Smurfing for content
This player or popular Youtuber by the name of 'Variant' uploads countless montages of him absolutely stomping his opponents typically playing Reyna. Recently, I came quite suspicious after looking at some old videos compared to his new ones, so I decided to search up his teammates name in his most recent video on Valorant Stat Tracker, I then found Variant's account and noticed something when I clicked on it. Only a level 30 account, with no previous ranks from any acts (https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/Variant%23GRANO/overview?playlist=competitive&seasonld=ec876e6c-43e8-fa63-ffc1-2e8d4db25525&season=all). So reasonably, I then decided to go to older videos posted about 4 months ago, on one of these videos titled 'Imperium Vandal ASMR' I look up one of his teammates names and go to the exact account shown on Valorant Stat Tracker to find the account Variant is using in the video. Turns out this account is ranked currently Platinum 2, with the name being Kn1ghT#MIRO (Peak rating Ascendant 2). On Variant's other videos and accounts, it is shown that he is personally ranked in the Immortal range. Clear smurfing for content issue going on here, just thought I would make it known.
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@jax_au i used to duo with variant, his lifetime peak was imm3 and generally hes stuck between asc-low immo. Smurfing for content is something all content creators do and riot seems to not mind
And that my friend, is not his tracker
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THIS his is tracker (main acc)
Hes from pakistan playing on Bahrain/Dubai servers
Where boosting, smurfing, and cheating is alrdy a huge issue, so no need to care
If u look at his playstyle, u will also notice that he has aim but hes a kda player which is what keeps him in lower asc-immo
I can vouch that a large percentage of his clips were in his own lobbies as I have witnessed them first-hand tho
The name that clearly says ‘Variant’ and game used in the video? Not his tracker? I’m completely aware of other content creators using this method I just personally think it is unjust as simply you are using lower-ranked players for clips to use in a public video. At the end of the day, it is what it is. I understand. But I think I speak for a large portion of players by saying it isn’t really fun getting stomped by a much higher-ranked player in low elo lobbies.