Tarik vs Wardell Explained

[@TeamGrieferNation]

Took Tarik 5 mins to reflect and admit he was wrong but wardell had 48 hrs to reflect and still couldnt do it lmao

[@yenmeng]

My man Wardell got hit by the valo brainrot hard

[@rymakesmusic]

tarik had a whole character arc in 5 minutes, shit was hilarious

[@JosoLifts]

@@rymakesmusicalthough funny, it made me respect him even more

[@pablohanmaaa]

@@rymakesmusic yup that shit funny. circus of emotion all happen on that 5 mins.

[@capybara8704]

Nah it took years for tarik to reflect and admit he was wrong. If he didn't woohoojin video, he would think smurfing is fine.

[@GiancarloPaniccia]

The Tarik video of him going through all the phases of his own introspection and coming out having grown as a person is SO SHORT that you could have legit just dropped it into this video. Man emotionally leveled up in under 5min. Respect to him for that. I do wish ranked required a phone number. It would be a start.

[@Joker-hw5ji]

Nah cuz then you get OW2

[@xkuromeh]

Ranked requiring a phone number would just end up killing the game

[@xdtjv2843]

The problem you get with phone number verification to ensure competitive integrity is the fact that you have some cellphone contracts that supply multiple phone numbers, or are ridiculously cheap. You want to disallow these contracts, but some players (mostly poor) are left out then. Overwatch 2 had the luck of having data on these players from before, so also allowed OW1 accounts to play without phone number, which in turn compromised competitive integrity. I also want to note that in OW2 you can juggle your phone number between multiple accounts

[@Flightkid90]

Psych major here and I can tell you it takes longer then that too reflect...also......how do you all know it's genuine ?any streamer and celebrities do this all the time lol. Sooo idk he can simply no stream and duo with Ludwig on a new acct and just type or voice mod...sooo yeah...take anything a streamer say with a cup of salt

[@autisthicc9229]

literally 1984

[@subz3ro358]

wardell is in the wrong here. atleast tarik admitted to some level of wrongdoing and how the other guy had a point

[@Astelch]

hes been in the wrong since early val days defending the op was a balanced gun.

[@sinsee.]

@@AstelchHuh? The OP (love it or hate it) is/was a big part of Counter Strike and Val brought it to their game. It’s supposed to be a powerful and expensive weapon with some risk in buying it because you don’t want the other team taking it. Don’t forget that economy is a big focus with these games.

[@Astelch]

@@sinsee. nah the op was like 4000 something dirt cheap on top of having a crazy fire rate. There was literally no risk in buying it.

[@shkayaanh]

ok but at the same time tarik cant complain about stream snipers streaming w 0 delay. ik the real reason hes mad cuz his frnd is q ing with a sniper but in general everyone snipes lets be honest

[@bnikolab]

@@shkayaanhOf course he can complain. That's like saying: "You can't complain about people robbing you because you don't carry a weapon." Yes, you can, and you should.

[@Akeno_7]

You cannot remove streamsnipers from the world, but you can not queue with them as a pro player/content creator to not promote it. (Wardell's career was going downhill anyway, he just putting the last nails in the coffin)

[@silentKeys20]

His pro career is pretty much over. No one really wants him, and he really has fallen behind to the competition anyways.

[@Shafiksz]

rip wardell. Can't even retire at all now

[@lukewarmtoast]

what happened to wardell?

[@VibingWithVariety]

And Wardell wonders why people in the Valo scene don't want him around anymore

[@JF69420]

Hey i love your pic. It makes my day 10x better instantly

[@VibingWithVariety]

@@JF69420 thanks

[@JF69420]

@@VibingWithVariety wanna be my fren?

[@wilbertting9211]

@@JF69420 If he doesn't accept, I will :D

[@bobby1379]

he wa0s Ego maniac when on TSM, he keep asking for OP even on eco round.

[@danielbourgoin3821]

Tarik's a real one for that response. Very mature and understanding.

