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Creating more than one account is not a offense

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JPrankQrow
8 years ago
So, I checked the rules today to see if there was really a rule against what most players call "smurfing". There is not. I would (Presume?) that this really isn't a offense unless you purposely make a ton of accounts just to be rude and damaging. So is it ok to use another account?
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PLrankAdminSprung
8 years ago
(edited 8 years ago)
It's not okay to play with it (because that ruins Elo) and circumvent punishments. This usage of alternate accounts is what you call "smurfing".

It's fine otherwise.
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GBrankTheSponge
8 years ago
From what I can tell there is no official policy on it, but alt accounts are usually left alone unless they are used to break balance or evade bans.
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PLrankOrfelius
8 years ago
(edited 8 years ago)
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It's not okay to play with it

PLrank[Sprung] PLrankAdminSprung What did you say?
Something about NLrankJamesBond NLrank[XIV]Floris NLrank[GBC]Tandstickor and God know what his other names are?
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PLrankAdminSprung
8 years ago
(edited 8 years ago)
You can get Elo copied by an admin to legitimize the other account.

Planet Wars have separate Elo so as long as both don't participate after the reset it should be alright.
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JPrankQrow
8 years ago
Yey! EErank[ISP]Lauri said I was smurfing because I created a alt account so... guess he was wrong. I was just creating one with a alt username lol
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PLrankAdminSprung
8 years ago
Why get the other account though? Testing the lobby infrastructure? Access to ex-clan?

Alternate accounts that don't have visible purpose are likely assumed to be intended for smurfing.
[Spoiler]
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Skasi
8 years ago
(edited 8 years ago)
Theres no reason against you using a smurf RUrankParzival. Your elo is pretty close to that of a new player and you have not been punished. I see no harm in you wanting to play with another account.

It's funny that of all the admins EErank[ISP]Lauri brought this topic up to you.

Furthermore the CoCkis not the best place to look up rules. It's a complete mess and more confusing than anything else. For the most part you should be alright if you just try to not be Mean.
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PLrankAdminSprung
8 years ago
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Your elo is pretty close to that of a new player

An Elo rating is not one number. It is two.
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JPrankQrow
8 years ago
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Why get the other account though? Testing the lobby infrastructure? Access to ex-clan?


No, its just that USrankPlasmapluk sounds cooler than RUrankParzival
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Skasi
8 years ago
(edited 8 years ago)
PLrankAdminSprung so? It could be three. Still doesn't change anything. :P
(no offense, Parzival!)

RUrankParzival oh if you just want a rename you can bug honkmins about that.
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JPrankQrow
8 years ago
Already tried, I asked (Lauri, man my bad luck) to switch and they were static so... yea
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JPrankQrow
8 years ago
Yey, account is still here
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Skasi
8 years ago
(edited 8 years ago)
TRY HARDER!
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USrankPlasmapluk
8 years ago
Wait, sorry, heres alt account, new one did not sign in for some reason
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CZrankIcyIcyIce2
8 years ago
You can use the command /rename [new_name] if you just want to rename. It is possible [springie] servers don't support this (admins help me pls), but if you log in to a TA server, or just send a message to a TA server it should work :)
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Skasi
8 years ago
(edited 8 years ago)
CZrankIcyIcyIce, changing the name on the Spring server will not affect the account on the Zero-K server and the Zero-K server does not support the command.
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CZrankIcyIcyIce2
8 years ago
I have done this in the past. My old account, to which I have lost the password smrXcodEe was renamed to [X]smrXcodEe and everyone saw it work...
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Skasi
8 years ago
(edited 8 years ago)
Was that before February by any chance?
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PLrankAdminSprung
8 years ago
(edited 8 years ago)
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so? It could be three. Still doesn't change anything. :P

It means this is not true:
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Your elo is pretty close to that of a new player

The "K-factor", or Elo uncertainty, of a new player is much higher than that of a normal account. This causes higher Elo fluctuation on each change, for both players. Probably mostly meaningful in 1v1 but applies to any mode.

Also note that while new accounts start at 1100, they get 400 free Elo over time.


CZrankIcyIcyIce
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I have done this in the past.


USrankPlasmapluk / RUrankParzival
Note that not all admins can rename (@[ISP]Lauri cannot!).
You can report your wish to rename using the report feature. This makes sure the people with the power to do so see the request.
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