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‘Dota 2’ gets livelier with year-round updates and a war against ‘smurfs’ – Sports Grind Entertainment
The company also hopes to keep players coming back by cutting down on toxic behavior. It’s using improved detection systems to separate “smurf” accounts (ones c…

The company also hopes to keep players coming back by cutting down on toxic behavior. Its using improved detection systems to separate smurf accounts (ones created by high-rank players to artificially inflate their win stats) from the usual matchmaking pool. Smurfs are now much more likely to match only against other smurfs, preventing them from ruining games for genuine rookies.
Theres similar action against booster accounts (those created solely to help the ranking of others). On top of bette…
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