I am so tired of constantly running into smurf accounts. Everyone knows who they are, they're the brand new accounts playing like they've been there since season 1. They're brand new yet have 4k damage badges, 20 kill badges, and always come in groups of 3. What is wrong with you people? Whats the point of SBMM if people are constantly going to cheat around it? Are you so insecure that you can't play against other teams your own skill level? It would be awesome if Respawn actually banned these players, [Edit - Admin.]

@OldTreeCreeper that's like saying, "Yes, you can CHEAT, but just this once, if you do it over and over, you will get banned."The people who smurf can just make another account, so they can basically CHEAT INFINITLY. Ridiculous, no wonder the game is full of SMURFS, he is giving everyone permission to do it.

@OldTreeCreeper Are they not farming technically as they are passing through in a sense? I'm not being sarcastic, generally asking a question, I am not sure, I don't play rank very much...only a few times since game launch.

@Yoko-Ono-U-Didnt The smurf accounts get bumped into the higher difficulty lobbies fairly quickly it's only a few matches and they will be in the moderate-difficult lobbies. It only takes me a few matches posting 1500-2k damage and I'm in the hard lobbies. Yet it takes me having a streak of 10+ bad matches to get lower skilled lobbies.

@OldTreeCreeper Thanks for the reply, It just seems like even passing through to "do a grind"....are they not destroying lower level players and creating the very same frustration to the exact level as someone doing it constantly to "farm" noobs while trying to reach the top of that grind?I would take that no different as one saying, well if I use an Aim Bot hack once a month, its ok to destroy the opposition....as long as I don't use an Aim Bot hack all the time to destroy my opponents on a regular basis.Which then opens up a whole new bag of feces on the same statement when referring to all mods, zen, marcos, scripts et cetera.

@OldTreeCreeper I can understand your way of explaining it to me, and I get what you're saying. Thank you Ole Tree....much appreciated.

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17 Replies

Sonvekk
3 years ago
Yeah, I don't under the stand the report button for smurfing in this game anymore when we have streamers doing "bronze to pred" streams. Some of them actually players who play in esports for apex which is even more ironic.
EA_Barry
Community Manager
3 years ago
@Yoko-Ono-U-Didnt

Your post has been edited, do not suggest that again.
OldTreeCreeper
Hero+
3 years ago
@Yoko-Ono-U-Didnt @Sonvekk
This is the current position on smurfing afaik from apex hideouts.
"So does this mean I can get banned for doing the “Solo to masters in all legend”?
" No. This is intended for players that abuse the system and create new accounts consistently to farm lower level lobbies. Having one smurf to do a grind like that will not get you banned"
https://mobile.twitter.com/rspn_hideouts/status/1390020385706364929
SILVERisSORRY
3 years ago
@OldTreeCreeper that's like saying, "Yes, you can CHEAT, but just this once, if you do it over and over, you will get banned."

The people who smurf can just make another account, so they can basically CHEAT INFINITLY. Ridiculous, no wonder the game is full of SMURFS, he is giving everyone permission to do it.
OldTreeCreeper
Hero+
3 years ago
@SILVERisSORRY that's not my interpretation of it. The question put to Conor was about a ranked challenge. He replied
"create new accounts consistently to farm lower level lobbies."
To me, it seems to be very specifically about banning farming pub or ranked smurfs, who are specifically and persistently wipeing out lower level lobbies for whatever reason. Not ranked challenge smurfs who are passing through.
NickBeam27
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@OldTreeCreeper Are they not farming technically as they are passing through in a sense? I'm not being sarcastic, generally asking a question, I am not sure, I don't play rank very much...only a few times since game launch.
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
3 years ago
@Yoko-Ono-U-Didnt The smurf accounts get bumped into the higher difficulty lobbies fairly quickly it's only a few matches and they will be in the moderate-difficult lobbies. It only takes me a few matches posting 1500-2k damage and I'm in the hard lobbies. Yet it takes me having a streak of 10+ bad matches to get lower skilled lobbies.
OldTreeCreeper
Hero+
3 years ago
@NickBeam27 I cannot disagree with you. I used to think all smurfing was bannable, until I saw Hideouts clarification. I don't know why such a distinction was made.
NickBeam27
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@OldTreeCreeper Thanks for the reply, It just seems like even passing through to "do a grind"....are they not destroying lower level players and creating the very same frustration to the exact level as someone doing it constantly to "farm" noobs while trying to reach the top of that grind?
I would take that no different as one saying, well if I use an Aim Bot hack once a month, its ok to destroy the opposition....as long as I don't use an Aim Bot hack all the time to destroy my opponents on a regular basis.

Which then opens up a whole new bag of feces on the same statement when referring to all mods, zen, marcos, scripts et cetera.
NeonXXP
3 years ago
There is no SBMM, I have tested it extensively. The longer you stay in a game the harder your next game will be. After a win it takes 5 "bad games" to get back to lobbies appropriate to your skill level.
This is Respawn's attempt at maximising player retention with an algorithm designed to limit your success. In my experience this algorithm has the opposite effect. Frustrated, burnt out players are the ones who stop playing, not players who regularly have fun fair games.
Smurfs would be far less common if Respawn put actual SBMM in the game instead of throwing Plat capped players into pub lobbies full of Master and Pred sweats 5/6 games.