[@Thehighlander8]

Wardell has been brain rot for like a year and it's really disappointing as someone who has followed him for like 6 years

[@FranklinRogerson]

It's been longer than than, dude missed out on an opportunity to become a star and make bank to go back and live with his mommy

[@FreehhZe]

tariks reaction to him being called a smurf is kinda cool tbh

[@mightymobthesecondchannel5017]

The guy saying it’s his fault for not having stream delay is the same thing as a robber saying it’s their fault for not carrying any protection

[@puppyfacespiderman3610]

True

[@FranklinRogerson]

Both are correct

[@nickstasiak]

I feel like both situations are not quite the same. Wardell is queuing with the guy and benefitting off an unfair advantage and lied about it to another member of the valorant community, twice. Tarik seems like he's just trying to play with his friends but they are not good enough to play in his rank and he's too good for theirs. The intentions and consequence just seem so different. Wardell can no longer cheat through proxy and Tarik cant hang with Ludwig and play their favorite game.

[@YawndereXO]

unrated isn’t real guys

[@musicaltarrasque]

@@YawndereXOIt isn't!?!?!?!

[@mahshshsrklingfa7031]

​@@YawndereXOunrated where they surr after 3-1

[@Eshtian]

Unrated literally exists wtf

[@ravenruppie96]

Stream sniping is objectively worse imo. Neither is justified but to say smurfing is the same as knowing literally where your opponents are? Come one now. Grats to Tarik for owning up, boo to Wardell for lying so blatantly.

[@Ducky1033]

i think stream sniping is like worse since it is just cheating but smufing is a bigger issue as it effects everyone not just streamers

[@ravenruppie96]

@@Ducky1033 true

[@remydamiani2272]

I think you underestimate how much better Tarik is than a platinum or ascendant player. In terms of the advantage he has, even if he's "not trying" I think it is SIGNIFICANTLY higher. The guy is a fucking ex-pro major winning MVP, and I know that's a different game and while he's technically not professional in Valorant, he is still unfathomably better than a platinum player. He may not know where they are because of a stream but he knows where they are in his brain, his aim, movement, and decision making are better, and even if he makes bad choices in a plat lobby, he will STILL win because of his aim and experience. Not only that but if he's "not trying", what about his teammates as well? I think both of these cases are really scummy, and Wardell is the worst of them all as he had absolutely no remorse and seemingly no self awareness. But smurfing SUCKS for everyone except the people doing it and queuing with it, it ruins the game just as much as stream snipping.

[@Katniss0000]

Stream sniping just affect the entitled rich guys. That is why RIot don't care and never bans them. The solution is so simple and just add DELAY. Before you get hyped up and defend that "I want to interact with chat". Big streamers rarely interact with chat and they can still do that with DELAY. It is not like they reply every to 5000 viewers. They just answer questions and it is done most of the time. They are not doing a JUST CHATTING. They literally PLAYING. and a 30 secs delay will not that hurt that much. People watch them to play and not just talk to chat.

[@Crucial54321]

Tarik going through the 12 stages of copium in 5 minutes was hilarious

[@willisbronze9984]

He got the audacity to say “ he should ve stream with a delay” , like lil bro is a streamer, he should be the people to understand the most that how annoying is it for your community if you put on delays

[@matthewcoleman4283]

its sad to see how far wardell has fallen man

[@chiefy4245]

Riot: no teabagging(banned) Also Riot: yea Wardell can stream snipe for elo

[@fav843]

Tarik with the 5 minute character development lmfao

[@TheNeneco96]

Of course adding a delay does not bother Wardell, his stream is dead like his chat. With who should he interact? Unfortunately he resemble perfectly his old TSM team, really bad with really big names.

[@hana-rv6ru]

and ironically he used to rage and accuse other ppl of sniping his games (at least back when I used to watch him) + he covers his map to prevent sniping too lmao

[@chaitanyatiwari9228]

I used to really like wardell, dude was unintentionally funny and a good player too, sad to see him fall so bad

[@MiguelMariñelarena]

The "ascendant and above can't queue with lower ranks" got changed back yesterday.

[@Monarch0114]

Totally agree, that shit was kinda stupid on riot. Just because e-kitten(S2) can't play with e-puppy(Im 3) and they get mad or leave, riot should've stayed disciplined in their decision making, and do what was best for the community and not for their reputation. No one cares about what some catfishing lardass in his base says when he can't smurf with his high pitched chirping furry girlfriend so that he could feel some sense of accomplishment.

