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Hey guys/girls,

I just want to get clarification on smurfing. Firstly i will say what i think it is, and any replies to discuss this can be posted below!

So my take on this is when: a higher level player is "pretending"to be of a lower league to be able to play against lower ranked players and take some easy wins.

As to why they do this i am not quite sure, maybe it is because they have trouble being the best at their current level, and need to make themselves feel better.

I am bringing this up as i was playing a silver player in the BSG to which he said GG and left before the match was over. I asked why and was told he was a smurf and consequently got DQ.

Next brings to me the BSG winner Hillboy, he played exceptionlly well for being in Bronze League, i am not saying he is masters league or anything, but played better than the gold players in the tournament. So would this be smurfing aswell since he is in bronze league and is most definately not a bronze league player?

It is infact hard to place him in a league since he does not ladder much at all. I myself think he would fit into high platinum or low diamond at a minimum, i mean since (BSG) he has won 3 games against a platinum player.

I am not trying to stir up trouble, i just think it is not an accurate representation of his skill level and as such when they completely outplay everyone is the BSG makes it hard to not think otherwise when they are seen as a bronze league player.

I had questioned this at the time after i got completely railed by him, and was told "aslong as he is below gold it is ok". Which brings me to what happened to the silver league player i played against who got DQ.

I think we should have an accurate representationof people who enter a tournament, If you play lots of custom games you are not ranked accordingly which is the case of Hillboy, and if anyone who plays outside of their league ranking/expectation is going to cause some questions, this is meant to be a fun thing for lower ranked players and when u get the floor mopped with yourself by a player who should not be at that level of play according to their league division should be looked into.

I think that this is indeed a form of smurfing as his actual league division is not represented by his actual skill level, and until this is rectified is going to cause questions from people. In the coming months if this is going on i can see this site/tournament losing creditability for hosting such tournaments and not policing things properly, hence people may stop entering these as people can get away with cheating the system you have in place.

I am not saying to DQ Hillboy, i would just like to see people who play be in a division that accuratly represents their current skill level, as without that makes it very hard to justify that you are in a BSG level when u completly outplay everyone in it, not just beat them.

I would just like to add that on review of my match with Hillboy, i think there may be reason to say he may of actually been listening to the stream, as at the very start about 7 seconds in he looks directly to where i have spawned and this is announced on the stream by Benji, so it is possible he may have been listening whilst we were playing. I have been told it is possible to listen and not be logged in and you won't be seen as listening, i am not 100% about this though.

Sorry to bring this up, it is just things don't add up.