I had two experiences yesterday—one in the first game of the day and another in the last—with people from that country I actually really like, but… well, you know who I’m talking about… they love to cheat in the game.
Here’s what happened. First… I played with a group of veteran players using new accounts—from that country you guys know.
Here’s the thing: they like having multiple accounts and love having easy games. So… starting with a new account, they can build a “perfect profile.”
But there’s something else they do that’s also very common: manipulating their in-game Elo.
Let’s use this player here as an example: llyll, who is a fake Conqueror.
I had the misfortune of playing with him in the last match of the day. He kept going AFK and quitting at exactly the five-minute mark. What for? To lower his Elo. He’s someone who likely belongs in the 1300–1500 Elo range but prefers playing with inexperienced players—heaven knows why!
When I analyze his profile and look at his Ranked matches—well, it came as no surprise to me… the players he teams up with are Bronze level.
So I started analyzing the matches of his friends who are Bronze and play Ranked Mode, and what I discovered didn’t surprise me at all!
His friends—who probably have multiple accounts—do the same thing in RM that he’s doing in QM. They spend five minutes making a few villagers and leaving them mostly idle to pretend they aren’t playing well, and then they just quit—in RM!
Bottom line… they’re a bunch of cheaters pretending to be good!
If that guy llyll—who got a fake 2000 Elo—were to team up with actual Conqueror-rank players… he’d never be able to win… because he’s become way too used to cheating.
I’ve heard plenty of Conquistadors complain about people like that showing up with a fake rank—they can never keep up with the matches.
At most, he and his friends are probably Gold III or Platinum III. And I think they rotate between smurf accounts to artificially boost their Elo—as if that actually held any real value.
The RM system should be overhauled or scrapped entirely. If a level 2000 or 1600 player teams up with a level 300, they should be matched against high-level opponents, not the other way around. And if they’re so keen on playing with lower-ranked players, they should stick to QM. These guys show no respect for the game or the other players when they sabotage matches to manipulate their ELO or face opponents who are out of their league due to that very sabotage.