[@M0N5T3R_]

Might be a hot take but yeah. Smurfing sucks for all the people on the other side but at least you might still be able to learn something from that. Stream sniping on the other hand can be compared to cheatingng, gaining an advantage through external help. Both things suck but sniping is on an other level imo and for wardell to sit there, defend all that shit and even trying to shift the blame to Tarik is just....

[@jowern0224]

shouldn’t be a hot take tbh, it’s just that a lot of people like woohoojin more

[@Swix_FGC]

Compared to? It literally is cheating.

[@M0N5T3R_]

@@jowern0224 Agreed but people will jump you for statements like this. Especially the smurfing part

[@M0N5T3R_]

@@Swix_FGC Ofc it is but the idea is to say it in a somewhat diplomatic way.

[@phoenixflamegames1]

I mean yeah when it comes to ability placement and such but you don’t really learn anything from getting onetapped.

[@realspicyninja]

This is probably why Wardell keeps getting dropped by pro teams in Valorant and CS. He never admits fault because of his ego.

[@tauburn23]

Smurfing is bad but cheating with streamsnipe is a lot worse .

[@kuro6551]

I've watched Tarik queuing up with low elo like lud, poki but my man ain't sweating to win the game, he just be clowning, trolling around shooting enemies at their legs, doing 360s and shit. It's so funny. I think sometimes he just wants to play with his low elo friends and there no other option than smurfing.

[@luciole2594]

There is actually an option if you want to play with your low elo friends and it's called UNRATED

[@kuro6551]

@@luciole2594 true but unrated is boring as every second match gets surrendered becuz somebody from your team or op team has to leave because they're hungry or some shit, and if u don't surr they'll throw and sabotage for the rest of the game, hence ruining the experience and leaving you frustrated, that's just my experience tho

[@KerberosVal]

@@kuro6551same with smurfing. What even is the difference? If u kill them all round after round like in unrated ppl in ranked are gonna give up instantly too lol. Hell my radiant teammates give up after 4 rounds sometimes.

[@dreddsemblante8909]

Wardell acting as if he’s ever won something in his life lmao

[@Astrohhh]

The only stream snipers I'll ever hold a soft place in my heart for is Wadu, and Banana man. True legends of their craft.

[@haggis7919]

what do they do?

[@Astrohhh]

@@haggis7919 They were Shroud stream snipers during the PubG days. Just search "Shroud wadu and banana man" and you'll find some videos with a ton of views. Legendary snipers.

[@Zynsk1]

Iirc Wadu sniped Shroud in Pubg repeatedly, but he wasn't a griefer and instead became a character of the stream. Hard to describe, just look up wadu shroud clips... @@haggis7919

[@anantjain4640]

@@haggis7919 They streamsniped mainly Shroud and other streamers and created these funny interactions with them

[@Suhdude13]

Banana man will always be a legend 😂

[@PeachyPoet]

2:17.... MY FAVORITE KIND OF PEOPLE TO GET MAD AT... THE ONES WHO CHOOSES NOT TO TAKE ANY FORM OF ACCOUNTABILITY WHATSOEVER SINCE THEY ARETHE BENEFACTOR 5:58.. THE PERSON WHO TOOK ACCOUNTABILITY????? TRULY THE CONTENT KING!

[@joekim3757]

this may be of similar line to the phone number thing, but in s.korea they link your account to your social security number. i doubt riot would ever get to that point in NA, but phone number validation could be a really great start to address that issue.

[@codyews]

its not A person telling him not to do it, its the community telling him not to do it

[@etflu]

streamsniping is way worse than smurfing to play with friends.

[@laust5868]

The thing is, if you got friends youd most likely have to smurf many times just to get to play with them, i mean people dont like playing unrated, that's why they have flex in league of legends but peole still prefers to rank up in solo duo rather than flex. Its such a dilemma.

[@cristianmunoz7002]

Tarik isn’t smurfing. He picks troll characters he’s never played, and then he goes balls to the wall. That’s why it’s fun to watch him “Smurf”

[@hiimmijk]

Woohijn, sorry if typed it wrong (bananaman), made a comparison between the two what's also not fully correct. Streamsniping and Smurfing are both wrong, but that doesn't make it the same thing. Being toxic, cheating, throwing are also all different categories. I do still like what he tried to achieve with his comments, cause it made Tarik realize what he did was also wrong.

