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Solar received an offer to fix a game.

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egernya
Profile Joined March 2013
Canada352 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 10:41:24
May 16 2014 23:47 GMT
#1
http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/view.php?ud=2014051708015013936



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Samsung Khan's Solar revealed that he received an game-fixing offer through his facebook.

He posted a captured picture on his facebook. It was a message from his facebook friend named "Lebbe Sebastien" and the content was shocking.

The translation for the picture:

"Hey Solar"

"Yes?"

"Can you fix a game? I am offering 2m won(approximately $2000)"

"I'll block you"

"ok"

"bye"


"Either way you will lose to Vortix. Why wouldn't you earn 2 m won?"
------------------------------------------
Solar posted the picture as soon as he received the message, and people advised him to report it.

The reason Lebbe Sebastien was able to send him a message was that Solar accepted his friend request. As progamers usually accept friend request from fans, a way to directly contact was made, and he offered him impudently.

A KeSPA representative said Recently, approaches to players through social media are increasing. We are getting some reports from players and teams, and responding by cooperating with the appropriate authorities."


Update: Statements from Punchline!:

On May 17 2014 18:57 Stabillo wrote:
Hello guys,

First I have to thank the persons who warned me and this is my real account.

If I understood well all the stuff, we have a Facebook person (you can create a million of accounts with the same name on Facebook) who has a contact with Solar to arrange VortiX-Solar in Fragbite Masters.

1) FireCake is a really intelligent person who would never use his real name on Facebook. Nobody is enough unbrained to add someone on Facebook, give such a deal to the person and then hope the guy will accept whereas he does not know you...

2) Why could he arrange Vortix-Solar? He does not know any of them and did not play this competition.

3) Look at the FireCake's playstyle: he dislikes bets and I do not think this guy is able to bet anything in his life, especially 2k whereas he is a student in the real life.

4) I guess the fake TL account "Stabilo" with one "L" is a good evidence. As Faust said, I am always busy on skype because I receive 2000 messages a day... Someone wants to hurt us.

Well, nobody believed it here but I have to write officially: I trust FireCake and I know you did not contact Solar.

The real question is not "Is it the real FireCake?" anymore. The new question is to know "Who tried to make this shit?"

Someone (and they could be several persons) tries to fake my player FireCake and me to hurt us or even Punchline. We know this person knows French and even knows our skype's names, which made me really sad because it means we are "friends" with them

I feel very sorry for everybody. We are very active team to promote Starcraft II and we all do not want to hear things about matchfixing. I hope everybody will understand that we did not take any part in this story of matchfixing.

Have a good day


On May 17 2014 19:07 FireCake wrote:
Hi guys,

My first reaction to this drama was "lol".
But I fear that if Stabillo (my manager at PunchLine) took the time to wake up me this morning he expects that I develop a little more ...
I never tried to matchfix one my games and I will never do such a thing. I play sc2 because I love this game, I love practice and give the best of myself. I guess the reason mentioned for this matchfix is money. Honestly, if I played this game solely for money I think i would have have stopped this game a long time ago and I would focus all my energy on my engineering studies.

I don't know what else can i say, i proposed a showmatch between Solar and me to end this drama, i think that could be funny :D

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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44125 Posts
May 16 2014 23:49 GMT
#2
Props to Solar Being responsible and respectful of the game and of competition
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gaymon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany1023 Posts
May 16 2014 23:49 GMT
#3
Sebastian Lebbe is Firecake's name, lets hope its an imposter ...
Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14456 Posts
May 16 2014 23:49 GMT
#4
Wow, FireCake has the same name + surname that this guy. I did not expect someone to try to fix this match. :o
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phipsL
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany189 Posts
May 16 2014 23:52 GMT
#5
I wonder if there are other progamers who recently got offers to fix a match. If so let's just hope they are as responsible as Solar.
I'm a f*cking walking paradox.
egernya
Profile Joined March 2013
Canada352 Posts
May 16 2014 23:53 GMT
#6
On May 17 2014 08:49 gaymon wrote:
Sebastian Lebbe is Firecake's name, lets hope its an imposter ...


It should be because he probably would not be able to type Korean that fluently.
shid0x
Profile Joined July 2012
Korea (South)5014 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 00:02:23
May 16 2014 23:53 GMT
#7
Its obviously not firecake, no one is retarded enough to speak with their private name.
1700 euros is a lot tho, i wonder how much this guy planned on making with his bet.

his facebook page :
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006987215997&fref=ts

He has quite some pro korean on his friend list i can see Hyun,supernova,bomber,TOP,leenock,Sharp, and legend in it ( probably more but that's the friends we got in common )
RIP MKP
Thieving Magpie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States6752 Posts
May 16 2014 23:57 GMT
#8
Someone link Solar's stream so we can donate to that fucking bad ass of a human being!
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ClueClueClue
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Sweden1203 Posts
May 16 2014 23:57 GMT
#9
On May 17 2014 08:53 shid0x wrote:
Its obviously not firecake, no one is retarded enough to speak with their private name.
1700 euros is a lot tho, i wonder how much this guy planned on making with his bet.


If money was ever intended to be payed at all..
Cogito, ergo toss.
JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
May 16 2014 23:57 GMT
#10
hwasin said he got paid 3mil won for each of his two games. this guy only getting 2mil! what a rip off!!
lol i hope this is fake. matchfixing is retarded
packrat386
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States5077 Posts
May 17 2014 00:16 GMT
#11
holy crap. That's not good
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vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
May 17 2014 00:19 GMT
#12
Solar so mannered!!

Wonder who actually did it, it'll be a mystery!
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ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
May 17 2014 00:33 GMT
#13
Respect to Solar, solid way to handle this!
+ Show Spoiler +
Makes me forgive him for eliminating Supernova from Code S today
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51424 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 00:45:35
May 17 2014 00:44 GMT
#14
feel sorry for firecake, having a korean try and impersonate him and dragging him into this mess.
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Popkiller
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3415 Posts
May 17 2014 00:49 GMT
#15
losing to Vortix, this guy called it.
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 00:52:09
May 17 2014 00:49 GMT
#16
Good on Solar for being responsible and immediately reporting and publicizing this.
+ Show Spoiler +
Also good on him for having same phone as me :D
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33325 Posts
May 17 2014 00:49 GMT
#17
T____T

good on you solar
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Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
May 17 2014 00:51 GMT
#18
This is weird.
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urasyupi2
Profile Joined August 2011
United States810 Posts
May 17 2014 00:51 GMT
#19
Oh shit, I got really scared when I saw the title on the side bar.

Good on Solar though I wonder how many others has this guy messaged?
hemeh
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
May 17 2014 00:55 GMT
#20
Oh Solar, such a good guy.
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ratty
Profile Joined July 2011
New Zealand275 Posts
May 17 2014 00:59 GMT
#21
oh shit. good work solar. if cricket has taught anyone anything its that this kinda shit does not go away if its given a foothold
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Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
May 17 2014 01:02 GMT
#22
what the fucking fuck, why Stebastien Lobbe as a nickname ? This is retarded.
NFxJehuty
Profile Joined March 2012
United Kingdom58 Posts
May 17 2014 01:03 GMT
#23
Bad time for balance jokes but I thought Solar got offered to fix the game Kappa

User was warned for this post
DrPandaPhD
Profile Joined November 2011
5188 Posts
May 17 2014 01:04 GMT
#24
On May 17 2014 10:02 Faust852 wrote:
what the fucking fuck, why Stebastien Lobbe as a nickname ? This is retarded.

