Can you please make linking your "road to challenger" smurf stream a reportable offense

DeusVult·2/29/2020, 1:07:14 AM·1 votes·3,253 views

Player queues up, obviously a smurf. Level 35 account, 85+% WR, crushes game, then afterwards links their stream in post game lobby.

Said player is challenger XXX player, doing an unranked to challenger in X days challenge.

So obviously this ruins the game for everyone in it, since said player is going to be superior to the people who are naturally that elo. And I understand that "smurfing" isnt bannable, because it is incredibly hard to prove, but when the smurfing player actively admits to smurfing and has their main account linked in their twitch, then that should be bannable

22 Comments

rujitra2/29/2020, 1:09:21 AM4 votes

If someone is spamming a link, that is against the rules. Someone linking to their stream does not violate any rules.

If they leveled up an account and were placed in the MMR they're in without intentionally feeding, then they are not going to be punished. It is not against the rules to have a separate account, and it is not against the rules for the player to play on a separate account.

TrueDamage Ninja2/29/2020, 1:13:47 AM3 votes

Smurf are indeed a pest but I doubt that Riot will ever change something about that. They will always exist and during the past year or two, the amount of smurfs is increasing. What Riot might not see: Those smurf discourage people trying to climb and some other who has the luck to have the better smurf in their team are totally wrong placed. Silver player in platinum? Sure, why not? If you are lucky enough to always land on the right side, end up feeding 8/12 and get carried by your 31/1 midlane Zed, this happens.

I don't know why this kind human being is still allowed to play the game. 'Cuz playin with frends' is just a poor excuse. You can play with them in normal games, too.

A pest, I tell you. [slayer-jinx-unamused]

Tele II2/29/2020, 1:14:04 AM3 votes

But if you make a new account, its on Riots system to place you correctly. If you purposely derank an account so you can start at iron, then the deranking is what is against the rules. Those streamers are doing nothing wrong (i suppose you could make a moral arguement, but thats irrelevant), unless they bought an account, or purposely lost games to derank.

General Esdeath 2/29/2020, 1:32:57 AM3 votes

riot encourages it, the LPP gives fresh accounts to these players to smurf

Inkling Commando2/29/2020, 6:24:40 AM2 votes

if they made it a reportable offense, and actually took action on it, then they wouldn't make money off of streamers.