[ IDEA ] Dealing with people who smurf for purposes of wanting a buzz from levelling
Not sure if this is the right area for this thread but hey, if it's not, it'll be moved, right?
I'm a chronic smurfer. I admit it. In my time of playing league I think I've had about 15 accounts, if not more, though I've finally settled on this one as my main. I'm terrible at ranked (no, really, I tried, I suck) and don't get a thrill out of playing against players with less experience than me, so why do I create smurfs?
Because I can't level anymore once my account is level 30.
Now, smurfs can cause a problem for Riot when people like me make 14 accounts, though I'm sure there are people out there who create more. They get created, built up, and then abandoned, just taking up space on their server. Riot said they understand that people like me who smurf are doing so because there is something that I and others in this group cannot get from the main game.
And that is the mini-high that comes from progression.
"lol you said you get high from leveling"
This group I am talking about are the people who will spend days, weeks, at playing Cookie Clicker... only to find out a new clicky game has appeared and BAM, THEY'RE OFF TO THAT ONE!
We're the group that gets instantly hooked when a certain company with web-browser based games says "Look at this shiny button, click it! Ooh, you can buy in game currency to have a chance at winning really OP items for this game!"
Sound like you?
I'm far from a doctor, but I know I have an addictive personality, and you might too. Runs in families. Fun stuff.
Anyway, Riot, we really can't help wanting to continue to progress constantly. We like your game enough to do that HERE.
But if you don't provide us an outlet to progress, we're going to find a way on our own.
On that note...
... daily and monthly goals with prizes would help a lot. Doesn't even have to be that much. Something like "play 5 matches in a day" to win 1 RP. Something like "play 200 matches in a month" for 10 RP. Heck, you can even make it for hextech crafting essence, but change the scaling then. "Play 3 matches in a day" for 10 blue essence, "Play 30 matches in a week" for 10 orange essence, and "Play 150 matches in a month" for 100 blue and orange essence.
Just give us some little progress bar thing to work on that makes us feel like we're getting something out of it. Because in the end, that's all we really want... to feel like we're being rewarded for what we do.