Probably just needed a name that sounded real. Took a player he/she didn't like and just went with it.
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MooMooMugi
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States10531 Posts
May 17 2014 01:05 GMT
#25
Thank god he didnt take the offer
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Vertitto
Profile Joined January 2012
Poland750 Posts
May 17 2014 01:06 GMT
#26
he still lost to Vortix
conspiracy theory: what if he took the offer and make up the declining
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NFxJehuty
Profile Joined March 2012
United Kingdom58 Posts
May 17 2014 01:06 GMT
#27
On May 17 2014 10:06 Vertitto wrote:
he still lost to Vortix
conspiracy theory: what if he took the offer and make up the declining

#
Thought the exact same thing ROFL
Silvana
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
3713 Posts
May 17 2014 01:07 GMT
#28
Argh, now the pros will stop accepting our friend requests T____T
Thank you "Lebbe Sebastien" (whoever you are).
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
May 17 2014 01:08 GMT
#29
On May 17 2014 10:06 Vertitto wrote:
he still lost to Vortix
conspiracy theory: what if he took the offer and make up the declining


Not very possible, because if the sebastian guy is outed, he won't be as likely to pay up. And that's not even considering the morality of such a move
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Valikyr
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden2653 Posts
May 17 2014 01:08 GMT
#30
On May 17 2014 09:55 stuchiu wrote:
Oh Solar, such a good guy.

Well tbh he just did what should be expected from anyone in that situation.
RanScream
Profile Joined October 2013
Korea (South)231 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 01:13:41
May 17 2014 01:09 GMT
#31
The offer for the game-fixing has skillful Korean.
I think his "rules of Korean spelling" percentage of completion = 85+%
but conversation level = 95+%
In consider of his spelling and parlance, I think he is native Korean speaker(or level)
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
May 17 2014 01:10 GMT
#32
What is strange to me is why anyone would offer $2k for a player to throw a match in a small tournament like Fragbite. I would have expected something larger
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for_the_swarm
Profile Joined September 2013
United States48 Posts
May 17 2014 01:11 GMT
#33
On May 17 2014 10:06 Vertitto wrote:
he still lost to Vortix
conspiracy theory: what if he took the offer and make up the declining


well vortix is a top foreigner and can take games off koreans. He also beat MC and went on to beat losira after he beat solar. So its not that suspicious
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33325 Posts
May 17 2014 01:11 GMT
#34
On May 17 2014 10:10 Bagration wrote:
What is strange to me is why anyone would offer $2k for a player to throw a match in a small tournament like Fragbite. I would have expected something larger


why not? the maxbet limit on illegal Korean betting sites is probably pretty high
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Ace Frehley
Profile Joined December 2012
2030 Posts
May 17 2014 01:14 GMT
#35
On May 17 2014 08:57 ClueClueClue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 08:53 shid0x wrote:
Its obviously not firecake, no one is retarded enough to speak with their private name.
1700 euros is a lot tho, i wonder how much this guy planned on making with his bet.


If money was ever intended to be payed at all..

If Solar intended to accept the offer, it'd be pretty dumb to throw the match without receiving the money beforehand


Or this could be some kind of bait to cause a shitstorm
...
JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
May 17 2014 01:14 GMT
#36
On May 17 2014 10:10 Bagration wrote:
What is strange to me is why anyone would offer $2k for a player to throw a match in a small tournament like Fragbite. I would have expected something larger

nono see if a player were to throw a game they are more likely to throw something small that happens to have a lot of gambling on the line rather than something big where winning could probably get them much more money lol
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
May 17 2014 01:15 GMT
#37
By the way, as much as the situation is annoying, the fact that FireCake's name is so randomly associated to this is really funny.
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Vertitto
Profile Joined January 2012
Poland750 Posts
May 17 2014 01:17 GMT
#38
On May 17 2014 10:15 Boucot wrote:
By the way, as much as the situation is annoying, the fact that FireCake's name is so randomly associated to this is really funny.

i guess it's not that funny for FireCake
FISH MAKE BLUB BLUB
chindy
Profile Joined September 2011
82 Posts
May 17 2014 01:19 GMT
#39
what is a "matchfixing offer"??
InExcelsis
Profile Joined May 2013
United States38 Posts
May 17 2014 01:19 GMT
#40
$2000 to fix a match wow thats quite a bit for 1 best of 3 series in a mid level tournament like Fragbite this guy must have had a fairly large bet to be offering up so much to the player regardless the guy called *spoiler alert* vortix won
zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
May 17 2014 01:19 GMT
#41
i would use my real name because everyone would be like "no one's dumb enough to use their real name"
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
May 17 2014 01:20 GMT
#42
On May 17 2014 10:17 Vertitto wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 10:15 Boucot wrote:
By the way, as much as the situation is annoying, the fact that FireCake's name is so randomly associated to this is really funny.

i guess it's not that funny for FireCake

Of course. Maybe karma strikes back for the game vs MaNa.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
Whitewing
Profile Joined October 2010
United States7483 Posts
May 17 2014 01:21 GMT
#43
I think it's pretty clear it isn't firecake, I'm glad people aren't trying to rake him over the coals for this.

Major props to Solar for reporting this.
Strategy"You know I fucking hate the way you play, right?" ~SC2John
Advantageous
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
China1350 Posts
May 17 2014 01:22 GMT
#44
The last comment in the chat is hilarious. "Why refuse? Lucifron is going to win"... High unlikely lol. This guy must be some asshole trying to get Firecake in trouble.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33325 Posts
May 17 2014 01:23 GMT
#45
we need this matchfixer guy to write for TL

he DID correctly predict vortix's win
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Ramiz1989
Profile Joined July 2012
12124 Posts
May 17 2014 01:23 GMT
#46
On May 17 2014 10:10 Bagration wrote:
What is strange to me is why anyone would offer $2k for a player to throw a match in a small tournament like Fragbite. I would have expected something larger

That is the thing, nobody is looking for "throws" in those smaller tournaments. If you do it in something that is huge, you are under the microscope from all sides.

I must say, mad respect to Solar for reporting this!
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MarinePrince
Profile Joined October 2011
United States101 Posts
May 17 2014 01:24 GMT
#47
How do we know this isn't just the cover up? Alleged report of the offer to remove any future use of evidence from his facebook profile, but he still lost the games... >.>

/ ConspiracyTheory
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felisconcolori
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States6168 Posts
May 17 2014 01:28 GMT
#48
Good on Solar for reporting it - at least it's on the radar now and maybe they'll find out who did it. (I imagine KeSPA takes this very seriously, no matter what tournament it is in.)

Also, Samsung Khan player having a Samsung phone - what a twist!

(Actually, I imagine there's a LOT of Samsung phones in Korea.)
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JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
May 17 2014 01:29 GMT
#49
On May 17 2014 10:28 felisconcolori wrote:
Good on Solar for reporting it - at least it's on the radar now and maybe they'll find out who did it. (I imagine KeSPA takes this very seriously, no matter what tournament it is in.)

Also, Samsung Khan player having a Samsung phone - what a twist!

(Actually, I imagine there's a LOT of Samsung phones in Korea.)

team probably sponsors that kind of stuff for players
skt definitely does
AlternativeEgo
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden17309 Posts
May 17 2014 01:30 GMT
#50
Meh. I don't see how such a deal could be struck between two internet strangers. Solar is not a "good guy" for not accepting. He's just not the dumbest guy.
Mark Munoz looks like Gretorp
Vertitto
Profile Joined January 2012
Poland750 Posts
May 17 2014 01:30 GMT
#51
imo players should be given fake offers so it becomes even more risky to fix a match
FISH MAKE BLUB BLUB
AWalker9
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
United Kingdom7229 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 01:33:26
May 17 2014 01:30 GMT
#52
This worrying if it's wide spread. Considering how little many programmers are paid.

Massive props to Solar though for declining.
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Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2101 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 01:36:41
May 17 2014 01:35 GMT
#53
$2,000 is pretty shitty, to be honest. Especially if it's to lose to a player like Vortix. (Vortix isn't bad, but he's a foreigner)
Also agree with AlternativeEgo.
Whitewing
Profile Joined October 2010
United States7483 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 01:36:16
May 17 2014 01:36 GMT
#54
Well, after the Savior incident, players are terrified of getting caught doing this sort of thing (for good reason). It's a good thing, and Solar apparently didn't even listen to his offer, just noped his way out of there.
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51424 Posts
May 17 2014 01:36 GMT
#55
On May 17 2014 10:29 JohnChoi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 10:28 felisconcolori wrote:
Good on Solar for reporting it - at least it's on the radar now and maybe they'll find out who did it. (I imagine KeSPA takes this very seriously, no matter what tournament it is in.)

