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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)
zhurai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States5660 Posts
June 05 2012 03:30 GMT
#1421
On June 05 2012 12:30 Shiori wrote:
Very, very little evidence, honestly.

define "lots of evidence" then.
Twitter: @zhurai | Site: http://zhurai.com
Peekay.switch
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada285 Posts
June 05 2012 03:30 GMT
#1422
On June 05 2012 12:25 TenJin`Lucian wrote:
I just love how people keep asking Catz to open the APM tab to check on what hes doing while "screen locked", and still that is the thing he does not checks.


APM is average over a few seconds, I doubt it could be used to notice a major difference during screen locks.
PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
June 05 2012 03:30 GMT
#1423
On June 05 2012 12:29 Parcelleus wrote:
No catz and co , your 'hack scan' is what Mvp does all the time, blindly scanning where he think the army will be (to locate army).

Keep going. Spades 1 - Catz and co - 0.

PS: Your whole argument is saying he cannot scan using the mini-map - which he obviously did. That is not hacking.


You're not understanding anything that they're talking about if thats what you think.

We have multiple brackets generated in advance. Relax . (Kennigit) I just simply do not understand how it can be the time to play can be 22nd at 9:30 pm PST / midnight the 23rd at the same time. (GGzerg)
Kkxtrouble
Profile Joined April 2012
Brazil575 Posts
June 05 2012 03:30 GMT
#1424
Good night guys, i hope the truth reveals itself, i'll check the tread when i wake up.
Not opstimistic about that though.
I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand before the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand
Jell
Profile Joined September 2011
Portugal86 Posts
June 05 2012 03:30 GMT
#1425
On June 05 2012 12:29 Parcelleus wrote:
No catz and co , your 'hack scan' is what Mvp does all the time, blindly scanning where he think the army will be (to locate army).

Keep going. Spades 1 - Catz and co - 0.

PS: Your whole argument is saying he cannot scan using the mini-map - which he obviously did. That is not hacking.


No, he did something that is actually impossible mechanics wise.
-Kaiser-
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Canada932 Posts
June 05 2012 03:30 GMT
#1426
The more the CatZ stream goes on, the more technical evidence there is to support that Spadez is hacking. There would have to be an extraordinary, unparalleled series of unfortunate and unexplainable coincidences that are conspiring to frame him.
3 Hatch Before Cool
rd
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2586 Posts
June 05 2012 03:30 GMT
#1427
On June 05 2012 12:27 Grampz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 12:27 CaptainCharisma wrote:
So 7 games out of how many Spades has played? Thousands.

I've played far fewer games than that and I'm pretty sure I could dig up more than 7 replays where I make the perfect blind counters to stuff and make weird army positioning.

This thread is a disgrace.

You're missing the fucking point. He allegedly cheated in a SHOWMATCH. FOR MONEY. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. Ladder games fine, go cheat your ass off. ladder pts don't mean shit (maybe they do blizz is weird) but when you are playing for money using a hack... ............


First of all you're already assuming he's guilty based on situational evidence. Also, the showmatch wasn't for money. You should read more into the thread before making these posts.
Trict
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada182 Posts
June 05 2012 03:31 GMT
#1428
On June 05 2012 12:24 Xorphene wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 12:21 Martijn wrote:
Just so we're clear on something. The only ones that have any right to judge Spades here is the WesternWolves. It was our showmatch and he's our player. We're his sponsor, we're the admins


Wrong, SC2 is a public e-sport, the community are entitled to have their say and "judgement".

Show nested quote +
I got a serious headache watching people try to market this whole mess for viewers clearly looking to make Spades look bad.

So for the record, WW hosted the showmatch, Spades is on the WW team, WW is looking into these accusations, WW will consult experts and WW will release a statement after a conclusion has been drawn.


Your credibility is on the line

Show nested quote +
Oh and as a bonus, WW would love to know who actually posted this disaster in the first place.


Irrelevant.

Your wrong it's the teams responsibility not the community.
Pwnographics
Profile Joined January 2011
New Zealand1097 Posts
June 05 2012 03:31 GMT
#1429
On June 05 2012 12:29 Parcelleus wrote:
No catz and co , your 'hack scan' is what Mvp does all the time, blindly scanning where he think the army will be (to locate army).

Keep going. Spades 1 - Catz and co - 0.

PS: Your whole argument is saying he cannot scan using the mini-map - which he obviously did. That is not hacking.


Do you even play SC2?

Why would you scroll up then scan the mini-map?

