IS THIS A JOKE?! NOTHING was done to fix the netcode.

[Shirai]

Perhaps you missed the sarcasm, but you are right.

I know I am blessed with an internet connection that takes 2 hops from my own router in to the Ams-IX Aorta which goes directly to the first checkpoint in the US which takes another 4 steps to get to the datacenter.
And all that at an extremely fast ping.

Yes, I know I am a very rare case here but that doesn't change the fact that the OP is yet another person blaming SE for something his or her own ISP is to blame for.

[reality_check]

that doesn't change the fact that the OP is yet another person blaming SE for something his or her own ISP is to blame for.

I live in Canada -- incredibly close to the data centers.

I have the best Internet available in my area.

EVERY single other online game I play plays without any lag.

I find it hilarious that you think this is my ISP's fault.