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07:06 KST - method linked here has been disproved here

10:54 KST - Find a full timeline of pro comments (including Spades) in the topic here.

08:47 KST - Summary:
Accusations of maphacking have the potential to destroy a player's career if left unaddressed. Because of the potential consequences, we should be careful about accepting unproven accusations. The principle of 'innocent until proven guilty' should be applied here. That does not mean that there has been a conclusion about this case, however, which is why this thread remains tentatively open.

Please discuss with caution and use evidence to back up your claims.

(also a summary post by an unnamed pro on reddit here)
ROOTCatZ
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Peru1238 Posts
June 04 2012 23:02 GMT
#621
ahh fuck I just watched the replays and analyzed them carefully, I like Spades he's cool dood, but im now pretty convinced he hacks for multiple reasons, there are some really really obvious proof here. he did hack before in bw and denied it so his word can't simply be enough for me this time around. T_T son, im dissapoint.
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aogmxctm
Profile Joined September 2010
64 Posts
June 04 2012 23:03 GMT
#622
On June 05 2012 07:59 IntoTheheart wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 07:59 sparkk51 wrote:
Welcome to the United States justice system.

Wait, what? Is it seriously like this..? Say it ain't so.


its not.
IamPryda
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1186 Posts
June 04 2012 23:04 GMT
#623
I don't think there is enough evidence to support it either way.But the fact that he hacked in bw and That a pro player( incontrol) who is very politically correct and non controversial on most topics seems to believe the claims could be true Proves the matter deserves further examination
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JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
June 04 2012 23:04 GMT
#624
On June 05 2012 08:02 ROOTCatZ wrote:
ahh fuck I just watched the replays and analyzed them carefully, I like Spades he's cool dood, but im now pretty convinced he hacks for multiple reasons, there are some really really obvious proof here. he did hack before in bw and denied it so his word can't simply be enough for me this time around. T_T son, im dissapoint.


What is the obvious proof? I haven't seen any so far. A lot of indications but no solid proof.
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mememolly
Profile Joined December 2011
4765 Posts
June 04 2012 23:04 GMT
#625
On June 05 2012 08:02 ROOTCatZ wrote:
ahh fuck I just watched the replays and analyzed them carefully, I like Spades he's cool dood, but im now pretty convinced he hacks for multiple reasons, there are some really really obvious proof here. he did hack before in bw and denied it so his word can't simply be enough for me this time around. T_T son, im dissapoint.


stream your analysis now and you'll get like 10k viewers
Kaitokid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany1327 Posts
June 04 2012 23:04 GMT
#626
I just read the whole thread.. the worst part of this story is it made me realize that ANYONE can hack. It is literally impossible to prove if someone is hacking, if he's not doing it in an obvious way. The way I see it the accusations against Spades seem suspicious, but at the same time nothing can be 100% proven.

This is the problem in my eyes. Its impossible to prove that someone is a hacker, but at the same time its also impossible for someone to prove he is not a cheater unless he records himself playing..... basically with a camera from behind. Now when I think about it thats what Spades should do, in the next showmatch he should ask someone to record him playing.

Blizzard should realize this is a big problem. There needs to be a way to 100% say if someone is cheating or not.
BeholdOblivion
Profile Joined May 2012
United States72 Posts
June 04 2012 23:04 GMT
#627
On June 05 2012 08:02 ROOTCatZ wrote:
ahh fuck I just watched the replays and analyzed them carefully, I like Spades he's cool dood, but im now pretty convinced he hacks for multiple reasons, there are some really really obvious proof here. he did hack before in bw and denied it so his word can't simply be enough for me this time around. T_T son, im dissapoint.



Eagerly awaiting your analysis CatZ.
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OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
June 04 2012 23:04 GMT
#628
On June 05 2012 07:59 IntoTheheart wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 07:59 sparkk51 wrote:
Welcome to the United States justice system.

Wait, what? Is it seriously like this..? Say it ain't so.

