OK guys, I think I know what's REALLY going on here.

Blizzard set up illegal gambling web sites in Korea.
Blizzard bribed players to throw games.
Blizzard leaked the information to the cops.

Why? To deal terrible, terrible damage to the Korean SC1 scene. With it in tatters, they will have nothing to turn to except SC2. Pure genious.

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Seriously, I wish people would stop speculating about who fixed what match - let the authorities do their job and tell us.

infinity2k9

United Kingdom2397 Posts

April 13 2010 18:50 GMT

#962

On April 14 2010 02:55 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:

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And sAviOr is not?

I might be alone in this, but sAviOr being cited as one of the people didn't surprise me much. It feels like he gave up on the game a long time ago.

_awake_

196 Posts

April 13 2010 19:08 GMT

#963

i'm more shocked that some people want to see SC2 take over the esports scene due to this scandal. SC2 is not a game i'd like to watch.

blith

Canada69 Posts

April 13 2010 19:21 GMT

#964

black out anyone?

Fenrax

United States5018 Posts

April 13 2010 19:31 GMT

#965

Holy shit.... Holy shit....... HOLY SHIT!!!!

I am sure that there has been cheating going on and that also Savior is guilty. Usually when things get public and this big there is something behind it. I only hope that not all of the players on the list are involved. Stork? Please not Stork. I love Stork. Everyone loves Stork.

Hot77.iEy

Finland1486 Posts

April 13 2010 19:32 GMT

#966

Now all that is missing is a doping scandal and we can start calling Starcraft a real sport.

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

April 13 2010 19:35 GMT

#967

On April 14 2010 04:32 Hot77.iEy wrote:
Now all that is missing is a doping scandal and we can start calling Starcraft a real sport.

haha SDM already talked about giving players dramamine or whatever to keep their nerves down

PanzerDragoon

United States822 Posts

April 13 2010 19:55 GMT

#968

On April 13 2010 23:32 tree.hugger wrote:

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On April 13 2010 22:42 PanzerDragoon wrote:

On April 13 2010 20:43 StRyKeR wrote:

On April 13 2010 20:26 GTR wrote:
CJ just released a statement. I'll post it here I guess.

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CJ엔투스, “선수 관련 악성 루머에 강력 대응할 방침”
2010 년 04월 13일 18시 43분

[포모스 심현 기자]소문에 근거한 악성 루머 자제 요청

CJ엔투스 프로게임단이 스타크래프트 불법 베팅 사이트의 승부 조작 ‘추문’과 관련해 소속 프로게이머에 관한 악성 루머에 강력 대응하겠다는 방침을 밝혔다.

CJ엔투스 사무국 관계자는 포모스에 전화를 걸어 “승부 조작 ‘추문’이 공개된 직후 e스포츠 커뮤니티를 중심으로 CJ 엔투스 소속 마재윤 선수가 승부 조작과 관련됐다는 루머가 돌고 있다”고 말한 뒤 “현재 마재윤 선수는 무릎 치료를 위해 요양중인 것이 맞고, 팀 자체적으로도 방출이나 은퇴 등 개인 신상과 관련해 어떤 내용도 결정된 것이 없다”고 전했다.

이 관계자는 이어 “승부 조작 ‘추문’과 관련해서는 검찰의 조사가 진행중인 것으로 알고 있고, 수사가 종결돼서 결과가 발표되기 전까지 섣부른 추측은 CJ엔투스 프로게임단과 선수 본인의 명예를 실추하는 것”이라며 “앞으로 이와 관련된 악성 루머가 계속 유포될 수 명예훼손을 비롯해 강력하게 대응할 방침”이라고 덧붙였다.

한편, 스타크래프트와 e스포츠 관련 커뮤니티에서는 이번 승부 조작 ‘추문’이 보도를 전후해 특정 선수의 실명을 거론하며 관련 여부를 추측하는 글들이 난무하고 있다. 하지만 이는 형법 제307조에 의할 경우 명예훼손에 해당되며, 진실일 경우에도 형법 제310조에 의해 진실한 사실로서 오로지 공공의 이익에 관한 때에만 처벌을 면할 수 있다.

CJ Entus, "Plans to strongly respond to malicious accusations about players"

Asks people to restrain themselves from spreading rumors.

CJ Progaming team revealed that they will strongly respond to false accusations about their gamers accused of fixing games.

A CJ affiliate phoned Fomos to let them know about rumors flying around about Savior. They mentioned, "Savior indeed is going through knee surgery. There has been no talk among the team about retiring or displacing Savior."

The affiliate added that the investigation about match fixing is on-going and that no one should jump to conclusions that tarnish the reputation of any of the CJ players before anything is confirmed. "As long as these malicious rumors keep spreading to destroy players' reputations, we will strongly respond to them."

