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I would like to take a moment to explain to you all why I feel like some NA players were cheated out of a smooth play experience, even after the introduction of Cubecraft's NA servers. Note that I mean the title in a geographic context, and I will explain that in more detail below.
It has been disclosed publicly by cubecraft staff many times that the NA host is located in Montreal, Canada. Montreal is in the far north east, not too far above New York. As one could assume, this is not an ideal location for west coast players. As a west coast player myself, even with a wired connection and reliable internet, I cannot break double digit ping; I have never been able to reap the benefits of having traditionally low-latency play experience. For comparison, I share roughly the same ping with some of my EU friends to the NA server despite me being in NA myself.
As most Americans will tell you, the geographic center of the united states is in Kansas, quite a ways away from Montreal, canada. There is not a single bedrock featured server that has an NA host closer to the west than to the east. I personally think this is unfair to west coast players for a few key reasons. Notably, they make up a reasonable portion of the NA player base. Should cubecraft's NA host be relocated to a place more towards the geographic center of NA, a player from new york would have roughly the same ping as someone from california.
Given how common it is for servers to be hosted near or in eastern canada, one can only assume that it is either a) cheaper to host there, b) there are simply more available data centers there, or c) both. I suppose it depends on whether cubecraft cares enough to make a more equitable switch. States like Texas or Illinois are great choices for a more ideal host, and they are known for having lots of data centers. Another potential solution is to simply create another NA server in a location such as Los Angeles, california (which have a high population density and also available data centers). Although it should be noted that the cubecraft team likely will release an Asia server before we get to see another NA server location.
Moreover, I at the very least would like to see the team relocate their NA server to a more equitable location for all NA players. East coast players have historically gotten the long end of the stick and it's only fair to change that.
It has been disclosed publicly by cubecraft staff many times that the NA host is located in Montreal, Canada. Montreal is in the far north east, not too far above New York. As one could assume, this is not an ideal location for west coast players. As a west coast player myself, even with a wired connection and reliable internet, I cannot break double digit ping; I have never been able to reap the benefits of having traditionally low-latency play experience. For comparison, I share roughly the same ping with some of my EU friends to the NA server despite me being in NA myself.
As most Americans will tell you, the geographic center of the united states is in Kansas, quite a ways away from Montreal, canada. There is not a single bedrock featured server that has an NA host closer to the west than to the east. I personally think this is unfair to west coast players for a few key reasons. Notably, they make up a reasonable portion of the NA player base. Should cubecraft's NA host be relocated to a place more towards the geographic center of NA, a player from new york would have roughly the same ping as someone from california.
Given how common it is for servers to be hosted near or in eastern canada, one can only assume that it is either a) cheaper to host there, b) there are simply more available data centers there, or c) both. I suppose it depends on whether cubecraft cares enough to make a more equitable switch. States like Texas or Illinois are great choices for a more ideal host, and they are known for having lots of data centers. Another potential solution is to simply create another NA server in a location such as Los Angeles, california (which have a high population density and also available data centers). Although it should be noted that the cubecraft team likely will release an Asia server before we get to see another NA server location.
Moreover, I at the very least would like to see the team relocate their NA server to a more equitable location for all NA players. East coast players have historically gotten the long end of the stick and it's only fair to change that.
