Alright... Here we go for my thoughts and opinions... Feel free to agree/disagree... It&#039;s all cool.<br /><br />I think one big issue here at the IDL right now is server selection. It&#039;s very unfortunate that we have only one server to work with at this moment and one that is simply not very good. This year in the IDL is gonna be determined by who is fortunate enough to live right in the central US and get a very good ping. A team that is equally good just simply isn&#039;t going to be able to be able to hold out long enough unless they have a marvelous strategy. If it comes down to pure power... There are only a couple of teams that have a realistic shot this year. The records already indicate that.<br /><br />Now... First off... Nostar if you are paying more than 10 dollars for those servers, you&#039;re getting ripped off in my opinion. When they first came around, they felt good but slowly degraded over time.... I can&#039;t figure out as to why. Even pinging 60-70 didn&#039;t matter as long as it was stable. Now every so often it&#039;ll skip frames and jump around... I won&#039;t get into the 50/50 chance of a shot connecting (though this seems to happen more on a low pinging person than a high pinging person) ... It&#039;s not just me.. I&#039;ve seen others have the same problem.<br /><br />Also... This idea that a central server is more fair... How so? It just means everyone living in the central US is now gonna get a super low ping and have an advantage over everyone else. As far as server location... They could be on the west coast for all I care as long as the server is STABLE. People seem to forget that ping is only a small part of it and the QUALITY is far more important. I gurantee you that you&#039;ll play far better on a 130-ping solid Euro server than a 70 ping jittery US server.<br /><br />In the end, I really wish we could get more variety.. Niv has servers in Dallas... DUI still has NJ servers... I&#039;m sure they have one spot to add an IDL server and give some variety. Are there still any California servers? Until we get more variety, it more or less seems like only a couple of teams have a realistic chance this year. I&#039;d love to be proven wrong, but if the first couple of games is any indication... It&#039;s playing out exactly how I figured.<br /><br />