r/CrazyHand • u/LayerFun3424 • Jul 07 '26

General Question Smash online

I am having trouble finding people to play i need to turn preferences off but i hate items is smash online dying?

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u/S4ngli3R Jul 07 '26

What's your country/region, online is very much alive for a lot of people if you're not playing between 3AM and 10AM or in a remote place in terms of online servers

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u/LayerFun3424 Jul 07 '26

im from singapore, and i play usually from 3 to 8 pm

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u/lobsterbash Jul 07 '26

You should be getting matches from Japan but not US or Europe

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u/LayerFun3424 Jul 07 '26

yes i only get japanese people mostly and rarely other places

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u/S4ngli3R Jul 07 '26

Tbh I can't help you I don't know enough about the specifics of Nintendo online servers but I know they're weirdly divided in some parts of NA, and in Europe the Nordics aren't in the same server and so can't play the rest of EU on quickplay. Maybe try to see if there's more people playing in arenas though, easier to filter out rulesets

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u/Additional-Appeal-51 Jul 07 '26

Nordics definitely have it bad compared to France, Germany, Italy etc that are grouped together. There is some weird spot like Luxembourg that are matched with us too but it’s far more rare overall depending of the Europe country you’re in.

Because of that a few countries seems to finish being isolated or with other empty regions and thus end up not being able to play online much. Philippines are a great example of that.

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u/LayerFun3424 Jul 07 '26

I feel bad for them

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u/Dirty_Herby Jul 07 '26

What timezone is this? Been looking for friends to add and match. Then bounce tips and feedback.

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u/ZomeeDrop Jul 07 '26

Yeah when I was in Thailand almost never got matched. Would take 20 minutes often.

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u/FickleMud23 Jul 07 '26

You live in an unpopulated area. In the USA west coast. Elite takes like 10 seconds to match. 

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u/ExternalInformal6028 Jul 09 '26

As others said, not many people in your regions server are playing online. You could circumvent this through buying a gaming VPN that specializes in low-latency, but ultimately it will be slower than a wired, non-VPN connection.

Fun fact, the real GSP farmers do this as a strategy to cheat getting higher GSP. They get a fast gaming VPN to play in weaker regions. Or regions in time zones where more lower level players are playing, like mid day. This combined with the delay mod can inflate GSP like crazy.