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No idea. Just got in a room with about 4 Gaffers the rest Japanese players and the lag was horrible. I'd love to play worldwide matches if it was feasible, but it's not, so matchmatching should just be regional IMO.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but based on the comments here since launch, I strongly suspect the lag you saw was due to the GAF players, or yourself, and not Japan.

I play hours a day with 5-7 Japanese players in my game and have seen a truly laggy player maybe four times, ever. I have had exactly two disconnect, ever. I've played online for almost 80 hours now via wifi in Toronto.
 
Sorry to burst your bubble, but based on the comments here since launch, I strongly suspect the lag you saw was due to the GAF players, or yourself, and not Japan.

I play hours a day with 5-7 Japanese players in my game and have seen a truly laggy player maybe four times, ever. I have had exactly two disconnect, ever. I've played online for almost 80 hours now via wifi in Toronto.
This.

When my internet is actually co-operating and not being a bitch I rarely have issues with Japanese players. When my internet is being a bitch then, well, I quite obviously have issues with everybody and not just one nation in particular.
 
Sorry to burst your bubble, but based on the comments here since launch, I strongly suspect the lag you saw was due to the GAF players, or yourself, and not Japan.

I play hours a day with 5-7 Japanese players in my game and have seen a truly laggy player maybe four times, ever. I have had exactly two disconnect, ever. I've played online for almost 80 hours now via wifi in Toronto.

The lag is almost certainly masked by a prediction algorithm based on the player's previous trajectory, like in mario kart 8. You aren't going to see lag manifest itself as players teleporting all over the place, because that simply can't happen.

However, that doesn't mean the lag isn't there. It has to be; data takes time to travel, and you're thousands of miles from Japan. Add in your TV's input lag, wireless controller lag, and the fact that one or both of you is on WiFi, and you're dealing with at least 200-300 ping. That's enough time for many weapons to splat a player at mid-range. Assuming Splatoon uses client-side hit detection, you're looking at a lot of double splats that should never have happened.

Even if Nintendo does a pretty good job of masking lag, it's still there.
 
Sorry to burst your bubble, but based on the comments here since launch, I strongly suspect the lag you saw was due to the GAF players, or yourself, and not Japan.

I play hours a day with 5-7 Japanese players in my game and have seen a truly laggy player maybe four times, ever. I have had exactly two disconnect, ever. I've played online for almost 80 hours now via wifi in Toronto.
Ehhh it's mostly a mix of the two. The only INKredibly laggy rollers I've fought against were all Japanese.
But I mostly dont have problems with them outside of a few situations that quickly get solved (mostly through a DC).
The lag is almost certainly masked by a prediction algorithm based on the player's previous trajectory, like in mario kart 8. You aren't going to see lag manifest itself as players teleporting all over the place, because that simply can't happen.
Tell that to a cute Aerospray inkling I fought last week. Maybe it was a mix of jumping all over the place and lag, but it was terrifying lol
 
Zero²;170371349 said:
Are you playing Turf? If so losing really doesnt mean much, I almost always get to the 1000 range even with a loss.
Now ranked, the matchmaking may work that way, but who gets on your team is random anyway, so if you lose it's bad luck or you maybe you are not doing so Hawt :P

Yeah, turf war. And despite losing all the time, I can consistently beat the ink coverage scores of the opposing team and usually range between 5-10 splats handed out, so it's not that I'm unhappy with my own performance -- but losing so many games is still a bummer, regardless.
 
Yeah, turf war. And despite losing all the time, I can consistently beat the ink coverage scores of the opposing team and usually range between 5-10 splats handed out, so it's not that I'm unhappy with my own performance -- but losing so many games is still a bummer, regardless.
Are you level 20? Which weapon are you using?
But yeah losing streaks happen, I mostly take a breath and change weapons. It almost always helps ^^
I can't do anything with both of you guys constantly looking at me. :(
Now you know how it is when you were focusing on killing me. People are so mean to inkbrush users :(
 
Anyone have any recommended YouTube channels with regular Splatoon coverage? I've been looking at a few of them, but regularly find myself getting grouchy watching them. I like the way this guy plays but have trouble finding other people that don't make me want to backseat drive the whole time while watching.

It's too easy to put yourself in the shoes of the player when spectating matches. Maybe I need to be less critical and chill out a little.
 
Zero²;170375978 said:
Tell that to a cute Aerospray inkling I fought last week. Maybe it was a mix of jumping all over the place and lag, but it was terrifying lol

After thinking about it, I'm 100% wrong about that being impossible. Pretty sure I complained about a Kraken teleporting on top of me in this exact thread lol
 
Yeah I watched on my map today as an inbrush user teleported back and forth in the middle area of blackbelly skatepark. It was bizarre
 
I've seen what you do when people ignore you... you and all the inkbrush.
Ugh cant wait to get another inkbrush loadout, sprinklers are nice, but only really matter for setting decoys and covering ground.
I'll try improving my Dynamo skills someday, it rivals the inkbrush in satisfaction when you get that surprise double kill.
 
Grakl just killed an inkbrush user and their attack animation PERSISTED ON THE FUCKING SCREEN FOR THIRTY SECONDS


THEN IT KILLED HIM

Splatoon is punishing me for trying to act like I know shit about how its matchmaking works
 
Sorry to burst your bubble, but based on the comments here since launch, I strongly suspect the lag you saw was due to the GAF players, or yourself, and not Japan.

I play hours a day with 5-7 Japanese players in my game and have seen a truly laggy player maybe four times, ever. I have had exactly two disconnect, ever. I've played online for almost 80 hours now via wifi in Toronto.

You're right, it could be. Regardless usually with online multiplayer games, even if I'm on a good connection, I tend not to play with players in Japan or Australia. I'd love to but the chance of lag is obviously higher.
 
Anyone have any recommended YouTube channels with regular Splatoon coverage? I've been looking at a few of them, but regularly find myself getting grouchy watching them. I like the way this guy plays but have trouble finding other people that don't make me want to backseat drive the whole time while watching.

It's too easy to put yourself in the shoes of the player when spectating matches. Maybe I need to be less critical and chill out a little.

Is that Xetah I see at the start of the video?

Lol @ Violet_Q using the Kraken on me right after mine ran out.
 
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