[@sebastianridley2632]

Just pointing out that woohoojin had a "2 weeks in apac/eu" goal which im *assuming* (please correct me if im wrong) will have him on a fresh account which will also entail some form of smurfing from him during his placements and initial climb.

[@h0llow1716]

not really because he will be playing viewer custom games for that time

[@ChineseProduct]

While smurfing does negatively impact the competitive integrity of the game, it is not the same as stream sniping. Smurfs don't get any unfair advantage in the game aside from a skill advantage, and it doesn't change the game that's being played. Stream sniping and knowing the precise position of the enemies fundamentally breaks a tactical fps in which info is the biggest part of the game.

[@KrisT0f.]

i think the only way you fix the streamer part or content creator smurfing is to make completely new match system special for these people so there's new rank but for content creator only or streamer that have riot buddy i think the rank its gonna be straight up number of rr and no limit so these content creator cant have excuse to use smurf acc to play with content creator friend

[@roko98332r]

​@@KrisT0f.thats why Faceit And ESEA exists. to satisfy their hunger isntead bullying low level lobbies

[@JustMatchmaking]

So it's an info canyon vs a mechanics canyon. Those two things are both still a massive unfair advantage.

[@KrisT0f.]

@@JustMatchmaking well what riot can do about stream snipe make u unable to alt tab ? Lmao

[@miyawkat8018]

@@JustMatchmaking but info is a way bigger advantage. even if you have a dogshit aim but can out smart the smurf, there is a chance of your team winning. stream snipping most of the time both are skilled. the one being snipped can't really out smart the opposite team because they basically have a wall/map hack.

[@wazashi25]

2:18 his reason sounds like blaming a girl who was sexually assaulted because she was out late at night, ik its not what he is saying, but its the exact same thought process

[@Monarch0114]

Girls shouldn't be out late at night. Either that or buy some form of protection, our forefathers didn't give us the freedom of the 2nd amendment for no reason. Or don't go alone. Tons of solutions, not enough thinking. But that doesn't mean I don't sympathize with those girls.

[@neo_child]

Smurfing to play with friends is fine if you at least play for fun, rather than go tryhard on some low elo players. Stream Sniping is essentially cheating, almost to the same degree as downloading wallhacks or aimbots.... almost. There is no question that Stream Sniping is bad.

[@Ing1234567]

And then 6 months later we find out woohoojin was boosted to radiant lol

[@polyento3535]

Lmao beat me to it.

[@gladxch]

Wardell showing why he never deserved respect by Pro players, and why his farewell from the scene was well deserved.

[@Phi24]

6:45 Note: Riot reeled back this decision two days ago.

[@Jassa3]

Bruh wtf no way

[@mrgrimreaper9422]

Ah yes, how dare I stream with no delay 😂😂😂😂

[@thekeywag]

Smurfing is bad considering that you're mechanically better than a certain tier, but STREAMSNIPING IS BASICALLY WALLHACKING. WARDELL AN INCEL MOVE.

[@LilMeatBigDreams]

wait how is he an incel?

[@MHTJ0001]

Riot also reverted the change that ascendants can only party with plats and higher. Riot really loves smurfs

[@1upJeCK]

No big streamer wants to use a delay... it just makes sense to not cheat and exploit...

[@RealTaIk]

This whole situation just made me think that wardell is a cheater. He was never good in lan and now he tries to gaslight everyone into thinking stream sniping isn't cheating. That's alot of copium going on

[@udon792]

i feel bad for tarik, always going through the useless drama ppl drag him into

[@sativaboy9282]

Tarik only “smurfs” when it’s with his actual lower elo friends and content creators. Wardell is washed player duoing with a known streamsniper to get free rr. Definitely not comparable imo.

[@austintgod9621]

That wardell guy really got a cocky"punch me"face. And his attitute really cements that fact.

[@MiguelMariñelarena]

Depression is a hell of situation.

[@vexule]

no wonder wardell already fell off lmaooo , bro into something it seems....

[@subaesubae]

4:44 with what came out about woohoojin id say hes the cringe one here

[@Eshtian]

Context?

[@relaxd0ntd01t]

I just don't get why lie about it to begin with. That's what solidified Wardell being in the absolute wrong.

