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PhilGood2DaY
Germany7424 Posts
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SiDX
New Zealand1975 Posts
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SC2Pandemic
United States18 Posts
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tirentu
Canada1257 Posts
On April 13 2010 00:39 SiDX wrote: I hope all of it was worth it for that watch, Savior. I'd do it for a watch that cool. | ||
mikeymoo
Canada7170 Posts
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
On April 12 2010 23:18 gaggar wrote: 'This is all because the SC league scene is still relatively thin. Other games such as Baseball, Basketball and Soccer doesn't suffer from same problem although they have their illegal betting sites. The players and the coaches have a means to sustain their livelihood through the sports they're involved in even after they retire, but for SC players, they have at most 3~4 years (as opposed to 10+ years for other actual sports). Of course they'll be anxious about their future, combined with young naive players with no strong moral fiber is a recipe for corruption. I'm pretty sure these young players don't even know they've become a part of the ring. It just goes to show what an irony E-sports is.' I don't know the details because I don't really care about soccer, but as far as I know we recently had a huge scandal like this in the German Bundesliga (highest national soccer league). I think there also were scandals in other leagues/countries at the same time. It also included teams/players/referees influencing/intentionally losing games. So I don't really think that this has just happened because of the nature of current esports. This pretty much is possible in any sport where a lot of money can be made based on the outcome of a match and where single people can influence the outcome greatly without really making it obvious. In Soccer a player can just "accidentially" miss whatever he was "aiming" for. In SC a player can just make a few micro/macro mistakes here and there, miss an important timing and it'll just look like he had a bad day. This didn't happen because players are anxious about their future. It happened because there was a lot of money to be made. | ||
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infinity2k9
United Kingdom2397 Posts
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Slugbreath
Sweden201 Posts
On April 13 2010 01:14 infinity2k9 wrote: Serie A was the biggest scandal and this is one of the highest level leagues in the world. Especially as SC is 1v1 you really cannot stop this, its always going to be a possibility. Well, you could revoke the players' progaming licence if they have been caught rigging matches repeatedly. | ||
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BloodDrunK
Bangladesh2767 Posts
shame on you Savior. | ||
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infinity2k9
United Kingdom2397 Posts
On April 13 2010 01:16 Slugbreath wrote: Well, you could revoke the players' progaming licence if they have been caught rigging matches repeatedly. Well yes at a minimum i'd expect this just from finding 1 game proven rigged. But i mean there will will always be people willing to risk it in the future if the money is worth it, no matter what the punishments before. | ||
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Ryo
8787 Posts
On April 13 2010 01:16 Slugbreath wrote: Well, you could revoke the players' progaming licence if they have been caught rigging matches repeatedly. I think the punishment will be far more serious than that. They will want to make an example out of those progamers found guilty. Korean laws are really strict against gambling and match-fixing is even worse. When Shin Hye Sung (kpop star) visited a Macau Casino (note, he didn't even gamble while he was in Korea), he was convicted and given a fine. When a Korean tv host was found to have gambled online at some Philippines website, he was sacked, black listed and given a suspended jail sentence + community service. So I expect at least a suspended jail sentence. | ||
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KaRnaGe[cF]
United States355 Posts
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
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Ryo
8787 Posts
On April 13 2010 01:39 KaRnaGe[cF] wrote: Rolex has sponsored competitive BW for a long time. It's likely the watch was either given to him or he got it at a huge discount anyways. Good point. Anyway I hope they make some arrests soon so those who aren't involved in this can be cleared of suspicion. | ||
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Subversive
Australia2229 Posts
On April 13 2010 01:36 Ryo wrote: I think the punishment will be far more serious than that. They will want to make an example out of those progamers found guilty. Korean laws are really strict against gambling and match-fixing is even worse. When Shin Hye Sung (kpop star) visited a Macau Casino (note, he didn't even gamble while he was in Korea), he was convicted and given a fine. When a Korean tv host was found to have gambled online at some Philippines website, he was sacked, black listed and given a suspended jail sentence + community service. So I expect at least a suspended jail sentence. Wow that's pretty intense. Sounds almost draconian. I'm hoping they don't get treated this harshly (not the suspended sentence part but rather as badly as the kpop star and tv host). | ||
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Puosu
6995 Posts
On April 13 2010 01:39 KaRnaGe[cF] wrote: Rolex has sponsored competitive BW for a long time. It's likely the watch was either given to him or he got it at a huge discount anyways. What? I've never ever noticed Rolex sponsoring anything or have their name anywhere and I've been watching professioanl SC for a loong time. What have they sponsored exactly? | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
On April 13 2010 00:39 SiDX wrote: I hope all of it was worth it for that watch, Savior. If he could afford that watch he probably has enough money by now to live comfortably for the rest of his life. In that vain it was probably worth it...considering earning potential after playing professional SC is what...nothing? | ||
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the PUNisher
Romania21 Posts
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Ryo
8787 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=119444 | ||
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Puosu
6995 Posts
On April 13 2010 01:46 Jayme wrote: If he could afford that watch he probably has enough money by now to live comfortably for the rest of his life. In that vain it was probably worth it...considering earning potential after playing professional SC is what...nothing? He's a super star enough he could get a lot of jobs related to media and stuff like that I am sure, just like Nal Ra and so on. I doubt he's going to get away just having to retire though, wouldn't this be jail time in western countries at least and shouldn't asia be more strict about gambling than western countries? | ||
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