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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)
ZidaneTribal
Profile Joined September 2007
United States2800 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-05 04:07:31
June 05 2012 04:07 GMT
#1721
On June 05 2012 13:05 Integra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 13:04 lowreezy08 wrote:
spades u best win mlg anaheim, it's your only chance, which wont happen.

Wait, spades is invited to MLG Anaheim? WTF.


there is an open bracket that anyone can participate, also i dont think he would have to win at mlg anaheim to prove he's not guilty of hacking
fuck lag
treekiller
Profile Joined July 2010
United States236 Posts
June 05 2012 04:07 GMT
#1722
Only an idiot would think Spades is hacking.

User was warned for this post
All good things must come to an end. Therefore, SC2 will last forever
Oboeman
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada3980 Posts
June 05 2012 04:07 GMT
#1723
On June 05 2012 13:04 Pur3Aw3 wrote:
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On June 05 2012 12:58 SeaSuh wrote:
After watching Catz and company look at the replays the biggest part of evidence is when he selected his whole army and unsieges and moves his army to the north side without even knowing that his opponents army is there while looking at a random spot outside his third for over 10 sec.

Yea, that was what convinced me.


does anyone know where we can get the spades vs theognis replays, because I want to look that moment over a few times in replay, instead of just on stream?
zhurai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States5660 Posts
June 05 2012 04:07 GMT
#1724
On June 05 2012 13:01 storkman wrote:
Idk why everyone is so butt hurt over him hacking i gaurentee 99% of you will never play him on ladder and even if he does win on ladder what does he gain? There isn't a cash prize of a million dollars if he is number one on gm. Him cheating which looks pretty apparent to me really doesn't help him get any better at Sc so really if anything its hurting him get better at Sc.

No i'm not saying hacking is right or that he doesn't hack but who cares? Yes cheating is wrong but it's not like he is using cheating to gain anything real(as much as many of you believe that ladder points are real to be truth full they aren't) So for everyone hating him for doing this it's quite ridiculous.

and to sideburn i agree 100 percent that the fact that everyone here would get this angry and upset is really silly and extremely sad and that a community as great as this one would lash out and try to ruin this guys career because he got some extra ladder points.

and so either 1) everyone says hacking is ok and everyone hacks
or 2) basically the competitive (and fair) spirit of a game is ruined.

K.
Twitter: @zhurai | Site: http://zhurai.com
darthfoley
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States8004 Posts
June 05 2012 04:07 GMT
#1725
On June 05 2012 12:57 -Kaiser- wrote:
People who are saying the CatZ stream sounds biased are forgetting that they reviewed all of the replays beforehand and reached a conclusion so that they knew what to analyze when they came on air.



THIS.

This was like their 3rd time through the replays.
watch the wall collide with my fist, mostly over problems that i know i should fix
CortoMontez
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia608 Posts
June 05 2012 04:07 GMT
#1726
On June 05 2012 13:01 TechNoTrance wrote:
I would really like to see an explanation of how his scanning "technique" changed so drastically between regular ladder games and important ones like vs Lucifron. It really does seem physically impossible as well as almost completely improbable.

It has been acknowledged by both sides that there are minor flaws in the replay system, where the screen camera can be slightly delayed or off of the actual location. The scans which were shown from Spades' stream (used by Catz to 'compare') had the center of the scan near the very edge of his screen, and it was only there for a split second before he moved away. This is almost entirely consistent with what was seen in the replay, except in the replay he pulled back slightly sooner. The 'magic scans' can only be confirmed as a hack or not by comparing it with a REPLAY, not an FPVoD, as the replay can show different things than a vod.

Of course, this only addresses the 'magic scan' issue, but I'm sure that a test replay of this type of scan shouldn't be hard to find (maybe Spades can provide one?)
"Creator was doing a really good job trying to win without storm but it was like eating spaghetti with a screwdriver." -Severian
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1727
On June 05 2012 13:02 boxturtle wrote:
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On June 05 2012 12:37 babylon 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.

..................

Isn't this much more serious than this Spades scandal? o_O


Yeah, I don't want to believe it. Leenock, a cheater. He's too cute to be the next Savior.

I couldn't give a log of hardened crap about Spades, but not Leenock!

