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Smurfing is Not Welcome in Dota
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How exactly does smurfing work? I don't play Dota and the description on the page doesn't really help me understand
You're an experienced player but create a new account to get matched against noobs. Since the game is free, there's no cost to doing so.
In dota, there is a cost: you have to play 100 hours of unranked before you can play ranked. Honestly, because of this, while smurfing obviously still happens rarely, I don't think I've seen any smurfs in my last 50 games of ranked, which is at least 30 hours of gameplay. I would assume you see more smurfs in unranked games, but since I'm not playing those, I don't see them.
Ahh thanks, that does sound really shitty to do.
You still need a valid phone number to play ranked games, so there is some limitation.
Well yeah, but you can get a verification number for less than half a dollar usually if you know where to look.