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Sakat
Profile Blog Joined October 2014
Croatia1599 Posts
March 17 2017 18:02 GMT
#401
Rehabilitated is just a bullshit word.
My boy Ptak defeated two GSL champions!
Regisko
Profile Joined June 2017
Ukraine20 Posts
June 01 2017 13:01 GMT
#402
Guys,
I'm not a big fan of forums, but I've got some things in my mind on that issue.
First of all, I'm a big fan of Life, I see him as the best player in the world and I disagree with a lifetime ban. For me, it's similar to Armstrong (bicycle races champion) - he's the best even with some cheating done. So, my understanding is that he should be unbanned for now. Not sure that should be discussed with me, just wanted to point out personal position.

But to the point, I have one question.
Why Life is banned permanently, and ByuN, who has been banned around 5 years ago for the same reason, is getting rewards from Blizzard's CEO and is allowed to play everything? Guys, who are convinced that Life should not play anymore - why ByuN is let to play?
Cheers,
Dmitry
AbouSV
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany1278 Posts
June 01 2017 13:44 GMT
#403
Two very different context.
One went to the court, the other was banned from participating in tournament by his team (in addition of being removed from the said tournament anyway).
Life's ban comes from his matchfixing link with betting sites and underground people. Whereas Buyn's was from asking his -already qualified- opponent to give him a second chance in a BO3, with no betting, nor third party involved.
lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4209 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-01 13:47:08
June 01 2017 13:47 GMT
#404
On June 01 2017 22:01 Regisko wrote:
Guys,
I'm not a big fan of forums, but I've got some things in my mind on that issue.
First of all, I'm a big fan of Life, I see him as the best player in the world and I disagree with a lifetime ban. For me, it's similar to Armstrong (bicycle races champion) - he's the best even with some cheating done. So, my understanding is that he should be unbanned for now. Not sure that should be discussed with me, just wanted to point out personal position.

But to the point, I have one question.
Why Life is banned permanently, and ByuN, who has been banned around 5 years ago for the same reason, is getting rewards from Blizzard's CEO and is allowed to play everything? Guys, who are convinced that Life should not play anymore - why ByuN is let to play?
Cheers,
Dmitry

I don't think Byun was ever criminally charged, for one.
"You guys are just edgelords. Embrace your inner weeb desu" -Zergneedsfood
Kevin_Sorbo
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada3217 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-01 14:15:34
June 01 2017 14:12 GMT
#405
On June 01 2017 22:01 Regisko wrote:
Guys,
I'm not a big fan of forums, but I've got some things in my mind on that issue.
First of all, I'm a big fan of Life, I see him as the best player in the world and I disagree with a lifetime ban. For me, it's similar to Armstrong (bicycle races champion) - he's the best even with some cheating done. So, my understanding is that he should be unbanned for now. Not sure that should be discussed with me, just wanted to point out personal position.

But to the point, I have one question.
Why Life is banned permanently, and ByuN, who has been banned around 5 years ago for the same reason, is getting rewards from Blizzard's CEO and is allowed to play everything? Guys, who are convinced that Life should not play anymore - why ByuN is let to play?
Cheers,
Dmitry


Lance Arsmtrong is the ultimate scumbag lmao. ''Cancer made me stronger so I won 7 Tours de France''
I dont think using him as an example as to why Life should be allowed to play again is useful.

But you are right that they are akin; because of their illegal actions they both took away lots of credibility from their respective disciplins.

I think the kid should absolutely get a 2nd chance, but it shouldnt be gaming.
The mind is like a parachute, it doesnt work unless its open. - Zappa
evolsiefil
Profile Joined October 2015
143 Posts
June 01 2017 14:18 GMT
#406
lets not spark this discussion again, we all know that opinions are very split here with regard to that. it would be way more important to know if anyone here has any inside information or any means to contact life and ask him about what his plans are regarding sc2. because after all, life has been playing a shitton of sc2 again lately. he is playing daily basically. is he trying to get his form back to maybe start streaming? or maybe he found a way to participate in smaller tourneys/ leagues? maybe he got pardoned by blizzard and we just dont know it yet? because frankly, he is playing way too much for it being just for funzies.
0mg_t1red
Profile Joined March 2013
Russian Federation104 Posts
June 01 2017 14:22 GMT
#407
On January 30 2017 07:21 CrayonSc2 wrote:
In pennsylvania you get a misdemeanor for possession of 1 gram of heroin. The kid played a video game.

To bad its a 3rd world country basically. So I dont see the point.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13408 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-01 19:25:51
June 01 2017 14:23 GMT
#408
On June 01 2017 22:47 lestye wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2017 22:01 Regisko wrote:
Guys,
I'm not a big fan of forums, but I've got some things in my mind on that issue.
First of all, I'm a big fan of Life, I see him as the best player in the world and I disagree with a lifetime ban. For me, it's similar to Armstrong (bicycle races champion) - he's the best even with some cheating done. So, my understanding is that he should be unbanned for now. Not sure that should be discussed with me, just wanted to point out personal position.

