90 percent of everyone under level 50 is a smurf

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Serious question: Is smurfing cheating?

@JeffreyKaplan

Starting a new account is not against the rules. Boosting or throwing is against the rules.

If you start a new account and play normally, the matchmaker determines your skill level very quickly and matches you with similar players.

In context (the thread name he responded to) Jeff calls it smurfing.