Bot “Player” cannot be reported to BGA

[FrankJones]

Maybe they're already an expert at the game, even if it's the first time they play it on BGA. Maybe they don't care about their opponents' levels.

Very plausible scenarios. Point being, it's not necessary for someone to create a Smurf account to play against inexperienced players, and, as noted, who can really know whether a player is experienced or unexperienced anyway?

[luffydude]

What's the point in smurfing on this website? It's not like the matchmaking is going to make you avoid strong players in arena and in pub games you can pretty much join any game ...

[Monkeyunit]

I thought the smurfing accounts were mostly to get "clean" stats from their results.

It's hard to track progress when all your data is clustered over months of play.
Making a new account each season gives you a clear comparisson