Choosing the server that suits us most in online games

The online game has entered as a gale in our lives, any game that pretending to be a great success does not usually neglect the online section and there are great categories of games that are only online, from the traditional MMORPG to the current MOBA.

To provide service to this online game, companies have servers that are responsible for providing this type of items. Except in very exceptional cases, this is not done in a single set of servers, but server groups are made available to users, normally divided by geographical areas.

The normal thing is that we want to play servers that are in our geographical area, players will share our schedules, probably our language, our culture and, above all, communication with the server will be faster. But, there are circumstances in which we will want to play on servers from another geographical region, for example:

Restricted games by location , on many occasions games are not accessible from our current location. This is usually something quite common in games that are only distributed in South Korea or Japan. Skip IP locks. Our IP address or the IP address range of our provider may be blocked by the servers of the game, this sometimes occurs with IPS groups of large suppliers that are assigned to a region other than that we are. Access to itinerancia platforms . Some platforms, such as Steam or Humble Bundle, block access or payment services to those users who connect from a location other than the registered location. Play games that have not yet been released in our country . There are games are initially launched in a given geographical area, this is very common in beta phases of online games. To access these games early, it is necessary to be in the designated geographical area. Access game servers from other regions . If we want to play with friends from other countries or we are displaced and we want to play with our friends or our guild or if we play in hours when there is little activity in our region, we may want to play in a region other than that corresponds to us.

In order to jump these limitations, we need our connection to be originated at one point within the desired region, there are two ways in which this can be achieved, by means of a proxy or by a VPN.

In both cases the effect is similar, but not how to achieve it, a proxy basically receives our requests and forwards them to their destination by changing the source data, the problem of a proxy is that it does not provide security to the connection (rather everything The opposite) and it is not recommended to send account data and even less payment through a proxy.

On the other hand, a VPN generates a safe tunnel, within this tunnel all communication is encrypted, so there is no risk of exposure of our data, which is more advisable in the case of wanting to use connection or payment data (as is usual in this type of game).

The VPN, such as almost everything, the payment and free. You have to be very careful with free services, first, because in many cases are proxy services offered as VPN, and second, because in many cases do not offer data security guarantee.

There are a number of points that are worth reviewing when looking for a good VPN service to access online games:

1. Compatibility , it is obviously necessary that there is a version of the VPN client for our device (either the PC or a mobile device or console), or failing that our Rug can be used.
2. Number of servers , the more servers you have the easiest VPN service will be to find one in the region to which we intend to connect.
3. Performance , perhaps one of the most important points, since many VPN services cause a significant reduction in the speed of the connection by generating LAG problems or a high ping.
4. Safety , a VPN adds security to your connection, can offer various encryption degrees, anonymity warranty services or absence of records that provide added value to the service.
5. Servers dedicated to games . Some VPN services offer specially optimized servers for players.

Conclusion As we have seen, we will not always want to use the server closest to our location. The use of a VPN will give us a series of extra functionalities in addition to changing our geographical location and if we follow the advice of this article, we will avoid problems when it comes to doing so.