The corona crisis leads to numerous restrictions on public life. So how does one spend time at home? For LoL players obviously with more rounds in the gap. Riot Games has a massive increase in players according to their own statements.
Today NA servers hit about 90% max capacity. As a result, we expect login queues and extended queue times. While we rush to scale up server capacity, we've whitelisted all League Partners and pro-player accounts, allowing these players to bypass queues. (1/3)
— Mel Capperino-Garcia #BLM 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 (@Riotswimbananas) March 19, 2020
Server at the load limit
Mel Capperino-Garcia, Associate Program Manager at Riot Games, reported yesterday on Twitter that Riot’s North American servers were running at 90% capacity. Accordingly, there were queues for login and increased waiting times for game searches. Although Riot is now working on increasing the capacity of the servers, there are still bottlenecks.
Preference for professionals and partners
To mitigate the limitations, Riot has decided to put the professionals and partners of LoL on a “whitelist” that allows them to bypass the queues.
Our thinking is: even if you can't get into game, at least you'll be able to watch your favorite players. We'll be working hard to expand capacity and reduce queue times for everyone as quickly as possible. (2/3)
— Mel Capperino-Garcia #BLM 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 (@Riotswimbananas) March 19, 2020
Not only the Esportlers should be able to train without problems, waiting players could at least pass the time via their favourite streams. The measure will be implemented in all regions within the next few days.
The rollout of this has already happened in North America. It will be rolling out over the next 24-48 hours in all Riot Regions for pros and LPP. Thank you for your understanding. (3/3)
— Mel Capperino-Garcia #BLM 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 (@Riotswimbananas) March 19, 2020
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