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Starcraft 2: which region?

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I'm in Pakistan and I was wondering which version I should buy. I get a latency of about 175-220ms to Europe. Korea is higher.

Will 220+ be good enough to play online?

I would greatly appreciate someone giving me a guest pass just to try if the game is playable or not.



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What would happen if 4-5 people from Pakistan buy the same region. Would playing against them give me low pings, or would it lag because the host would be European? I would guess the former. Right?

I've played CnC generals and Warhammer online before. They work well enough i'd say.
 
The Green Bean said:
What would happen if 4-5 people from Pakistan buy the same region. Would playing against them give me low pings, or would it lag because the host would be European? I would guess the former. Right?

I've played CnC generals and Warhammer online before. They work well enough i'd say.
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SC2 games are hosted on Blizzard's servers, so still expect lag.
 
Battlenet has noticible ping right now even when playing in the right region, i estimate 300-500 most times from what I've been feeling. 200ms might not be too bad when everyone has 500 and you have 675-720.
 
Even with high pings it's not that bad.
I know a guy currently in Japan who I play with since he's Euro and plays on Euro servers and it hasn't been a problem for him playing 1v1, and I haven't noticed any problems when we play 3v3 etc.

220ms shouldn't be too bad, and less than Japan to Europe.
 
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