How to fix ELO boosting with smurfs

Prince Smashy··3 votes·1,073 views

My friend is getting boosted by his smurf diamond friend and i find pretty BS, since his smurf is boosting him to high rank. The best solution i can come up with, to fix this kind of issue, is to force players to solo Que in promos. This means if you truly deserve to climb, then you have to win your promos on your own.

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Spoofghoul4 votes

true true i agree

however what would be even better

remove dynamic queue

TheSequelsRBad3 votes

You could duo with a diamond smurf before dynamic queue.

Not sure why everyone forgets that.

Awkward Couch1 votes

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You could duo with a diamond smurf before dynamic queue.

Not sure why everyone forgets that.

I think what more people like to point out, is that now boosters can boost 5 accounts at the same time instead of just 2. That and people like to hate on DQ.

MonkeyMadness1 votes

Also, when you get 2 or 3 diamond smurfs in a premade, it's pretty easy to boost even the bronzest of trash players as high as plat, or even higher.

vampirekid132 votes

this wouldnt solve anything, the system is designed to skip promos if your MMR gets high enough, so he could easily fail the silver 5 promos 3 times, then get promoted to silver 2 directly because of continued queueing with his friend on a smurf.

Paounn2 votes

Remove solo-duo-tri-quadra queue. If you want to play competitive, you play in a 5 man team.

BGH1 votes

Also having one account per IP address. That you can't have multiple accounts.

AJStarhiker1 votes

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Also having one account per IP address. That you can't have multiple accounts.

And screw over college dorms, libraries, internet cafes, siblings...

Kermit Sama1 votes

Would Screw over pros aswell because its usualy over 7 People in a gaming house all who play league

RogueWill1 votes

I have always said that you could do what google did, force to link a phone number to your account, (i.e send a text or an automated call) and only "x" amount of accounts per phone (for silbings and same family accounts). That shoudl solve the problem, I mean if you have internet access you are bound to have some access to phone as well

MonkeyMadness1 votes

Nope. Even the very principle of boosting is wrong, and known offenders should receive permanent suspensions. Plat is utterly demoralizing. I literally cannot play at this elo. I hold my own in every single game, but these asshat silver players that think they are the fucking shit just feed and flame and it tilts me and a lot of other people so fkin hard. My opinion is that anyone that willfully engages in boosting (both boostees and boosters) should be banned from the game. They create nothing but negative experiences for anyone they encounter.

Edit: Or riot can just take the absolutely easier and safer route, and fucking get rid of Dynamic Queue.

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