I hesitate to label him a cheater depending on what he was talking about -- and especially given how young he is, I think it's not unlikely that he just wanted to loosen up his friend a bit or give very, very general advice -- but that kind of behavior doesn't set a good precedence and is, as I mentioned, just incredibly difficult to police so shouldn't be allowed. (But that is at the discretion of the tournament.) I'm not familiar with the rules at the GSL quals for example, as I've never been myself -- maybe light "taps on the shoulder" are allowed there, though I've never witnessed it on-stream -- which might make him think it permissible.

In any case, I doubt Leenock would do such a thing maliciously.
itsjuspeter
Profile Joined November 2010
United States668 Posts
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1728
On June 05 2012 13:06 sickoota wrote:
I don't think any arguments should really be based on sc2's replay cam follow thing, it is, to put it bluntly, a piece of shit, it can't register very fast movements and it smoothes out everything.


Did you see the review on the other replays where he wasnt hacking? the replays show perfect movement of screen and where he scans... give it up, it's over.
jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1729
On June 05 2012 13:05 Integra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 13:04 lowreezy08 wrote:
spades u best win mlg anaheim, it's your only chance, which wont happen.

Wait, spades is invited to MLG Anaheim? WTF.

open bracket....
www.superbeerbrothers.com
Mrvoodoochild1
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1439 Posts
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1730
The entombed valley game against Lucifron broken the camels back for me. To seige your tanks on your own ledge without seeing his army to intercept him perfectly and too stim your marines to attack the vikings then to instantly move them back just before lucifrons tank's seige without seeing his tanks. He either has some of the best star sense in the world or he is hacking. What seems like the more logical conclusion?
"let your freak flag fly"
Swords
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
6038 Posts
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1731
On June 05 2012 13:01 IdrA wrote:
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On June 05 2012 12:56 cArn- wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:48 Mortal wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:46 Jono7272 wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:44 cArn- wrote:
ok about the siege on the natural, he gets scanned, has mid watch tower, how the fuck can you not understand the very basic thinking that has been made there what the fuck seriously.

There is no reason to have your units at the front when the path to the front is seen by the watch tower, god that's the same thing as being prepared for drops becuase you have map control and can see frontal attacks come... I'm done with this, I feel really sad for anyone who can be convinced by this

Aren't you meant to play Terran at a high level? And you're not even slightly suspicious about any of his play? Of the countless things they have shown? What the fuck.


I would never say a pro player knew less than I did, but I don't really understand how cArn can even begin to think this is legit play. It's right in front of your face to be honest.


I didn't see everything I jumped in the middle of it, but all I saw was nothing you can rely on... The fact that they use that defense on Entombed when he moves his tank to siege after getting scanned gives me a pretty good idea of what kind of things they used to try to prove it... I saw some of Antiga and same, it was just basic guessing and some luck.

People are just taking those claims for truth because some kind of known people are bored and "analyse" and explain why he hacks with confidence, that's all. Not surprised people buy it, it's easy to give too much credibility in this situation

theres a silly amount of coincidences and funny little moves that wouldnt hold water on their own but taken as a whole are pretty suspicious. that on top of the screen movements and apparent screen blocking, particularly in comparison to his play when hes streaming and not hacking, its a pretty convincing argument.


IdrA, do you know anything about the stream cheating/Leenock giving players info about games that Mirhi mentioned?
darthfoley
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States8004 Posts
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1732
On June 05 2012 13:07 treekiller wrote:
Only an idiot would think Spades is hacking.


Thanks for that gem.
watch the wall collide with my fist, mostly over problems that i know i should fix
bokchoi
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Korea (South)9498 Posts
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1733
So Leenock gives tips to a player and is considered a cheater? LOL??

SUPPOSEDLY, NaNiwa was watching the replay of the games vs NesTea mid-series, which MLG actually has rules against.


Dosey
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4505 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-05 04:11:18
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1734
On June 05 2012 13:01 cArn- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 12:52 NExt wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:48 cArn- wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:46 lowreezy08 wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:44 cArn- wrote:
ok about the siege on the natural, he gets scanned, has mid watch tower, how the fuck can you not understand the very basic thinking that has been made there what the fuck seriously.

There is no reason to have your units at the front when the path to the front is seen by the watch tower, god that's the same thing as being prepared for drops becuase you have map control and can see frontal attacks come... I'm done with this, I feel really sad for anyone who can be convinced by this


you seem to be on spades nuts, it's quite apparent you're biased.


not really, it's just retarded that someone gets shat on like this because he has half a brain.It is completely obvious to conclude that lucifron was gonna attack from that back alley after getting scanned at your nat while you see nothing coming from the middle. How is that any kind of evidence


cArn what do you think about the never going through Fog Of War?

