DigresserOnd_kajaThere's no such thing as fair pings. Either you play on an NA server and the Europeans get the ping disadvantage or you play on a European server and the Americans get the ping disadvantage, there is no middle ground.
I'd originally brought up pings when I'd thought the Nations Cup was intended as an global invitation, in which case a server located between the two countries would be a good idea (imagine Japan vs Brazil, etc); or it would make sense to do a map in each country. I was thinking beyond Europe and NA. However, that is neither here nor there since that isn't what the Nations Cup is actually about.
That isn't fair either, in a best of three situation you'd still have to play two maps on one server where the other team has a ping disadvantage.