Make rankings optional?

[Regret]

sadadsadas

Note that switf said harass. Smurfing to stay anonymous just for the sake of being anonymous is what I was referring to. Attempting to ban people for that would just result in an obvious aftermath:
1) loss of players
2) lots of butthurt ban dodging people seeking revenge
3) more hate towards moderators
4) references to hitler

[BaNa]

There are NO valid reasons for a non-moderator to be using a second account (other than the reasons Swiftspear already listed, eg authosts, and perhaps as a one-time use to get the password on your main account reset).

lol who the fuck are you to tell me what is and what isn't valid?

[Pressure Line]

Why not just rename your account? If you aren't a moderator, you cant tell one star account (or whatever rank you are) from another, and theres more than enough stars out there that no-one could possibly remember every single one.

I cannot think of a reason that any person would NEED to have a 1 stripe account. Other than n00b-baiting, teamstacking and other disruptive activities, there is nothing that starting a new account can achieve that simply renaming cannot, other than what is listed below.

Lobby mods are the exception to this, and i can understand why they would wish to have anonymity in a game situation.

lol who the fuck are you to tell me what is and what isn't valid?

go on then, you tell me a reason for starting a new account that isn't for the purposes of being disruptive or for:

*creating an autohost
*starting a new account for a friend (this doesn't really count tho)
*cant remember your old name & pass

If you are continually restarting accounts because you keep getting a bad reputation, the problem is YOU

[BaNa]

I cannot think of a reason that any person would NEED to have a 1 stripe account.

LWTFAYTTMWIAWIV?


and fwi, some of my smurf accounts are stars too.

[Gota]

Its ridicules to discuss how to prevent smurfing with people who actually want it to continue.
AS i said,those that can do something about it don't care and those that care cant do anything about it.

There is nothing wrong with asking for email verification.
Commercial games do this and its not something that will stop people from registering to play spring.
If you forget your pass or username and etc u can try and recover it through email or talk to a moderator.
Name changing should also be validated through email so people will be discouraged to do it many times.
It only hurts the community anyway.

If moderators are suppose to ban smurfs why aren't they doing this?
Because it was not declared an officially bannable offense,or it as not done with enough zeal,and since they smurf as well they don't feel so committed to banning smurfs...

[Regret]

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You two are too dumb to realize the implications of trying to fight anonymity in an opensource project.

[Tribulexrenamed]

I think the best thing to do is to take your gold star/ vet star ( i know there are not many of those but whatever) and rename it to some random name, and make people guess who you are. People generally think that I am flopflop for example.

[Wombat]

hi Tribulex still hate me ? :D

[CarRepairer]

I made one smurf account for balancing purposes. I spec a lot of games (around half the time I'm ingame) because I dev. I don't consider myself a good enough player to be a goldstar paired up with a newb against two silver stars so I made a new account. I wasn't secretive about it. As you can see there are always reasons that you can't always think of when you're sitting there trying to list them off.

Regret has a point as well.

[Peet]

Smurfing is so prevalent that making it bannable and enforcing that rule would be extremely difficult.

Also, Gota, actions (and >20 accounts on your IP) speak louder than words.

Personally, I am not against smurfing provided it is not being used to disrupt gameplay, dodge hosts' bans or harass users.

edit: was at work and couldn't look up the actual number. I count 88.

[Pressure Line]

Also, Gota, actions (and >20 accounts on your IP) speak louder than words.

i lolled. so hard i think i might have burst an internal organ...

[SwiftSpear]

Personally, I am not against smurfing provided it is not being used to disrupt gameplay, dodge hosts' bans or harass users.

[Gota]

Right.
A completely nonsensical statement since it is almost always used for those reasons.
Yeah i have tons of smurfs so what?i have them cause everyone is smurfing.
The minute smurfing becomes unacceptable ill stop.
Am i suppose to self censure? who the afk do you think i am?
Make it bannable and make a transition period.
This is a serious matter that concerns the entire community so you can make a few official announcements on the lobby at different times for a few days saying that from a certain date all caught smurfs will be banned.
What you wanna retain the option of mods smurfing?fine,that is acceptable.

[Gota]

Also, Gota, actions (and >20 accounts on your IP) speak louder than words.

i lolled. so hard i think i might have burst an internal organ...

Cause your an idiot.

[BaNa]

Cause your an idiot.

NO U

[Pressure Line]

Thats a helpful attitude "everyone else is doing it. Why shouldn't I?"

If there is a crackdown on smurfing, and in 6 months it starts becoming more prevalent, will you start smurfing again, rationalising it in that way?

You're dumber than i thought (and thats saying something).

[Gota]

and If the world ends in another 6 months? you ask retarded questions and than expect a serious answer.

your dumb ass speculations are not helping and instead of trying to deal with the problem your just being a jackass.
Want a piss competition lets do in in the lobby,dont pollute this topic with your worthlessness.

The point of this is to stop smurfing in general not to deal with an individual.
YOU,as a whole,are out of topic.

[Regret]

This is a serious matter that concerns the entire community so you can make a few official announcements on the lobby at different times for a few days saying that from a certain date all caught smurfs will be banned.

Lets take a look at what would your suggestion bring:

• Less players
  More drama
  More people learning how use proxies to wreak havoc
  A lot more work for moderators
  False positives getting banned

Just to stop some occasional ruined game, which is quite rare, and I play several games a day with/against smurfs/newbs whatever.

dont pollute this topic with your worthlessness

Pressure Line has a point, you are dumb, and you should realize that, not deny it. Try to get a clue about the issue yourself.

[Gota]

LoL...spring will always have an amateur community until ut makes some effort to stop smurfing....and you can go one with your mindless points or speculations as much as you want.

[Spawn_Retard]

To start, I don't think you should be looked at any different if you've made a smurf account, it says nothing about it in any of the polices I've looked at.

I often make smurfs so i can climb the rank ladder, again and again.

If you added all my smurfs together I'd be top rank by now, but i start new ones to actually have a purpose for wasting hours of my life