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

Kraythax·9/2/2017, 5:07:37 PM·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 Thresh9/2/2017, 5:18:41 PM4 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.

BETA2539/2/2017, 5:17:18 PM2 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.

Sukishoo9/2/2017, 5:26:53 PM1 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.

Aseeraa9/2/2017, 5:27:16 PM1 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.

2 Weeks Vacation9/2/2017, 5:42:41 PM1 votes

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