You're pretty competitive. Do you ever play games 100% through the minimap?


I don't know how maphacks work, but isn't not going through fog of war to check what your hack is supposed to reveal make it pointless ? In this case he would only see unit movements on the minimap but he still has to know what is moving so ... I'm probably missing something there ..

Playing 100% throught the minimap is just not possible, means you never scan to get info.


From my understanding of the way it works... People are always caught map hacking because they are constantly looking through fog of war, correct? Well this hack that spades is allegedly using is a hack that shows your FPV "locked" in your last view inside of a fog of war while you are peeking around. Say I click someone's main to check out what's going on, if you're watching my FPV, all you will see is my screen chilling in my base.

THIS is why the "magic scan" is such damning evidence. The FPV screen locks at the edge while he continues to scroll up and scan the army because his FPV in a replay CAN NOT show him looking into FoW.
Cascade
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Australia5405 Posts
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1735
If he indeed looks at the fog of war many times in each ladder replay (people said that was the case right?), and not a single time in the show match series, then that is probably the easiest and clearest evidence of hacking.

If he looks at 100% fog of war even a single time in the showmatch, is he free to go then?

Would be nice to get a single read that would convince most people on both sides.
AlexanderDebois
Profile Joined October 2011
Kyrgyzstan38 Posts
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1736
As far as the minimap scan thing goes people claiming it should be tested or some such do not realize how all terrans scan. Scanning the minimap is something that no-one would actually do because it is not only much less accurate than brining your screen there first but less efficient as you are going to have to bring your screen there after you finish scanning via the minimap. It would be akin to not rallying your workers or some shit.
Skullflower
Profile Joined July 2010
United States3779 Posts
June 05 2012 04:08 GMT
#1737
On June 05 2012 13:06 Risen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 13:04 Balgrog wrote:
On June 05 2012 12:44 cArn- wrote:
ok about the siege on the natural, he gets scanned, has mid watch tower, how the fuck can you not understand the very basic thinking that has been made there what the fuck seriously.

There is no reason to have your units at the front when the path to the front is seen by the watch tower, god that's the same thing as being prepared for drops becuase you have map control and can see frontal attacks come... I'm done with this, I feel really sad for anyone who can be convinced by this


Illusion, TT1 (don't like him but it's true) and Catz are all more accomplished players than you are, so I wouldn't be calling these players idiots and what not.


You clearly have no idea who you are talking to.


He's not the cArn from CS if that's what you mean
The ruminations are mine, let the world be yours.
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
June 05 2012 04:09 GMT
#1738
Thanks IdrA for posting that u are convinced.
I hope this will manking some of the defenders thinking a bit.

im just a random gm player, now a pro or anything. But im 99,9999% convinced he hacked in those games shown on stream vs lucifron and theognis.
i would literally bet my life on it, thats how convinced i am.

sad for spades that he still lost vs them.
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lowreezy08
Profile Joined June 2011
United States143 Posts
June 05 2012 04:09 GMT
#1739
i could understand the excuse spades and his butt buddies are using "everyone is just jumping onto the band wagon and trying to convince others I hack", but on this paticular thread I've seen so many thought out posts, so many people watching replays and using old streams as a comparison, people really did their homework and if I have been around society lately, the majority always wins.
sup
swinkles
Profile Joined June 2011
131 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-05 04:12:56
June 05 2012 04:09 GMT
#1740
PLEASE VOTE ONLY IF YOU'VE SEEN REPLAYS or ANALYSIS AND IF YOU CAN WATCH WITH A CRITICAL MIND WITHOUT BEING INFLUENCED BY CATZ VOICE AND CAN WATCH OBJECTIVELY

Poll: Spades hacking?

Yes (221)
 
77%

Not Enough Proof, Must be declared innocent (46)
 
16%

No (19)
 
7%

286 total votes

Your vote: Spades hacking?

(Vote): No
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): Not Enough Proof, Must be declared innocent



where do you stand?

forget catz/illusion/drewbie being the jury and judge, lets see what the community thinks

EDIT: Innocent till proven guilty is probably the best way to go since its such a damning offence, it must be conclusive or else its just character assasination
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