
Gratz on joining the Diamond League.

Thanks.

But no, I'm not diamond league material. Not to mention I was using Zherk the whole way, which means I tend to suck more than not.

Lol just finished my 5 placement in NA, got into platinum

Just finished my 5 placement matches at NA, got into platinum.

The opponent are almost the same after all? Just that NA players love to play cheese or early rushes lolol

1st placement match = vs against 3 gateway + VR rush
3rd placement match = cannon rush
4th placement match = 6 pool rush
5th placement match = 9 pool + spine rush

This post has been edited by LoNeLy-Zhai: Sep 25 2010, 04:26 PM

NA has easily few times the population of SEA. whos overcrowded then? lol

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Added on September 25, 2010, 4:54 pmim still standing by the fact that anything under 50-100 games the system may not correctly assess you for proper demotion/promotion. so if you really want to know where you belong, at least play out 50 games. if you're still diamond by then, then you're diamond

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Sep 25 2010, 04:54 PM