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NotJumperer
United States1371 Posts
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XsebT
Denmark2980 Posts
On April 13 2010 06:11 musclewitch wrote: ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/tbCKd.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i43.tinypic.com/4toc1v.jpg) | ||
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iFU.pauline
France1661 Posts
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
 I'm scared to find out who the former progamers are too... At least I know Reach would never stand for it. He lost to Tossgirl fair and square | ||
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XsebT
Denmark2980 Posts
On April 13 2010 06:33 starfries wrote: Is that list of names fps posted is just who's being investigated, because they had suspicious losses? I can't see all those players being involved. Stork? Jaedong? Don't break my heart I'm scared to find out who the former progamers are too... At least I know Reach would never stand for it. He lost to Tossgirl fair and square Afaic, they're being investigated, but there is obviously a reason why they being investigated (you don't see every progamer on the list, so something is up with those guys)... | ||
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bahaa
Lebanon29 Posts
What am pretty sure of though is that Bisu vs Savior MSL finals was not fixed, do you know why? Because those are humans we are talking about. There are emotions and facial expressions that cannot be faked. Just look at the shock on Savior's face when Bisu used those builds. In the final game, look at the spontaneous reaction from Savior when he was moving his hydras in a funny way just before he typed GG, not believing that he actually lost. It's pretty clear his behaviour was spontaneous and he was shocked with the way the games turned out. | ||
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Prof. Protoss
Germany744 Posts
does anybody know? | ||
p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
On April 13 2010 05:38 PanzerDragoon wrote: It depends on the size of the scandal and who is implicated. The steroids scandal nearly ruined baseball in America. Considering 2 of the biggest stars of the game, and one of the most beloved old pros are implicated, that's pretty bad. With SC2 coming soon, this kind of questionable integrity could finish Brood War competition for good. Steroids tarnished an entire era and a large number of players who played during that time, but at the same time the game was so embedded into American culture there was no way it could totally "ruin" the game. To say that is a gross exaggeration. The game no doubt suffered a loss of popularity but it was never at risk of becoming defunct - it was and still is still an incredibly profitable business. Pro BW could be in big trouble though, no doubt, depending on who and how many people are indicted with this kind of collusion. My gut says that the progaming scene has been through enough already to survive this at least until SC2 comes out and we see a huge resurgence in interest. At the same time all the past scandals would be dwarfed in comparison to this if what has been suggested is true, so only time will tell. | ||
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Captain Peabody
United States3128 Posts
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PanzerDragoon
United States822 Posts
On April 13 2010 06:49 p4NDemik wrote: Steroids tarnished an entire era and a large number of players who played during that time, but at the same time the game was so embedded into American culture there was no way it could totally "ruin" the game. To say that is a gross exaggeration. The game no doubt suffered a loss of popularity but it was never at risk of becoming defunct - it was and still is still an incredibly profitable business. Pro BW could be in big trouble though, no doubt, depending on who and how many people are indicted with this kind of collusion. My gut says that the progaming scene has been through enough already to survive this at least until SC2 comes out and we see a huge resurgence in interest. At the same time all the past scandals would be dwarfed in comparison to this if what has been suggested is true, so only time will tell. SC2 will be fine assuming Kespa deals with this well (suspending/banning players found to be guilty, and instituting more ways to prevent this, and possibly making it less desireable to take bribes by making free agency more viable) | ||
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Baddieko
Singapore855 Posts
On April 13 2010 06:33 starfries wrote: Is that list of names fps posted is just who's being investigated, because they had suspicious losses? I can't see all those players being involved. Stork? Jaedong? Don't break my heart I'm scared to find out who the former progamers are too... At least I know Reach would never stand for it. He lost to Tossgirl fair and square haha your statement is already wrong, reach threw the game against tossgirl obviously. | ||
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zee
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Ronald_McD
Canada807 Posts
I'm actually really pissed off about this. Of all the places, purposely losing in Pro Gaming? this is an outrage. | ||
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theramstoss
Canada242 Posts
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10344 Posts
On April 13 2010 07:02 theramstoss wrote: It's also possible some organized criminals threatened the pros into getting involved.. Possible. Don't even. I doubt Savior was threatened into pocketing $2 million for himself by throwing games. | ||
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Eatme
Switzerland3919 Posts
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uiCk
Canada1925 Posts
On April 13 2010 06:58 zee wrote: I wonder how long this has been going on on. Probably for a long time if true. the day money is involved. | ||
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Bearded Elder29903 Posts
I can't say I knew that such things is 100% sure but I always knew that 'slumping' and other shit like that wasn't random and I'm not surprised at all  | ||
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iloveHieu
United States1919 Posts
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PanzerDragoon
United States822 Posts
Probably closer to whenever these betting sites really exploded, which was around 2008. | ||
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