SMURF?

[burp]

I just saw that my account was flagged as Smurf? Seriously? I've been playing since 2014 and NOW they think that I'm smurfing? Get serious! Anyone else who had a similar notification?

[ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ]

Is it your playstyle that has people reporting you

[burp]

I have no idea! I mostly play WD, skywrath, Warlock and heroes which support. The way they've changed WD, it's just "cheating" when you buy shard.. But should I be flagged as smurf if they haven't checked at least one game of mine? Shouldn't players, who actually play almost 10 years to be flagged as such? After thousands of hours of playing the game, we should have reached a specific level of game play!

[Pyro Penguin]

yeah now your main account gets flagged when you use another account to smurf

[burp]

The thing is that I have only 1 account since 2011 when i first created my steam account and started playing dota2 in 2014 :/

[mortacci]

you read the new update?....look like not

[burp]

Originally posted by Mortacci:

you read the new update?....look like not

i did. And my score is 10,000 and someone was mad that they lost. That's the only explanation i can think of..

[KanyeWest]

It's painfully obvious you have another smurfing account, which is the reason why your main was flagged. Stop ruining others fun, let them learn at their own pace, you think a professional sports team should go against a bunch of rookies? Using the main account is your only option left, now...

Farewell.

[burp]

Originally posted by Bleeding Eyes:

It's painfully obvious you have another smurfing account, which is the reason why your main was flagged. Stop ruining others fun, let them learn at their own pace, you think a professional sports team should go against a bunch of rookies? Using the main account is your only option left, now...

Farewell.

Good. So I'll keep using the same account that i've been using for so many years. THE ONLY ONE I'VE GOT. Thanks for nothing :)

[The Snail King]

If you didnt know Burp, You're main account gets flagged for smurfing now, lol gg

[Commend4Commed Report4Report]

Where does it say your flagged? on Steam? or when you log into Dota?

[burp]

Originally posted by -_-_-_:

Where does it say your flagged? on Steam? or when you log into Dota?

It appeared as a notification under the envelope on the top right side in Dota. It's the first time I got a notification like that since i started playing games and i'm both pissed off and terrified, because it's the only account that i have! I've never cheated and i haven't even thought about cheating. Why would i start a discussion here if i had a smurf account? I would shut the f*** up and not say a thing. I don't really understand. The only other account that logs from my computer from times to times is my boyfriend's. But again, he's got dota2 many years now. Does it count that i play with 2 friends of mine (we usually play as a 5 member team) and they started playing dota2 a few months ago. Should i stop playing with them? And for how long?

[burp]

Originally posted by AlThePleb:

If you didnt know Burp, You're main account gets flagged for smurfing now, lol gg

That's what I understood. I think they've lost control of what's right and what's wrong. Dunno..

[Commend4Commed Report4Report]

Originally posted by burp:

Originally posted by -_-_-_:

Where does it say your flagged? on Steam? or when you log into Dota?

It appeared as a notification under the envelope on the top right side in Dota. It's the first time I got a notification like that since i started playing games and i'm both pissed off and terrified, because it's the only account that i have! I've never cheated and i haven't even thought about cheating. Why would i start a discussion here if i had a smurf account? I would shut the f*** up and not say a thing. I don't really understand. The only other account that logs from my computer from times to times is my boyfriend's. But again, he's got dota2 many years now. Does it count that i play with 2 friends of mine (we usually play as a 5 member team) and they started playing dota2 a few months ago. Should i stop playing with them? And for how long?

That sucks.

I guess the question becomes what qualifies accounts to be flagged as smurph? reports? IP address? if reports then how many and so on.

[burp]

Originally posted by -_-_-_:

Originally posted by burp:

It appeared as a notification under the envelope on the top right side in Dota. It's the first time I got a notification like that since i started playing games and i'm both pissed off and terrified, because it's the only account that i have! I've never cheated and i haven't even thought about cheating. Why would i start a discussion here if i had a smurf account? I would shut the f*** up and not say a thing. I don't really understand. The only other account that logs from my computer from times to times is my boyfriend's. But again, he's got dota2 many years now. Does it count that i play with 2 friends of mine (we usually play as a 5 member team) and they started playing dota2 a few months ago. Should i stop playing with them? And for how long?

That sucks.

I guess the question becomes what qualifies accounts to be flagged as smurph? reports? IP address? if reports then how many and so on.

My point exactly! My bf and I live in different cities and i usually log in from 2 different IP addresses, my home's and his. I don't really understand. We just need to wait and see. If i get banned for no reason, I'm going full REDDIT.

[the sun is flat]

But people here will still stubbornly say "working as intended".

Like I said I am sure valve took the easiest path possible, as always. They probably detect same computer / same IP, and call it a day. Post a nice number of 60k people and everyone cheers that smurfs are gone, meanwhile there are just as many smurfs as there were, and people unfairly banned post here only to be ridiculed and flamed.

And the possibly 20k actual smurfs of 60k who got banned just laugh and create/buy a new account.

I'd love to hear what exact method can possibly exist to detect without "a reasonable doubt" a smurf account. Do they hack laptop webcams and run facial recognition of the player?

While there could be an AI based system detecting exact same playstyle, analysing clicks mouse movements etc, and combine that with same IP/computer - 1) it would still have some false positives, 2) there is no way in hell valve implemented anything like this. They are having trouble even aligning buttons in the UI (which is basically simplified HTML/CSS) for dota plus subscriber features, there is zero chance they did anything like this.