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[–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Many games still use SBMM in casual modes, they just don'tshow you what your elo equivalent is. As long as they generally all play together, the average skill of the group will hit equilibrium far faster with the smurf account than with the original one. There's really no good answer here, but in this case at least the friends get a play session where they can participate meaningfully, even if they get a lot of wins they don't deserve, and the opponents get one bad game. The alternative is the friends are crushed almost every game they play together, and the opponents get one easy game.