Learning: Smurfing

Red Mage FTS·3/5/2019, 11:11:12 PM·1 votes·3,143 views

So I was in a game, we lost, and aside from a higly angry ADC it was not a bad experence. No real toxicity aside from bot, and at end of the game there was the normal trash talk.

No issue with any of this, learning experence, right?

Then their jungler began digging into me, saying refund my skin, and that he was a gold smurf and that I (and my team) were garbage/rank shame ect. He posted his accounts, and there is very little question that its the same guy (names almost identical). The account he was on however had a 20% winrate, with things like Soraka jungle, with one of the games he won being an 0/8 udyr. This account is clearly being played to lose, to troll, and so I put that off to Riot to deal with.

What I want to know is this: What is acceptable for smurfing? I ask because I have a "smurf" account- an accound I am ok dodging games with- and my main one, and thats the only real difference. I play to win every game. Accounts/smurfs like this, how common are these and does the community endorse/encourage it?

4 Comments

Hochelaga3/6/2019, 6:40:02 PM2 votes

Yikes. A "gold" smurfing in bronze. I don't call that a smurf... Even if you're lower division than him, I think that you can beat him in a game.

Anyway, the fact that he is trolling on another account and being unsportmanship easily lead him to get a ban or even a permaban.

Just move on :)

Voldymort3/5/2019, 11:34:09 PM1 votes

This account is clearly being played to lose, to troll, and so I put that off to Riot to deal with.

you should make a ticket with this discovery if you haven't done so already

Red Mage FTS3/7/2019, 5:12:10 PM1 votes

OK, so I got the typical "Hi riot here, we cant tell you what happoned but we are doin a thing" email about this report, and i checked out his GG. Riot said they were dealing with it on the 6th, its the 7th and this guy appears to be continuing to do the same thing.

Is there a way to escilate or do I just have to grin and know this guy gets off scott free?