Why do players post on Boards with their smurfs instead of their main account?

BeatzBoyFTW·12/27/2016, 4:00:35 AM·1 votes·291 views

Imo, I don't see a big reason why that's necessary at all. There will eventually be arguments where one guy would say "You're Level 20, so your argument is invalid" and so he'll get a roasted reply like "Dude, this is my smurf. I'm Diamond on my main". I know this cz I'm currently in this kind of situation tons of times. My Platinum account is in Garena, and Boards does not have an option to log in with Garena server. Additionally, permabanned accounts from the game itself is still eligible to post on Boards.

So why do you use smurfs to post your discussions & comments instead of your main?

5 Comments

oSEXYPLATYPUSo12/27/2016, 4:02:11 AM1 votes

well its to hide things that can discredit them from their bias opinions

if someone is rant and raving about something and you see their actual game history you can call them out on it... but if they do it from the smurf account or old account they dont play then their flaws are hidden

bad arcade kitty12/27/2016, 4:08:06 AM1 votes

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There will eventually be arguments where one guy would say "You're Level 20, so your argument is invalid"

it's called argument to authority, and, as given in your example, is a fallacy (i.e. a wrong way to have a discussion) and a bad form

if you say "i'm x elo and i do y thing" it's you apply it correctly, if you say "you are x elo and therefore you are wrong" it's a fallacy and logically inconsistent

Weathered12/27/2016, 4:22:04 AM1 votes

Because they can say that their main account is rank X without any real proof. For all we know they could be a main in silver with a lower silver smurf.

NiamhNyx12/27/2016, 4:26:59 AM1 votes

I think im going to make a smurf and rank it higher than my main, just so when people ask what rank my main is i can be like "bronze 5/silver 5" and they will be looking at a (hopefully gold +) account and be like "dafuq?"

Kinky Fizz12/27/2016, 12:25:24 PM1 votes

why? because i can Katarina