[@assada5297]

Wardell just mad he got called out

[@Sg190th]

Woohoo had a solid point. Doesn't change what Wardell did.

[@Tostky]

Oh shit hooj made it onto the score!!!! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@alexndrtrash]

BANANA W

[@eagle-akshay]

I am ascendant and sometimes I get 4 other good teammates while the enemy team has 5 low elo players. I would call it official match making smurf game. The thing is smurfing isn't same as stream sniping, you will always have atleast one or more players in the enemy team better than you even if you are in the same rank. But queuing with a stream sniper just to win a game in the highest ELO where low elo players get influenced by watching you and your games is just dumb

[@ruined_yuki]

forcing the use of a phone number to play ranked would literally do nothing other than stop people that either doesn't have a phone number to use or aren't old enough to have a phone number that riot deems valid from playing ranked, At the moment I have 3+ accs that has a phone number linked due to various sites that has free numbers, best way to remove smurfing is for Riot to simply use their anti Cheat as a way to log all of your accounts and place you in games based on your highest ranking account but that itself will bring issues due to the easy access to buying accounts so smurfing will prob never go away or be fixed in any way

[@anhun9012]

nice guitar collection fam

[@Rigoro-1]

Never understood why people watched Wardell. Even back in cs, outside of his hyped reactions to shots, dude's whole personality was dry

[@define7701]

bro end of the day, tarik is smurfing to play with friends, not ruin games but this mf is lowkey stream sniping games to win huge difference and it makes no sense to bash on tarik in this situation

[@known4232]

Smurfing is an interesting topic to me. So I’m dia 3 and I have a few friend who are low plat-mid gold. I am hate smurfs so I don’t que with these friends. At the same time tho, I’m intentionally limiting my contact with my close friends because of a random thing I care about in video game. I know I can just play swift or something with them, but there’s no feeling of progression or like we’re actually doing anything when we do swift/unrated. It’s like we might as well be sitting in front of a tv watching a sitcom, not talking, and call it “hanging out.” I hate smurfs but I also want to feel like I’m actually doing something with my friends. I could just play another game but that feels like it’s just dodging the question. Edit: to be clear, I don’t have any alt accounts either. Since I know that would be DEFINITELY contributing to the problem.

[@brendanmannik9831]

Na, Tarik is playing with his friends to have fun. Wardell stream sniping because he fell and needs attention. Stream sniping is like a low blow

[@ajrf19]

Erratum on this, Riot removed the platinum requirement for 5 stacking.

[@1DensuN]

Streamsniping affects a few (but its still bad and WRONG) but smurfing affects so many more and is horrendous for us who receives the punishment playing against them super players. Good thing that Tarik understood that his smurfing is bad.

[@huttonhack7024]

tbh just ban wardell for getting boosted by a cheater since streamsniping is cheating

[@HalmarkCreates]

FR why tf do people care about smurfs???? they help you get better

[@lunaFreya141]

Smurfing is bad yes but it's not as bad as a streamsniper where every move/strats your team makes are known to the enemy. It's like playing against a wallhacker whereas against a smurf you're just fighting against a really good opponent and not all the time smurfs actually win because if someone in your team is having a very good game or your team is a five stack and well coordinated even a smurf can't carry that game.

[@roccoVAL]

wardell has been perma banned...lolololol RIP wardell lololol

[@chris_7095]

Deadass ? You being for real ?

[@roccoVAL]

@@chris_7095 yep...oh well he deserves is lol

[@trx_u]

yea riot just adding phone number verification would help so much. but again if u get banned for dc'ing cuz of power cutoff or internet went down then you gotta wait literal hundreds of hrs to get unbanned.

