Played against 2 premade smurfs both lvl 25, my team was increadible low skilled players because the match making ignores the fact both are gm smurfs who also sell gm accounts. https://ibb.co/DDSPsdJ
Smurf is cheating change my mind!
Enemy team have an unfair advantage because the matchmaking is being manipulated malicious and unfairly by smurfs.
The term " Smurf " is used to refer to an experienced player who creates a new account for the purposes of being matched against inexperienced players for easy wins, boosting others, selling accounts, etcâŚ
Its same as cheating, cheats boost you through ladder and smurfs boost others trough ladder.
Having to play against cheaters is unfair
Having to play against a smurf who boost and enjoys to torment low players is unfair .
Cheats, exploits or any in-game bug that gives advantage over other players is unfair
Smurfs exploits the matchmaking and it will give them advantage over other players which is unfair
It the same result either by a software or human that takes advantage over other players is still cheating.
Cheating can be by software and human.
Boosting or tormenting players from bronze, silver and gold is unfair.
Boosting can be done by software or human.
Boosting is an unfair process, a master that boost other players instead of cheating software is no different from unfair concept.
Anything that that can be exploited to gain advantage over others unfairly either by software or human is cheating.
unfair advantage= cheating
aim bot/software exploits= unfair advantage
smurf=unfair advantage
unfair advantage= cheating
cheating=unfair advantage
Blizzard earns money by milking smurfs.
Again, smurf is a experienced player who creates a new account for the purposes of being matched against inexperienced players for easy wins and boosting =unfair advantage=cheating
And to be clear blizzard never said they have no idea how to track them, they NEVER said so dont tell me how they should do it because the have software ID, battlenet code ID, hardware ID and many trackers etcâŚ
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of course there are people who use any system / environment to their advantage - at the expense of others
but there are also people who expect to be protected, cared for and supported anytime and anywhere - this is also at the expense of others
there is no method that is 100% reliable in identifying âmalicious smurfsâ.
sometimes you lose - get over it
itâs just a game - report the booster & go on
you are not always a victim and it is not always the fault of others - it could also be your fault or your poor performance. accept it.
practice - train - watch guides - learn from others - learn from better ones (aka smurfs?) - play a lot - profit
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People throwing games to derank is gameplay sabotage and very reportable. I always keep an eye on LFG for people selling âsmurf ready accountsâ and boosting services as this always involves deranking/gameplay sabotage. Reporting them gives great satisfaction.
Its not that I feel Blizz love people ruining games, they just canât physically stop people from buying account after account when they get inevitably banned for throwing/boosting etc.
There is a big issue with tracking individual pieces of hardware, not least of all because it is very invasive and crosses the line into âinvasion of privacyâ and spyware territory.
When a person smurfs, the person theyâre really cheating the most is themselves. How can you play against lower ranked players and then look yourself in the mirror. Iâll never get it.
But I donât think smurfing is cheating, per se, in the traditional sense. Itâs just a very cheap and toxic way to play, but itâs not involving any cheat mechanisms in the game
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Exaclty.
You are sabotaging games by throwing to drop down, or, you are guilty of account sharing by buying an account already in the rank you desire.
Then, you are guilty of account boosting anytime you try to win a game down there.
There is no âcheatingâ. But there are certainly enough excuses to punish them.
Itâs odd that you donât see it as often as people seem to claim.
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of course they donât care, they profit from cheating. Every cheater means another sale.
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There are cheaters in every match now and blizz does nothing about it. No Ow2 here since the lack of game control will ruin that game too.
Quite the accusation.
Provide your last 10 game codes and lets see.