{"id":10182,"date":"2025-04-18T00:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T00:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=10182"},"modified":"2025-04-18T00:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T00:51:56","slug":"marvel-rivals-cracks-down-on-smurfing-with-new-report-option","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-04-18\/marvel-rivals-cracks-down-on-smurfing-with-new-report-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Rivals Cracks Down on Smurfing with New Report Option"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Marvel Rivals Cracks Down on Smurfing with New Report Option<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/emma0frost-marvel-rivals-screenshot-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Marvel Rivals Cracks Down on Smurfing with New Report Option\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/emma0frost-marvel-rivals-screenshot-1.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/emma0frost-marvel-rivals-screenshot-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/emma0frost-marvel-rivals-screenshot-1.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/emma0frost-marvel-rivals-screenshot-1.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Emma Frost. 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class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>The option to report smurfing is speculated to work on hardware specification.\u00a0<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Cheaters are supposedly being successfully banned.\u00a0<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>Marvel Rivals is reinforcing its stance on competitive integrity by condemning smurfing \u2013 which is the act of making a new account with the intent of playing with lower ranked players. Players can now report others for smurfing; the exact method of determining whether an account is a smurf has not been publicly revealed, but there have been multiple instances of successful ban implementations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1k19dkn\/they_did_it_netease_actually_did_it_smurfing\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">to a messaging board<\/a>, numerous players received HWID bans across their various accounts. HWID stands for hardware identification, and a HWID ban is a permanent restriction that prohibits the player from accessing the video game, even on a new computer or with a new account. The ban is connected to the unique hardware identifiers of the banned individual device.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<figure class=\"spgn__article__content__image__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__image --default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marvel-rivals-smurfing.png\" class=\"--with-bg\" alt=\"Marvel Rivals Cracks Down on Smurfing with New Report Option\" sizes=\"(min-width: 840px) 731px, 90.38vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marvel-rivals-smurfing.png 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marvel-rivals-smurfing.png 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marvel-rivals-smurfing.png 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marvel-rivals-smurfing.png 1280w\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Smurfing is included in &#8220;Negative Behavior&#8221; options within the report menu. Other negative behavior offenses include throwing, colluding, bussing, and exploiting bugs, all of which are considered cheating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Smurfs in Marvel Rivals are ruining the game. Seriously, I queue up for 10 matches, and at least 6 of them are filled with smurfs just farming low-rank players. 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