Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active playerbase in three years

Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by milesvp on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @09:41PM (#27058196)

I find smurfing funny. I’ve never tried it in overwatch, but in other games with good match making smurfing doesn’t last very long. You rise to the level of incompetence really fast. I think the last time I smurfed in LoL I got about a dozen games before I started to hit a wall, which was like half as long as my previous attempt.

I actually wonder a little if smurfs in a game like overwatch with a steep starting cost are tracked and treated special to keep that revenue stream.

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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by Johanx64 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:19AM (#27062108)

That's why buying low mmr accounts for a couple of bucks is a thing, you get tens if not hundred+ relaxing matches for few cents each

Maybe things have changed, but up until recently Smurf detection usually didn't work all that well

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