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		feet on July 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In esports media, layoff season is in full swing The idea behind smurfs is for high ranked players to dunk on amateurs, rather than for high ranked players to play as badly as amateurs

tomjakubowski on July 15, 2022 [–]

Yeah, but in order to smurf you have to first tank on purpose to get into the lower-tier ranks.

feet on July 15, 2022 | [–]

Not that I've ever seen. Smurfs are all just new accounts starting with no rank

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