Activision does that with all their games now.
It’s the reason I won’t buy a new COD game.
PrinceOfSloth@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
why does this game ask for my phone no. to play?
criss_cross@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
I hate that shit. But there is actually a reason for. It’s part of their ongoing battle against cheaters or bad actors, as the game is free to play.
rigatti@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Because it’s free to play and it’s supposed to be a deterrent to smurfing.
PrinceOfSloth@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
man, games are taken so seriously these days that they resort to smurfing.
rigatti@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s been that way for a long time. The term smurfing, I think, originated with Warcraft II.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
It was an a****** dude that no one wanted to play against in high-ranking ladders because everyone knew his name because he was a f****** a******.
So he made two accounts. One called Papa Smurf and the other smurfette. Then proceeded to s*** on low-ranking. Players made fun of them and was he general a****** till everyone learned those names and started avoiding him as well.
Smurfing since its inception has been fundamentally something only assholes do where this whole purpose of being an a******.
Ranked systems only work if everybody only has one account. It’s also why most games restrict you to only one account for ranked purposes.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The games I played didn’t have ranking. It was better.
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Smurfing was probably a side-effect. I remember their main reasoning was to ban people who trash talk in voice comms/chat so they cant just create new account using same number.