So I just wanted to play comp on a new account and see how well I do. I’m not trying to practice or just troll lower ranks. But generally try.
But I’m only level 4 atm.
I was playing dps and just completely destroying the new players. And the other team were swapping to tanks to try and counter me. And I felt really bad, they were really trying to play. And so I started to throw a little bit on my smurf account to help the guys againts me. At least get them to take first point. And I willing died to a Roadhog who used his ult. Thats meant to be a big play and it’s fun to use your ult. I didnt want to rip that from him.
I also used my endorsements on the other team as well.
Point is, idk how people can smurf. Like it’s disheartening to the other players, but also to yourself to do such a thing. Idk how people could do that to people who paid for the game and they were just trying to play it.
The only time I felt okay “smurfing” in a game was Warcraft III, and it was under a very specific set of conditions where I sometimes preferred not to be recognized. My name was pretty well known for the custom games/maps I had made. My 2v2 team was also in 1st place on the ladder and didn’t really want to risk losing it.
Even then, it only felt okay with it because we would intentionally do the most ridiculously dumb strategies we could think of, trying to win with things that would have absolutely no chance of winning against players of similar skill. It gave us an appropriate amount of handicap against the players we were facing.
And even that doesn’t really help in Overwatch, because you have several other teammates who are relying on you to try to win as well, so intentionally handicapping yourself is essentially throwing the game for them, not just yourself.
The only issue with the system is how blizzard places new accounts. Its almost impossible for a player to place higher than 3200 (although cases are there) even if theyre top500, only for them to hard carry from diamond to top 500.
in QP its attempting to find your skill level for the first 10 levels or so. After 10 levels theres no more actual new players.
This is going to mess up the matchmaker and you’re going to get in even more matches you don’t belong in. Just stomp a few games and the matchmaker should quickly put you with better players.
Don’t soft throw your QP games. Like trust me, it will place you where you need to be before you get to comp, but the more you soft throw the more you’re gonna be placed with people who are below your actual skill until you get to competitive instead of being placed where you need to be faster
Well, enjoy the experience as much as you can I say. Not because you’re stomping. But because new players are much better and friendlier than people who are experienced.
Didn’t have 1 match today which wasn’t ruined for toxicity. Reported a bunch and got 3 thank you notification thus far.
Throwing and stomping just to bully is pointless and will make you feel bad. Playing on a smurf account to have fun with friends who you otherwise wouldn’t be able to play with is the way to go. That’s why I had plat accounts.
And throwing the initial QP games doesn’t do anything. QP MMR doesn’t affect comp MMR, even during the initial placements. You always start in a 2350 game, and then your comp placement is determined based on your performance from there.
Some people have more sociopathic tendencies than others, so it’s easier for them to do without feeling guilty. They often dehumanize them in their minds to cope with it.
“I’m not doing anything wrong. The system is just going to place me properly anyway. I’m just one person, I cannot possibly have that much of an influence on anyone. They should just get good enough to beat me.” … but they do have an influence, especially when literally hundreds of other people are doing the same thing as them at the same time.
Congratulations, you were raised with decent morals and have a soul! Unfortunately it seems highly discouraged in gamer culture these days, as trolling and smurfing is just… Accepted as part of the culture.
glad to hear you say this, not because i think smurfing is “toxic” or “bad” or anything…its just because i can see myself in your shoes feeling the same way…
infact one time i was grouped up with some lower ranked people, and i…was absolutely dominating…after realizing that, i started to feel bad for those players…i could see they was trying…ugh…
anyways…in your situation, you have a flip side, there are others who are low level smurfs who are out to make newbies suffer…but its kinda hard to tell those apart
Don’t do that. It will use your QP performance to give you an elo to do your placements in comp. That means if you soft throw, it’ll put you lower than you belong, and you WILL be smurfing. Don’t throw. The system needs to know where you belong to work right.
When I got this account, I was playing with level 500+ diamond/masters people by level 10. Play NORMALLY. The actual new players will only have to deal with you for a few levels.
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