What do people think about smurfing?

I’m in emerald and really every 3rd game there is this one 35lvl account stomping my team (or gifting me a free 21min win). I’m not having fun playing with or against them, unless I lane against them.

Do people and these smurfs even realize how much toxicity they create by making our Riven go 1/13?

  • BossStatusIRLB
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    1 year ago

    I have an alt that I rarely play on (12 games total this season). The other day someone wanted to duo with me but I couldn’t on my main, so I played on my B1 account. I went 15-0-5 and did whatever I wanted the whole game. I think I was up 30cs to 2 early.

    I knew there was a skill difference from Emerald to low silver, but I didn’t realize it was that large, and I was a little tipsy. Anyhow, end result was me feeling bad about the whole situation. Obviously that game wasn’t fair for the players in it.

    In contrast, I played some norms last night with some friends last night and played an off role. I wasn’t tanking my own rank or destroying some low ranked players who didn’t deserve a loss. I hate the argument of “if it’s your off role you are terrible at it”. Obviously I’m not as good at my off roles as my main, but I also don’t move from Emerald to bronze in any role.

    People making excuses for playing on Smurfs are just shitty people imo.