No.
BloodNinja
Profile Joined June 2010
United States2791 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-04 23:06:07
June 04 2012 23:05 GMT
#629
On June 05 2012 08:02 ROOTCatZ wrote:
ahh fuck I just watched the replays and analyzed them carefully, I like Spades he's cool dood, but im now pretty convinced he hacks for multiple reasons, there are some really really obvious proof here. he did hack before in bw and denied it so his word can't simply be enough for me this time around. T_T son, im dissapoint.


Come on Catz.... if you are going to make a post saying you carefully analyzed replays, at least make some show of evidence here. Other pros have written well reasoned responses and if you really wanted to add your professional two cents to the thread you should have done so as well.
kalteras
Profile Joined March 2011
United States72 Posts
June 04 2012 23:05 GMT
#630
On June 05 2012 08:02 ROOTCatZ wrote: I like Spades he's cool dood.

Eh sees through fog and doesn't afraid of anything.
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Sryinex
Profile Joined January 2012
United States40 Posts
June 04 2012 23:05 GMT
#631
The fact of the matter its, this debate will go on endlessly. There will be no 'concrete' proof either way. Judging strictly from the behavior emitted, along with history, and number of suspicious, or fishy actions I think the majority of level-headed people would agree that it is more likely that there was some sort of hacking, or stream cheating going on, than complete innocence. However, since the evidence is circumstantial, and unable to be proved either way, I think it's best we just leave this as is. Regardless of if he did or did not cheat, it seems to me that he would be too scared to go down that path and would be a lot less likely to do anything in the near future at least.

The only real solution to this lies with blizzard and getting an anti-cheat/ban system that is better and more efficient. Unfortunately, in all games there is, and will be cheating. We can only hope that the anti-cheat is as good as possible and makes it as difficult as possible for players to find and use them without consequence.
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Balgrog
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1221 Posts
June 04 2012 23:05 GMT
#632
On June 05 2012 08:02 ROOTCatZ wrote:
ahh fuck I just watched the replays and analyzed them carefully, I like Spades he's cool dood, but im now pretty convinced he hacks for multiple reasons, there are some really really obvious proof here. he did hack before in bw and denied it so his word can't simply be enough for me this time around. T_T son, im dissapoint.


Yes if you were to actually stream the analysis and talk about it indepth, everyone here would really appreciate it.
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gakkgakk
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Norway902 Posts
June 04 2012 23:05 GMT
#633
Guess I will try discuss the scouting scv patterns since that hasn't really been discussed so far.

Antiga:
Scv getting denied by marines up the ramp. Fast reaction pulling back, but that should be expected from good players. Sends it back home while looking at the area.

Entombed:
Sends scv to the geyser lucifron has refinery at. Doesn't look at it once to see gas timing. First selecting after sending it out is when its already a bit on the way to 2nd rally. Lucifron went refinery rax.

Metal:
Sends scv and lets it bug by Lucifron's wall for a little while before sending it back home. Slow reaction. Lucifron went rax refinery.

Tal'darim:
Scouts first gas, not close enough to look at second gas even though he microes the scv towards it and back. Lucifron went gasless expand.

Daybreak:
Sends out scv, reaches base and briefly look at it and sends it home. Only 1 gas checked. Lucifron went gasless expand.

Shattered:
Sends out scv, reaches lucifrons base and microes it to look gas. Lucifron went gas refinery.

Shakuras:
0 scv scout


I have not seen neither vods of Spades or replays of him, so I don't know his scouting habits. But in my eyes his scouting seems quite a bit fishy:

2 games vs gasless expand: Both games he didn't check both gasses.

2 games vs refinery builds: One game the scv is sent on rally command to the gas that Lucifron started before Spades sent out scout. One game where he microes scv to scout far away gas.

1 game with denied scout.

1 game 15cc without scout.

1 game vs walled ramp. Slow reaction sending scv home without looking at it.

