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[capnjosh]

I pulled the trigger. New server regions. They're here.

The goal is to get more players together so the matchmaker has a better opportunity to do its thing, indicate where a specific gameserver is physically located, and hopefully make things a little more obvious to a new player (fewer fuzzy bunny expletives are typically good).

Here's the new region list:

• North America
• South America
• Asia-Oceania - or "Oceana" for those of us with fat finger syndrome ;)
• Europe

All gameservers (except private servers) should now start with the city (or state if it seemed more internationally obvious) in which they are physically located.
 
As a bonus, a new a drop-down menu shows up the first time you click "Play" that allows you to specify your matchmaking region.  This becomes your default region.
 
 
Here's the new region selection:

 
 
Here's what the new region names look like in-game:

 
 
Feedback I'd like from you:
 
1. "Oregon" vs. "Portland" for the naming of the west coast server.
2. General impressions of the server region
3. Has performance seemed to change for you after this change?
 
Please post your feedback here.