Also, Samsung Khan player having a Samsung phone - what a twist!

(Actually, I imagine there's a LOT of Samsung phones in Korea.)

team probably sponsors that kind of stuff for players
skt definitely does


for a period of time stork used an iphone ironically enough
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Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
May 17 2014 01:37 GMT
#56
On May 17 2014 10:29 JohnChoi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 10:28 felisconcolori wrote:
Good on Solar for reporting it - at least it's on the radar now and maybe they'll find out who did it. (I imagine KeSPA takes this very seriously, no matter what tournament it is in.)

Also, Samsung Khan player having a Samsung phone - what a twist!

(Actually, I imagine there's a LOT of Samsung phones in Korea.)

team probably sponsors that kind of stuff for players
skt definitely does

If team Galaxy does not use Galaxy phones, someone should get fired.
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NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 01:41:09
May 17 2014 01:39 GMT
#57
On May 17 2014 10:19 chindy wrote:
what is a "matchfixing offer"??

Asking someone to lose a match for money.
On May 17 2014 10:23 Waxangel wrote:
we need this matchfixer guy to write for TL

he DID correctly predict vortix's win

get fionn back so you can pick against his predictions
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crazyweasel
Profile Joined March 2011
607 Posts
May 17 2014 01:40 GMT
#58
he shouldve accepted the money and kept that under the radar and THE NEW SAVIOR WAS BORN
liberate71
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia10252 Posts
May 17 2014 01:43 GMT
#59
I thought this was going to be about his amazing star sense in the games yesterday hahaha

Nice Solar
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blacksheepwall
Profile Joined June 2011
China1530 Posts
May 17 2014 01:52 GMT
#60
Good on Solar.
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shid0x
Profile Joined July 2012
Korea (South)5014 Posts
May 17 2014 01:53 GMT
#61
On May 17 2014 10:19 zev318 wrote:
i would use my real name because everyone would be like "no one's dumb enough to use their real name"

This would be a good argument for anyone but firecake.

He's french, we can't speak other language for shit.
English is already hard on us so korean....
RIP MKP
theBALLS
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Singapore2935 Posts
May 17 2014 01:54 GMT
#62
On May 17 2014 10:53 shid0x wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 10:19 zev318 wrote:
i would use my real name because everyone would be like "no one's dumb enough to use their real name"

This would be a good argument for anyone but firecake.

He's french, we can't speak other language for shit.
English is already hard on us so korean....

Or it could be someone who had hacked his account.

Either way, it's highly unlikely that it's him, and I doubt anyone seriously thinks so
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Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
May 17 2014 01:54 GMT
#63
Who is that person that offered the money?
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Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24417 Posts
May 17 2014 01:59 GMT
#64
+1 respect and fan for solar
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AlternativeEgo
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden17309 Posts
May 17 2014 02:00 GMT
#65
On May 17 2014 10:54 Shinespark wrote:
Who is that person that offered the money?


Some random dumbass who is fucking around. There is not trust or guarantee for either of them and he happens to have the same name as Firecake. I mean seriously >.<
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Stress
Profile Joined February 2011
United States980 Posts
May 17 2014 02:02 GMT
#66
In the fifth, your ass goes down.
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Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
May 17 2014 02:03 GMT
#67
On May 17 2014 11:00 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 10:54 Shinespark wrote:
Who is that person that offered the money?


Some random dumbass who is fucking around. There is not trust or guarantee for either of them and he happens to have the same name as Firecake. I mean seriously >.<

I don't really buy that...
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Holdenintherye
Profile Joined December 2012
Canada1441 Posts
May 17 2014 02:09 GMT
#68
Good guy Solar!
Makes me wonder if this was a special case or just one of many that happened to be reported...
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
May 17 2014 02:19 GMT
#69
Good stuff by Solar!
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jSwany
Profile Joined March 2014
United States5 Posts
May 17 2014 02:20 GMT
#70
Good guy Solar.
JP Dayne
Profile Joined June 2013
538 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 03:39:28
May 17 2014 02:20 GMT
#71
1) takes the money
2) beat the shit out of Vortix
3) ???
4) profit

User was warned for profit meme
hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
May 17 2014 02:22 GMT
#72
On May 17 2014 11:20 JP Dayne wrote:
1) takes the money
2) beat the shit out of Vortix
3) ???
4) profit


1) takes the money
2) plays for a win but loses anyway
3) someone talks
4) end of career + criminal record
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TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
May 17 2014 02:23 GMT
#73
Silly people, no foreigner can scare koreans into match fixing.
Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 02:30:16
May 17 2014 02:29 GMT
#74
On May 17 2014 11:23 TAMinator wrote:
Silly people, no foreigner can scare koreans into match fixing.
It was obviously a korean who tried to fix the match...and koreans match fix all the time sooo?
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Xapti
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2473 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 02:33:06
May 17 2014 02:31 GMT
#75
Should have asked for money up front, then taken the money and then reported it. (although by reporting one might not be able to keep the money(?) depending on how illegal it is to accept money on a certain premise despite not wishing to fulfill the goal)

I think making a generic offer doesn't matter legally even if your identity wasn't hidden at all (although I shouldn't say that since I don't know the Korean position on this). He could have just been bluffing.
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Stabilo
Profile Joined May 2014
France1 Post
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 03:26:43
May 17 2014 02:34 GMT
#76
http://imgur.com/feB20Zm
http://i.imgur.com/Zec9H4o.jpg
Hello.
Sorry for that, it was him...He is suspended.
Team apologizes.

User was banned for this post.

(mod edit: this guy is an imposter. leaving it here so people reading through the thread won't be confused by following posts)
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10000 Posts
May 17 2014 02:39 GMT
#77
On May 17 2014 11:34 Stabilo wrote:
http://imgur.com/feB20Zm
http://i.imgur.com/Zec9H4o.jpg
Hello.
Sorry for that, it was him...He is suspended.
Team apologizes.


0.0...
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Onekobold
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
244 Posts
May 17 2014 02:39 GMT
#78
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TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
May 17 2014 02:40 GMT
#79
On May 17 2014 11:29 Dazed_Spy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 11:23 TAMinator wrote:
Silly people, no foreigner can scare koreans into match fixing.
It was obviously a korean who tried to fix the match...and koreans match fix all the time sooo?

Im talking about Vortix not the person trying to match fix
Ben...
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada3485 Posts
May 17 2014 02:41 GMT
#80
On May 17 2014 11:34 Stabilo wrote:
http://imgur.com/feB20Zm
http://i.imgur.com/Zec9H4o.jpg
Hello.
Sorry for that, it was him...He is suspended.
Team apologizes.

If that's for real... Wow...
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TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
May 17 2014 02:41 GMT
#81
On May 17 2014 11:34 Stabilo wrote:
http://imgur.com/feB20Zm
http://i.imgur.com/Zec9H4o.jpg
Hello.
Sorry for that, it was him...He is suspended.
Team apologizes.

Can someone translate this?
Onekobold
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
244 Posts
May 17 2014 02:45 GMT
#82
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guN-viCe
Profile Joined March 2010
United States687 Posts
May 17 2014 02:46 GMT
#83
2k isnt very much to put your career and future careers in jeopardy, only a fool would do such things..
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hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
May 17 2014 02:47 GMT
#84
Let's not jump to conclusions before Stabilo's identity is verified.
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nigel
Profile Joined September 2010
63 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 02:48:32
May 17 2014 02:48 GMT
#85
Thrown through Google Translate:

On May 17 2014 11:34 Stabilo wrote:
Firecake, il paraît que tu as voulu truquer un match, est-ce toi vraiment toi?

Oui, je voulais parier une gross somme sur lui. J'avais besoin d'argent.