But to the point, I have one question.
Why Life is banned permanently, and ByuN, who has been banned around 5 years ago for the same reason, is getting rewards from Blizzard's CEO and is allowed to play everything? Guys, who are convinced that Life should not play anymore - why ByuN is let to play?
Cheers,
Dmitry

I don't think Byun was ever criminally charged, for one.


Byun was also what, 15? And not a big winner on the international scene. And byun wasnt paid for it. And byun and coca were friends on the same team. And it was **Correction** a weekly cup with a code A seed as a prize.

And both were punished for it by the league but since it wasn't illegal (no money was paid for the match fix) it didnt end up in court.

And kespa wasn't in charge of starcraft at the time it was simply a GOM league.

The Life situation was very very different from the Byun one. Byun was just him asking his friend to leave so he could play a game 3 to try and get into Code A.

Life was paid a lot of money to lose maps intentionally so that gamblers could win big - breaking the law not just tournament rules - and it was under the kespa framework.

So thats why byun can play now, but life cant
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4209 Posts
June 01 2017 14:25 GMT
#409
On June 01 2017 23:23 ZeromuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2017 22:47 lestye wrote:
On June 01 2017 22:01 Regisko wrote:
Guys,
I'm not a big fan of forums, but I've got some things in my mind on that issue.
First of all, I'm a big fan of Life, I see him as the best player in the world and I disagree with a lifetime ban. For me, it's similar to Armstrong (bicycle races champion) - he's the best even with some cheating done. So, my understanding is that he should be unbanned for now. Not sure that should be discussed with me, just wanted to point out personal position.

But to the point, I have one question.
Why Life is banned permanently, and ByuN, who has been banned around 5 years ago for the same reason, is getting rewards from Blizzard's CEO and is allowed to play everything? Guys, who are convinced that Life should not play anymore - why ByuN is let to play?
Cheers,
Dmitry

I don't think Byun was ever criminally charged, for one.


Byun was also what, 15? And not a big winner on the international scene. And byun wasnt paid for it. And byun and coca were friends on the same team. And it was a qualifier that coca was already qualified for (played for seeding).

And both were punished for it by the league but since it wasn't illegal (no money was paid for the match fix) it didnt end up in court.

And kespa wasn't in charge of starcraft at the time it was simply a GOM league.

The Life situation was very very different from the Byun one. Byun was just him asking his friend to leave so he could play a game 3 to try and get into Code A.

Life was paid a lot of money to lose maps intentionally so that gamblers could win big - breaking the law not just tournament rules - and it was under the kespa framework.

So thats why byun can play now, but life cant

Oh wow, well said. I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't be satisfied with those answers, even if they disagreed with it.
"You guys are just edgelords. Embrace your inner weeb desu" -Zergneedsfood
Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
June 01 2017 14:30 GMT
#410
I'll echo what other has said: Match fixers have no place in e-sports. They've broke the trust that allowed them to compete.

Not like there hasn't been stories of people being allowed back from match fixing (see VP's Solo in dota 2), but I think that's harmful no matter how talented they are, even if you believe they will never throw a game again

+ Show Spoiler [For people not knowing the context of…] +
He threw a match for 322 dollars in a very minor game (like many other match fixers), 322 is now synonymous with throwing a game, even though it's used very lightheartedly.

Solo got a year or so ban and was allowed back to compete. VP just got second at the last major dota tournament, so his situation is similar to Life's, other than him being Russian and not being as succesful then as he is now
In the woods, there lurks..
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-01 14:32:39
June 01 2017 14:31 GMT
#411
Perma ban on video games is too much, look at csgo.

Life was the starcraft 2 Contador, and if they had banned Contador for life, it would have damaged cycling even more than a 1.5-year ban.

Or Juventus.
TL+ Member
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33638 Posts
June 01 2017 14:33 GMT
#412
fuck, I told myself I would clear up the MASSIVE MISINFORMATION about the ByuN thing if it ever came up again, ugh

brb working on it
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4209 Posts
June 01 2017 14:34 GMT
#413
On June 01 2017 23:30 Iplaythings wrote:
I'll echo what other has said: Match fixers have no place in e-sports. They've broke the trust that allowed them to compete.

Not like there hasn't been stories of people being allowed back from match fixing (see VP's Solo in dota 2), but I think that's harmful no matter how talented they are, even if you believe they will never throw a game again

+ Show Spoiler [For people not knowing the context of…] +
He threw a match for 322 dollars in a very minor game (like many other match fixers), 322 is now synonymous with throwing a game, even though it's used very lightheartedly.

