Dota 2 starts massive smurf ban wave, are you guilty?

A smurf ban wave has left 90,000 Dota 2 accounts in the dust, and Valve isn’t stopping there. The smurf ban wave was revealed in an official Dota 2 blog post in early September of 2023. Valve claims that more than 90,000 smurf accounts were affected by the wave, with all of them being permanently banned from matchmaking. In traditional Valve fashion, all of those accounts’ items are now locked to their accounts as well. In addition, Valve is introducing new punishments that could lead to penalties on smurfs’ main accounts as well. Those affected by this ban may be even more concerned by Valve’…

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