The Truth About Smurfs In Rocket League

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Dude surely you realize the only reason that a Smurf's win percentage is around 50 is because they throw so they can stay at that rank

I'm actually more upset when I'm on a team with a smurf. One second you're destroying the other team, and then the next, they realize they need to lose so they don't rank up and they start hard throwing you to a loss.

I think when it comes to smurf win percantages. You have to take in mind that they rank up with their friends. And after that they lose intentionally on solo games to stay in the same rank as their friends and still be able to boost them. Or rank down to stay in a rank where they feel comfortable in to clip on people and boost their ego. Which makes it like a gamble because sometimes you get carried by a smurf and other times you get completely obliterated.

The bad thing about Smurfs is that in 2s the probability to get them against you is TWICE as high as having them with you (because you only got one team mate, but 2 opponents). So, they actively drag down people in 2s.

I think the biggest thing is to force solo queue only in the settings, so when you solo queue, you don't face smurfs in parties

There are two reasons why the win% is only 50-ish. a) They throw some of the games on purpose to stay low ranked, and/or b) they are playing with a significantly lower ranked tm8. If the match up is D1&GC vs D1&D1 like in the video, then yes, it's very unfair. But if it's for example a gold or plat player (boosted into C1) & GC (smurfing as a C1) vs two actual champs, then it's not so unfair anymore.

Technically speaking, if there's at least a smurf 1 in every three games then that'd mean that it wouldn't be that uncommon for two smurfs to be in the same lobby, possibly playing against each other. Which would mean that the reason smurfs might not have as high of a win percentage is somewhat down to the fact that they are also playing other smurfs whilst on their smurfs. Lmao

It's insane to think abt how I've been playing this game for 7 years and there has never been any real anti-smurfing systems implemented

I don't like the win rate argument at the end simply because Smurfs can ff. The amount of times I've had a game where the other team destroys us with a probable Smurf, only for my team to win by ff while losing 7-1, is more than I can count. It's why I typically stay in the game rather than ff myself. Still doesn't feel good to play against. I would like to see some sort of better enforced requirement for new accounts to play ranked. Didn't even know about the duo queue exploit

Beating a Smurf is one of the best feelings, everything leading up to that tho is way too sweaty

The problem with smurfs is that you can’t control your game against them. They either throw and you win or they decide to play and you can’t do shit or you need to play better than you ever played in your whole life to miraculously win the game. But this situation where there is basically a guy on the other team that decides wether or not you win is the most annoying thing to ever exist in competitive matchup. It just makes you want to stop playing since you’re not in control and you have no impact on the result.

I 1v1 so many smurfs that now when I get a real Diamond player, they think I'm the smurf

You can't say a smurf has no or little impact on a player base just because their win stat is only 50%. You have to take into consideration that, like many others have said, they will throw some matches so that they don't rank up. Also, that 50% win rate is not only playing against other players who are below the smurfs skill level, these guys also play against other smurfs who could just be better than they are. Like you pointed out in the video, 1/3 of the matches contain a smurf, that also counts towards them.

Psyonix really needs to sort this out, it's actually shameful that they do so little to prevent smurfing

The ranked experience in rocket league is completely tainted by smurfs, it's the definition of unfair.

I’d like to know how much the Smurf rate went up since the game went ftp… a cost barrier to smurfing is pretty significant.

Smurfing is so prevalent in every game mode, and those times you do come up against them just sets you back. If you come up against them 15% of the time and the other times you’re playing games that you’re probably still fluctuating where you win some and lose some that game against the smurfs really demoralizes you. I remember when trying to reach C1 in 2s I went for it for 2 seasons stuck at D3 and almost every time I was nearing the promotion game I came up against a Smurf doing their “placements”

The fun aspect of the game is a lot more important than net mmr gain at the end of the day. Plenty of my friends stopped playing because they kept encountering air-dribbling smurfs in their silver-plat lobbies. Smurfs having a low impact on the mmr distribution (coz they intentionally throw half the games) should just not be used to downplay effects.

I came across a lot of smurfs in my 1v1 games, openly admiting using another account to only play ones and actually having GC or higher on main. That was quite the experience.