Is Blizzard against smurfing?

[Tealos-1658]

This was asked a while back and Jeff stepped in.

@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.

@JeffreyKaplan

We don’t actually need this behavior reported. We have a whole crew here doing some pretty significant analysis to determine this behavior.

A lot of people seem to equate buying a new account and actively manipulating one’s SR/MMR. The former is obviously entirely valid. The latter is not, and Blizzard takes it very seriously.