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Just my last post before I let it go because this is just a never ending issue, I hope someone from EA reads this whole thread and is going to investigate and finds a solution.
Played one of the GWC qualifiers two weeks ago, finished 8th, had my share of terrible connections, including the usual "puck goes through skate" (see here) and my players being braindead (see here).
Had my GWC game today against a Swedish player I've never heard about, 70ms ping in both games (see here), unplayable as expected. He won the first game 9:4, scored three SH goals against me, one was when I had a 5on3 PP. In the second game which I lost, my TOTS Demko had a .455 SV%, 11shots 6 goals, couldn't have saved a beachball. My players didn't skate, couldn't shoot, turned around slowly, were unable to pick up or intercept pucks. That was my GWC experience.
Watched Eki on Twitch afterwards, he had a 10ms connection against his opponent who rage quit the second game when Eki was hosting after going down 0-8...everybody in the chat praised Eki's play (deservingly) and talks about how easy it is to win on Xbox but nobody saw the disadvantage his opponent had with the connection because I could see how bad his players moved (=fat man lag)...
Anyway, the online gameplay is broken for certain players in Europe (and probably in NA as well), the game is far away from E-Sports ready. Not much else to say, we've got 24 pages with videos and technical analysis like the UDP GSVP protocol and people complaining, countless connection tests I've done. It's the game and its net code, it's up to EA to change it. See you in NHL 22.
I totally agree with you buddy ..