Solo got a year or so ban and was allowed back to compete. VP just got second at the last major dota tournament, so his situation is similar to Life's, other than him being Russian and not being as succesful then as he is now

There's more to it than that. He was only banned from Starladder. Joindota honored the Starladder ban as well. He was never banned by Valve. What makes me mad about that situation is that Solo never had to suffer through that entire ban. I think they let him back after 3-4 months anyway.
"You guys are just edgelords. Embrace your inner weeb desu" -Zergneedsfood
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10760 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-01 14:35:43
June 01 2017 14:35 GMT
#414
We might as well let sAviOr back as well then.

EDIT :
On June 01 2017 23:33 Waxangel wrote:
fuck, I told myself I would clear up the MASSIVE MISINFORMATION about the ByuN thing if it ever came up again, ugh

brb working on it

LOL expecting an update soon waxy
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Damusson
Profile Joined December 2014
Canada54 Posts
June 01 2017 14:49 GMT
#415
On June 01 2017 23:18 evolsiefil wrote:
lets not spark this discussion again, we all know that opinions are very split here with regard to that. it would be way more important to know if anyone here has any inside information or any means to contact life and ask him about what his plans are regarding sc2. because after all, life has been playing a shitton of sc2 again lately. he is playing daily basically. is he trying to get his form back to maybe start streaming? or maybe he found a way to participate in smaller tourneys/ leagues? maybe he got pardoned by blizzard and we just dont know it yet? because frankly, he is playing way too much for it being just for funzies.

How do you know he's playing a lot, or at all even?
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
June 01 2017 15:05 GMT
#416
http://sc2unmasked.com/Ladder?server=kr&top_league=gm&page=1

grandmaster 40 zerg Kachinsky [KT Rolster] Life (llllllllllll) 6413 57% 50-38 1388


It's not a lot but he is playing at a decent lvl at least
TL+ Member
Regisko
Profile Joined June 2017
Ukraine20 Posts
June 01 2017 15:10 GMT
#417
On June 01 2017 23:25 lestye wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2017 23:23 ZeromuS wrote:
On June 01 2017 22:47 lestye wrote:
On June 01 2017 22:01 Regisko wrote:
Guys,
I'm not a big fan of forums, but I've got some things in my mind on that issue.
First of all, I'm a big fan of Life, I see him as the best player in the world and I disagree with a lifetime ban. For me, it's similar to Armstrong (bicycle races champion) - he's the best even with some cheating done. So, my understanding is that he should be unbanned for now. Not sure that should be discussed with me, just wanted to point out personal position.

But to the point, I have one question.
Why Life is banned permanently, and ByuN, who has been banned around 5 years ago for the same reason, is getting rewards from Blizzard's CEO and is allowed to play everything? Guys, who are convinced that Life should not play anymore - why ByuN is let to play?
Cheers,
Dmitry

I don't think Byun was ever criminally charged, for one.


Byun was also what, 15? And not a big winner on the international scene. And byun wasnt paid for it. And byun and coca were friends on the same team. And it was a qualifier that coca was already qualified for (played for seeding).

And both were punished for it by the league but since it wasn't illegal (no money was paid for the match fix) it didnt end up in court.

And kespa wasn't in charge of starcraft at the time it was simply a GOM league.

The Life situation was very very different from the Byun one. Byun was just him asking his friend to leave so he could play a game 3 to try and get into Code A.

Life was paid a lot of money to lose maps intentionally so that gamblers could win big - breaking the law not just tournament rules - and it was under the kespa framework.

So thats why byun can play now, but life cant

Oh wow, well said. I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't be satisfied with those answers, even if they disagreed with it.


Very well said indeed.
But, in my world (filled with rainbows and ponies) fair play is 1 or 0. In case you were cheating, no matter how hard, you're a cheater. Laws, organizations, sums of money and age is just a wrapper for this 1 or 0.
In case this specific amount of money was necessary to purchase a cure from cancer for his mother, will it change someone's opinion? I mean - wrapping around cheating can be a big changer - but that's morale, and morale is different for everyone.
evolsiefil
Profile Joined October 2015
143 Posts
June 01 2017 15:19 GMT
#418
On June 02 2017 00:05 DieuCure wrote:
http://sc2unmasked.com/Ladder?server=kr&top_league=gm&page=1

Show nested quote +
grandmaster 40 zerg Kachinsky [KT Rolster] Life (llllllllllll) 6413 57% 50-38 1388


It's not a lot but he is playing at a decent lvl at least


he is playing on a different account as well (some protoss as well actually).

also life left league a few times so he in fact played way way way more games than what your link suggests.
AbouSV
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany1278 Posts
June 01 2017 19:56 GMT
#419
On June 01 2017 23:33 Waxangel wrote:
fuck, I told myself I would clear up the MASSIVE MISINFORMATION about the ByuN thing if it ever came up again, ugh

brb working on it


Where?
His Liquipedia page seems ok at least.
Mistakes
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1102 Posts
June 01 2017 20:28 GMT
#420
No sympathy. He fucked up. He has to live with it.
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