Players Smurfing and "ELO Boosting" should be banned on both Smurf and main.

Kraythax··4 votes·1,585 views

I just had a diamond 1 player **admit ** he was smurfing and wrecked a bronze ranked game. This is pretty typical, happens at least once a day and is is STUPID because it means people trying to learn the game and trying to rank up cannot do so. I am trying to play this game and get better and its impossible to do so when you have some pro coming in and just annihilating you 20/1/6 not because they had a good game but because it wasn't even really that player, it was some diamond helping them. Its easy to tell by looking at their match history. They go from normal bronze KDA ratios to 20/1/6 or 23/7/7 on non meta characters overnight. Smurfing analogous to having an NFL running back smurf at an intramural corporate football league, no one would want to play anymore in the league against them. "Its a victim-less thing" they try and say but it isn't. Everyone else in that game on the losing team lost LP and got utterly wrecked in their stats because of this guy. Its also one of those things that tell me that Riot just doesn't want any non-diamond customers.

And No, you cant report them. There is no option for smurfing and reporting them for griefing is just pointless because nothing ever happens to them.

14 Comments

I Love Thresh4 votes

It's riot who's allowing smurfing, it's 100% not against the rules and the smurf shouldn't have to be banned because you're displeased with how Riot handle their game.

BETA2532 votes

i cannot agree with you more. they should only allow you to resgister one account on a email. the problem with trying to ban smurfs is that you know there main account, but other that that they're pieces of shit.

Sukishoo1 votes

I just looked up the account and it has a Solo Win Ratio 35%. With 54W 101L. Then a 3s of 30% Win Ratio with 3W 7L.

So that's a laughable joke of a smurf. If it "is" a smurf then they aren't anywhere near as good as they say. I've had games where I go 0/13/8 and then others where I've gone 20/0/12... so am I smurfing when this happens? Lel. no.

SecondAirbane1 votes

i wouldnt say he was smurfing if you look closely he has NO games of viktor till today and 100% wr

id say he was boosting an account which actually is against the rules

Sukishoo1 votes

But again, just cause he has one good game where he gets a great score doesn't mean he's smurfing, being boosted, ect. I'll play random champs every now and then and do really well. If however, he suddenly has a ton of matches in a row that are like this then yes it's obviously got something going on.

SecondAirbane1 votes

its not 1 good game go look its 2 viktor games and the booster decided to play jax for fun i guess

Sukishoo1 votes

Well it's two now, wasn't before.

Kraythax1 votes

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But again, just cause he has one good game where he gets a great score doesn't mean he's smurfing, being boosted, ect. I'll play random champs every now and then and do really well. If however, he suddenly has a ton of matches in a row that are like this then yes it's obviously got something going on.

He admitted in chat that he is diamond 1 and linked his main.

Kraythax1 votes

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i wouldnt say he was smurfing if you look closely he has NO games of viktor till today and 100% wr

id say he was boosting an account which actually is against the rules

He admitted in chat he was Diamond 1

SecondAirbane1 votes

it must be a viktor 1trick boosting the guy

Aseeraa1 votes

I totally agree. I'm bronze 4 and it happens a lot. I don't get the whole reasoning behind smurfs but I know there are a ton of people who enjoy beating people of much lesser skill just so they can gloat.

Pulsing Rage1 votes

its to release stress from solo queuing on main account, if you get tilted in diamond you demoted really quickly in bronze its easy to do whatever

zPOOPz2 votes

me me me me me me me "i don't care about the other 9 human beings whose game I ruined"

2 Weeks Vacation1 votes

cus if riot ban everyone for smurfing, riot have to ban all the LCS pro cus they all smurf

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