On the other hand, there have been many articles in the e-sports community about who has fixed matches. According to Code 307, these accusations fall under libel and can be punished under law. Even if the accusations are true, by Code 310, accusers can avoid penalties only if additionally, the accusations were made for the greater good.

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Basically, CJ Entus is standing by its players, at least until proven guilty. Also, we finally seem to get an answer to why suspects in Korea cannot be named -- newspapers do not want to be charged for libel in case the accusations are false or revealing names is not considered helpful to the "greater good".

THE PLOT THICKENS

AKA CJ Entus is continuing to lie and try to keep the bullshit knee surgery excuse alive

Whether that statement is true, partially true, or completely false, you have absolutely no credibility in determining that for us.

And you should take to heart the part about spreading rumors. Rumors don't help anyone.

Oh, so its just a happy coincidence that Savior, one of their most famous and well-liked players, was demoted from the CAPTAIN of the team to B-TEAM last March, right when they would be investigating such things, to have "knee surgery". You have multiple credible sites reporting this, you have Rekrul who was dead-on about this, you have other progamers like Sea basically admitting there is an investigation and saying "please look past the cheaters, look to the honorable players".

I know you don't want to believe this is true, but the fact is, these gambling sites exist, and there is a huge incentive for them to bribe and for players to take those bribes. Along with savior, look at the mysterious demotions of Upmagic, Sangho, and Luxury; all solid A teamers at the same time.

If you want to be naive enough to believe nothing happened, go ahead. I think its very clear at this point something incredibly fishy has happened, and Kespa and the proleague teams will try to sweep it under the rug. Hopefully this doesn't happen.

PanzerDragoon

United States822 Posts

April 13 2010 20:01 GMT

#969

On April 14 2010 04:08 _awake_ wrote:
i'm more shocked that some people want to see SC2 take over the esports scene due to this scandal. SC2 is not a game i'd like to watch.

Why do you say this? Have you seen some of the tournament games? Like White-Ra? Or any of TheLittleOne's games from Zotac? Watch those games and tell me there isn't great spectator potential there.

Sipario

Italy206 Posts

April 13 2010 20:12 GMT

#970

may i say LOL ??

Rigodon666

Canada183 Posts

April 13 2010 20:26 GMT

#971

On April 14 2010 05:12 Sipario wrote:
may i say LOL ??

You might but it would not bring anything useful to the thread.

arb

Noobville17922 Posts

April 13 2010 20:40 GMT

#972

On April 14 2010 03:50 infinity2k9 wrote:

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I might be alone in this, but sAviOr being cited as one of the people didn't surprise me much. It feels like he gave up on the game a long time ago.

you should watch Jaedong vs Lomo(katrina iirc?) in the gom star league where he played flash in the finals, if you dont believe it.

ive said since the game was played it was 100% rigged

KF91

Canada221 Posts

April 13 2010 20:46 GMT

#973

Oh my... This is definitely not good for the eSports scene of SC -.-

Does anyone know the punishment the players could receive if they are found guilty?

iamke55

United States2806 Posts

April 13 2010 20:49 GMT

#974

Wow, it's been a while since I've last seen accusations of rigged games. I don't remember any since Nada vs Yellow in the group stages of some OSL in 2003, and Kingdom randomly making scouts vs Control to lose in the QFs of Gilette.

scwizard

United States1195 Posts

April 13 2010 20:50 GMT

#975

Savior, anytime, luxury, and many other progamers have been caught 100% proven cheating. Being arrested and taken to court no joke.

Oh god ;_;

Integra

Sweden5626 Posts

April 13 2010 20:55 GMT

#976

On April 14 2010 05:50 scwizard wrote:

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Oh god ;_;

Source of this please.

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

April 13 2010 20:58 GMT

#977

Nobody talking about Boxer's marriage to a woman almost a decade older and has a 12 year old kid??

KF91

Canada221 Posts

April 13 2010 20:58 GMT

#978

On April 14 2010 05:55 Integra wrote:

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Source of this please.

It was from Rekrul's blog (Which is closed now) from 3 days ago.

http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=119108

MorningMusume11

United States3490 Posts

April 13 2010 21:00 GMT

#979

On April 14 2010 03:21 Ryo wrote:

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No, they both deny that they are getting married. This Kim Ga Yeon-Boxer relationship started in 2008 when they met in Beijing. Some rumors over the past year and a half but Boxer never acknowledged openly. Then 2-3 days ago Kim Ga Yeon went to her friend's wedding and she caught the bridal bouquet. From then on the whole thing spun out of control, with fans congratulating Boxer on his cyworld etc. so yesterday Boxer finally admitted he's dating her but they deny that they're getting married.

I heard about the rumors some time ago but wow, never thought it was serious between those two. I never knew Boxer liked the nuna (older sister) type.

But when I watched Hyungjun's show 2mths ago, I noticed Boxer had a couple ring on his left finger so I guess it was pretty serious for some time.

It's not surprising he's getting married to a gamer too