Lag can cripple your gaming experience online, therefore Riot Games is giving ‘League of Legends’ dedicated servers to put an end to this problem once and for all. You can expect the LoL network to be up and running sometime in March.
Seeing the MOBA had sixty-seven million active monthly players in 2014, Riot Games has the power to make dedicated LoL servers to improve the experience of the game.
‘League of Legends’ launched in 2009, and since then it has become one of the biggest games on the planet. The competitive scene is very active, and the championship for the 70 pound Summoner’s Cup has a prize of one million dollars.
It could be the biggest eSports game, and LoL dedicated servers are a good move from Riot Games. Lag is a very prominent thing in League, and being more people than ever are playing it, the stability of the game should be improved.
Here is the breakdown of the ‘League of Legends’ dedicated servers from Riot Games:
Currently, ISPs focus primarily on moving large volumes of data in seconds or minutes, which is good for buffered applications like YouTube or Netflix but not so good for real-time games, which need to move very small amounts of data in milliseconds. On top of that, your internet connection might bounce all over the country instead of running directly to where it needs to go, which can impact your network quality and ping whether the game server is across the country or right down the street.
This is why we’re in the process of creating our own direct network for League traffic and working with ISPs across the US and Canada to connect players to this network.
Riot Games’ network is for North America, and they want to hear feedback about the ‘League of Legends’ dedicated servers from the players. Are you ready for LoL servers in March?