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Invictus
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Singapore2697 Posts
October 25 2011 12:15 GMT
#161
What flamewheel said.

I'm thinking that TurN and Reality got bored cause of the insanely long break before Proleague starts again and decided to smurf for fun without actually wanting any sort of monetary rewards in return. Its bad in principle but still, not to the point where they actually participated in match fixing. Then again its all my speculation so believe it or not its up to you.

With the matchfixing scandal and the heavy punishment i'm pretty sure TurN and Reality wouldn't be idiots to risk trying to earn a few quick bucks to losing their progaming license..
Lee Jaedong Fighting!
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51578 Posts
October 25 2011 12:20 GMT
#162
On October 25 2011 20:23 Boonbag wrote:
I guess BW betting sites in Korea are alive and doing very well.


of course, it's one of those industries that can't be rid of
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Legatus Lanius
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
2135 Posts
October 25 2011 12:32 GMT
#163
On October 25 2011 21:12 Boonbag wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 25 2011 21:00 Count9 wrote:
Interesting, even if it's not true, rumors like this just reminds everyone that there are players who are only in it for the money.



when you're starving your entire life in front of a computer you surely are.


i doubt they are starving
"He's the Triple H of Brood War." - Ribbon on Flash | "He's more like the John Cena of Brood War." - Aus)MaCrO on Flash
itsdaniel
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Austria334 Posts
October 25 2011 13:16 GMT
#164
cold hard evidence! - thats what I want!! I receive so many rumors by korean people via kakaotalk I got to meet during my time in seoul concering SC that I would have much to post about.

I somehow doubt some of the facts posted above (I got to know some more facts of this a few days ago) and without adding even more fuel, lets wait and see...
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sluggaslamoo
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Australia4494 Posts
October 25 2011 14:33 GMT
#165
Damn I hope they stay in BW, Turn and Reality are my favorite Terrans
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NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
October 25 2011 14:56 GMT
#166
ok, i just finished reading what ever snm wrote on the front page....

so to sum up, everything had been done through BNet, from the player contact to Khan coach confirmation on players... Sketchiest plot ever.... I know that korean do have a lot of static IP system so i hope it help. Unless they can pull some epic IP evidences, i think this case just gona slip. Anonymity on the internet is imba and cause drama
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.gypsy
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Canada689 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-25 15:20:17
October 25 2011 15:18 GMT
#167
1a2a3a seems like a huge troll lmao. Anyway i doubt this issue is as srs as ppl arr speculating it to be.
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therockmanxx
Profile Joined July 2010
Peru1174 Posts
October 25 2011 15:23 GMT
#168
Dont join the dark side progamers !!!
It leads you to suffering =)
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SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
October 25 2011 15:33 GMT
#169
Is smurfing into an amateur tournament really a problem if betting sites etc aren't involved ?

Seems like people are making a big deal out of something that isn't a big deal yet.
lolbolt
Profile Joined November 2010
206 Posts
October 25 2011 16:07 GMT
#170
They must be that bored to be doing this, not much of a deal here...
uucom_best
Profile Joined October 2011
10 Posts
October 25 2011 16:14 GMT
#171
On October 26 2011 00:33 SnowFantasy wrote:
Is smurfing into an amateur tournament really a problem if betting sites etc aren't involved ?

Seems like people are making a big deal out of something that isn't a big deal yet.

anything match-fixing related is a huge deal, although in this case it seems unlikely that there was any sort of match-fixing involved. Also, progamers trying to make an extra couple hundred bucks by faking their identity and playing in an amateur tournament seems wrong, so yea i'd say it's a problem.
tedster
Profile Joined May 2009
984 Posts
October 25 2011 16:16 GMT
#172
It was much more amusing when ElkY did it
the last wcs commissioner
Slardar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada7595 Posts
October 25 2011 16:22 GMT
#173
Yeah... I agree with Flamewheels' stance on the matter.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
October 25 2011 16:24 GMT
#174
On October 25 2011 11:22 supernovamaniac wrote:
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On October 25 2011 10:52 Chef wrote:
It becomes somewhat relevant if the biggest 3rd party BNet server gets involved in the case with a lot of evidence supporting their side.