Why not just scan the mini-map?
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
June 05 2012 03:31 GMT
#1430
On June 05 2012 12:29 DamageControL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 12:27 Gamegene wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:24 DamageControL wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:21 yawnoC wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:13 Mirhi wrote:
Well, while it's bad form to throw someone under the bus, I'm just going to do it because all this came out and I have a fact that actually matters.

Spades stream cheated during showmatches that he played while he lived with me at what was the Reign house. It's a carry over from the stream cheating that many Koreans do in the Korean prohouses (Both Spades and Artist have confirmed with me that Koreans frequently stream cheat in team leagues and showmatches against foreigners out of pride).

If ever I saw it happen when I was in the house, I would immediately try to stop them, but I know on occasion it still occured, most notably in a match Spades played against Gatored last year.

About maphacking, I have no idea and have no opinion on the matter other than either option wouldn't surprise me.

I would want to say though, that cheating occurs way more than people realize, and I actually would not be so hard on him for this evidence, even if it is true. Players better than Spades actively cheat, particularly stream cheat or simply ghosting, because of how easy it is.

Example - Leenock was over a player's shoulder at MLG Providence helping them during a game, giving them hints in Korean.

It's pretty common.
Why do I not feel shocked at all by this?

On June 05 2012 12:21 Martijn wrote:
Just so we're clear on something. The only ones that have any right to judge Spades here is the WesternWolves. It was our showmatch and he's our player. We're his sponsor, we're the admins

I got a serious headache watching people try to market this whole mess for viewers clearly looking to make Spades look bad.

So for the record, WW hosted the showmatch, Spades is on the WW team, WW is looking into these accusations, WW will consult experts and WW will release a statement after a conclusion has been drawn.

Oh and as a bonus, WW would love to know who actually posted this disaster in the first place.

I really hope TL does post who the "OP" actually is.


WHY aren't we focusing on the koreans?


Because we need EVIDENCE.
People treated that post as ev for spades, though


On top of the replay analysis.
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
BlackKeyStep
Profile Joined April 2012
Canada2 Posts
June 05 2012 03:31 GMT
#1431
On June 05 2012 04:35 ExO_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 04:33 C-ZG wrote:
I'd like a good terran player to review all this, because I don't see any actual proof.


What do you define as actual proof though? Short of physically watching somebody load the hack, I don't think you can have what I believe you are referring to as "actual proof".

That being said, since the OP only has 1 post, this evidence should be reviewed


I'm new to TL. There are other posts saying that the fact that this post is OP's 1st takes away credibility from the post. Why is that?
worked13
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia93 Posts
June 05 2012 03:31 GMT
#1432
Would be a terrible outcome for the community if proven definitively true.
itsjuspeter
Profile Joined November 2010
United States668 Posts
June 05 2012 03:31 GMT
#1433
On June 05 2012 12:29 Parcelleus wrote:
No catz and co , your 'hack scan' is what Mvp does all the time, blindly scanning where he think the army will be (to locate army).

Keep going. Spades 1 - Catz and co - 0.

PS: Your whole argument is saying he cannot scan using the mini-map - which he obviously did. That is not hacking.


Explain to me why in the "hack" games he NEVER LOOKS IN FOG OF WAR? like its weird to play 100% from minimap
Shiori
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
3815 Posts
June 05 2012 03:31 GMT
#1434
On June 05 2012 12:30 zhurai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 12:30 Shiori wrote:
Very, very little evidence, honestly.

define "lots of evidence" then.


Actually looking in fog, making strategic decisions (i.e. build decisions) that are not possible to infer from what he's scouted. So far, none of this has happened. Spades took so, so much damage from drops and so on that it's difficult to believe he was actually hacking. Either that or he's the worst hacker ever, and I don't really believe that.
calmx
Profile Joined December 2011
14 Posts
June 05 2012 03:32 GMT
#1435
If you click in the fog of war quickly and click back, it doesn't show up in first person view in the replay. First person camera isnt perfect; it doesn't record every single camera action of the player 100%. The scan was similar. It just wasn't recorded.
lulutheking
Profile Joined April 2012
France106 Posts
June 05 2012 03:32 GMT
#1436
On June 05 2012 12:30 djshinE wrote:
The people who are backing Spades are obviously not watching the stream analysis by Catz/Illusion.

stream is biased and till now showed no evidence...
Machu PIchu
efren
Profile Joined November 2011
United States125 Posts
June 05 2012 03:32 GMT
#1437
On June 05 2012 12:30 whiterabbit wrote:
Why are we still focused on Spades? We have post saying Koreans we all love do cheat even at big LANs like MLG... I am... well... fuck everything if Koreans have to stream cheat and have other player giving them tips in middle of game at LANs... how does that even get allowed?! FUCK ME!


exactly this really puts all lan competitions results into question. why aren't ppl more focused on this
Scisyhp
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States200 Posts
June 05 2012 03:32 GMT
#1438
On June 05 2012 12:29 Parcelleus wrote:
No catz and co , your 'hack scan' is what Mvp does all the time, blindly scanning where he think the army will be (to locate army).