But again. I have no idea about Spades usual scouting habits. Maybe someone with more knowledge about him as a player could chime in. But for me it seems really sloppy to not check both gasses in the games Lucifron went gasless. Also he always scouts gasses when Lucifron went gas builds. And not to mention that he almost never looks at his scout scv.
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KonohaFlash
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1590 Posts
June 04 2012 23:06 GMT
#634
On June 05 2012 08:02 ROOTCatZ wrote:
ahh fuck I just watched the replays and analyzed them carefully, I like Spades he's cool dood, but im now pretty convinced he hacks for multiple reasons, there are some really really obvious proof here. he did hack before in bw and denied it so his word can't simply be enough for me this time around. T_T son, im dissapoint.

It's amazing how you say this with nothing to back it up.
Gigel
Profile Joined November 2010
Romania92 Posts
June 04 2012 23:06 GMT
#635
From a wood league players perspective, after watching the tal'darim game, i have to say it seems that Spades is not maphacking. If you read just the OP description of the game it seems obvious he is hacking, but if you look at the suspicious timestamps i'd say it's more likely he is not cheating.

The thing that looks fishy imo are the camera locks at the edge of the fog of war, but he macros during that time or giving other comands...
If i had to put this into numbers i'd say 60%-40% he is not cheating. He might be hacking but he is not obviously hacking so i say hold your pitchforks until a ladder replay of him surfaces where he has his guard down.
PolishxThunder
Profile Joined May 2011
United States153 Posts
June 04 2012 23:06 GMT
#636
On June 05 2012 07:48 Sadform wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 07:47 14fighter wrote:
soooo can this be locked and deleted possibly now before we hurt this guy for no reason anymore?


Agreed. Unless there is 100% solid evidence, there is no point in discussing it.

What you just said makes absolutely zero sense, because something hasn't been definitely confirmed people can't discuss it? lmao?
Kaitokid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany1327 Posts
June 04 2012 23:07 GMT
#637
On June 05 2012 08:02 ROOTCatZ wrote:
ahh fuck I just watched the replays and analyzed them carefully, I like Spades he's cool dood, but im now pretty convinced he hacks for multiple reasons, there are some really really obvious proof here. he did hack before in bw and denied it so his word can't simply be enough for me this time around. T_T son, im dissapoint.



Nothing against you but pretty sure if someone "unknown" would post something like that it wouldn't be acceptable. That post is simply too general CatZ you should clarify the "really obvious proof" for example.
lxanderl
Profile Joined April 2011
United States629 Posts
June 04 2012 23:07 GMT
#638
On June 05 2012 07:55 tsuxiit wrote:


There's also the kind of weird matter of Nerchio's adamant defense of Spades. He claims to not know or ever talk to Spades. He rarely ventures onto the TL forums. Yet he almost immediately comes to Spades rescue and immediately attempts to absolve him of hacking after this thread was made.

You could make that sort of statement about most pro posts on TL: they don't seem post in large amounts on the forum, except when it's something that either involves them or interests them, and then when they do it surprises you because their relative absence beforehand makes their quick response to that specific post seem unlikely. This is probably because pros are more noticeable than other posters who might behave the same way, which if you did notice, you would guess that they browsed the forum regularly but only appear when they feel like it.
Artok
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands2219 Posts
June 04 2012 23:07 GMT
#639
On June 05 2012 08:06 PolishxThunder wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 07:48 Sadform wrote:
On June 05 2012 07:47 14fighter wrote:
soooo can this be locked and deleted possibly now before we hurt this guy for no reason anymore?


Agreed. Unless there is 100% solid evidence, there is no point in discussing it.

What you just said makes absolutely zero sense, because something hasn't been definitely confirmed people can't discuss it? lmao?

read the thread, it doesnt look like discussion too much, does it?
Chun-li since ST
MidgetHumper
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom280 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-04 23:08:19
June 04 2012 23:07 GMT
#640
On June 05 2012 08:05 Balgrog wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 08:02 ROOTCatZ wrote:
ahh fuck I just watched the replays and analyzed them carefully, I like Spades he's cool dood, but im now pretty convinced he hacks for multiple reasons, there are some really really obvious proof here. he did hack before in bw and denied it so his word can't simply be enough for me this time around. T_T son, im dissapoint.


Yes if you were to actually stream the analysis and talk about it indepth, everyone here would really appreciate it.



This is probably teh best idea iv read so far on this matter.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=284255#1
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