Quoting wnmnkh, reply 8All of blacklist thingy fails since this game allows smurf.
Not completely.
In a PUG Game , smurfs get BOOTED unless they reveal who they are.
If he changes his identity he has a long way to go to building a reputation with his new account. Truth be told , KKrazy had a "decent" reputation for being skilled enough. Skilled hosts would accept him into their games , but with a new 0 wins 0 loss account and the inability to reveal that he is Kkrazy , hes gonna get the boot from Skilled games and most PUG games.
All skilled games played nowadays on Sins , is with Recognised players who have built reputations over months. Its Reputation thats the only thing keeping good players honest and fair in the game , and is the only leverage for blacklisting dishonarable players
This *used to be the case. But it has become very relaxed recently. Now, some of the more accomplished players, and you know who I'm talking about, will form a Smurf-of-the-Day, or week as it were. Not the alternate that we all know, but a reinvented one that they use as a clandestine surrogate. I say surrogate because they inveitably whisper to one or the other Captains of a PUG in order to announce themselves.
This in effect allows them to "load" or "stack" the team they like by virtue of the fact they can at times avoid getting on a team they would otherwise get picked at the top of the drafting order, or at the very least get on a team that they prefer. It has almost become a joke during pugs when you see records like 16-15-0 and such, on a previously "unkown" name, that they must be "so-and-so" <insert accomplished player name>. When asked, a Captain that is drafting his first picks that instantly picks one of these "new smurfs" as to why or who he really is, they will usually say something like, "I don't have any idea, he just looks like a smurf". So they either did know, or they are rolling the dice; either way it could screw up the balance of the teams.
I appreciate the sentiment that some accomplished skilled players may want to try a strat, or mess around during a game without bringing undue circumspection upon themselves by using a smurf. But what is becoming an extrememley irritating habit is to see them log in via the friends prompt, and log right out, immediately followed by some virtually new "unkown" joining a PUG that has been waiting to form for lack of enough players, and then when asked who they are, they deny who they are, only later to find out they were who you thought they were because one of the Captains drafts them and brags later about who they are! They obviously disclosed themselves to the Captain of their choice, but if you happen to be one of the opposing Captains trying to draft the best players for your team, it's not fair to the team or yourself when you can't clarify their identity.
It's litterally an imposition to get a whisper from <insert goofy ass smurf name> telling you, "Hey, I'm <insert accomplished skilled player> get me on your team (or in your game)". It's also a pain in the ass if you already have teams selected and they get in the Game Chat Channel and say, "Boot that <insert derogatory elitist remark about [Player already on your team or in your game]>" and expect you to accomodate them just because "they are who they are"!
I have 3 alternates, they all have over approx 300 games with 200 wins. I glady disclose to anyone who asks who I am, but usually, most people already know. However, this sophmoric game of "Hide the Smurf" has become so obnoxious, I refuse to Captain a game anymore precisely because of this.
This is why, now, I say YOU MIGHT NEED TO FIND A NEW GAME IF:
- ALL SMURFS NEED TO GO BACK TO REVEALING WHO THEY ARE OR THE HOST SHOULD INSTANTLY BOOT THEM, OR THEY MIGHT NEED TO FIND A NEW GAME.
- ANY CAPTAIN THAT PICKS A "COVERT" SMURF SHOULD HAVE THEIR ASS HANDED TO THEM (either that or everyone on the opposing team go afk after SB'ing everything in sight) AND THEN THEY MIGHT NEED TO FIND A NEW GAME.
- IF YOU ARE SO SKILLED THAT YOU CAN WATCH RERUNS OF SG-1 ON HULU WHILE YOU PLAY SoSE YOU MIGHT NEED TO FIND A NEW GAME.
- IF YOU ARE SO BORED WITH SoSE THAT YOU TAKE PLEASURE FROM SMURFING AGAINST AN UNSUSPECTING TEAM OF PLAYERS OF LESSER SKILLS THAN YOURSELF, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO FIND A NEW GAME.
- IF YOU THINK YOU ARE SUCH A TREMENDOUS GAMING TALENT THAT YOU CAN SUSPEND ETHICAL CONSIDRATIONS OF FAIR PLAY AND GAMESMANSHIP, YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN AN ARROGANT FUCKWAD ELITIST SMURF, AND YOU CAN GO FIND A GAME TO PLAY....WITH YOURSELF!
Peace,
Proto
