April 2010 Kespa Rankings top 30 - Page 5

Mortality

United States4790 Posts

April 23 2010 15:15 GMT

#81

On April 23 2010 23:23 Katsuge wrote:
def didnt expect to see canata and type-b still dangling on the list..o.o

They aren't. I think what he meant was that if those players whose named are crossed out get banned from professional play because of the recent scandal involving gambling and throwing games, then that will be the list of the top 30 gamers. Based on rumors about who was involved in the cheating.

ggrrg

Bulgaria2716 Posts

April 23 2010 15:57 GMT

#82

If even half of those players were really involved then I foresee a very dark future for esports...
But I honestly cannot imagine that this is true.

Mortality

United States4790 Posts

April 23 2010 20:01 GMT

#83

On April 24 2010 00:57 ggrrg wrote:
If even half of those players were really involved then I foresee a very dark future for esports...
But I honestly cannot imagine that this is true.

Well, first of all, what they are involved with is "illegal gambling." Whether or not they threw games to make money is a different and more touchy matter.

If they bet on themselves or were involved with side betting on players other than themselves, then my understanding is that they were still breaking the law, but on the level of whether I personally think that doing such a thing is right or wrong I have nothing against it. Certainly if you bet money on yourself then you must be confident.

However throwing games to guarantee you turn a profit is something else. Words like despicable and dastardly come to mind.

It's easily possible that most of those gamers might have been involved in side betting. I'd like to think that they weren't throwing games. For certain particular players it definitely seems like they probably did throw games.