GM / Master map hacker and general hacking and cheating th…

On July 17 2013 16:35 playa wrote:
You guys should upload more replays of Cham. He knocked out Nony in a recent WCS challenger. He is playing in a lot of tournaments. He just got promoted to GM. Since I was sure he hacked, I looked for his name (had never heard of him) only to find out he is even an admitted map hacker. Guy has to be banned from tournaments or something.

On July 18 2013 09:23 playa wrote:


I can't even name 8 Mexican players, and if Nerffy can get GM with hacking than anyone can. I was 100% sure he was hacking, having never heard of him, then to find out he is even an admitted hacker. He is still hacking.

On July 18 2013 10:19 Kieds wrote:


How do you know he's still hacking (if he in some moments he used hack)?. That's a very important acussation without any proof.
That replay they posted here was fishy, very fishy, but It could be stream cheat. After that, his name never showed again in this thread, in more than a year, and you come and accuse him?.

On July 18 2013 11:10 playa wrote:


Last year? Try replays and accusations against him in this thread from last month. I'm kinda BM when I feel someone is hacking in a tournament. For that, and that alone, I'd rather not. I told a friend before the tournament that it was pointless to even play in small tournaments because you're going to get hacked. It's just disheartening.

I've accused a few people in this thread and everyone of them has ended up getting banned. Even a few pages ago there was someone (ended up getting banned) that I accused of hacking in game, that others were accusing of hacking, but I didn't chime in because I wasn't 100% sure. Once you accuse someone of hacking in game, usually they do some things that give credence to them being legit. That's the only thing that gives me pause about Cham, because he kept playing like a hacker.

First off, he's fake scouting. His overlords aren't in a position to know whether I've taken a third or not, and he has 0 interest in moving them, no matter what stage of the game it is. Yeah he has an overlord at my natural, but not once did he gain vision of my stargate. But oddly enough, it's now time to move it once I started making a void ray.

So, maybe he suspects I have air. But he also suspects I have DT's? Mind you, he only fake scouted (entering my base but not looking for anything, so he never got vision of any of my tech buildings). When I went to his nat with a dt, he had a spore and an overseer hovering over the spore, waiting for it. I made a comment, and he said something about already having a spore before I had a dt. Like I'm not sure how he would even know that, but... let's just ignore the fact that we already have an overseer...

Later in the game, I made a warp prism (never got scouted) and I sent it to his base (never got scouted), and low and behold, it's our first time to prepare for a drop in our main base. Time to send the lings and an overseer there.

Where there is smoke there is fire. I've played a lot of the games the past few seasons and my name isn't even mentioned once. That's kinda weird. Maybe it's because Cham has elite game sense. Maybe that's why he doesn't even need to use overlords to scout. What a showoff.

I don't know if he is hacking in ladder games or not cause I haven't played him in ladder. But, in tournaments, as far as I'm concerned, he's hacking. If your name gets brought up multiple times... if you're allowed to play in any tournament, I think it's time that people start going over your replays. At least if he's going to hack, maybe he can do it less blatantly then.

On July 18 2013 09:23 playa wrote:


I can't even name 8 Mexican players, and if Nerffy can get GM with hacking than anyone can. I was 100% sure he was hacking, having never heard of him, then to find out he is even an admitted hacker. He is still hacking.

On July 18 2013 09:23 playa wrote:


I can't even name 8 Mexican players, and if Nerffy can get GM with hacking than anyone can. I was 100% sure he was hacking, having never heard of him, then to find out he is even an admitted hacker. He is still hacking.

On July 18 2013 15:16 RuFF_SC2 wrote:
Hey guys I just got super hacked tonight on stream. Basicly there is a spoof hack going around that actually changes the players name that you are playing. Played a guy named Avilo, that wasn't avilo because he is on my f list. Then he changed his name to other known players, but wasn't those players like demusilum and some others. BNET needs to fix this before starcraft 2 turns into broodwar that pretty much got hacked outside of iccup and what not.

On July 18 2013 14:06 playa wrote:
Do you see me saying "this barcode hacks" or "hendralisk hacks"? I haven't accused anyone in this thread of hacking that hasn't been banned for hacking. Cham would be the first, if legit. I hadn't played him before. You're right, I usually use the same opening until I find something better. I expect to get countered. But, I also expect people to scout for a third, given I play macro games. And, if I only go for a fast'ish drop in one very specific instance, I don't expect it to get read like a book, when they don't even know I have a warp prism on the map. Your reaction time can't be perfect, all game long, when you're playing with no information.