Tu sais que la structure punchline n'apprécie pas ce genre de comportement, tu va devoir aller te dénoncer sur le post de TL. Si tu te dénonce, les sanctions seront plus légères. PunchLine est un équipe en devenir. A cause de ton attitude, tu ralentis la progression de l'équipe en donnant une mauvaise image, c'est regretable. Dépêche toi de t'éxcuter. Je suis vraiment déçu.

Non je n'ai pas à me dénoncer, ils n'ont pas besoin de la savoir!

Très bien. Je te suspends temporairement de l'organisation PunchLine et je vais aller te dénoncer sur le topic. Bonne nuit.

Ok fais ce que tu veux!


Firecake, it seems that you wanted to rig a match, do you really you?

Yes, I would bet a gross sum on him. I need money.

You know the punchline structure does not appreciate this kind of behavior, you will have to go turn you on TL post. If you report you, sanctions will be lighter. PunchLine is a team in the making. Because of your attitude, you slow down the progression of the team by giving a bad image, it is regrettable. Hurry up to execute you. I'm really disappointed.

No, I do not have to denounce me, they did not need to know!

Ok do what you want!
Onekobold
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
244 Posts
May 17 2014 02:49 GMT
#86
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Penguinator
Profile Joined December 2010
United States837 Posts
May 17 2014 02:50 GMT
#87
LOL it actually was firecake????
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Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
May 17 2014 02:51 GMT
#88
Wow, really?

I can't believe someone would stupid enough to do it from their own account if they were to try that.

Especially another SC2 pro player.. :/
jakethesnake
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada4948 Posts
May 17 2014 02:51 GMT
#89
On May 17 2014 11:49 Onekobold wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 11:47 hypercube wrote:
Let's not jump to conclusions before Stabilo's identity is verified.


he is listed as the head manager on (Wiki)Punchline ESC


I think his point is that the account on TL was just made a few minutes ago and has one post. It is right to be skeptical until things are actually confirmed.
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Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 02:53:26
May 17 2014 02:53 GMT
#90
S-Firecake, it seems you wanted to fix a match, is it reallly you ?
F-Yes, I wanted to gamble a big amount of money on hm, I needed money
S-You know that PunchLine don't appreciate these kind of behavior, you will have to admit it on the TL thread. If you do it, sanctions will be less serious. Punchline is a up&coming team. Because of your behavior, you are slowing down its progression by giving it a bad reputation, that's sad. Do it fast. I'm really disapointed.
F-No, I don't have to denounce myself, they don't need to know about it.
S-Fine. You are temporary suspended from PunchLine Organization, and i'm going to denounce you on the thread, good night.
F-Do as you please.


Edit : grilled.
Onekobold
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
244 Posts
May 17 2014 02:53 GMT
#91
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Ace Frehley
Profile Joined December 2012
2030 Posts
May 17 2014 02:54 GMT
#92
On May 17 2014 11:34 Stabilo wrote:
http://imgur.com/feB20Zm
http://i.imgur.com/Zec9H4o.jpg
Hello.
Sorry for that, it was him...He is suspended.
Team apologizes.


Holy balls, if that's true...

And how did Firecake learn korean to talk to solar? Google translate? Or was he helped by some Korean accomplice?

The plot thickens
...
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
May 17 2014 02:54 GMT
#93
looking at some admin tool stuff, I can't verify either way that it is or isn't the real stabilo. it seems like it could be, but the stuff i'm going off is not very solid and could be faked without too much trouble.
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Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
May 17 2014 02:54 GMT
#94
Stabillo is the head manager of Punchline.SC2 (I know him for years now).
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10000 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 03:00:48
May 17 2014 02:57 GMT
#95
On May 17 2014 11:34 Stabilo wrote:
http://imgur.com/feB20Zm
http://i.imgur.com/Zec9H4o.jpg
Hello.
Sorry for that, it was him...He is suspended.
Team apologizes.


stabilo: it appears that you offered to rig a match, was it really you?

firecake: yes i wanted to bet a big amount on him, i needed the money

stabilo: punchline doesnt accept this type of behavior, youre gonna have to go fess up to your actions on TL. if you confess your punishment will be less severe. punchline is an up and coming team, your actions are hindering our progression and youre giving us a bad image. hurry up and go apologize, im disapointed

firecake: no i dont need to go confess, they dont need to know anything

stabilo: ok im suspending you temporarily from the team and im gonna expose you. good night

firecake: ok do what you must
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Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
May 17 2014 02:58 GMT
#96
When I saw this post, I told Stabillo on skype about this issue, so I guess it's him (He didn't respond to me on Skype tho).
Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
May 17 2014 02:58 GMT
#97
lol
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Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
May 17 2014 02:59 GMT
#98
On May 17 2014 11:54 Faust852 wrote:
Stabillo is the head manager of Punchline.SC2 (I know him for years now).

can you verify that the new account is actually him though? the main things that make me wonder is, I believe the actual one posts on two other accounts: Stabillo and Punchline!. Confusing to me why he'd register a new one for this.
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Kovaz
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada233 Posts
May 17 2014 02:59 GMT
#99
Been forever since I've read/written french, but here goes:

Note: this seemed a bit iffy to me reading it. The wording of a few things felt a bit off, but it could just be my own French being rusty. Still, I'd be skeptical until we can verify Stabillo's identity

Translation in spoiler:
+ Show Spoiler +
Stabillo: Firecak, it looks like you wanted to (fake? not quite sure of the direct translation for truquer) a match, is that really you?

Firecake: Yes, I wanted to bet a large sum on him. I needed money.

Stabillo: You know the PunchLine organization doesn't appreciate this behavior. You'll have to denounce (there's probably a better translation) yourself in a TL post. If you denounce yourself, the sanctions will be lighter. PunchLine is a growing (?) team. Because of your attitude, you're slowing the progression of the team by giving us a negative image, this is regrettable. Hurry up and do it (the post on TL). I am very disappointed.

Firecake: No, I don't have to denounce myself, they don't need to know !

Stabillo: Very well. I'm suspending you temporarily from the organization PunchLine and I will denounce you on the topic. Good night.

Firecake: Ok do what you want !
Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2101 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 03:02:12
May 17 2014 03:00 GMT
#100
Surely it can't be Firecake. Perhaps someone impersonating him, and someone impersonating Stabillo? It would be, quite honestly, the stupidest thing in the world to approach someone about match fixing with your actual name. Is Firecake on that level of retardation? Is that why he likes Swarm Hosts????

Also we've got about 4 translations now ^_^.
Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
May 17 2014 03:01 GMT
#101
There has been 4 translations already xD
astray71
Profile Joined February 2012
United States325 Posts
May 17 2014 03:01 GMT
#102
Oh wow, sportsmanship.
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Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12108 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 03:03:27
May 17 2014 03:02 GMT
#103
(all right everybody's a french expert nowadays I guess :D I'll still leave mine since I took two minutes to write it)

- Firecake, I heard you tried to fix a match, was it really you?
- Yeah, I wanted to bet big on him. I needed the money.
- You know that the team punchline doesn't stand for that kind of behavior, you're going to have to call yourself out on the TL thread. If you call yourself out, the sanctions won't be as large. Punchline is a team with potential. With this attitude, you're undermining the progression of the team, and it's regrettable. Hurry up and apologize. I am disappoint.
- No I don't have to apologize, they don't need to know!
- Very well. I am suspending you from the team, and I'm going to call you out on the thread. Good night.
- All right do whatever you want.


Honestly this was such good spoken french that it looked fake to me, nobody talks this well on skype lol.
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Kovaz
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada233 Posts
May 17 2014 03:03 GMT
#104
On May 17 2014 12:01 Faust852 wrote:
There has been 4 translations already xD


I type slow XD
Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
May 17 2014 03:03 GMT
#105
On May 17 2014 11:59 Antoine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 11:54 Faust852 wrote:
Stabillo is the head manager of Punchline.SC2 (I know him for years now).

can you verify that the new account is actually him though? the main things that make me wonder is, I believe the actual one posts on two other accounts: Stabillo and Punchline!. Confusing to me why he'd register a new one for this.


I'm contacting him on Skype, but he doesn't answer. That really weird because he usually do if he's on his computer since he's a friend and not just an acquaintance. And since he posted here he should be answering me.

