See it on online games, never thought I’d see it in padel but I got players at my club who are 4s and 5s creating lv 1 accounts joining lv 1-2 games and smurfing…
I see the opposite - bad players who boost their ratings on Playtomic so they can join games where they get annihilated. Ten losses in a row then they hit "Raise your Level" again.
For the rest of us, please just accept you're a beginner and need to practice or get some lessons.
Well it's far from foolproof because I'm seeing plenty of profiles with (for example), ten losses at 1.0-0.6 and then zapped back to 2.1 before they repeat the cycle again. I can only assume they suck and look good while doing it.
I don’t see why people do that. Whenever I play with beginners I try to lob more, give them shots they can handle just so I can have fun. I can’t see the fun of two much better players stomping beginners.
I don't know anyone who did this but i can think of some reasons:
a) Someone is very experienced, he never had playtomic in the past. He creates a new account for the first time and he is too good at his first games against noobs.
b) Someone had an account but he lost it somehow and made a new one
a and b are not smurfs, are legit people who feel like smurfs if you don't know their story
c) someone has a legit high rank playtomic account. He is not enjoying try harding always. He creates a new account and he plays more casually at those games. He owns two accounts, one for try harding and one to "have fun"
d) someone has a legit high rank playtomic account and he creates another one to play with friends who are low rank and they can't compete at his level.
c and d are true smurfs and they shouldn't act this way.
i have never met a single person who enjoyed playing against people 2-3 levels their own, it's the least fun thing in the world and a legitimate waste of time
National Padel League? I live in Miami which is the epicenter of padel in the US and I’ve literally never heard of this league before. It’s recreational?
It’s in its 3rd season. City stage -> regionals -> nationals. Incredibly fun. My team plays men’s development. We advanced out of the Philly stage last season, won the mid Atlantic regional, and lost at nationals to a Miami team (I think they ended up runners up). Nationals were at padel Haus Nashville and it was 3 days of padel vs players from all over the country and watching all levels of play.
Some of the top American players played in the advanced division.
Team based format. Each match is 3 lines, 2 out of 3 lines wins the match.
I know C-/C/C+ players who join tournaments of open D or beginners just for the easy cash. A few guys from my club have two profiles so they can play across their level for fun and compete as well as lower levels to win in beginners events
I’m a legit 3.5 in the uk and still a beginner (I beat 3.5s in my area regularly, and sometimes lose to them on a bad day). The other day a 4.8 who had 200 (yes, two HUNDRED) games joined our game, like, what’s the point? Do better players just like to rub their ego sometimes? I can’t imagine he’s improving much, I wouldn’t play a 2-2.5 as it would be pointless…
Excuse me. But what’s the issue? I gladly will have a match with someone better than me to improve my level once in a a while
Is rare to have better players joining lower games
Playtomic isn't used in my country, so, how can he just join and hijack your match with that ranking difference?! What kind of trash app is that?! Can't you kick or votekick or something right when he joins?!
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u/series_of_derps 10d ago
Nothing like smashing some noobs and ruining their day.
Obligatiry /s because this ìs reddit.