System and method for associating a user to a shard based on third party latency

A computer-implemented method of facilitating association of a user of an online game to a shard, the method being implemented in a computer system comprising one or more physical processors, the method comprising:

• determining, based on a first aggregated third party latency to a first shard and a second aggregated third party latency to a second shard, a shard for the user to join,
• wherein the first aggregated third party latency is calculated based on one or more of:
• a plurality of first latencies from a device associated with the user to a first plurality of users associated with the first shard and a plurality of second latencies from the first plurality of users to the first shard, and calculating the first aggregated third party latency includes:
• determining an average first latency value for the plurality of first latencies;
• determining an average second latency value for the plurality of second latencies;
• and,
• determining the first aggregated third party latency based on the average first latency value and the average second latency value;
• wherein the second aggregated third party latency is calculated based on one or more of:
• a plurality of first latencies from the device associated with the user to a second plurality of users associated with the second shard and a plurality of second latencies from the second plurality of users to the second shard.

A non-transitory electronic storage media storing information related to facilitating association of a user of an online game to a shard, the stored information comprising:

• a memory configured to store information related to one or more users of the online game and one or more shards in the system;
• instructions configured to cause a client computing platform to:
• determine, based on a first aggregated third party latency to a first shard and a second aggregated third party latency to a second shard, a shard for the user to join,
• wherein the first aggregated third party latency is calculated based on one or more of:
• a plurality of first latencies from a device associated with the user to a first plurality of users associated with the first shard and a plurality of second latencies from the first plurality of users to the first shard, and calculating the first aggregated third party latency includes:
• determining an average first latency value for the plurality of first latencies;
• determining an average second latency value for the plurality of second latencies;
• and,
• determining the first aggregated third party latency based on the average first latency value and the average second latency value;
• wherein the second aggregated third party latency is calculated based on one or more of:
• a plurality of first latencies from the device associated with the user to a second plurality of users associated with the second shard and a plurality of second latencies from the second plurality of users to the second shard.