Starcraft 2: which region?

[The Green Bean]

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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[RapidSnail]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2092760

If pings are high for both, go for the one which speaks your language. I would assume Europe.

 

[rcpratt]

I'll give you a guest pass when they take that retarded sticky out of ATOT.

 

[The Green Bean]

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.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

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.

SC2 games are hosted on Blizzard's servers, so still expect lag.

 

[mwmorph]

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.

 

[Lonyo]

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.

 

[beginner99]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2092760

If pings are high for both, go for the one which speaks your language. I would assume Europe.

probably would choose europe. since there are so many languages in the end the common one with unknown ppl is english and most "gamers" understand it.

I would assume but don't know that on korean servers main language will be korean?

 

[Barfo]

Shouldn't you be donating that money to the flood victims in Pakistan instead of buying SC2?

Here: https://www.wfp.org/donate/emergencies