Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) is upping its security game. DOTA 2 ranked matchmaking will soon require players to enter a phone number upon registration and Valve hopes that this will cut down on the amount of “smurfing”.

First off, what is “smurfing”? In the DOTA world, smurfing is when a player creates a new account after already having

Source: Hot Hardware – #DOTA Ranked Matchmaking Soon To Require Phone Registration To Kill ‘Smurfs’