QUOTE(kwss @ Aug 31 2024, 10:34 PM)
That's the problem of gamer vs ISP in general.
ISP only care about IP address and AS.
Gamer talk about geographic location.
Until you can provide a traceroute to the game server, reporting is just a waste of everyone time. They 100% close your report.
But since you mention Singapore, I guess it's TM-Equinix again. Well known peering that's congested all the time.
I corrected him and asked whether he meant a tracert instead of a telnet.

Yes, should be the TM-Equinix link. The developer's network engineer commented:
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For Valorant, they're using the AWS global accelerator, which is announced under AS16509 (i.e: NOT distinguisable from regular AWS/Amazon traffic).
Unfortunately, given that the bulk of the problem is on the inbound path, and since BGP cannot operate at a port level, we will probably require the following:
Increased preferences via peering at Equinix / SGIX Singapore to Amazon when being exported by your IIG. This will force Amazon to shun your ITC peers and send traffic directly via the IXP.