what's the difference between a smurf and a player who is actually good at the game?

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just something ive been thinking about^

[Nän00xMäx]

A smurf is actually a bad player who needs alternative accounts in order to be matched with even worst players so that he can stomp games and feed his ego trip.

Smurfing has nothing really to do with skills, it's a way to abuse the system.

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โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย DaiDiMax:

A smurf is actually a bad player who needs alternative accounts in order to be matched with even worst players so that he can stomp games and feed his ego trip.

Smurfing has nothing really to do with skills, it's a way to abuse the system.

ah thank you for clarifying :)

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

A smurf is a player who creates one (often more) alt accounts with the intention of exploiting matchmaking. Their alt account has much lower MMR than their main account (which is their 'true' MMR), such as a Legend playing in Guardian. This difference in skill makes them virtual gods, which they further capitalize on by using gimmick builds (such as Blink-Eblade Meepo) that excel in the constant 1v1's, inefficient farming, and clumsy teamfights that often happen in low MMR. This sort of play would get them killed if they tried it against equally skilled opponents, but is enough that they can post winrates of 75% or more.

[Nän00xMäx]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Venti:

A smurf is a player who creates one (often more) alt accounts with the intention of exploiting matchmaking. Their alt account has much lower MMR than their main account (which is their 'true' MMR), such as a Legend playing in Guardian. This difference in skill makes them virtual gods, which they further capitalize on by using gimmick builds (such as Blink-Eblade Meepo) that excel in the constant 1v1's, inefficient farming, and clumsy teamfights that often happen in low MMR. This sort of play would get them killed if they tried it against equally skilled opponents, but is enough that they can post winrates of 75% or more.

It's just one side of smurfing.

There are many guardian level players who couldn't achieve anything you described with meepo and gimmick builds who create alt accounts to play at herald level or just with a "fresh" account which usually lets you play the first few games against other fresh accounts and therefore potentially genuine new players.

There are also many players owning a legend account but who barely play with it because they lose all the time and would burn their MMR in days and play on alt accounts so that they can win a few games here and there. It that case, the "actual level" of the player is somewhere around guardian, still his "main" account is legend.

Smurfing is about playing with more than 1 account no matter the reason. Nothing more.

[Absche]

Usually a smurf has reached his skill ceiling at higher ranks. For players leveling out at lower ranks smurfing is not an option. Smurfs can do several times what other people can‘t achieve even once. Thus, they attract a lot of envy. The problem is that the game offers no regrinding options. Playing Dota2 gets more and more unattractive for players at their stagnation point.

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โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Snekky:

just something ive been thinking about^

To me, a smurf is a player who uses an alternate way of playing in order to get away from facing the tier he has been reaching, usually happening in a game containing a ranking system by using a different account that involves a lower tier account. Those are cowards who afraid of their original honour to be defeated by others.

The following is an explanation of the definition of "smurf in gaming" by Google. Who thinks he is clever than Google, then you may argue the following: Smurfing or twinking, in video gaming, the act of a high-skilled gamer playing within a lower-level character or competitive bracket.

[N͎M͎O͎T͎H͎]

People have started calling anyone who stomps them a Smurf. There are people who have been playing for years and still don't understand hero abilities and counters and items.

[Grimmz]

smurfing is when you are in heavy weight championships but can't win anymore so you must go to light weight championships to feel relevant again.

[suntas]

smurfs smell like poop and good players have never seen a vagina

[ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ]

smurfing is playing in games below your skill level. it doesn't have to be on an alt account. Theres many people who can solo win but as often throw to troll people or because they get bored or are experimenting. They often get high kill counts on their own, but are usually poor at communication and will do things like try to solo push up hg. They are playing kda, and another sign of a smurf is extending a game by 15-20 minutes unnecessarily to farm more kills. They often play heros that are durable nukers that are hard to lockdown.

So a smurf could be a morph, a bs, a rat ember who buys divine rapier, a sniper that never pushes but farms for more dps and more kills. It's 50/50 if its a pa or riki. I think its fairly common on blink TA or blink pucks.

its most likely not Medusa or AM pickers or clinks players, as those heros are straightforward and just op without having to cheese or outplay. Most bb players are not smurfs, people who pick pl are not smurfs and players who pick snowballing heros, like slark, are likely not smurfs.

And I believe its definitely reportable from unranked. I give the reason that they need matchmaking that's higher for their skill level.