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Hero

3 years ago

If Apex did this, would you be mad?

Seems like Blizzard is trying to stop people from having loads of accounts. https://twitter.com/lackingsaint/status/1577653381283418117?t=gmS9yBWgmSWuXyexGWE2Bg&s=19

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hayhor

Hero

3 years ago

@Gabrielmojo26 Not just smurfs. New cheater accounts too.

Gabrielmojo26

Seasoned Ace

3 years ago

@hayhorThe typical argument is, not everyone has a phone plan, but imo 90% of households nowadays has at least one family member with a phone plan, not sure how one would function in today's environment without one.

I'd increase the amount of accounts per phone number tho, 2 or 3 at the most, not sure why someone would need more than that.

hayhor
Hero
3 years ago
@Gabrielmojo26 I think the bigger issue is a phone plan vs prepaid. I know quite a few people who do prepaid because for them it is cheaper.
- Gabrielmojo26
  Seasoned Ace
  3 years ago
  @hayhorHaven't purchased a prepaid plan prior to owning a flip phone, which is 20+ years ago, so I wouldn't know how much they go for today, but if you're paying 20-30$ per prepaid plan (random guess), then I would assume you're still drastically cutting the smurfs, and cheaters, if that's the price you need to pay for a smurf account.
  - Cheese9Man
    3 years ago
    I use a plan for my phone in the Philippines and a prepaid plan in Japan. I can imagine other people moving from country to country as well having prepaid cards. I heard that a lot of people from the EU use prepaid phones?
    There are other ways to counter smurfing. Even my bank doesn’t require a post paid plan then why is it a game have stricter rules? Getting to level 10 is too easy in apex to join rank. Smurfs are not a big problem in pubs.