3 months ago Valve said “Smurfing is not welcome in Dota” but its already like nothing has ever changed. The update that was supposed to reduce toxicity has also changed absolutely nothing.
Why is Valve even wasting its time with these things if none of them provide permanent solutions?
As far as I understand it, they have a solution but it’s not satisfactory to us because it’s rather slow: smurfs climb ranks faster so that they will arrive in their original bracket quickly and don’t bother us for too long. Of course it would be absolutely lovely if they have a faster and more direct “punishment” but I guess it’s not sustainable from a Publisher’s point of view. Also I noticed that, from a capitalistic perspective, they do have some interest in smurfs because I noticed how those also often invest money into Dota+ and/or cosmetics. So valve maybe secretly…likes smurfs?
Ehm when they reach their original beacket they start again on new account. That is a point of smurfing. They are alwaya there