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CHEONSOYUN
Profile Joined August 2017
606 Posts
September 10 2017 06:28 GMT
#21
i love watching sea!!

he always talks about his penis!!

it's a very nice penis as i understand it.
JAEDONG...!!! EFFORT IS ANGRY. ZERG...?!
shall_burn
Profile Joined January 2016
252 Posts
September 10 2017 06:35 GMT
#22
Daym, men, Sea so bad I can't even!!1
Sheridan
Profile Joined October 2016
60 Posts
September 10 2017 06:39 GMT
#23
Sea says he wwas just "flirting" and even the girl messaged him confirming this. Is this true or is Sea just spouting bullshit?
bigmetazltank
Profile Joined September 2017
34 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-09-10 09:27:43
September 10 2017 06:45 GMT
#24
On September 10 2017 12:37 r.Evo wrote:
Show nested quote +
1) Sea fraternized Mr. Mo, who illegally bet on his (Sea’s) games.
2) Sea gave Mr. Mo insider information about Sea’s eye ailment and used it to illegally bet against Sea.
3) Mr. Mo had donated many balloons to Sea and other pro gamers.
4) Sea continued to fraternize with Mr. Mo afterwards.

Could you explain what a) makes those bets illegal from your point of view and why b) you're not just bringing this forward towards law enforcement if you know the real name of the guy?


Gambling, in the form they're practicing, is illegal in South Korea. Not just that, Sea is telling the gambler that he's injured and probably going to lose. That's quite possibly the most benign reading you can give to the situation. Which takes a lot of benefit of the doubt when you take into account said gambler is giving Sea a bucketload of money via balloons.

It might not be straight up match fixing but he's basically implicitly telling his mates to bet against him because he's injured well before the general public knew. That's basically insider trading, which is illegal in just about every country that I know of, in the already illegal industry that is underground gambling.

Its not like Sea has a rock solid reputation when it comes to this sort of stuff. The dude screen cheated in a 3 vs. 3 sponsored match by telling his teammates Flash and Mong what races their opponents were. Unfortunately, it seems to be a general problem with progamers in general since Jaehoon got busted for the exact same thing. I dunno if they're just naive or weren't brought up with proper morals, since they spent their entire adolescence trapped inside dorm rooms playing video games, but it seems to be a general problem with Korean progamers.

As for the guy in question, I figure he's already been dealt with law enforcement thanks to Zeus.
shall_burn
Profile Joined January 2016
252 Posts
September 10 2017 06:55 GMT
#25
Also, why only Protoss players would attend massage parlours? Does it have anything to do with archons (big shiny balls, sometimes red)? Or with the fact that carriers resemble Ds? Were protoss players more horny than zergs and terrans back in the day?
Sr18
Profile Joined April 2006
Netherlands1141 Posts
September 10 2017 08:30 GMT
#26
On September 10 2017 15:55 shall_burn wrote:
Also, why only Protoss players would attend massage parlours? Does it have anything to do with archons (big shiny balls, sometimes red)? Or with the fact that carriers resemble Ds? Were protoss players more horny than zergs and terrans back in the day?


Terran and Zerg players too busy practicing.
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RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
September 10 2017 08:39 GMT
#27
On September 10 2017 17:30 Sr18 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 10 2017 15:55 shall_burn wrote:
Also, why only Protoss players would attend massage parlours? Does it have anything to do with archons (big shiny balls, sometimes red)? Or with the fact that carriers resemble Ds? Were protoss players more horny than zergs and terrans back in the day?


Terran and Zerg players too busy practicing.


Terran and their wrist problems... Can't be just due to 'practising'...
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RouaF
Profile Joined October 2010
France4121 Posts
September 10 2017 08:56 GMT
#28
Main problem is a lot of people prefer this kind of streaming, see how terror and sea streams are popular. It was the same for sc2, the "bad boys" (naniwa, idra) were always the most popular. Same shit with camgirls streams or "entertaining" (aka 12year old mentality) streamers. As long as you keep giving money/attention to this kind of people they will keep doing what they're doing.

Just don't watch this kind of stream and give your view to people who actually play the game and work hard to improve.

