EPTKorea Swept In Illegal Starcraft League Gambling - Page 18
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unionbank
Australia666 Posts
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Captain Peabody
United States3110 Posts
We REALLY need a official list...before we all go totally crazy here. | ||
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Ideas
United States8098 Posts
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BrownBear
United States6894 Posts
There seems to be a lot of overreaction here... Remember that though a ton of names appeared on the list, there are still a lot of very high level progamers (Flash, Baby, Zero, Light, etc.) that have yet to be implicated. This isn't going to kill eSports, it'll just be like the doping scandal in baseball. It will suck, but people will move on. | ||
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Captain Peabody
United States3110 Posts
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Magic84
Russian Federation1381 Posts
On April 12 2010 22:43 Captain Peabody wrote: Come to think of it, I would really be surprised if it were Stork, just because the guy always looks so devastated whenever he loses; plus, there are all the interviews where he talks about how upset he gets when he loses (drinking, jokingly saying he would drown himself in the river, etc). And all the complaining about map balance. Just in general how "open" and vocal he is in interviews...wouldn't really make much sense if he were losing the games on purpose. But whatever... We REALLY need a official list...before we all go totally crazy here. Stork is one of those guys, who doesn't give a damn too much anymore. He's the perfect guy to do such sorts of things, lux, yarnc some other guys have this sorts of attitude. | ||
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konadora
Singapore66161 Posts
On April 12 2010 22:41 KristianJS wrote: To be honest, if every name on that 'insider-list' turns out to be true, the blow to SC might be fatal. I mean shit, can you imagine if even Jaedong and Stork did it? I don't think that list can be fully true though. I can't find it in myself to consider some of those names as actual possibilities. On the flip side, that's exactly why its truth would be a death-blow. if it's players like Leta, sAviOr, Justin (who cares about this guy lol) and the twins, it might not be that bad (yes I did mention sAviOr), but for those who are heading the modern SC scene like Jaedong/Bisu/Stork/BeSt, this is just terrible terrible news. | ||
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Ryo
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Captain Peabody
United States3110 Posts
Heh. Luxury: the Pete Rose of eSports. There seems to be a lot of overreaction here... Remember that though a ton of names appeared on the list, there are still a lot of very high level progamers (Flash, Baby, Zero, Light, etc.) that have yet to be implicated. This isn't going to kill eSports, it'll just be like the doping scandal in baseball. It will suck, but people will move on. Baseball is a LOT more established in America than Starcraft in Korea. At the time of the doping scandal, we'd already been playing baseball for like a hundred years, with plenty of big names and famous guys well in the past. There was never a chance that everyone would simply stop playing Baseball. With Starcraft, we've had like ten years of pro-gaming, and the game's still not nearly as accepted as it could be in Korean society; this, especially with the involvement of such big-name players, could easily destroy all the respect and prestige Starcraft has gained over the last ten years. Plus, we've got Starcraft 2 coming out, with a big pressure to switch games and and abandon Broodwar. You really can't compare the two situations. (sigh)  | ||
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KristianJS
2107 Posts
On April 12 2010 22:47 Captain Peabody wrote: I would think it would be pretty obvious once people start getting kicked off of pro-teams and/or arrested... Yeah, but they really shouldn't cover it up even if it's in such a superficial way. This is the kind of thing which can only heal if it's brought out completely and entirely to the public. | ||
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eSen1a
Australia1058 Posts
On April 12 2010 21:42 konadora wrote: Yeah man, Boxer invented e-sports. How can you even doubt HIS passion and sincerity and love for ESPORTS, even amongst this? The Emperor plays for the love of the game and the fans, not for the cash. hehe obviously missed out on quakeworld | ||
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Whiplash
United States2928 Posts
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Captain Peabody
United States3110 Posts
Yeah, but they really shouldn't cover it up even if it's in such a superficial way. This is the kind of thing which can only heal if it's brought out completely and entirely to the public. Yeah, I agree. The only way that the scene can get past this is to get all the information... | ||
Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sox | ||
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MidKnight
Lithuania884 Posts
Maybe it will turn out that SC progaming was just another RAW where most stuff was faked just to make it more exciting.. Weeeee.. | ||
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SilverSkyLark
Philippines8437 Posts
maybe I should be specific... like players are getting payed to throw matches so some illegal sports gamblers can get their money...shit...and with that much of a list? crap.... even our Collegiate Basketball Leagues manage to suppress and actually get people out (players and fans) because of match fixing allegations...for this to happen to sc is just so...sad... | ||
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omninmo
2349 Posts
On April 12 2010 21:43 Magic84 wrote: Oh wow.  Mafia spirit lives on, people just can't live without f*cking with the system.this statement, and the machete wielding smiley, does nothing to lessen the fear i have of russian people. i always thought ma jaeyoon looked guilty during all his slump/losing times. i thought it was because of his christian guilt from soliciting sex instead of practicing. but, "i am a disgrace to my family and team even though i bought my parents a new apartment" was probably more accurate. you can't blame these kids... asians in general and specifically those born after 1990 (those from the internet generation) are equally sneaky and greedy, prone to pressure from authority, lacking in any sort of consistent ethics. imagine the smarmy uncle who convinced the kids into doing this. what sort of sordid tactics did he use, "hey, dongseng, i got 20K for you and your mom. you can fuck my girlfriend first. maestro came on her face. here's a cigar. do what i say..." | ||
JWD
United States12607 Posts
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jabberwokie
Canada142 Posts
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snotboogie
Australia3550 Posts
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