Smurfers galore
Why do we have to be stomped by every cheater and smurfer in this game? Why can't respawn finally do something about it? Are they even working? What are they doing? Every goddamn ranked game we have ...
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@Palette24carats First of all, I can handle new players just fine. Second of all they played like a bunch of preds. It's not hard to grasp the concept of the game, yeah, but this was more than "grasping the concept", they were beyond outplaying everyone else in the lobby. I wouldn't even be surprised if they had cheats too.
Keep in mind that you can start playing rank at level 10, they're two level 23's and a level 28. Also remember you start at Bronze 4. That's a bit of a climb to sliver and gold. Rank is a different play style, although matchmaking doesn't help, however it's unlikely a team of new players are going to be dominating a gold lobby that has plat and up players in it. (Badges and skydives suggested there's higher ranked players).
When I started playing Apex back in the first week, it took a while (even though I had a bad PC) to even reach Gold 4. Then when I got a better PC, it STILL took about a season or so to finally reach plat, where I've been hard stuck due to matchmaking issues. Most say that's diamond lobbies, but I guess I don't have what it takes to solo out of plat. Or maybe I don't care enough. We'll never know.
Keep in mind that you can start playing rank at level 10, they're two level 23's and a level 28. Also remember you start at Bronze 4. That's a bit of a climb to sliver and gold. Rank is a different play style, although matchmaking doesn't help, however it's unlikely a team of new players are going to be dominating a gold lobby that has plat and up players in it. (Badges and skydives suggested there's higher ranked players).
When I started playing Apex back in the first week, it took a while (even though I had a bad PC) to even reach Gold 4. Then when I got a better PC, it STILL took about a season or so to finally reach plat, where I've been hard stuck due to matchmaking issues. Most say that's diamond lobbies, but I guess I don't have what it takes to solo out of plat. Or maybe I don't care enough. We'll never know.
@Midnight9746 I can't judge if they played like preds since you shared a picture not a video.
- @Palette24carats Sharing a video would be "naming and shaming" because I don't have the tools to edit their names out of every frame it shows up in. But it doesn't matter if you think they're smurphs or not. The point is they're low level and clearly not "new" players. That's considered cheating in any compacity.
It's really easy to recognize Smurf when you are experienced player. They way they move, strafing, loot, change weapons, kill and run around that kills. Yesterday I played against level 4 or 8 player that was clearly smurfing.
@ctyf6rri93dm @AreYouShivering @Midnight9746 @Palette24carats @lops3004
There have been many posts/threads about Smurfing. Is it bannable, yes. Is it hard to detect/identify, yes.
From what others have said in the past and it is my understanding Smurfs are those that create another account and intentionally tank games in order to play and feed off of lower skilled/ranked players.
With that in mind how can you tell the difference from a ToS allowed alternate account?
Alternate accounts are allowed. Lets say that an X-box player, master/pred skill player on that platform decides to buy a PC and decides to make an account with that PC is that account a smurf account? No it is not. And yes that player is now low level and the change from console to PC or vice versa is not such a skill set change that that player will not be good. So yes they will be low level and ranking up or killing the lobby until SBMM catches up with them and starts putting them in harder lobbies.
What you have all been talking about might in fact be Smurfs but it could also be new accounts, alternate accounts etc.
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