it ruins games and it is cheating! it is so obviously an unfair advantage, which was what the old definition of cheating was before they changed it to not include smurfing. Its even worse when they have a mercy surgically attached to them (another reason to rework that snoozefest of a “hero”).
And you should ban the main accounts of streams that do those bronze to gm “challenges” if they don’t stop. It makes games so unfun and pointless I just want to quit the game. No wonder everyone is leaving, pretty soon its just gonna be the same small handful of smurfs and their 40 accounts each
Watch all the smurfs rush in to tell you how it’s not possible to do this even though reporting toxic chat, gameplay sabotage etc. works just like this and works well enough.
As long as “Smurfing” is not listed under the report player menu, blizz is literally sanctioning smurfing.
“No no Smurfing is actually fair because match maker will eventually put them where they belong, sure they might ruin a couple hundred games before they’re back in top500 and they definitely wont throw any so they can stay put in low elo! that’s why they have to let me smurf - I mean let other people smurf”
its the same bs every time, its pathetic that blizz lets it go on, gotta keep all the smurfing content creators happy tho, F the rest of the player base
I’ve seen large groups destroying teams but ignoring objective to take the loss. I’ve also seen duos that boost a buddy that’s 3 ranks below them. There are also people that buy Bronze accounts to demolish players then log off it forever once the system catches them. The real question is if what you are seeing a smurf or someone playing well? It’s usually easy to tell when you watch their accuracy in replay codes. I remember being accused of smurfing by a S76 that stood still repeatedly so I headshot him.
You joke but it’s a valid question. Are you asking for all alts to be banned or is there a rank limit where you’re suddenly not allowed to have an alt? What if somebody climbs? What if the alts were paid for in OW1 when there were no rules against it? Etc.
It’s not as simple as “ban all smurfs” despite what many would like to believe.
this is a stupid question and is irrelevant. Smurfing does happen and it shouldn’t. End of discussion. If they arent a smurf then one report wont do them in
The system is automatic and operates on the reports made by the community. Smurfing can be categorized as Boosting if they’re in a party or Griefing if alone. You two are just looking for drama since this is nothing new to the community. Blizzard isn’t going to ban streamers since it’s free advertising.
Cheating is cheating and smurfing is smurfing, nothings wrong with making a new acct… It is also the price to pay for playing f2p games where there is no punishment of cost to play ow2… Rofl when did having more than 1 acct became or ever became cheating…
How many do the bronze to gm challenges that stream like 2, 5, or 10… I don’t see how a small group is inhibiting your game play.
As a start, start handing out punishments for unranked to GM. It’s wild to me that Blizzard condones high rank players monetizing stomping bads and ruining games in ranks they know they don’t belong in.