Anyway, that's kind of weird that both Stabillo AND firecake are awake at this hour (it's 5AM+) here.
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 03:19:43
May 17 2014 03:04 GMT
#106
I got got
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Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
May 17 2014 03:04 GMT
#107
It's gonna be pretty bad either way.

Either Firecake is super stupid for attempting this or someone is going through a fair amount of effort to try and make him look bad.
hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
May 17 2014 03:05 GMT
#108
On May 17 2014 11:54 Faust852 wrote:
Stabillo is the head manager of Punchline.SC2 (I know him for years now).


Cool. Can you confirm that it's him posting under the Stabilo username?
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Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
May 17 2014 03:05 GMT
#109
On May 17 2014 12:03 Faust852 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 11:59 Antoine wrote:
On May 17 2014 11:54 Faust852 wrote:
Stabillo is the head manager of Punchline.SC2 (I know him for years now).

can you verify that the new account is actually him though? the main things that make me wonder is, I believe the actual one posts on two other accounts: Stabillo and Punchline!. Confusing to me why he'd register a new one for this.


I'm contacting him on Skype, but he doesn't answer. That really weird because he usually do if he's on his computer since he's a friend and not just an acquaintance. And since he posted here he should be answering me.

Anyway, that's kind of weird that both Stabillo AND firecake are awake at this hour (it's 5AM+) here.

yeah, feels like impersonators right now. At least one of the IPs on the new account is a TOR address, pretty sure the other is a proxy as well. going to remove it from the first post for now.
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ssxsilver
Profile Joined June 2007
United States4409 Posts
May 17 2014 03:05 GMT
#110
I can't believe anyone to be that stupid, but then again I thought that Major/Demuslim thing was fake too T.T. Great of Solar though!
GrapeApe
Profile Joined March 2011
1053 Posts
May 17 2014 03:05 GMT
#111
Oh jeez, FireCake should facepalm hard for this one -_-
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Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12108 Posts
May 17 2014 03:05 GMT
#112
Honestly it wouldn't surprise me one bit if this was fake, especially Firecake's answers don't feel like how someone would talk.
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pure.Wasted
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada4701 Posts
May 17 2014 03:07 GMT
#113
So either Firecake's progaming career is absolutely ruined, or someone is trying very hard to absolutely ruin Firecake's progaming career.

...intriguing.
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PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32740 Posts
May 17 2014 03:07 GMT
#114
Good for Solar I'm glad he has the integrity to report this.
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Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
May 17 2014 03:08 GMT
#115
I personnally thing this is a huge imposture !
Stabillo don't usually write like that.
He doesn't respond to me on Skype.
It's past 5AM in france.
I doubt FireCake is fluant in Korean.
I doubt FireCake would admit he wanted to pay a pro if it was true.
Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
May 17 2014 03:09 GMT
#116
On May 17 2014 12:02 Nebuchad wrote:
(all right everybody's a french expert nowadays I guess :D I'll still leave mine since I took two minutes to write it)

- Firecake, I heard you tried to fix a match, was it really you?
- Yeah, I wanted to bet big on him. I needed the money.
- You know that the team punchline doesn't stand for that kind of behavior, you're going to have to call yourself out on the TL thread. If you call yourself out, the sanctions won't be as large. Punchline is a team with potential. With this attitude, you're undermining the progression of the team, and it's regrettable. Hurry up and apologize. I am disappoint.
- No I don't have to apologize, they don't need to know!
- Very well. I am suspending you from the team, and I'm going to call you out on the thread. Good night.
- All right do whatever you want.


Honestly this was such good spoken french that it looked fake to me, nobody talks this well on skype lol.

This is a manager talking to a player about a very serious topic, the use of proper language hardly surprises me.
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TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10000 Posts
May 17 2014 03:10 GMT
#117
whoever's trying to impersonate firecake must really hate him
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Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
May 17 2014 03:11 GMT
#118
!!!
Other think is, Stabillo is ALWAYS on busy mod on skype, in the screen he is on green.
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
May 17 2014 03:12 GMT
#119
On May 17 2014 12:10 TT1 wrote:
whoever's trying to impersonate firecake must really hate him


God, this is like one of those old murder mysteries, except instead of murder, we have an even more serious crime of match-fixing, and unpopular pro-gamer may or may not be responsible or getting framed. Who dun it?
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hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
May 17 2014 03:12 GMT
#120
On May 17 2014 12:08 Faust852 wrote:
I personnally thing this is a huge imposture !
Stabillo don't usually write like that.
He doesn't respond to me on Skype.
It's past 5AM in france.
I doubt FireCake is fluant in Korean.
I doubt FireCake would admit he wanted to pay a pro if it was true.


Either way we'll know for sure in a few hours. Might as well assume it's not him for now.
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Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12108 Posts
May 17 2014 03:12 GMT
#121
On May 17 2014 12:09 Shinespark wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 12:02 Nebuchad wrote:
(all right everybody's a french expert nowadays I guess :D I'll still leave mine since I took two minutes to write it)

- Firecake, I heard you tried to fix a match, was it really you?
- Yeah, I wanted to bet big on him. I needed the money.
- You know that the team punchline doesn't stand for that kind of behavior, you're going to have to call yourself out on the TL thread. If you call yourself out, the sanctions won't be as large. Punchline is a team with potential. With this attitude, you're undermining the progression of the team, and it's regrettable. Hurry up and apologize. I am disappoint.
- No I don't have to apologize, they don't need to know!
- Very well. I am suspending you from the team, and I'm going to call you out on the thread. Good night.
- All right do whatever you want.


Honestly this was such good spoken french that it looked fake to me, nobody talks this well on skype lol.

This is a manager talking to a player about a very serious topic, the use of proper language hardly surprises me.


It's not about proper language. It's about saying "I do not" instead of "I don't". Several things just don't add up to a real conversation in french on skype to me (maybe other french can confirm or deny)

Also that's "Stabilo" with one "l" and it's a one post account while Stabillo allegedly already has an acc.

Highly suspicious to say the least.
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Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
May 17 2014 03:14 GMT
#122
And on the screen, do you see the "Today" contact ? I should be here too, that's totally a big fake.
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10000 Posts
May 17 2014 03:15 GMT
#123
yea this isnt real, the stabilo who posted here has 1 L in his name
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Stress
Profile Joined February 2011
United States980 Posts
May 17 2014 03:17 GMT
#124
Between the one post account, Stabillo already having a personal and team account and the good Korean by Firecake, how in the hell do people actually believe it was Firecake trying to fix a match?

If this was really a scandal you would think Stabillo would have made a thread by now instead of two screenshots of a skype chat.

Getting trolled. Hard.
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
May 17 2014 03:19 GMT
#125
I wonder if this is a conspiracy to try to bring down Firecake?
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
tomastaz
Profile Joined January 2013
United States976 Posts
May 17 2014 03:19 GMT
#126
This is still slightly sketchy...
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Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
May 17 2014 03:22 GMT
#127
yeah I banned the imposter.
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Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12108 Posts
May 17 2014 03:24 GMT
#128
Also if you look at the screenshot stabillo is supposed to have written these five very formal lines in ~1 minute time =)
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Onekobold
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
244 Posts
May 17 2014 03:29 GMT
#129
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Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37014 Posts
May 17 2014 03:31 GMT
#130
Don't worry guys I'm here. Translation #6 is on the way.
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Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
May 17 2014 03:35 GMT
#131
What bothers me is that someone either just thought of framing a player on the spot after getting ahold of this information, or had planned it ahead of time to deliberately defame somebody and implicate other progamers. Either way it's not healthy for the community.
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Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
May 17 2014 03:37 GMT
#132
On May 17 2014 12:35 Caihead wrote:
What bothers me is that someone either just thought of framing a player on the spot after getting ahold of this information, or had planned it ahead of time to deliberately defame somebody and implicate other progamers. Either way it's not healthy for the community.


