This post is to reaffirm our stance on smurfing. There have been a few more instances of smurfing caught the past few days. We do not take lightly to smurfing. I wanted to paste the portion of the rules to everyone again. I also wanted to make sure everyone knew that teams caught having smurfs on their team face penalties (up to disbandment) as well. The rules are as follows :
Smurf Policy
Smurfing is signing up for more than one team (or the same team) on the same ladder, either under the same name, or a different name. It is also the act of playing for a team you are not registered to play for, under a false identity.
Playing for a team you are not registered to play for is prohibited. Playing on more than one team per ladder is also prohibited, as is registering multiple accounts for use on the same team or ladder.
Minimum punishment for the violation of this paragraph is as follows but not limited to : (It will ultimately remain sole discretion of Teamwarfare Staff)
- The team that the smurf joined or played for most recently will be deleted.
- The smurf's original team will be dropped 33% of the ladder.
- The smurf's account(s) on, and possibly access rights to, TWL will be revoked.
This paragraph is active starting now. It was written on 02/21/2002. It is NOT retroactive.
We really dislike having to ban people from competing on our system. We want everyone to enjoy the ladders and have a good time but on that same token we want everyone to follow the rules. Recently if people are caught smurfing the smurf is banned from the site and connot compete on any ladder for 1 month from ban date (1st offense). Some teams have been disband for harboring a smurf. Others have been dropped up to 100% of the ladders rungs. I ask that all teams PLEASE be aware of your teammates and who is on your team. If you know of any smurfs on your team I suggest removing them before anything happens to your team.
Smurf Policy
Smurfing is signing up for more than one team (or the same team) on the same ladder, either under the same name, or a different name. It is also the act of playing for a team you are not registered to play for, under a false identity.
Playing for a team you are not registered to play for is prohibited. Playing on more than one team per ladder is also prohibited, as is registering multiple accounts for use on the same team or ladder.
Minimum punishment for the violation of this paragraph is as follows but not limited to : (It will ultimately remain sole discretion of Teamwarfare Staff)
- The team that the smurf joined or played for most recently will be deleted.
- The smurf's original team will be dropped 33% of the ladder.
- The smurf's account(s) on, and possibly access rights to, TWL will be revoked.
This paragraph is active starting now. It was written on 02/21/2002. It is NOT retroactive.
We really dislike having to ban people from competing on our system. We want everyone to enjoy the ladders and have a good time but on that same token we want everyone to follow the rules. Recently if people are caught smurfing the smurf is banned from the site and connot compete on any ladder for 1 month from ban date (1st offense). Some teams have been disband for harboring a smurf. Others have been dropped up to 100% of the ladders rungs. I ask that all teams PLEASE be aware of your teammates and who is on your team. If you know of any smurfs on your team I suggest removing them before anything happens to your team.
Janus
Teamwarfare Senior Operations Staff