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How UrbanX Levels Up Your Gameplay
Dominate Your Game: How UrbanX Levels Up Your Gameplay
In the competitive world of online gaming, even a blink can tip the scales. Whether you're deep in a first-person shooter (FPS), strategizing in a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), or leading a raid in a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, your network can make or break your performance.
The Impact of Network Infrastructure on Competitive Gaming
When it comes to gaming, lag—the delay between your actions and the server's response—is a critical factor. High amounts of lag (or Latency) can result in delayed actions, putting you at a disadvantage against players with faster connections.
FPS Games (First-Person Shooters): Precision and timing are vital in games like Call of Duty or Counterstrike: Global Offensive. Even a slight delay can mean your bullets not leaving your guns barrel in time.
MOBA Games (Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas): Games like League of Legends or Dota 2 require quick decision-making and coordination. South African gamers often face higher lag due to the lack of local servers, making gameplay more challenging.
MMO Games (Massively Multiplayer Online Games): In MMOs like World of Warcraft, lag can disrupt everything from combat to trading, especially when connecting to distant servers.
How UrbanX Levels Up Your Gameplay
UrbanX tackles these challenges, providing the best gaming experience possible:
Optimized Routing & Peering: UrbanX purchases capacity on several undersea cable systems to facilitate direct connections to some of the largest international internet exchanges. This allows UrbanX to peer with popular gaming studios servers like Riot Games, Blizzard, Valve and more, provinding low-latency connections, essential for competitive gaming. Whether you’re an FPS, MOBA, or MMO player, UrbanX’s infrastructure minimizes lag, ensuring a stable and responsive connection.
ExitLag: As the first African Reseller and one of the first ISP’s to offer ExitLag as an addition to your fibre subscription, we further optimize your connection to 1000+ games. ExitLag ensures even better and faster connection routes to game servers — especially crucial for South African gamers connecting to overseas servers.
High-Performance Routers: UrbanX offers a range of gaming routers tailored to different needs and budgets. From the casual gamer to the serious gamer - these routers feature Quality of Service (QoS) settings, which can prioritise gaming traffic to reduce lag spikes and ensure smoother gameplay.
Live Networks Status: Understanding the health of your internet connection is crucial for a smooth gaming experience. The UrbanX Network Status page allows you to monitor the status of all UrbanX networks in real-time, helping you stay informed about any network outages or scheduled maintenance.
Live Ping: Ping and lag are critical factors in online gaming, affecting how quickly your actions are registered in the game. The UrbanX Live Ping tool provides real-time data on ping and latency for various game servers, including popular titles like Apex Legends, CS GO, EAFC24, DOTA2, Valorant and many more. By checking this tool, you can better understand what to expect in terms of network performance before you start playing.
Looking Glass: The Looking Glass tool is designed to help gamers assess their connection to specific game servers. By providing real-time data on stability and ping rates, it enables players to identify which servers offer the most reliable connection and the lowest ping.
Your network is as vital as your skills in competitive gaming. UrbanX equips South African gamers with the tools to overcome lag and other common challenges, giving you the edge to perform at your best, no matter the game.
