What is Smurfing The Weird Story Behind Online Gamings Secret Accounts, , the Score esports

, smurf, smurfing, смурф, смурфинг, cheating, gaming, dota2, csgo, rainbowsixsiege If you ve ever played a competitive game online, you ve probably encountered someone in matchmaking who is a little too good to be playing within your rank. Well, chances are high that you ve just been dunked on by a smurf account. But where did these annoying pests come from And when did people start smurfing Well it all started in 1996 Written Hosted by: Josh Bury (ThrownGauntlet) Shot Edited by: Miles Hackett (MilesHackett) Illustrated animations by: Christian Pearson (ChrPearson) Closedcaptioning by: Sebastien MartinSchultz Footage, Audio and Image credits: All Footage and Image properties of The Smurfs courtesy of HannaBarbera Productions All visual properties of Warcraft II Overwatch courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment ScreaM smurfing clip Courtesy: A Day in Life of a CS:GO,