*See Bolivia National football team. Less air == low ping
/rape
(apologies m7, but your character seems to have changed somewhat recently)
Anyway, don't call it PBCup, and everyone is happy. PBCup should be reserved as a global tournament, this is the issue Europeans are having a problem with.
I agree that in the example you list there is an extreme home field advantage. Is that the norm? No.
And I confess I don't follow soccer much. Do they host many international events in Bolivia's mountains? Or do they look for more even playing fields?
And does that advantage reverse when they go to the other hometown? If not then consider eR33t servers your Bolivian equivalent. You are coming to an event they are hosting and must live with the penalty.
You all say you want something fair. But alternating very unfair conditions is not actually fair. It just means that the team that gets two maps on the bad conditions is likely to lose.
And at no point can you have both teams playing at their top level.
And how have I changed because I don't want to play with high ping?
I have had the same position on that point all along. As anyone who was in InT with me could tell you I did not like to match folks across the pond due to ping issues. I made it very clear then and do now.
You all want to make it a national issue when it is a practical issue. Branding folks as ethnocentric because they don't want headaches associated with high ping and different time zones is smearing.