So i wish to bring forward the topic of "smurfs" rights in tournaments. It came to my attention that pretty much all tournaments have a requirement for the players to agree to a non-smurfing rule. But what does that mean actually?
Smurfing in general can be defined as - (usually) experienced gamer posing as a newbie under an alternate name.
So on an example, A player who is commonly known to be 2k cannot sign up under a lower rated account.
That is pretty much understandanle as seedings and tournament strength of matches order should have some rational structure according to player skill which is defined most likely by rating.
But lets assume a player poses to be stronger than he actually is?
Would you for example allow Nicov to sign up for a tournament under his smurf ""Ozymandias" name which is higher rated than original Nicov? Assuming you do not know the identity of the smurf.
Yes ? No? If no then why not?
That no longer fits the accepted definition of smurfing however is still commonly unacceptable. How is that?
We basicly condemn all the commonly known players to their nick forever.
Lets look at the example of vodka, vodka as you all know is a type of alcohol drink assosciated with rather negative feelings, at least from my perspective. But Vodka is also a well know Italian 2k+ player. Now poor vodka cannot simply make another account, call it Orange Juice, get 2k4 and sign up to tournaments as Orange Juice. No, he will forever be vodka whether he likes that or not. Is that fair?
In the past , the case of Marilion was a pretty loud one where Dziamdziak after a long inactivity would come back, play on the Marilion account, reach a higher rate and amount of games than his original old account. During a tournament after beating Edie, he got disqualified due to the fact that he did not identify himself by his original name.
I just would like to clarify why are players bound forever to their names and why do people save for themselves the right to always know everything about their opponents?
Smurfing in general can be defined as - (usually) experienced gamer posing as a newbie under an alternate name.
So on an example, A player who is commonly known to be 2k cannot sign up under a lower rated account.
That is pretty much understandanle as seedings and tournament strength of matches order should have some rational structure according to player skill which is defined most likely by rating.
But lets assume a player poses to be stronger than he actually is?
Would you for example allow Nicov to sign up for a tournament under his smurf ""Ozymandias" name which is higher rated than original Nicov? Assuming you do not know the identity of the smurf.
Yes ? No? If no then why not?
That no longer fits the accepted definition of smurfing however is still commonly unacceptable. How is that?
We basicly condemn all the commonly known players to their nick forever.
Lets look at the example of vodka, vodka as you all know is a type of alcohol drink assosciated with rather negative feelings, at least from my perspective. But Vodka is also a well know Italian 2k+ player. Now poor vodka cannot simply make another account, call it Orange Juice, get 2k4 and sign up to tournaments as Orange Juice. No, he will forever be vodka whether he likes that or not. Is that fair?
In the past , the case of Marilion was a pretty loud one where Dziamdziak after a long inactivity would come back, play on the Marilion account, reach a higher rate and amount of games than his original old account. During a tournament after beating Edie, he got disqualified due to the fact that he did not identify himself by his original name.
I just would like to clarify why are players bound forever to their names and why do people save for themselves the right to always know everything about their opponents?