Should Riot crack down on Smurfs?

Saint Smash·4/18/2015, 1:41:05 AM·4 votes·1,358 views

I will have to be completely honest. Smurfing looks fun but, it is being horribly abused. here, let me explain. My only experience with smurfs this far isn't very good. Just a bunch of Gold jerks. Why is this bad, well an experienced player should be forced to play a their skill level it also doesn't help that these secondary accounts are Toxic but, there is really no punishment because, all of the things they truly care about like there skins, the champions they played hundreds of games for, and of coarse there rank. are all on there main account.

I feel like they don't stop at normal ether. It feels almost like these classic jerk wads take it into ranked play. intentionally throwing there placement matches to land in a lower skill level Why? For the soul purpose of talking down to every one, Probably. This is extreamly unfair. I wouldn't mind it so much if us newer players Understood at least how to build properly but, I honestly feel like some of these players were hacking. I mean, they probably weren't but, being dropped in 3 shots by a vayne when they only have 2 kills an 20 minions above you seems a little shady to me. in any case I still feel cheated. to be fair, we never really stood a chance in the first place.

At the end of the day no matter how you look at it smurfing is being abused. I would rather them crack down on smurfing and take the punishment to there main account. in any case there is no good way to deal with smurfs. if you ban smurfing all together then the community New players like myself will soon die out in a year or two. I am sure that's why Riot hasn't done anything about this yet but, I hope something gets done soon this is really starting to get on my nerves.

22 Comments

I Kill Commies4/18/2015, 1:56:34 AM2 votes

Riot has (on multiple occasions) said that they don't care if people smurf. Nothing is going to happen to change this in the foreseeable future. Accept that and move on.

Godhri4/18/2015, 1:49:29 AM2 votes

I would say the only issue with making it against the rules is how to enforce it. How can you tell it is a smurf and not someone who has just been playing awhile? Especially in ranked. Or maybe someone who has been practicing in custom games a lot and improved.

Program Morgana4/18/2015, 2:08:07 AM1 votes

I have to say i have met nice ones and i have seen people accuse others of being smurfs because they are doing well. i think smurfing shouldnt matter if they are mean then report them and ignore them.

Dedrius4/18/2015, 3:39:26 AM1 votes

High elo players should not be unable to play with their friends just because they are higher elo. Smurfs allow high elo players to play with their new friends and as for ranked, most smurfs want to climb in elo not place themselves lower than they belong.

Raw4/18/2015, 9:19:21 AM1 votes

It only takes about 4 - 8 PVP games for the system to recognize that you're a smurf and will match you against other smurfs.

Sincerely, http://www.auplod.com/u/uaopdl525dc.png

yellowbricks4/26/2015, 6:24:34 PM1 votes

What they should do is allow low ranked people to anti smurf, let them into a diamond level game and just fuck every one over. Maybe then the smurfs would gain some god damn empathy and stop being elitist fuckwits chasing after their 3rd diamond account to stroke their e-peen. Smurfs are absolute garbage for this game, but riot's too lazy to do anything about it, so at least give us some ammo we can use on their mains.

Silent Pace4/18/2015, 1:47:38 AM1 votes

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Kagemyth4/26/2015, 6:31:55 PM1 votes

honestly your best bet is to roll with friends or join a community till 30 and learn to mute people early i smurf sometimes but it really blows my mind seeing people on smurf accounts trolling people who have no chance of winning like there is literally no reason to be rude on a smurf account and i personally feel you should be giving advice POLITELY if you see someone is having a hard time learning. just my two cents. me and my friends are usually willing to play with new players.

Zarxis4/18/2015, 1:49:38 AM1 votes

Smurfing has been a plague of lower elos and new players since LoL's release. I'm honestly surprised that any new players stay to reach level 30 anymore. They're exposed to more toxicity and unfair matches than any of us would like to believe.