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From the start of the contest, a subject that will be talked about a lot emerged: the ping. As expected, the Korean company is very excited, accusing riot games Minus will strain LCK players due to instrument softening ping 35, allowing Chinese players to compete remotely from their own buildings. The last “BlockedDue to coronavirus pandemic restrictions in China. However, it should be noted that they were definitely not stuck, but when they came to South Korea for MSI, they did not return in time to play the Asian Games. Due to the enforced quarantine period.
This decision caused a lot of ink to flow, but it was just the beginning of hell for Riot. Many players from Korea and other regions have repeatedly said that the connection with Busan Arena is bad. If the organizers sold 35 pings, this was perceived by some as 60 or even 70 pings. This question came up constantly in interviews and press conferences. After 3 days of competition, Riot Games has finally revealed its mistake. The organizers had to speak, it was a team unfair advantage !
How to explain this union problem?
Alex FrancoisRiot Games’ Global Head of Competitive Operations explained why and how this morning. He told us that an internal investigation was being carried out as soon as possible after the feedback from players and teams. Better late than never, but we can point out that it takes time to come to a conclusion… In the end, the bad feedback can be explained by a very simple reason: The fixer’s ping is incorrectly set. A calculation error, possibly human, created a difference between the target delay and the received delay. Obviously, some will be surprised that the tests have not found this bug so far… Again, we are talking about the 2nd biggest tournament of the year! Riot Games categorically apologizes. There is no real explanation except that after the first days of feedback it was necessary to create an internal and personalized program at the last moment to find the source of the error.
We can salute the transparency of the organizers. But we can regret this very unprofessional situation.
Why was China ahead?
RNG He doesn’t play in Busan Arena and therefore didn’t suffer from this miscalculation. So, as expected, he played in 35 pings where all the other teams took advantage of the poor feedback. The situation is therefore very ironic: remote players had less ping than those traveling on the ground! Although 3 full days of competition have passed, the organizers must make decisions so that their schedules are not completely disrupted. Two scenarios were observed:
- Matches played without RNG : Both teams had the same bad conditions. Consequently, the results were confirmed for lack of anything better.
- Matches played with RNG : The Chinese had a direct advantage over their rivals. All of these matches need to be repeated over and over again.
To be honest, RNG will probably beat RED Canids, Istanbul Wildcats and PSG Talon again. However, Riot Games must make this decision so as not to completely lose the sport.
Source : Millenium
