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Is this Sportsmanlike?

Dungeon Warlord·7/3/2016, 1:31:50 AM·2 votes·826 views

Hi,

I'm Bronze, I have been Bronze for 3 years, I can accept that I'm not the most gifted player in the game, however I still enjoy both playing League Of Legends and watching the pro leagues.

I recently seen a website where you can pay to have a high ranked player boost your low ranked account to higher levels. I find this to be absurd and totally out of character with good sportsmanship.

If I was playing low grade Soccer for a local club and the opposing team brought in a player from a higher grade to win the game this would be considered unfair, why is it not so in League?

I am stuck in Bronze yet have to play against Diamond+ smurfs, who obviously can just smash players from the Bronze playing field.

And if you are lucky enough to make it to promos, which is your (local club grand final), you still can be met with these high level players.

For a comparative example. What would happen if LeBron James played for a local low grade basketball team to help them win the final?

Thoughts!

6 Comments

redniwediS7/3/2016, 1:44:27 AM1 votes

Yeah... Make a support ticket and make sure Riot is aware of that website. Odds are they are aware, but it's always best to let them know.

As for the smurfs I can't really say. Smurfs have been a thing for many years and Riot really hasn't done much to keep it from ruining lower level games. Most legitimate people who have smurfs want to level their smurf up to the same rank as their main account. Some legitimate players have lower rank accounts for one reason or another, but most leave those lower divisions alone.

Some, however, are like the ones you have run into. I don't really see a way you can punish one without punishing the other, so that could be why Riot hasn't done much about smurfs so far. They want the first group to be allowed to smurf, which comes with the second being allowed too.

Would be nice to see a comment on it, but as it is a holiday weekend I doubt we'll hear anything official.

EvilDustMan7/3/2016, 2:20:14 AM1 votes

Diamond smurfs would very quickly rise out of your match range.

Dungeon Warlord7/3/2016, 2:32:58 AM1 votes

I didn't ask if it was legal, I asked whether it was good sportsmanship?