I'm just saying, if this guy keeps getting suspected of hacking, next time he plays a tournament, can his replays be checked after every series/game. There's no reason for this guy to able to get accused every month, yet plan on knocking out players in WCS.

On January 22 2013 05:27 Grimmyman123 wrote:


Player: Isuruscham aka Cham
Rank: GM
Profile: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/2680634/1/Cham/

Several replays were provided. My note are as follows.

Daybreak LE (82)
1:20 Looks around under guise of overlord clicks
2:12 Looks around again
5:21 Moves zerglings back to address cannons to which he has no vision at his 3rd.

Antiga Shipyard (55)
10:00 Looks around in base
11:30 Looks again
12:20 Loos at army before engaging

]cloud kingdom LE (3)
6:05 - sends lings to get probe
6:07 - Peeks at gases
6:58 - Looks at Zealot
7:00 Looks at empty main
8:29 - Peeks fast
11:27 Looks at army
13:22 peeks at front of base
14:00 positions army left side of map in response to opponent movement

DAybreak (261)
1:06 Good looking around
13:09 Looks back at natural expo
13:30 - Auto inject? REALLY fast injects, 4 bases in 1 second.
14:04 - Auto inject? REALLY fast injects, 4 bases in 1 second.
15:10 - Auto inject? REALLY fast injects, 4 bases in 1 second.

Antiga Shipyard
6 Pool. Scouts lucky.

Daybreay (231)
Nothing notable, usual fascination with checking and double checking his scouting overlords and looking around where they are going.

Entombed Valley (197)
Scouts Verticle position start. (pre patch?) !!!
4:00 Frequent looks
4:45 Probe at his 3rd.
8:20 looks at front wall
12:20 looks at front wall off
15:01 Auto inject? injects so fast.
16:04 Same as above

Cloud kingdom (189)
Scouts a 4gate by protoss with no expo, and expands to his 3rd at 5:46 after protoss takes his expo. Has virtually no army.
6:30 fast peek at attack incoming
odd thing, his vision shows the timer on hallucinated phoenix. ??
19:48 Peeks at protoss 4th.

Entombed Valley (87)
5:32 peeks at front
9:00 Takes blind 4th after opponent expands with 20 lings as sole defense.

Entombed Valley (86)
6pools close by ground positions. Lucky.

Shakuras Plateau (63)
"Finds" probe with lings at 3rd
9:20 - Push moves out, no vision, instantly makes static defenses at natural and 3rd bases
13:00 Looks at observer
15:21 Peeks through Fog at stalkers shooting at rocks.

Replay # 296889 vs Revelations
-Looks at front wall severall times
-Sends lings to front wall which is not completed.

Several instances are key and are sure tells for me:
Addressing the unknown Cannons on Daybreak LE (82);
Expanding to 3rd though an impending and scouted 4gate or similar push is incoming Cloud kingdom (189);
Taking a blind 4th on Entombed Valley (87);
and the solid look at the stalkers breaking down rocks on Shakuras Plateau (63)

NOTE: This player hides peeks and looks through fog of war VERY well, under the guise of overlord or army units. One example of this is on Cloud Kingdom, as well as other maps, where he will move the army and click on the ramp or near the wall, get his look, and then move elsewhere on the map. The force sometimes is so small that it is obvious there is no intent to attack, and often times does not even poke to see what defense or units are present. This is especially evident on 4 player maps, where he will often send out the overlords to scout, and a GREAT deal of attention to the overlord scouting the proper position will be made, clicking and looking at the opponents base, though actual position not yet scouted proper.
If an overlord has vision of an area, almost always the player is looking at the fog of war near this overlord, not at what the overlord actually has vision of. Having watched MANY replays, his vision habits regarding scouting overlords is not normal or even close to it. He's constantly looking around "moving" his overlords in the opponents base and area.

My Opinion. The player is using a production tab hack and map hack and is exceedingly smart about it, and disguses most peeks as "movements" of units or overlords. Possible inject hack or assist is employed.

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