[@KarkySphere]

Gold is a nightmare. The smurfing is unbearable everyone 1 taps you

[@Magnum69]

They already reversed the "cannot queue 5-stack with low ELO" a day before the video was released, should've probably said something in the comments about it maybe because I understand re-shooting for something like it is pretty stupid if the video was done already

[@mtheax]

Nah, Bro had to show Chainsaw Man manga in the intro

[@aayushsrivastava4826]

see obvly both are bad but, stream sniping affects like 0.1% of the players and smurfing affects like 90% of the players stream sniping can be tackled with like a delay of 5 sec or even less ( not a streamer so dk) but smurfing cant be tackled and streamers smurfing is just a adding fuel to the smurfers as more people c and smurf whereas to stream snipe u gotta be in the top 1% of overall userbase tarik did apologize but lets c if he stops smurfing if he doesnt then for me a half assed apologize is far worse than not apologizing

[@bripi244]

I hate when people say there's no other way to play with your friends except smurfing and they are trying to justify their action like bruh, you see that section on the left of competitive that's called "unrated"? You know the one that is designed for this exact reason? Justifying it that they just want to have fun just makes it more less sense

[@Ace-hs3ux]

Only issue I'd bring up is when I play with my friends who are silver/gold and I'm asc. We play unrated and the enemies we face are impossible for them to fight fairly. Unrated isn't truly unrated and large skill gaps like that usually negatively impact the low elo players in the group. If you make a smurf account so that doesn't happen in unrated everyone figures they may as well play comp.

[@bnikolab]

@@Ace-hs3uxOr maybe make an alt account and go play unranked? Every excuse I've ever heard/read about smurfing is so stupid. "If I play unrated with my lower ranked friends, they get harder opponents, so I'm going to smurf so that my opponent have a bad time."

[@Ace-hs3ux]

@@bnikolab I don’t even have a Smurf account, but I can understand the reasoning. I mean I’d rather play with my friends where they have fun and the other team doesn’t, as opposed to playing with my friends and they don’t have fun. That’s why more casual game modes like swiftplay and tdm are good for Val casual players

[@doghat1619]

@@Ace-hs3ux If you're playing against Silvers/Golds and you're ascendant, the enemies can't fight YOU fairly. Why is your friend's happiness more important than the 5 people on the enemy team? All smurfing does is bring the problem of unrated being unbalanced over to comp lobbies.

[@Ace-hs3ux]

@@doghat1619 I mean obviously my friends having fun is more important to me then random people having fun... because I know them and want them to have fun

[@Salesedere]

You can tell that Tarik is a much more grown person than Wardell, who has always come off as a petulant child.

[@DevilHunterR0X]

Wardell, a failure back in CSGO now a failure in Valorant TOPKEK

[@wasthataspongebobreference533]

Woohoojin isn’t directly defending Wardell, but whenever the response to someone’s wrongdoings is to point out another person’s instead of addressing the initial issue, that’s just a weak argument and just deflecting the issue at hand. And just saying “well they’re both cringe” isn’t doing much of anything either. It’s as if you’re treating the first problem (stream sniping) as an afterthought, now that you’ve brought up the second (smurfing) and decided to shine the light on THAT instead of addressing both issues independently. Pretty disappointing behavior on Woohoojin’s part too imo

[@jowern0224]

wardell showing his true colours again

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Smurfing does not equal stream sniping. Smurfing is scummy sure but not that bad. Stream sniping especially a ranked match is disgusting especially if you are a high level player. A casual player stream sniping in quick play hoping to get a single kill on a streamer is also not cool but IMO not as bad as what was happening in this.

[@TKzHYPEnotic]

imo stream sniping is worse. This is just from my perspective obviously but when I first started playing val and encountered a Smurf it’s possible to work around them (eliminating everyone else and then overwhelming the Smurf for example) it’s hard but doable. But now that I’ve gotten to an elo where there’s pros and streamers fairly consistently, playing against a stream sniper feels impossible. Essentially playing a hacker that doesn’t get banned, they know where you are/how you’re setup. A lot of the time unless the other team is just horrible it feels impossible to win. They’re both scummy no doubt but imo stream sniping completely ruins a match (not to say an imm Smurf in gold isn’t going to completely ruin the match, just you can occasionally work around a Smurf)

[@ohlookitsadumbperson1169]

Wardell's brainrot probably started on ascent when he got flashed as fuck.

[@xdtjv2843]

'You stream at no delay, then get angry when you are getting streamsniped" is some classical victim blaming

[@Iris-lh9cy]

Those valorant ranked changes? those got reverted yesterday

[@johnbyrong.decastro2512]

A coaching system might work to help low elo player rank up like the high elo player just watches and coaches them what to do but has the skills of a low elo player

[@giff74]

Bro I'm like Polymer 2, I know I suck, but getting smurfed on makes me not even want to play.

