NA or EU more active?

[michalodzien]

I play on EU and it takes me about 10-20 mins to find a game, how is it on NA?

[DarknessB]

Most of the time, NA tends to be more active than that -- maybe 5 minutes or less usually? Also, we would recommend playing on NA generally speaking now. Due to Blizzard's security changes, we are no longer able to update the EU map with respect to player offenses / punishments, which means your experience may not be great if players decide to troll.

[michalodzien]

Will be points be the same in EU and NA?

[DarknessB]

Will be points be the same in EU and NA?

There are separate banks on EA and NA so unfortunately, points will not carry over between regions automatically. However, you can request a "point restore" here:
http://www.sc2mafia.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/247-Point-Restoration-amp-White-List-Requests

Specifically, if you post a replay showing your points in EU, an in-game staff member (an administrator) will join you in a game and transfer what you had over to your NA account so you do not need to start over. This also includes achievements as well.

[michalodzien]

Will i be lagging playing in NA? Also what about the time zones, when its 16:00 here in europe its like 10 pm in US which means most people are at work /school so it would probably be even less active than EU for me

[DarknessB]

Will i be lagging playing in NA? Also what about the time zones, when its 16:00 here in europe its like 10 pm in US which means most people are at work /school so it would probably be even less active than EU for me

Many EU players now play in NA without any issue -- for example, one of our staff members, SuperJack, who lives in the UK. Obviously, it will depend on the quality of your connection, but I have not heard of any issues for people. Also, many people playing Mafia at 10 PM US time given that is after most peoples' day is over and they are vegging / relaxing before bed.

[michalodzien]

I meant AM not PM so when i get back from school (4pm) people are still at work in the us (10am)

[DarknessB]

I meant AM not PM so when i get back from school (4pm) people are still at work in the us (10am)

Ah, I see. There will be less activity, but it should still be possible to get a game after a while. Most of the EU people who play on the NA server tend to play a little later in the day for that reason. For example, if you played at 9 PM your time, that would be 3 PM U.S. Eastern time and there will likely be higher activity levels. Unfortunately, the time zone difference means the higher activity levels will be later on at night for you. You still shouldn't have huge problems getting into games though and I imagine your experience will be better than EU in terms of the much larger player base.

[Larrite]

Well... i tried to move on NA today but when i start a game (Mafia game i mean) and the loading reach to 100%, the game kick me back to the menu with the game recap and duration = 0:00.
Did u know that issue and how to fix it, btw, i'm sorry bout my bad english ^^

[DarknessB]

Well... i tried to move on NA today but when i start a game (Mafia game i mean) and the loading reach to 100%, the game kick me back to the menu with the game recap and duration = 0:00.
Did u know that issue and how to fix it, btw, i'm sorry bout my bad english ^^

You probably need to get your account whitelisted on account of new protection against hackers who make new accounts to ruin the game. Make a whitelist request here with your account information:
http://www.sc2mafia.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/247-Point-Restoration-amp-White-List-Requests

Then you should be able to play once the request is approved and we get your account added to the game map (usually updated pretty quickly, within a couple days at the most). No problem re: bad English and hopefully, we get you into the game soon. :)

[Larrite]

Thank you, buddy :) !

[DarknessB]

Thank you, buddy :) !

No problem -- let us know if you have any problems once the whitelist goes through (or if it doesn't go through) and we can take a closer look.

[michalodzien]

Well seems like i need to wait a week or something to get added to the whitelist soo theres that

[DarknessB]

Well seems like i need to wait a week or something to get added to the whitelist soo theres that

My understanding is that once approved, whitelistings are adding to the map with every update. These days, the map is being updated at least several times a week so I would check every day or two and hopefully, you will be able to play soon.

[michalodzien]

just waiting to get my points transferred now from eu to na