Valve also say they’ve “traced every single one” of those accounts back to its main account.

“Dota is a game best enjoyed when played on an even field,” says Valve’s announcement.

“The quality of the people in a given match are what makes a match good.

Slark in Dota 2 artwork.

Were invested in making sure your matches are as good as possible, and smurfing makes matches worse.”

Long ago in 2016, weasked you if you had ever smurfed, and why.

Some of you had.

c’mon now hand yourselves in for punishment.