Keep going. Spades 1 - Catz and co - 0.

PS: Your whole argument is saying he cannot scan using the mini-map - which he obviously did. That is not hacking.


Are you listening at all? The hack scan isn't about the location on the map, it's about how physically he could have instructed the game to perform that task without hacking.
Adreme
Profile Joined June 2011
United States5574 Posts
June 05 2012 03:32 GMT
#1439
On June 05 2012 12:29 DamageControL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 12:27 Gamegene wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:24 DamageControL wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:21 yawnoC wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:13 Mirhi wrote:
Well, while it's bad form to throw someone under the bus, I'm just going to do it because all this came out and I have a fact that actually matters.

Spades stream cheated during showmatches that he played while he lived with me at what was the Reign house. It's a carry over from the stream cheating that many Koreans do in the Korean prohouses (Both Spades and Artist have confirmed with me that Koreans frequently stream cheat in team leagues and showmatches against foreigners out of pride).

If ever I saw it happen when I was in the house, I would immediately try to stop them, but I know on occasion it still occured, most notably in a match Spades played against Gatored last year.

About maphacking, I have no idea and have no opinion on the matter other than either option wouldn't surprise me.

I would want to say though, that cheating occurs way more than people realize, and I actually would not be so hard on him for this evidence, even if it is true. Players better than Spades actively cheat, particularly stream cheat or simply ghosting, because of how easy it is.

Example - Leenock was over a player's shoulder at MLG Providence helping them during a game, giving them hints in Korean.

It's pretty common.
Why do I not feel shocked at all by this?

On June 05 2012 12:21 Martijn wrote:
Just so we're clear on something. The only ones that have any right to judge Spades here is the WesternWolves. It was our showmatch and he's our player. We're his sponsor, we're the admins

I got a serious headache watching people try to market this whole mess for viewers clearly looking to make Spades look bad.

So for the record, WW hosted the showmatch, Spades is on the WW team, WW is looking into these accusations, WW will consult experts and WW will release a statement after a conclusion has been drawn.

Oh and as a bonus, WW would love to know who actually posted this disaster in the first place.

I really hope TL does post who the "OP" actually is.


WHY aren't we focusing on the koreans?


Because we need EVIDENCE.
People treated that post as ev for spades, though

Personally I consider the Leenock accusation a MUCH bigger deal but I can understand why people consider it the nail in coffin for one and not other. If that post were all this thread is than no one would condemn Spades on heresay but its just something being piled on which for better or worse happens when an accusation like this comes out.
Oreo7
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1647 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-05 03:35:53
June 05 2012 03:32 GMT
#1440
On June 05 2012 12:13 Mirhi wrote:
Well, while it's bad form to throw someone under the bus, I'm just going to do it because all this came out and I have a fact that actually matters.

Spades stream cheated during showmatches that he played while he lived with me at what was the Reign house. It's a carry over from the stream cheating that many Koreans do in the Korean prohouses (Both Spades and Artist have confirmed with me that Koreans frequently stream cheat in team leagues and showmatches against foreigners out of pride).

If ever I saw it happen when I was in the house, I would immediately try to stop them, but I know on occasion it still occured, most notably in a match Spades played against Gatored last year.

About maphacking, I have no idea and have no opinion on the matter other than either option wouldn't surprise me.

I would want to say though, that cheating occurs way more than people realize, and I actually would not be so hard on him for this evidence, even if it is true. Players better than Spades actively cheat, particularly stream cheat or simply ghosting, because of how easy it is.

Example - Leenock was over a player's shoulder at MLG Providence helping them during a game, giving them hints in Korean.

It's pretty common.


DAMN.

Here comes the racism. While I think it's a shame that koreans and other pros do this, I also don't blame them, but the environment they exist in.

Edit: That said, they need to get the FUCK out of our community. Leave Spades.
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