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Smurfs are annoying

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Smurfs are so annoying in this game especially if their winrate sucks and you think he isnt a smurf. Then when you play against him and have no chance and wonder why...after the game he tells u that he had PR 37 one time although I thought he is 21. It is annoying because you think that youre playing against someone whos at your lvl and if you lose yourre thinking "man I suck I thought I improved but in fact I didnt" until you realize/he tells you that hes a smurf and has 11 smurf accounts. Side affects of this ESO-Account bug. :dry:

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I suggest adding people around your own skill level to your friend list so you can play games against them whenever you feel like battling against an equal. In general I would be happy to play against better people (whether they are majors or colonels doesn't really matter).
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Gendarme wrote:I suggest adding people around your own skill level to your friend list so you can play games against them whenever you feel like battling against an equal. In general I would be happy to play against better people (whether they are majors or colonels doesn't really matter).

i like to play against ppl at my lvl or slightly above that but the point on those smurf accounts is that I think "man I suck lost against such a low lvl" (if theyre even under lvl 21 which already happened)...you know what I mean?
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Thats a pretty ironic thing to say @pecelot .

That said this happens in treaty a lot, simply due to player base. I smurf a lot because of my timezone. Simply pest and move on is the best thing you can do.
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I dislike folks who smurf for the purpose of gaining an advantage over you. Like if I hope in a game with a capt in TR, I'm gonna take a shit civ, or take a few cards out of my deck. Then all of a sudden, its sid and you are gonna lose 3 PR to a capt.

Otherwise smurfing for anonimity or to get a game, idc. Just don't pretend like you're some uber noob just so you can have civ advantage
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I usually tell people that i'm smurfing beforehand or play badly.
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I dislike folks who smurf for the purpose of gaining an advantage over you. Like if I hope in a game with a capt in TR, I'm gonna take a shit civ, or take a few cards out of my deck. Then all of a sudden, its sid and you are gonna lose 3 PR to a capt.

Otherwise smurfing for anonimity or to get a game, idc. Just don't pretend like you're some uber noob just so you can have civ advantage
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I dislike folks who smurf for the purpose of gaining an advantage over you. Like if I hope in a game with a capt in TR, I'm gonna take a shit civ, or take a few cards out of my deck. Then all of a sudden, its sid and you are gonna lose 3 PR to a capt.

Otherwise smurfing for anonimity or to get a game, idc. Just don't pretend like you're some uber noob just so you can have civ advantage
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I like folks who smurf for the purpose of gaining an advantage over you. Like if I hope in a game with a capt in TR, I'm gonna take a great civ, or add a few cards out of my deck. Then all of a sudden, its sid and you are gonna lose 3 PR to a capt.

Otherwise smurfing for anonimity or to get a game, idc. Just pretend like you're some uber noob just so you can have civ advantage
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breaking news: water is wet.
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AOEisLOVE_AOEisLIFE wrote:breaking news: water is wet.

Unless Chuck Norris jumped into it
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I have also had some bad experiences with smurfs. It is frustrating when you take a poor matchup or a Tier C civ in order to "balance" the teams, only to find out the other guy(s) are actually 400 ELO points above you on their main(s). This is especially true when the opposition actually asks you to help make it "fair." That's just disingenuous.

On the other hand, I had a good experience vs. smurfs the other day. I didn't know until afterwards they were smurfs (although there were strong suspicions). They all chose bottom tier civs and it turned out to be a quality game with multiple swings in the balance of power. My team didn't end up winning, but the game was extremely satisfying nevertheless. What could have been a noobstomp turned into a great game because the better players were willing to alter their team for the worse in order to give us our best shot. It also helped that the attitude of the players all around was positive and fair-play focused.

All in all, it really depends on the attitude of the smurf - which you can extrapolate to all players in terms of pure enjoyment of the game. There's some people I run into that are just unpleasant to be around (to put it nicely). In this case, I'd rather fight with/against a friendly but unfair smurf than an absolute prick who happens to be my level of skill. Just my two cents. :smile:
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Smurfing annoys me, as others, for reasons already mentioned.

Also I disliked being the party to make the smurf. As a serg I regularly met people who would resign just after 2 min. Even after that asked if I wanted to go again to pump up my rank. It's a wast of time for me. If my rank goes up, it'll be because I played better, not because of artificial pumping.
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be on top of food chain, no need to worry bout smurfs n shit.

you've decide you if want to be a wolf or a sheep. I decided to become a wolf! : >>>
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princeofkabul wrote:be on top of food chain, no need to worry bout smurfs n shit.

you've decide you if want to be a wolf or a sheep. I decided to become a wolf! : >>>

The dog of your profile pic looks scared
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NekoBerk wrote:
princeofkabul wrote:be on top of food chain, no need to worry bout smurfs n shit.

you've decide you if want to be a wolf or a sheep. I decided to become a wolf! : >>>

The dog of your profile pic looks scared


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princeofkabul wrote:be on top of food chain, no need to worry bout smurfs n shit.

you've decide you if want to be a wolf or a sheep. I decided to become a wolf! : >>>

What movie is that again?
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Hazza54321 wrote:
princeofkabul wrote:be on top of food chain, no need to worry bout smurfs n shit.

you've decide you if want to be a wolf or a sheep. I decided to become a wolf! : >>>

What movie is that again?


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=> best solution => try to avoid playing with them
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Fun fact..u could totally post a list of smurfs u know right here on esoc. There are no rules that explicitly say it is banned :flowers:
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For the sake of awareness I have 2 smurf accounts: Alaron_ and Koraphska.

I never really use them anymore, but if you see those accs that's me. Hope that doesn't mean you won't play with me :(
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I dislike folks who smurf for the purpose of gaining an advantage over you. Like if I hope in a game with a capt in TR, I'm gonna take a shit civ, or take a few cards out of my deck. Then all of a sudden, its sid and you are gonna lose 3 PR to a capt.

Otherwise smurfing for anonimity or to get a game, idc. Just don't pretend like you're some uber noob just so you can have civ advantage
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For my part, if I could play on my main whenever I want, I would almost never smurf. It's just that it's almost impossible to find games at some point, and you need to go on lower rank accounts to find some. So I guess it's kinda selfish because it can "ruin" lower players' experience, but I'm not gonna stop playing the game because of that.
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vardar wrote:I dislike folks who smurf for the purpose of gaining an advantage over you. Like if I hope in a game with a capt in TR, I'm gonna take a shit civ, or take a few cards out of my deck. Then all of a sudden, its sid and you are gonna lose 3 PR to a capt.

Otherwise smurfing for anonimity or to get a game, idc. Just don't pretend like you're some uber noob just so you can have civ advantage


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