Why isn't there an option for smurf when reporting

[☃Thelonelysnowman ☃]

it's literally the most common type of cheating and its so blatantly obvious

[Basarab Laiota]

what the heck is smurf? lmao if this cheat is so common how come i've never heard of it

[Jase]

To address both of you,

@BL:
Idk if you're being sarcastic / rhetorical so I'm just gonna layman's term it.
It's creating an alt account so your MMR / SR / ELO / etc is low and you can play against people who are likely new to the game and or worse than you. It's cringe and literally stealing enjoyment out of the game from the ppl you crush (a similar theft of enjoyment to hacking).

@Snow:
I think smurfing is generally a hard thing to detect, as with most shooters, there's a lot of skill transfer between games. In this case aim from other shooters and then game sense from other hero shooters. Like how a lot of OW2 streamers are hopping on and crushing it, despite those being their first accounts in the game. I don't disagree though, smurfing is terrible, and anyone finding leeway and excuses for intentional smurfing are just in denial about it. It's pretty akin to cheating / hacking / glitching imo; purposely causing the game's ELO systems to ignore you and exploiting your way into games the system was built to prevent you from.

[Rahk]

How could someone be smurfing the game is hardly solved and is still in the discovery phase

[Jesi]

How can you be a smurf in game where 80% of server is in Bronze... and it is a first season.

[Whitmore]

Playing on PlayStation, but saw this thread and figured I'd chime in. Yeah I'm convinced there's smurfs as well. This week I've consistently been running into people in Quick Play that are unranked, have an incredibly low play time (in several cases, their profile suggests that the match I played against them is their entire play time so far), and yet despite this supposedly being their first ever game, they crank out 32 kills and no deaths with like 10 assists. It's possible that these are just hero shooter veterans and I got unlucky. It's possible there are just prodigies out there who were simply BORN to play Namor. But it's a little suspicious.

Yeah, not fun. It isn't even fun if it's on your side. "Oh we won. Well, of course we won, our Hela plays like she should be in One Above All and got half the lobby's kills"

[Kinoghoul]

Could also be people who play on console and PC depending on where they are at. For instance they might have a console in one location and a PC in another. People who have to travel basically. Just a thought. Either way I don't think its that big of a concern. The more you play you will either match or outgrow them pretty quick if you play with any regularity.

[DeeTeez]

maybe ex overwatch players first game?

[IndianaJones]

Originally posted by ☃Thelonelysnowman ☃:

it's literally the most common type of cheating and its so blatantly obvious

Yeah, no way around it I guess. In Overwatch even a price tag of $60 per game copy didn't stop people for making trash account for smurfing.

Maybe Devs could try to verify player's account with cell phone number or credit card to avoid multiple spoof accounts, but as long as getting game is free and you can have infinite number of Steam /Epic accounts, there is no way around it.

Originally posted by Basarab Laiota:

what the heck is smurf? lmao if this cheat is so common how come i've never heard of it

Good players make an alternative trash account, on which they play a bit to seem legit, then they throw down games to de-rank in competitive play.

Then they team up with other players, likely with whom they are friends with to boost them quickly through the ranks.
The other player plays on main account, and SMURF plays on trash account.

It is basically exploiting matchmaking system with retarded rule that allows players to make group (premades) between ranks. For example you can team up between 6 ranks in low bracket.

Bronze III, II, I and Silver III, II, I.

For example, the SMURF can be ranked as Gold II on main account. On trash account he keeps his rank around Bronze II (intentionally losing matches). Then he teams up with other player, lets say Silver II and boost him to Gold quickly. The premades can have more players than one. xD
The matchmaking is sort of averaging skill rating score for a group, so lets say Bronze II + Silver II = Bronze I <- that's basically the exploit here.
That group is then put against a team that is averaging Bronze I, and then SMURF suddenly plays very well. And you wonder why are you being stomped in Bronze I rank.

Freaking Overwatch 1 all over again.

Marvel Rivals is so similar to Overwatch 1 that it inheritances most of its flaws as well.

[MischievousCat47]

there aren't any placement matches right? everyone starts at bronze III so I don't think people are smurfing on purpose i think they're just good and starting to play ranked lol.

[IKnowGunFu]

That's a complete lie. There are pros doing it very much on purpose.

[GeriatricSloth]

I can understand the players that play in a set group of 6, ie tourneys and clan play, and are high lvl, doing another account and they use that for solo Que play only.

But to just lvl it to pwn it off, for $$ is wrong, and can be abused ofc :(

[Scamdiver]

well, if we are talking about smurfs there should be an option for team-boosted low skills too

[ItsRaiden]

yea well that is why you have a ton of hackers in the game. Its mainly out of the same evil and toxic behaviour as smurfing. Both should be bannable offenses. Gaming needs to evolve. Basically 1 account only and it is based on your social security number and dna. if ytou are found to be smurfing based on concererte evidence you get deleted irl. pathetic scum.

[⤫ LiquidSwords ⤫]

Originally posted by Jesi:

How can you be a smurf in game where 80% of server is in Bronze... and it is a first season.

are you daft? if a Overwatch pro gets to eternal, starts new account, purposely loses so he can plays with friends, in silver, absolutely shreds you in a silver lobby, is that not smurfing?

[Kitt 🌟 Stargazer]

If there is an option for griefing I'd pick that...