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?
I think unintentional smurfing is more prevalent than intentional smurfing and it’s honestly just down to how flawed matchmaking is.
I have low mmr right now with 4000+ hours. I get matched with/against people who are maybe 300 matches total. It’s immediately clear the skill disparity both in game sense and mechanics. Sometimes it means I stomp, sometimes it means I have a dud team. It’s so muddy, and the lower your mmr the muddier it gets.
I’ve never intentionally tanked my mmr but it’s not uncommon for me to go on massive lose streaks followed by massive win streaks and it’s honestly entirely out of my control.