u/pecheckler

https://imgur.com/a/wkIv3ZH

This is a follow-up to prior post https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/1t1cr38/players_are_intentionally_deranking_just_to_stomp/

Please stay on the lookout for ranked players with enormous pure loss streaks in bronze 5 followed by unbelievable win streaks. Always a premade team.

People think a newbie who "feeds" a few times is a problem in ranked but the real problem is grand master players buying accounts that are bronze 5, or simply rotating between suspended bronze 5 accounts where someone win-traded losses to them - as seen in all 4 examples in these 2 reddit threads.)

If we could just name and shame players on this forum it would go a long way to stopping this abuse.

I keep seeing bronze 5 players with 20-30 wins in a row - but that achievement only comes after losing 30+ games in a row. I'm not talking intermittent wins. I'm talking you move the scrollbar down their match history and it goes from all green to all red. And then there's always exactly a 1 month gap in between the losses and wins.

Can someone please help me understand what these players are doing? Their account lifetime win rates are about 25% each, but their seasonal is 50% and their last 20 games is 100% winrate. They are always in a premade teams too, usually 2 or 3 in their party.

I just cannot fathom how a 25% winrate ranked player with a few month old account can win 20 games in a row. And it's not a carry either, all members of these parties are bronze 5 with abysmal win rates.

Cropped screenshots of an example player's profile:

https://imgur.com/a/UVGpwJL