Not really... It's akin to JoeKim and Game bickering posts from iCCup drama. Especially considering the minilauncher that everyone has to use to play on Fish has trojans (whether or not you click no to the obvious adware) lol. I don't have too much respect for Fish sorry.

Honestly you read the details and you just think 'wow this is dumb who would write this.' On the surface you have the 'omg progamers are rigging amateur tournaments???' and underneath you have this really dumb story about who gives a shit losing a game on purpose to switch clans but some other crap I don't care about and what the hell and ok none of this proves anything about pro players participating in an amateur tournament (for which it's not clear the prestige, nor clear if anyone has respect for the organization of it, nor clear why progamers would want to rig it unless they are good friends and no one cares except the Korean version of JoeKim.

tl;dr: TL jumps to hilarious conclusions because we literally have nothing better to do and we've become pathetic gossip mongers.

And that's not the whole point of my post either.

I said that it was speculation from the beginning, if you missed that part when you started reading, stop jumping into the main details before skipping the disclaimers.

Admitting it is silly speculation doesn't make it any less silly. I don't understand why saying it is speculation is supposed to suddenly validate it's existence.
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supernovamaniac
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States3047 Posts
October 25 2011 16:35 GMT
#175
On October 26 2011 01:24 Chef wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 25 2011 11:22 supernovamaniac wrote:
On October 25 2011 10:52 Chef wrote:
It becomes somewhat relevant if the biggest 3rd party BNet server gets involved in the case with a lot of evidence supporting their side.

Not really... It's akin to JoeKim and Game bickering posts from iCCup drama. Especially considering the minilauncher that everyone has to use to play on Fish has trojans (whether or not you click no to the obvious adware) lol. I don't have too much respect for Fish sorry.

Honestly you read the details and you just think 'wow this is dumb who would write this.' On the surface you have the 'omg progamers are rigging amateur tournaments???' and underneath you have this really dumb story about who gives a shit losing a game on purpose to switch clans but some other crap I don't care about and what the hell and ok none of this proves anything about pro players participating in an amateur tournament (for which it's not clear the prestige, nor clear if anyone has respect for the organization of it, nor clear why progamers would want to rig it unless they are good friends and no one cares except the Korean version of JoeKim.

tl;dr: TL jumps to hilarious conclusions because we literally have nothing better to do and we've become pathetic gossip mongers.

And that's not the whole point of my post either.

I said that it was speculation from the beginning, if you missed that part when you started reading, stop jumping into the main details before skipping the disclaimers.

Admitting it is silly speculation doesn't make it any less silly. I don't understand why saying it is speculation is supposed to suddenly validate it's existence.

Since when did regular speculation from a person who stated the whole situation on afreeca broadcast, along with BrainClan admin BrainSlayeR a silly speculation, if they showed some evidence on pgr21.com and other websites already?

And since when did 'speculations' become 'silly speculations'?

Seems like you're taking every 'post' from 1a2a3a and BrainSlayeR a silly speculation, which is fine. Doesn't mean that I can't post these speculations nor shouldn't post them here because this is the only information that we have on the current 'situation'. Rather, you tend to think that these speculations are conclusions or some baseless speculations, both of which is not at this moment.
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Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
November 12 2011 18:34 GMT
#176
So did anything actually come of this? I am still confused as to what actually happened : S
brood war for life, brood war forever
Emon_
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
3925 Posts
November 12 2011 19:15 GMT
#177
Bored or not, if people were betting money, it doesn't look good for the Khan Terrans. I suppose the scope is a little smaller than match fixing in the SPL, but these guys should know better
"I know that human beings and fish can coexist peacefully" -GWB ||
MageKirby
Profile Joined July 2009
United States535 Posts
November 12 2011 22:11 GMT
#178
Wah....I was such a big TurN fan as well =3= I'm gonna cry if this is true
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
November 13 2011 02:02 GMT
#179
It's an amateur tournament, not really comparable to the savior incident. Besides I doubt they took money, more likely they just smurfed for fun.
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