Yeah, this. Someone must have some serious beef with Firecake to try to do this to him. Though since the name used was his on FB, they must have planned the entire thing out, not just spur of the moment, try to jump in on it.
jakethesnake
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada4948 Posts
May 17 2014 03:37 GMT
#133
On May 17 2014 12:31 Seeker wrote:
Don't worry guys I'm here. Translation #6 is on the way.

Perfect. It is important that we get these fakes translated properly. No mistakes!
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Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12108 Posts
May 17 2014 03:39 GMT
#134
On May 17 2014 12:37 Phredxor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 12:35 Caihead wrote:
What bothers me is that someone either just thought of framing a player on the spot after getting ahold of this information, or had planned it ahead of time to deliberately defame somebody and implicate other progamers. Either way it's not healthy for the community.


Yeah, this. Someone must have some serious beef with Firecake to try to do this to him. Though since the name used was his on FB, they must have planned the entire thing out, not just spur of the moment, try to jump in on it.


Guy on facebook doesn't have to be fakeskype guy. Trolls gonna troll.
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pure.Wasted
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada4701 Posts
May 17 2014 03:41 GMT
#135
I can't be the only one refreshing this thread every thirty seconds. Scandals and controversies aren't usually this fun!
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Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
May 17 2014 03:41 GMT
#136
On May 17 2014 12:39 Nebuchad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 12:37 Phredxor wrote:
On May 17 2014 12:35 Caihead wrote:
What bothers me is that someone either just thought of framing a player on the spot after getting ahold of this information, or had planned it ahead of time to deliberately defame somebody and implicate other progamers. Either way it's not healthy for the community.


Yeah, this. Someone must have some serious beef with Firecake to try to do this to him. Though since the name used was his on FB, they must have planned the entire thing out, not just spur of the moment, try to jump in on it.


Guy on facebook doesn't have to be fakeskype guy. Trolls gonna troll.


Yeah, true.

Haters of Firecake uniting for the cause.
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
May 17 2014 03:42 GMT
#137
On May 17 2014 12:41 pure.Wasted wrote:
I can't be the only one refreshing this thread every thirty seconds. Scandals and controversies aren't usually this fun!


It's like a game of Clue. Who dun it? Esports Match-fixing Edition
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devJunk
Profile Joined September 2012
Chile5 Posts
May 17 2014 03:45 GMT
#138
He should've accepted and then told him to fuck off.
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kuan888
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada305 Posts
May 17 2014 03:49 GMT
#139
On May 17 2014 12:12 Nebuchad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 12:09 Shinespark wrote:
On May 17 2014 12:02 Nebuchad wrote:
(all right everybody's a french expert nowadays I guess :D I'll still leave mine since I took two minutes to write it)

- Firecake, I heard you tried to fix a match, was it really you?
- Yeah, I wanted to bet big on him. I needed the money.
- You know that the team punchline doesn't stand for that kind of behavior, you're going to have to call yourself out on the TL thread. If you call yourself out, the sanctions won't be as large. Punchline is a team with potential. With this attitude, you're undermining the progression of the team, and it's regrettable. Hurry up and apologize. I am disappoint.
- No I don't have to apologize, they don't need to know!
- Very well. I am suspending you from the team, and I'm going to call you out on the thread. Good night.
- All right do whatever you want.


Honestly this was such good spoken french that it looked fake to me, nobody talks this well on skype lol.

This is a manager talking to a player about a very serious topic, the use of proper language hardly surprises me.


It's not about proper language. It's about saying "I do not" instead of "I don't". Several things just don't add up to a real conversation in french on skype to me (maybe other french can confirm or deny)

Also that's "Stabilo" with one "l" and it's a one post account while Stabillo allegedly already has an acc.

Highly suspicious to say the least.


French is ok, not perfect french but familiar french between 2 friends..
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
May 17 2014 03:49 GMT
#140
On May 17 2014 12:45 devJunk wrote:
He should've accepted and then told him to fuck off.


No, because then the fixer could claim that Solar was initially receptive, which would ruin his career even if he did not ultimately accept the offer, simply due to the hit to his reputation.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
jakethesnake
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada4948 Posts
May 17 2014 03:51 GMT
#141
On May 17 2014 12:49 Bagration wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 12:45 devJunk wrote:
He should've accepted and then told him to fuck off.


No, because then the fixer could claim that Solar was initially receptive, which would ruin his career even if he did not ultimately accept the offer, simply due to the hit to his reputation.


Plus if the guy is using someone elses name and doing something like matchfixing over the internet, the chances of him paying are pretty low anyways.
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plogamer
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada3132 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 03:54:26
May 17 2014 03:52 GMT
#142
The truth can be confirmed.

If Firecake gives consent for an impartial party to have access to any messages between Firecake and Solar's Facebook accounts. Likewise, Solar can give consent to Facebook sharing any messages between him and Firecake to a third party. The latter is more likely for obvious reasons.

So, Solar please show the messages to kespa directly, in person, so that photoshopping is taken out of doubt. The next step would be to see whether Firecake is really tied to the facebook account. How can we confirm that? Perhaps looking at that account's other friends and see if they had encounters/messages that shows whether it is legitimately Firecake or not. Does the that account have uploads of pictures that only the real Firecake would possess?

The truth is out there if we all don't jump to conclusions in either direction. And if not, well, whatever, nothing happened so we can just applaud Solar for his stand-up behaviour. Maybe this is a warning to other professional gamers/casters/etc. to verify the true identity of other notable people on twitter, facebook, etc.
ChaseTheSun
Profile Joined May 2014
United States61 Posts
May 17 2014 04:12 GMT
#143
Herp and here I was thinking he was going to fix a broken game
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
May 17 2014 04:22 GMT
#144
Wow, pretty crazy stuff. Makes me wonder how often players accept deals like this.
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ChapatiyaqPTSM
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
France1887 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 05:12:09
May 17 2014 04:31 GMT
#145
On May 17 2014 12:12 Nebuchad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 12:09 Shinespark wrote:
On May 17 2014 12:02 Nebuchad wrote:
(all right everybody's a french expert nowadays I guess :D I'll still leave mine since I took two minutes to write it)

- Firecake, I heard you tried to fix a match, was it really you?
- Yeah, I wanted to bet big on him. I needed the money.
- You know that the team punchline doesn't stand for that kind of behavior, you're going to have to call yourself out on the TL thread. If you call yourself out, the sanctions won't be as large. Punchline is a team with potential. With this attitude, you're undermining the progression of the team, and it's regrettable. Hurry up and apologize. I am disappoint.
- No I don't have to apologize, they don't need to know!
- Very well. I am suspending you from the team, and I'm going to call you out on the thread. Good night.
- All right do whatever you want.


Honestly this was such good spoken french that it looked fake to me, nobody talks this well on skype lol.

This is a manager talking to a player about a very serious topic, the use of proper language hardly surprises me.


It's not about proper language. It's about saying "I do not" instead of "I don't". Several things just don't add up to a real conversation in french on skype to me (maybe other french can confirm or deny)

Also that's "Stabilo" with one "l" and it's a one post account while Stabillo allegedly already has an acc.

Highly suspicious to say the least.

Yeah, this conversation is correct in French, but it seems too polite, especially when talking about matchfixing, and on Skype.
Definitely fishy.
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fermat
Profile Joined January 2014
United States7 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 04:43:10
May 17 2014 04:38 GMT
#146
It's really reassuring that people like Solar exist in the Starcraft community.
Loccstana
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
United States833 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 05:13:00
May 17 2014 05:04 GMT
#147
If this is really Firecake, son I am disappoint.[image loading]

Remember him?
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hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
May 17 2014 05:12 GMT
#148
On May 17 2014 14:04 Loccstana wrote:
If this is really Firecake, son I am disappoint.


