But this poor excuse for a human is blatantly and publicly smurfing to dunk on lower ranked players, satiate his toxic fanbase, and “prove” that heroes he hates are “broken” by playing them 2k SR below his actual rank. And he’s been doing this for years without consequence.
And yet we have people defending this morally bankrupt trash when he has an entire section of his YouTube channel called “Smurf games/Smurf highlights”.
Here are some titles of his videos:
When A Top 500 Secretly Smurfs… PLATS FREAK OUT! When A Top 500 Hanzo Smurfs… HE’S UNSTOPPABLE! He’s Smurfing vs Bronze Players & Trolling!" Trolling Bronze #1 The Undercover Smurf #2: Samito Hanzo vs Golds Top 500 Smurf vs Plats/Diamonds! Main Tanks CAN Carry! Undercover Top 500 Genji Smurf vs Free Weekend Players! “That’s Not Legit” When A Top 500 Plays vs Bronze Players PLATINUM PLAYERS RAGE AT ME TOXIC! Top 500 Widowmaker vs Plats ZERO DEATHS, Unkillable Hanzo Smurf! There’s NO WAY I lose in Gold as Doomfist etc.
So, Samito sycophants, tell us again how this is not smurfing when it is literally exactly that?
And Blizzard, how is this “Play nice, play fair?”
How is this angry neckbeard allowed to ruin countless games for other players, never mind be allowed to consult on game balance?
It is absolutely hypocritical to both Blizzard’s own values as well as the existence of a reporting system for cheating and gameplay sabotage to continue to tacitly endorse this manchild’s behaviour.
Money? He has to buy a ton of accounts for that purpose. If they are donated to him someone still bought a new account for him. Like with all the smurfs: Money talks and the management is not Blizzard but Avtivision
I think calling Samito a bad person for ruining games for 11 players well below his actual skill rating is justified. That’s just not a great thing to do, sorry. This is why we have different ranks.
Unless the people who have the smurf samito on there team complains, then he would only really be ruining the game for the 6 enemy players.
From blizzards own in-game code of conduct
Cheating
You are responsible for how you and your account are represented in the game world. Cheating in any fashion will result in immediate action. Using third-party programs to automate any facet of the game, exploiting bugs, or engaging in any activity that grants an unfair advantage is considered cheating.
Exploiting other players is an equally serious offense. Scamming, account sharing, win-trading, and anything else that may degrade the gaming experience for other players will receive harsh penalties.
By smurfing he is exploiting lower ranked players for the benefit of a stream to make a point. Regardless of him getting accounts gifted, bought, or free it is still against the code of conduct.
I agree that unfortunately blizzard has dropped low enough to allow bad publicity as just any publicity. Come on blizzard really?
The really sad part to me is that samito does legitimately have good skill but feels to prove what he need to prove that he has to do it against lower skilled players.
He has about the same influence over the devs as any other person in the pro/streamer discord. People have just gravitated to blaming him for their gripes with balancing because he’s the loudest/whiniest.
This image that people have of him as the balancing boogeyman needs to stop.