Thanks anyway for providing more information on Sea.
darktreb
Profile Joined May 2007
United States3019 Posts
September 10 2017 09:10 GMT
#29
Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
letian
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany4221 Posts
September 10 2017 09:27 GMT
#30
Thanks for sharing. I always thought that there is something wrong with Sea but never focused on him long enough to make the conclusion. If only I knew Korean it would be so easy to identify the personality of the streamer. Looks like I don't need to. Sea guilty or not is just one unpleasant guy.
letian
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany4221 Posts
September 10 2017 09:28 GMT
#31
On September 10 2017 15:28 CHEONSOYUN wrote:
i love watching sea!!

he always talks about his penis!!

it's a very nice penis as i understand it.

I see, very well put.
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10045 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-09-10 09:54:23
September 10 2017 09:53 GMT
#32
On September 10 2017 05:51 Judgement wrote:
To accuse someone that they may or may not have done something without giving evidence(screenshots videos pictures statements from other people in writting) and just accept that your words are the truth.

Okay



lemmata is a pretty trustworthy source tho

i dont think he's the type of person who'd lie about something like this, he has nothing to gain from it
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r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14081 Posts
September 10 2017 14:09 GMT
#33
On September 10 2017 15:45 bigmetazltank wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 10 2017 12:37 r.Evo wrote:
1) Sea fraternized Mr. Mo, who illegally bet on his (Sea’s) games.
2) Sea gave Mr. Mo insider information about Sea’s eye ailment and used it to illegally bet against Sea.
3) Mr. Mo had donated many balloons to Sea and other pro gamers.
4) Sea continued to fraternize with Mr. Mo afterwards.

Could you explain what a) makes those bets illegal from your point of view and why b) you're not just bringing this forward towards law enforcement if you know the real name of the guy?


Gambling, in the form they're practicing, is illegal in South Korea. Not just that, Sea is telling the gambler that he's injured and probably going to lose. That's quite possibly the most benign reading you can give to the situation. Which takes a lot of benefit of the doubt when you take into account said gambler is giving Sea a bucketload of money via balloons.

It might not be straight up match fixing but he's basically implicitly telling his mates to bet against him because he's injured well before the general public knew. That's basically insider trading, which is illegal in just about every country that I know of, in the already illegal industry that is underground gambling.

I suspected that that's your approach here, and you're absolutely wrong.

Insider trading is something entirely different and usually about using confident information which a company insider (aka employee) uses to gain an advantage when selling or buying stocks.

If I bet on college football, am friends with the starplayer of the team, learn from his facebook or a casual chat that some event happened that will most likely make them underperform massively and I then use said information as a cause for betting against his team then there is nothing illegal about hat. This isn't insider trading in any way shape or form and you're welcome to try and find a case that treats it as such.

Now, admittedly bragging about such a thing in public is plain stupid since at the very least it draws unwanted attention. Having a financial relationship with the guy is also questionable, but no clear evidence that something fishy is going on. As you said yourself the casters of the game had access to the same information for example. I'd be willing to bet (ha!) that he also mentioned something like this on stream or in an interview at least once - otherwise where would the casters get this info from on matchday?


If money gets exchanged and Sea underperforms because of receiving said money, that's matchfixing and they should both be dealt with - but you're not bringing forward any evidence for that actually occuring.

Instead your chain of thought is: "this is information not everyone has" -> "this is insider information" -> "this is basically insider trading which is illegal" -> "this is illegal" but that comparison fails from the very start and is hence massively misleading by throwing a few buzzwords in there that people associate with: "Oh, yeah, that's bad!". Me being a buddy of Sea, him telling me that he has an issue with his eye-sight and me using that information to bet against him is not illegal in the jurisdictions I'm aware of.


On September 10 2017 18:53 TT1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 10 2017 05:51 Judgement wrote:
To accuse someone that they may or may not have done something without giving evidence(screenshots videos pictures statements from other people in writting) and just accept that your words are the truth.

Okay



lemmata is a pretty trustworthy source tho

i dont think he's the type of person who'd lie about something like this, he has nothing to gain from it

He posted an almost two-year old screenshot of himself talking about "Sea being a huge moron" and referring to him as "brain-dead retarded" while also ranting about how evil this Jojeho character is.