It's not, stop being an idiot.
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Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
May 17 2014 05:20 GMT
#149
Thing is I doubt it was even a real offer. Was probably just somebody looking to start some drama.
Refer to my post.
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
May 17 2014 05:24 GMT
#150
To loosely paraphrase carry:

"The original sin was already there, before eSports, and will always be present to corrupt."
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
May 17 2014 05:26 GMT
#151
it makes you wonder though: how many serious offers are being given to players even now.
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
May 17 2014 05:27 GMT
#152
On May 17 2014 14:20 Zenbrez wrote:
Thing is I doubt it was even a real offer. Was probably just somebody looking to start some drama.

pretty much this. I mean, the guy that asked Sora to fix the match didn't even "try" to convince him to change his mind lol. I would figure he would try much more than that if he's that interested in it. Also, the whole Korean thing and then someone mentioning the time in France and the messages etc... is all suspicious and likely not firecake.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
May 17 2014 05:35 GMT
#153
So... your current theory is that someone is trying to pin this all on Firecake... why??
I mean no disrespect to the guy, but he's not that important. Why would anyone go to such lengths?
"I, for one, welcome our new Korean overlords."
S1eth
Profile Joined November 2011
Austria221 Posts
May 17 2014 05:38 GMT
#154
On May 17 2014 14:35 Shinespark wrote:
So... your current theory is that someone is trying to pin this all on Firecake... why??
I mean no disrespect to the guy, but he's not that important. Why would anyone go to such lengths?

Firecake robbed him of 3 hours of his life.
Kokolat
Profile Joined May 2013
France1 Post
May 17 2014 06:01 GMT
#155
Just for information, firecake as nothing to do with it ^_^ it's not him at all
IAmWithStupid
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
Russian Federation1016 Posts
May 17 2014 06:01 GMT
#156
Lol, I went full retard on this:
+ Show Spoiler +
when I saw the topic, I thought Blizzard invited Solar to its balance team to "fix the game" and didn't understand why they asked Solar in particular. Then I remembered other meanings of the word "fix". Do I even english?!
Insert wise words here
DomiNater
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States527 Posts
May 17 2014 06:06 GMT
#157
On May 17 2014 15:01 IAmWithStupid wrote:
Lol, I went full retard on this:
+ Show Spoiler +
when I saw the topic, I thought Blizzard invited Solar to its balance team to "fix the game" and didn't understand why they asked Solar in particular. Then I remembered other meanings of the word "fix". Do I even english?!


It's okay man, it was a poorly worded title. I thought the same thing when I first saw the title.
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NapkinBox
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States314 Posts
May 17 2014 06:44 GMT
#158
On May 17 2014 15:01 IAmWithStupid wrote:
Lol, I went full retard on this:
+ Show Spoiler +
when I saw the topic, I thought Blizzard invited Solar to its balance team to "fix the game" and didn't understand why they asked Solar in particular. Then I remembered other meanings of the word "fix". Do I even english?!


Thank god I wasn't alone
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Heiwa
Profile Joined June 2013
United States10 Posts
May 17 2014 06:58 GMT
#159
good on solar he has gained a new fan
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glaresc
Profile Joined April 2012
31 Posts
May 17 2014 06:59 GMT
#160
So that's how Vortix has been winning all his games.
ssxsilver
Profile Joined June 2007
United States4409 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 07:01:02
May 17 2014 06:59 GMT
#161
On May 17 2014 15:01 Kokolat wrote:
Just for information, firecake as nothing to do with it ^_^ it's not him at all

Yeah the moderator banned the imposter.

Still though, you kinda have to golf clap this scammer. He hated Firecake enough to set up a hoax over Facebook, Skype, and TL in Korean, French, and English respectively. Would definitely not want to cut someone like him off while driving.
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
May 17 2014 07:15 GMT
#162
Solar is my new favorite progamer.
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stevorino
Profile Joined April 2011
957 Posts
May 17 2014 07:23 GMT
#163
i want to know how many progamer accept these offers...
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Fonda
Profile Joined March 2013
19 Posts
May 17 2014 07:39 GMT
#164
Unfortunate. I'm guessing this was a hoax or something considering the name he used, but it really goes to show how easy this can be. Either way huge respect to Solar for reporting it.
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
May 17 2014 07:43 GMT
#165
On May 17 2014 15:59 ssxsilver wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 15:01 Kokolat wrote:
Just for information, firecake as nothing to do with it ^_^ it's not him at all

Yeah the moderator banned the imposter.

Still though, you kinda have to golf clap this scammer. He hated Firecake enough to set up a hoax over Facebook, Skype, and TL in Korean, French, and English respectively. Would definitely not want to cut someone like him off while driving.

I wonder what firecake did, maybe someone is sick of swarm host stalemates.
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sabas123
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands3122 Posts
May 17 2014 08:33 GMT
#166
holy shit, huge respect to solar.

this is so sad that people want to match fix again.....

also for some of the newer members, here is a korean talk show about what happend after the last scandal

The harder it becomes, the more you should focus on the basics.
Glioburd
Profile Joined April 2008
France1911 Posts
May 17 2014 08:36 GMT
#167
Lol, why choosing Firecake's name ? The Maestro is a funny guy.
"You should hate loosing, but you should never fear defeat." NaDa.
Extenz
Profile Joined October 2011
Italy822 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 09:03:28
May 17 2014 09:02 GMT
#168
For the most part through reading op's post I thought fix as in help us correct our bugs on x game and I was wondering why solar was being so mean, then I realized xd
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
May 17 2014 09:10 GMT
#169
On May 17 2014 15:01 IAmWithStupid wrote:
Lol, I went full retard on this:
+ Show Spoiler +
when I saw the topic, I thought Blizzard invited Solar to its balance team to "fix the game" and didn't understand why they asked Solar in particular. Then I remembered other meanings of the word "fix". Do I even english?!


same for me lol, I thought Blizzard finally invited pros to work directly with the balance/design team :D
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
SCguineapig
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Netherlands289 Posts
May 17 2014 09:16 GMT
#170
maybe a dumb question but what do they mean with fixing a match? i think it is losing a match on purpose so that the persons bet comes out. but im not sure.
broodwar wasn't perfect
Nimix
Profile Joined October 2011
France1809 Posts
May 17 2014 09:17 GMT
#171
On May 17 2014 09:44 GTR wrote:
feel sorry for firecake, having a korean try and impersonate him and dragging him into this mess.


Karma for all the cancer wishes on ladder?
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
May 17 2014 09:18 GMT
#172
On May 17 2014 18:16 SCguineapig wrote:
maybe a dumb question but what do they mean with fixing a match? i think it is losing a match on purpose so that the persons bet comes out. but im not sure.


Yup that's exactly what it is.
ExO_
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States2316 Posts
May 17 2014 09:31 GMT
#173
On May 17 2014 17:33 sabas123 wrote:
holy shit, huge respect to solar.

this is so sad that people want to match fix again.....

also for some of the newer members, here is a korean talk show about what happend after the last scandal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1htnkAiKdzU


Seeing Nal_Ra this upset was something else. This was right around the time I was really starting to become more aware of the BW pro scene and really keep up with it. Was never a sAviOr fan but I was a big fan of Nal_Ra, and the anger he had here was just nuts.
TaShadan
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany1965 Posts
May 17 2014 09:48 GMT
#174
Its normal when money is involved in sports. Props to Solar refusing it.
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Stabillo
Profile Joined February 2014
France21 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 10:03:12
May 17 2014 09:57 GMT
#175
Hello guys,

First I have to thank the persons who warned me and this is my real account.

If I understood well all the stuff, we have a Facebook person (you can create a million of accounts with the same name on Facebook) who has a contact with Solar to arrange VortiX-Solar in Fragbite Masters.

1) FireCake is a really intelligent person who would never use his real name on Facebook. Nobody is enough unbrained to add someone on Facebook, give such a deal to the person and then hope the guy will accept whereas he does not know you...

2) Why could he arrange Vortix-Solar? He does not know any of them and did not play this competition.

3) Look at the FireCake's playstyle: he dislikes bets and I do not think this guy is able to bet anything in his life, especially 2k whereas he is a student in the real life.

4) I guess the fake TL account "Stabilo" with one "L" is a good evidence. As Faust said, I am always busy on skype because I receive 2000 messages a day... Someone wants to hurt us.

