Banning All Smurf Accounts

Thank you for being a least someone who understands with a smurf. I still want to ban them, but at least I can see someone gets my point at a higher elo.

"Bottom line is you can either quit and come cry for mommy and daddy (Rito) to fix it" Talk about being out of line and rude. Also, nice job on not reading between the lines. This isn't about something being handed to someone, it is about simple basic logic, a concept you seem to be unable to grasp without throwing accusations. It is also a big problem that you also fail to recognize.

I made a point that no one should have a smurf account, anyone for that matter no matter what their elo. I pointed out higher elos because that is the most common case and one that is quite easy to find. A plat or diamond player will be better than a bronze player no matter what is going on. It isn't about mistakes, its about skill and while there are good bronze players, there is no reason a diamond should have any reason to come down and curbstomp someone just because they want to feel better. A single diamond level player on a standard bronze team will give that team the edge, even if the entire team is a train wreck.

Playing against someone who is better is a great way to improve your game, but to use your analogy, if someone is a blue belt, it would be extremely unfair and illogical to have them go against a black belt or higher. The skill level is something completely different. Purple, maybe brown would be the highest logical one to go up against. To continue with that, since I took Karate a long time ago, forgetting which one exactly, they were quite strict when it came to sparring and testing your abilities. They would never let a white belt spar against a black, but instead maybe a yellow, since the system was white, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black. They were careful to improve your skills, while still giving you a reasonable chance to improve. Your analogy can only go so far, and your attitude prevents you from seeing that because of your own biased statement assuming something that isn't there.

Sure am I angry that I'm stuck once again in bronze after pulling my way out into silver last season? Hell yes, but that isn't the point. The point is that there are too many smurf accounts and rito does nothing about them when they do cause more problems for those people who are trying to get out of bronze and into a higher elo so they can get better. Smurfs only hurt when someone uses them like how i described, because it isn't about getting better, because they are two completely separate skillsets.

For the sake of argument, a silver player with a smurf account going into bronze is a valid test of skill since they are at least close and can lead to improvement because there is still a close skill set. But gold, plat, diamond, master, or for the love of all things good, challenger, isn't fair, which is the point of the argument. Not too many silver players have smurfs, they are more commonly found in Gold and above.

To use another analogy, since I live in the US, would it be fair to put high school freshmen against say those who play in the NHL? NFL? NBA? MLB? MLS? (those are the pros) And tell those pro players to play no differently? I don't think you will have many people agreeing with you. If any at all.

If you think your analogy is right, then say that a bronze level adc going against a plat level adc will win? Odds are most likely not because of the vast difference in skill and how the game is played at those different elos. In higher elos, a single small mistake will end the game, but in lower elos, you can recover, learn, and adapt in the same game. They aren't used to that playstyle and putting them now in that playstyle isn't a test of skill, its a test of how much of a jerk someone is. Not giving someone at a lower skill level to adapt and learn, especially on the fly, and instead just push them further into the hole, does that really solve anything considering how long these games are and how hard it is to get out of a losing streak if it does come around? Or does it make the problem worse? The answer to that should be obvious.

Can something happen that makes them win? Absolutely. But the level of skill is so far apart that the analogy breaks itself.

Competing against someone of a higher level is the best way to improve, but that opponent needs to be at least closer to the same skill level than say bronze vs plat. Bronze I vs Master tier isn't good, but Bronze I vs Silver 2/3 would be a good one.

{quoted}

I have several smurfs and the reason I play them mostly is because I like to get high and play. That being said I don't think players at my elo would enjoy playing with me when I'm stoned and making stupid plays. I play on my low Gold smurf during this time so that I can still play in a competitive environment but at an elo I'm actually performing at. I also do drinking games on my smurf with friends.

Edit: I also only play one role on my main, where as on my smurfs I practice my other roles.

I think you kind of proved the OPs point lol

Thank you for giving me another case of why they should be banned. My point proven with this statement.

If you can't take ranked seriously, then don't play it no matter the account. Something you don't seem to realize, that you only hurt those other players by playing like that. You force them deeper into the hole. You want to play like that, then go into normals, don't hurt someone else, or in this case, four people by doing that. People in bronze ranked are still people, something that SOME high level elo players seem to forget, and they want to get out, but if you do things like this and force them deeper into the hole, how will they get out?

I made a point using higher elo players because they more often than not have smurfs. Nice assumption and not thinking outside the box. However, no one, no matter the elo, should have a smurf. It is unfair and doesn't do anything. You made a mistake in your placements, then fix it, you can't always just press the reset button.

Depending on how you play it. You can also ignore invites and say that you just want to play alone for a bit. I do it on xbox live all the time. My friends there understand perfectly.

This isn't about mmr it's about skill with Champs and on the rift. Reread what I typed the first time.