He's also framing the information about the eye ailment as something illegal when the casters of the game had access to the same information - these things alone make me doubt the storyline that refers to this as some kind of top secret information that only this guy got from Sea personally with the intent of matchfixing or something similar.

I don't know if lemmata has any history here that should make him highly trustworthy, but at the very least this seems like a grudge that has been going on for at least close to two years - and now is seemingly the perfect time to celebrate in public how he has always thought that Sea is an idiot and hence deserved his ban while throwing in buzzwords such as "insider information" without actual evidence for that being related to anything malicious in this case.

The entire OP is basically "The Dark Side of Mr. Mo (a guy who donates a lot of money to Sea (and apparently other streamers) and who Sea talks to)" - that alone makes me a bit wary here.

Sure, it's definitely bad that he associates with that type of guy but is that really about Sea and should be seen in the same context as the latest story that lead to his ASL ban? Why is this brought forward in it's own post now, when public opinion is unsure/negative about the guy? Why is this Mr. Mo character not in jail for what is alleged here?
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fish_radio
Profile Blog Joined March 2017
182 Posts
September 10 2017 17:04 GMT
#34
i believe it is blown out of proportion.
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Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
September 10 2017 17:58 GMT
#35
using your own logic, perhaps Sea was only being chummy with Mr. Mo because he knows he doesn't have the wherewithal to fight off a similar attack should Mr. Mo turn on Sea
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outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
September 10 2017 19:03 GMT
#36
On September 10 2017 17:56 RouaF wrote:
Main problem is a lot of people prefer this kind of streaming, see how terror and sea streams are popular. It was the same for sc2, the "bad boys" (naniwa, idra) were always the most popular. Same shit with camgirls streams or "entertaining" (aka 12year old mentality) streamers. As long as you keep giving money/attention to this kind of people they will keep doing what they're doing.

Just don't watch this kind of stream and give your view to people who actually play the game and work hard to improve.

Thanks anyway for providing more information on Sea.


But remember that Sea isn't just streamer, he's legit top terran and was in ASL finals, he isn't called "Online King" for nothing as he dominated online tournaments post KeSPA era, don't even get me started with KeSPA era. I agree, lately he's trying to go Terror way and that's why his stream is blowing up, can't blame him for it though. Bit less drinking, inviting girls and more strictness will put him in right way.

I don't agree with OP and don't see any dark side of him. Sure, he isn't innocent lamb but accusing him that he damages pro scene is TOO MUCH.
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iFU.pauline
Profile Joined September 2009
France1728 Posts
September 10 2017 19:17 GMT
#37
useless thread
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Symbioth
Profile Joined October 2011
Poland103 Posts
September 10 2017 19:39 GMT
#38
I'm sorry but in my opinion, you don't just come out and say that somebody might or might not be guilty of something; you either have hard evidence that can be reasonably considered or you don't.

This is because it damages the person's reputation regardless of whether they are ultimately proven guilty or innocent. Even if all of the charges are proven to be a misunderstanding or some kind of a nasty plot against the accused and a statement about their innocence is released, it doesn't matter - the repution of the accussed still suffers significant damage; and that is not fair.







WhatisProtoss
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
Korea (South)2325 Posts
September 10 2017 20:45 GMT
#39
This thread is useless. If you're going to hurl accusations at someone, you need references.

While there is controversy surrounding conduct during a broadcast with a woman, it was just a public opinion matter. Sea put his hand on the shoulder of a woman, and this sparked some criticism from viewers, so he was suspended for 7 days.

There is no "dark side" to him. Koreans love to sensationalize things and cut clips to make it look worse than it was. The girl was laughing and joking with him. Sea tried to hug her, and she shoved him away, laughing. Then she felt bad that he was lying there after being shoved, so she grabs his arm and "allows" him to put his arm around her shoulders.



Go watch his stream and decide for yourself. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcazXPmL0XAsaScA-kq-Akg/featured
thezanursic
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
5500 Posts
September 10 2017 23:15 GMT
#40
Read this, half of it is bad, the other half should be left out due to the writer's very obvious bias.
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