[@CentsGD]

the integrity of valorant ranked has been compromised from the start, like if you smurf in bronze. they are not even surprised if there is a smurf present, they expect it.

[@ayanmondal1953]

This is happening because Riot fears to punish established/popular players thinking that will kill the game popularity but they push harsh punishment to others .But they dont understand the barrier to imenter is so little people just have 5 6 10 20 accounts and it doesn't matter if they loose one

[@MisaMapache]

The change on party for ascendant is already reversed.

[@christiangill6344]

Wow a lot of people actually saying smurfing is ok if you dont tryhard and shit, thats really interesting cause the games i play smurfing is smurfing theres no grey area, you gotta love Tarik's influence on people W streamer actually

[@johnyang799]

Smurfing is not cool but is ok. But streamsniping is borderline cheating. It's almost like talking shit vs crime in the real world.

[@ayanahmed8180]

yeah well that restriction has beem reverted soooo yeah...

[@pocketsizedsuki]

TBH Tarik wanting to play with friends of all ranks is understandable

[@superhirni6816]

I think smurfing is not nearly as bad as streamsniping. Smurfing is just one guy who is just better while not breaking the rules gaining an unfair adventage. Streamsniping however is straight cheating gaining an unfair adventage. You can eventually become a better player than a smurf if you keep grinding, you cant beat a streamsniper who can call out positions and has an adventage every round.

[@doghat1619]

Smurfing IS cheating though. If you're playing in lobbies that you wouldn't ever be in on your main, you're avoiding the system to gain an advantage. Yes, you CAN become better than smurfs, but at the time, you're going to lose a game because some higher ranked player wanted easy kills.

[@danielpsi]

Can u guys imagine Wardell doing anything besides gaming?

[@ItsJavaJawa]

So, how did Wardell "fall off"? I don't keep up with the times

[@puthandlehere]

Professionally, his play fell off hard, and he couldn't adjust to the meta. Jett meta got way beyond OP crutching, and Chamber got gutted, so no team was on the right mind to sign him. Personally, he got his savings crypto-scammed, if I remember correctly.

[@macScsgo]

What's ironic is my 4 stack got matched against him in CS2 yesterday and when we went and checked his VOD, he was trying to say we were stream sniping the entire time 💀

[@Monarch0114]

lmao what a hypocrite.

[@justinkings635]

smurfing is shit, but sometimes some people just want to play with their friends which makes it more fun

[@brk029]

5 stack update got reversed today (kind a late with update guys)

[@Monarch0114]

Totally agree, that shit was kinda stupid on riot. Just because e-kitten(S2) can't play with e-puppy(Im 3) and they get mad or leave, riot should've stayed disciplined in their decision making, and do what was best for the community and not for their reputation. No one cares about what some catfishing lardass in his base says when he can't smurf with his high pitched chirping furry girlfriend so that he could feel some sense of accomplishment.

[@elknan69]

Riot reverted the 5 stack changes btw which in my opionion is very bad and they could and should do more against it, like heck you cant even report stream snipers or smurfs ocer their report system

[@lovxshua]

smurfing is smth even if we try, it's very hard to get around with multiple phone numbers and emails. but no matter what rank you are, streamers still get stream sniped. the same friends tarik smurfs with aka the otv and friends group, they get stream sniped even tho some of them are just gold or even bronze. if riot puts a hard ban on smurfs, the content made on the game will go down by a lot and that isn't really good for the game. they should instead allow players to report try hard smurfs and ban those try hard smurfs after review. banning stream sniping is good because some content creators have openly said the games are getting annoying to play because of stream snipers, and some of them don't open their game for a long time because of frustration. taking up and fixing the issue of stream sniping, will just benefit the game more with more streamers and more creators.

[@marwansamy2673]

what wardell is terrible and him trying to deflect onto tarik is scummy i lost a lot of respect for him, yes what tarik is doing is a problem but wardell doesnt actually care about tarik smurfing he is just trying to take the attention of himself hopefully they both make a change

[@robertofloresmendoza6435]

how is this even a question? theres nothing wrong with smurfing to play with ur friends, stream sniping is straight up cheating, Wardell is just scum now