Perhaps in your soloQs, sure. I play partyQ and 3/5 games will have an obvious smurf. And I’m the kind of person who gives someone credit when they play well.

But here’s what I see in most of my games in 4k partyQ:

1. <500 wins Ancient/Divine
2. <800 games played playing mid Invoker/OD
3. <25 level accounts being Divine/Ancient
4. 1 or 2 legit accounts with the rest of the party populated by smurfs (low amount of games played and still high rank)
5. Many times you can tell just by the movement. Low games played but having a very high APM zoning out our mid by standing between the waves etc. etc.

The uncommon games where everyone looks like a non-smurf account are some of the best games I’ve played (who woulda games where both sides have equal chances of winning would be fun).

So stop trying to pretend smurfs aren’t a problem. After the big smurf banwave, the next month was some of the best Dota games I’ve played where each account seemed to be normal. But now they’re back again, while yes, not all whining means they’re smurfs but there’s a huge amount that are, and there’s no need to downplay that fact.