• T. Hex@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    23 hours ago

    What does making a smurf mean?

    This is the fediverse, so I can’t completely rule out the possibility that you casually use the word smurf like they do in the show, and I’m supposed to fill in the meaning from context.

    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
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      23 hours ago

      A smurf is an account you create to pretend to be a low level noob, when you’re actually an experienced player. The goal is to deceive the matchmaking algorithm into putting you with newer players so you can stomp them.

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        23 hours ago

        And by doing so making the experience worse for new players. Its not the end of the world but its basically cheating. And cheaters are losers.

        • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world
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          23 hours ago

          I used to do this except see how high I could get ranked with some arbitrary restrictions, like only allowed to use knife and grenades in csgo.

          I got to distinguished master guardian with pistols only.

          Knife and grenades was tough to get into gold.