Last week, Valve announced that in order to compete in ranked play, Dota 2 players will be required to register a unique phone number.
“Players using multiple accounts create a negative matchmaking experience at all skill brackets, so our goal is to add just enough friction to this process that the number of players doing this will be noticeably reduced,” Valve wrote. “Having more players using their primary accounts will have a positive effect on both Ranked and Unranked Matchmaking.”
Security-conscious players are probably thinking “RealID” right now, while others are thinking that they’re getting off easy if all they need do is pay a few bucks for a number — at least no one has to cough up social security numbers to play video games. Yet.
Is this a good idea on Valve’s part? And more importantly, will it work?
(With thanks to Joseph!)
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