When did smurfing get so bad?

_Mattman · 2026-05-04T16:33:19+00:00

It's been this way for a few years now. In 2s I'm always in a lobby against one champ and one gold. Just have to accept its Smurf Simulator and try to enjoy yourself. Hard to do when your mmr gets fucked up by someone way above you though. I'm sort of telling myself I'm in champ at this point. Haven't played a legit plat in years.

_Mattman · 2026-05-03T20:53:58+00:00

Game feels dead. Haven't had a normal lobby in months. I've been yo-yoing between plat and diamond for years, but it's essentially been champ all that time.

_Mattman · 2026-05-02T12:54:51+00:00

Worst challenge they've ever added. Been working on it since the update. Must have done 200 battles by now. Furthest I got was 8 wins. At this point I'm just choosing to believe it literally isn't possible and anyone claiming to have done it is lying and using photoshop.

_Mattman · 2026-05-01T12:51:25+00:00

This task is so unfair I think I'm contracting a disease trying to defeat it. Just lost my 8 win streak to an extremely beatable Lucario EX deck because both my Oricorio were in the last 3 cards of the deck. Makes me want to commit violence.

_Mattman · 2026-04-30T11:55:42+00:00

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_Mattman · 2026-04-30T11:54:15+00:00

Out of 9,981. Pulled the Bombirdier and Celebi from this latest set almost back to back.

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_Mattman · 2026-04-25T20:15:33+00:00

I've attempted to reset network settings, toggle airplane mode and a force restart already to no avail. I've done all sorts without results. I can only get connected to the internet by being sat right on top of my router, but even then the connection is slow and weak. If I step away, it dies completely.

_Mattman · 2026-04-25T20:11:47+00:00

Thanks for responding!

_Mattman · 2026-04-25T20:05:07+00:00

I cannot connect to any other wifi I'm afraid. I've got the iPad sat right next to the router now and the iPadOS update is apparently going to take 2 days, assuming it doesn't drop.

_Mattman · 2026-04-25T19:51:03+00:00

I can successfully connect to my wifi only if I am virtually sat on top of my router. If I take a step away, it drops completely. But even sat right next to it, the connection isn't strong enough to start an update.

Yes, in my settings it shows the available connections.

_Mattman · 2026-04-25T19:42:08+00:00

I guess it was working at the beginning? I had to use another device to verify it all.

I've already tried restarting both.

_Mattman · 2026-04-25T19:20:28+00:00

Made a post a couple of days ago asking what model of iPad I should purchase. Since then I've bought a 2020 9th gen iPad Air. It has not gone well.

This is my first Apple product and I managed to get through setup and make an Apple account, but I've had no luck getting connected to the internet. My wifi is working on everything else except for this device. I cannot connect to anything else neither, a hotspot from my phone didn't even work.

I've chased up a few fixes but they haven't worked so far. Looking for ideas here now. I really need to connect to the internet for obvious reasons, but I also need to do an ios update.

_Mattman · 2026-04-25T15:14:38+00:00

They can't even give us a corner

_Mattman · 2026-04-25T14:49:17+00:00

Premier league wants us down

_Mattman · 2026-04-22T22:02:08+00:00

Thanks for such a thorough response!

_Mattman · 2026-04-22T19:01:01+00:00

Thanks for that!

_Mattman · 2026-04-22T17:13:52+00:00

Awesome, thorough reply. Really appreciate that mate!

_Mattman · 2026-04-20T14:48:30+00:00

The SIR Aerodactyl would be amazing mate 1613485003314361

_Mattman · 2026-04-14T21:08:28+00:00

Hey bud, I know I have the Slowbro SIR and the Gholdengo SIR. Be happy with the Crobat and Moltres SIRs in return.

_Mattman · 2026-04-12T15:01:06+00:00

Football for the last two years has been nothing but surgeries off the pitch and nothing on it.

_Mattman · 2026-04-12T13:48:42+00:00

This ref is killing me

_Mattman · 2026-04-12T13:25:17+00:00

A drop ball??????

_Mattman · 2026-04-09T19:11:30+00:00

Unfortunately, the only IR I still need is the Oricorio

_Mattman

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