Dozens in every match now because the high ranks don’t want to play against people of equal skill...sigh, Why do so many games have to try and cheat the system to get an edge?just start suspending their accounts for a month.

They can create endless smurf accounts.. players are doing it, Apex has a major issue right now. High skill players don’t want to play with people of equal skill. It’s leading a game that’s not fun for the lower skill players.Cheating is exploiting a flaw in the game to gain an advantage. I would argue that because the game is free and endless smurf accounts can be created they are abusing the system. Play the account until its not fun, create a new one. I agree smurf accounts are a gray area. But when smurfing is being abused to get around a game mechanic such as SBMM it becomes cheating. Most games that I’ve played that used solid SBMM would bump the smurf accounts almost instantly to combat this kind of thing. How quickly the smurf accounts get bumped up who knows?Your argument for comparison to last season just is not true. Your season 3 stats are completely separate from season 2. i also have been teamed with players who smurf. They openly talk about switching to their smurf account for easier rounds.it’s getting old and I’m sure they know who the smurf accounts are. Just start deleting the smurf accounts and suspending the primary account. Once word travels people will knock it off. i’ve played about 6 rounds tonight and have not seen one champion that was not a smurf account/group.it’s just a bummer because these morons ruin it for everyone else.. one issue it can create for Respawn is that players can smurf and get endless apex packs until they get an account with skins they like and want..the streamers are a rare exception. Toss in that they can go offline and other things to hide fromfriends if that’s what they want to do. But I can understand that argument and having maybe 1 smurf account.the smurfing going on right now is being done to circumvent SBMM.

@DarthValtrex I’ve been noticing this too.

@DarthValtrex Or they reach Predator and then want to focus on raising kill count and then come on back down and slum with the average Joe's and lovingly refer to it as "Pub Stomping".I have been playing nothing but ranked lately because of this and I'm into Platinum now and having some solid games. And you can tell it's a more evenly matched lobby.

1. And? Do a streamer have right to have a dozens of other accounts?2. ??? Why?3. ??yes... you should be banned!

@DarthValtrex Smurfs are the lowest forms of pathetic lardasses on planet earth along side with crack heads and politicians. Losers. Control this crap EA.

Smurf accounts are out of control.

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Irres169
5 years ago
@RevenanT-G7
"Smurf accounts have been around since the dawn of gaming. "
Incorrect.
We will only discuss the period after gaming went online as the real dawn of gaming were all isolated machines.
Online gaming in it's early days had ladder and tourney systems to determine rank/skill
It was not until somewhere around 2004ish where MLG started pushing what was the predecessor stats based rankings you have today.
Smurfing was not an issue till that system was put into play.
Before that people used alias accounts but that was for anonymity on public servers....not really to game some ranksystem that didn't exist yet.
Irres169
5 years ago
@RevenanT-G7
Having a 2nd or 3rd account is not smurfing.
Smurfing is when those are used to intentionally stay and play at a rank lower than where you belong.
cpt_kozaka
Seasoned Novice
5 years ago
1. And? Do a streamer have right to have a dozens of other accounts?
2. ??? Why?
3. ??
yes... you should be banned!
GH0STEDbyME
Hero
5 years ago
@cpt_kozaka I'd say that one could be dependent on the situation. If you look at it like this: you don't have the same email address at home as you do at work, right? It could very possibly be a public vs private scenario.
Tom0ve
Legend
5 years ago
EA should take Money for Apex, this would make it less worse.
FixSeason6a
5 years ago
@DarthValtrex No, they are forced to smurf because their accounts are suspended for weak reasons.
NaRnIaaa
5 years ago
why is there even a problem if someone has one or several accounts wtf, they do whatever they want with their life and time
Tom0ve
Legend
5 years ago
@NaRnIaaa
Where the problem is?
I think a lot of newbies stop playing & Predators like to annoy platinum players.
Cheater would also have a twice thought about do that or not.
Axs5626Sxa5001
5 years ago
@DarthValtrex

I’m not convinced that reducing the SBMM would result in the game dying. Apex was doing well before they ramped things up (back before the Duos update in 2019); the game had grossed close to half a billion at that point. I agree that they are probably making even more money now, we’re talking about a company maximizing profits, not outright saving their game from death.

I get it though. People love their SBMM. Some people feel that every single match should be as ultra competitive and sweaty as possible. SBMM isn’t going anywhere. But my argument is that they need to reward above average players more for their skill.

If I’m going to sweat in public lobbies that LITERALLY have over 80% Pred contrails (despite those players only constituting less than 1% of the player base) then I should be offered greater incentive to play. Once you reach level 500, sweating in pubs is actually pointless. They need to either increase the level cap or offer better rewards.
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@Axs5626Sxa5001 You might have some points there. I think it depends how it's reduced. I'm a mediocre player who has some brilliant moments. I don't mind when I'm bumped into the predator lobbies.

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