Myself and a few friends cannot launch the Riot Client? Is Riot down? The services status page says all is well but its affecting a few of us? Anyone else having this issue?

Any advice on how to deal with smurfs in silver/gold lobbies? Over the past 2 to 3 weeks I have encountered smurfs in almost all of my games and very seldom they are in my team. I only report them after the game when their combat score is...