User blog comment:Ysana/Common Evil is not Evil?/@comment-91.120.13.74-20120919083638

No, I don't think you're dumb. I enjoy smurf games vs other smurfs as well, for a few simple reasons.

1, People usually chill during smurf games, they don't act all serious, its all just a fun pasttime away from our mains. For this reason, people play freely and actually enjoy these games. You ask me, this is how the game should be in the first place.

2, Uncommon summoner spells: no flash and in many cases, no ignite means that people can't rely on these to escape or secure a kill, like they do in high level games. No flash means you really need to utilize map awareness, as there's no free card out of jail this time. No ignite means you need to kill your opponent without that extra bit of damage. This helps you know your champ a bit better.

3, Play whatever you want. Pretty much comes from point 1, but this is a good way to familiarize yourself with champs you don't know, but would want to play. In my case, if I want to try free week champs, I try them on a smurf first.