how people on opposite sides of the earth can play video games together seemlessly when these games require split second actions

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how people on opposite sides of the earth can play video games together seemlessly when these games require split second actions

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Answer 1

In short: they don’t. For these types of games companies employ servers, which serve small areas (small relative to the earth size). There are still problems, and solutions to them are already explained in this thread with various degrees of accuracy