Smurfs are a big problem.

@GRiPSViGiLI really don't see the issue with SBMM, I've been consistently getting matched against players with 20 bombs, 2500+ kills and difficult to get badges.

I don't find the lobbies to be that terribly hard for my skill level. I'm definitely on the lower end of these lobbies skill level. But I still have some 1700+ damage games with high kills and multiple revives/respawns. The other night I did exactly 1700 damage with I think 7 kills, my squad mate did 1683 with 10 kills. It was just me and him/her the entire match... Despite being at a disadvantage we still posted decent numbers.

Sure they can be challenging and my win ratio is not above average. I win about 5% of my matches, some nights I do better other nights I do worse. That's about spot on considering there are 20 teams and that gives you about a 5% chance at winning if all things are equal.

The smurf account could be easy to detect but to guarantee it is little tricky.

Most people has 1 Platform to play (one PS4 at home).

So if the game see there're already existing old account with high stats, then there's new account created and this new account perform similiar to old account, it's prime suspect of smurf account (while it's not guarantee since you could have two kids, and another kid is also good at FPS).

Note:

If the person has multiple platform, it's not easy to be good on all platform.

Good PS4 player doesn't necessary good PC player (or vice versa), so it's harder to smurf across platform.

It is smurfing if you’re level 10 and you’re getting 20 kills and 4K. It needs sorted because everyone I use to play this game with have gone. Don’t play it anymore, I’ve got to the point I’ll play a couple games a week because of smurfs. The games gone and apex are losing players fast.. RIP APEX

The smurfing in this game at this point is horrendous! Feels like quitting is the only option. Between Zen, Marcro, smurfing, bad SBMM, hacking, cheating etc.... Apex isn't going anywhere good anytime soon. 

Ive played many other BR's and when it comes to cheating - Apex has them all beat - without contest. Fair competitive online gaming with Apex Legends - I dare to say - close to unplayable if not already.

At this point, the cheating will only double or triple over the next while. Simply because most will give in and cheat themselves to stay competitive before quitting. 

It is a shame this once great game has come to this point. Thanks to many COD players that worked their way over to Apex. This game has never been the same since. 

the "smurfing" is usually just word.exe. look at how they move and their tactics, its crap. but the aim ? just pull half mag of r301 as headshots no biggie at 50+ meters....

ive been busy sending vids and reporting today. it seems kids got cash for xmas.