Riot has taken heed to the outcries of the Oceanic community and will be having dedicated Austrailian servers online before the start of 2014./hnice]
Australian players who choose to transfer will no longer have to feel the pain of playing with more than 200 ping and thus allowing skillshots, last hitting, and general gameplay mechanics to become a lot smoother. Though an official release date has not been confirmed, Riot has been opening up many servers for different regions recently. Here are some statements regarding questions asked within the official forums by a Riot employee:
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Originally Posted by EFG
 While thats promising there are some issues that could use some immediate attention. The biggest one being our inability to choose which server group our games are currently assigned to. I get 180ms to LA and 220ms to the other servers (Washington?). Why is there no way for me to stop getting assigned to games on the non-LA servers to avoid the extra latency? While this isn't a long term solution it would ease the pain somewhat until the Australian servers are in place and I'm sure that a lot of north Americans would also appreciate being able to choose the servers closer to them too.
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Originally Posted by combat
Thank you very much for the update! It is so appreciated. Perhaps you could come in once a week or so to continue to give periodic updates? Thank you very much and we look so forward to the servers.
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Originally Posted by yoshiwaan
As a fellow Sydney ITer, are you allowed to say which DC you picked? I'm interested. It also reads like you're only getting 1 web developer, Sysadmin, Noc technician etc. I would have thought there would be more? Or was it just the wording.
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Originally Posted by NZ Firetruck
Cool! Thanks for the update MasterMirk, It's nice to be kept abreast of how everything is progressing. I note that you're looking to hire an e-sports director and I have a question regarding e-sports for the Oceanic Region. Are you planning to set up an LCS style league for season 4 if the servers are out in time? Would be really cool to see local players competing in a consistent league. I understand that this might not be a realistic goal, but it's definitely something that would be really cool. Also is it likely that there will be spots for Oceania at season 4 world finals?
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Originally Posted by BoozBear
Id firstly just like to say thanks for the official response on this thread! Was so stoked when i saw it. Secondly i would like to politely ask if its at all possible for you to tell us if you THINK (not if you know) that the servers will be up in Aus before the end of the year? Having some sort of idea even if its not a official post would be cool. If not at all possible i understand but thanks anyway.
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For sure before the end of the year.
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