The process of verifying whether a suspiciously skilled player in an online game is actually a high-rank veteran hiding behind a low-level account — a smurf. A smurf check involves reviewing their stats, match history, win rate, KDA, and playtime patterns. Communities and tools like Overwatch's Overbuff or LoL's op.gg exist largely to facilitate it. Nothing infuriates a lobby faster than a confirmed smurf check coming back positive.
That Plat player was hitting Grandmaster-level shots, so I ran a smurf check and yeah — Diamond main on an alt account.
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