Well, nobody believed it here but I have to write officially: I trust FireCake and I know you did not contact Solar.

The real question is not "Is it the real FireCake?" anymore. The new question is to know "Who tried to make this shit?"

Someone (and they could be several persons) tries to fake my player FireCake and me to hurt us or even Punchline. We know this person knows French and even knows our skype's names, which made me really sad because it means we are "friends" with them

I feel very sorry for everybody. We are very active team to promote Starcraft II and we all do not want to hear things about matchfixing. I hope everybody will understand that we did not take any part in this story of matchfixing.

Have a good day

Punchline's manager // O'Gaming TV's SC2 chief editor // NationWars I & II 's admin
mantequilla
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Turkey779 Posts
May 17 2014 10:05 GMT
#176
Isn't 2000$ a bit too much for a single match? I think this is a joke and Solar fell for it.
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Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
May 17 2014 10:07 GMT
#177
After reading this : http://i.imgur.com/Zec9H4o.jpg

For any french speaker it sounds so weird, especially for a conversation on skype

it really sounds fake, it's like a wannabe dialogue of a love serie.
Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of shitposting, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".
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FireCake
Profile Joined March 2013
151 Posts
May 17 2014 10:07 GMT
#178
Hi guys,

My first reaction to this drama was "lol".
But I fear that if Stabillo (my manager at PunchLine) took the time to wake up me this morning he expects that I develop a little more ...
I never tried to matchfix one my games and I will never do such a thing. I play sc2 because I love this game, I love practice and give the best of myself. I guess the reason mentioned for this matchfix is money. Honestly, if I played this game solely for money I think i would have have stopped this game a long time ago and I would focus all my energy on my engineering studies.

I don't know what else can i say, i proposed a showmatch between Solar and me to end this drama, i think that could be funny :D
Progamer
TheDwf
Profile Joined November 2011
France19747 Posts
May 17 2014 10:13 GMT
#179
On May 17 2014 19:07 Makro wrote:
After reading this : http://i.imgur.com/Zec9H4o.jpg

For any french speaker it sounds so weird, especially for a conversation on skype

it really sounds fake, it's like a wannabe dialogue of a love serie.

Yeah, it's so pathetic and childish; probably written by some 16 years old who sure won't become a writer later.
RHoudini
Profile Joined October 2009
Belgium3627 Posts
May 17 2014 10:19 GMT
#180
On May 17 2014 19:07 FireCake wrote:
Hi guys,

My first reaction to this drama was "lol".
But I fear that if Stabillo (my manager at PunchLine) took the time to wake up me this morning he expects that I develop a little more ...
I never tried to matchfix one my games and I will never do such a thing. I play sc2 because I love this game, I love practice and give the best of myself. I guess the reason mentioned for this matchfix is money. Honestly, if I played this game solely for money I think i would have have stopped this game a long time ago and I would focus all my energy on my engineering studies.

I don't know what else can i say, i proposed a showmatch between Solar and me to end this drama, i think that could be funny :D

If you are the real Firecake (your English is suspiciously good for a French guy ), don't worry. I doubt anyone really believes you have anything to do with. This is obviously the work of an impostor.
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Siphyo
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands121 Posts
May 17 2014 10:24 GMT
#181
Shocking!
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Perfi
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Poland349 Posts
May 17 2014 10:25 GMT
#182
On May 17 2014 19:07 FireCake wrote:
Hi guys,

My first reaction to this drama was "lol".
But I fear that if Stabillo (my manager at PunchLine) took the time to wake up me this morning he expects that I develop a little more ...
I never tried to matchfix one my games and I will never do such a thing. I play sc2 because I love this game, I love practice and give the best of myself. I guess the reason mentioned for this matchfix is money. Honestly, if I played this game solely for money I think i would have have stopped this game a long time ago and I would focus all my energy on my engineering studies.

I don't know what else can i say, i proposed a showmatch between Solar and me to end this drama, i think that could be funny :D

Now that's a great idea! A BO9 FireCake vs Solar showmatch should silence all the drama around here for a week or so.
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
May 17 2014 10:26 GMT
#183
On May 17 2014 19:05 mantequilla wrote:
Isn't 2000$ a bit too much for a single match? I think this is a joke and Solar fell for it.

It's actually a bit on the low side compared to BW matchfixing. I doubt it's a joke and for every Solar that exposes it I wouldn't be surprised if others are taking offers like this (especially those not on reliable teams/salaries).
Yhamm is the god of predictions
KrazyTrumpet
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2520 Posts
May 17 2014 10:28 GMT
#184
On May 17 2014 19:07 FireCake wrote:
Hi guys,

My first reaction to this drama was "lol".
But I fear that if Stabillo (my manager at PunchLine) took the time to wake up me this morning he expects that I develop a little more ...
I never tried to matchfix one my games and I will never do such a thing. I play sc2 because I love this game, I love practice and give the best of myself. I guess the reason mentioned for this matchfix is money. Honestly, if I played this game solely for money I think i would have have stopped this game a long time ago and I would focus all my energy on my engineering studies.

I don't know what else can i say, i proposed a showmatch between Solar and me to end this drama, i think that could be funny :D

Yeah, don't sweat it. Pretty obviously some sort of imposter, though your words are certainly appreciated.
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Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
May 17 2014 10:41 GMT
#185
On May 17 2014 19:25 Perfi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 19:07 FireCake wrote:
Hi guys,

My first reaction to this drama was "lol".
But I fear that if Stabillo (my manager at PunchLine) took the time to wake up me this morning he expects that I develop a little more ...
I never tried to matchfix one my games and I will never do such a thing. I play sc2 because I love this game, I love practice and give the best of myself. I guess the reason mentioned for this matchfix is money. Honestly, if I played this game solely for money I think i would have have stopped this game a long time ago and I would focus all my energy on my engineering studies.

I don't know what else can i say, i proposed a showmatch between Solar and me to end this drama, i think that could be funny :D

Now that's a great idea! A BO9 FireCake vs Solar showmatch should silence all the drama around here for a week or so.

Yeah, a week. That's how much time it would take.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
FireCake
Profile Joined March 2013
151 Posts
May 17 2014 10:59 GMT
#186
Solar agrees to play a showmatch :D
I am seeking some casters now

On May 17 2014 19:19 RHoudini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 19:07 FireCake wrote:
Hi guys,

My first reaction to this drama was "lol".
But I fear that if Stabillo (my manager at PunchLine) took the time to wake up me this morning he expects that I develop a little more ...
I never tried to matchfix one my games and I will never do such a thing. I play sc2 because I love this game, I love practice and give the best of myself. I guess the reason mentioned for this matchfix is money. Honestly, if I played this game solely for money I think i would have have stopped this game a long time ago and I would focus all my energy on my engineering studies.

I don't know what else can i say, i proposed a showmatch between Solar and me to end this drama, i think that could be funny :D

If you are the real Firecake (your English is suspiciously good for a French guy ), don't worry. I doubt anyone really believes you have anything to do with. This is obviously the work of an impostor.


I think everybody should worry about that kind of drama.
I am not a famous pro player, i am not even a full time player, and however there is (are ?) people trying to destroy my esport carreer through many fake accounts on different websites and in different languages
This drama is funny because its a bad fake (btw, thank the admin who identified the fake Stabillo) but its also a bit sad to see someone who tries desperatly to hurt me.
Now imagine what an evil person could do to the most famous people in the community where a lot of money are involved.
Progamer
YourMom
Profile Joined April 2010
Romania565 Posts
May 17 2014 11:31 GMT
#187
He should have offered David Kim to fix the game.
I'm very good at making carriers.
PVJ
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Hungary5214 Posts
May 17 2014 11:34 GMT
#188
Uh. ://// Hopefully there's nothing more brewing in the dark
The heart's eternal vow
PVJ
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Hungary5214 Posts
May 17 2014 11:42 GMT
#189
What's the drama? Who's this guy?
The heart's eternal vow
Dwayn
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany949 Posts
May 17 2014 11:46 GMT
#190
I guess players could make quite some money by betting against themselves. No need to get a 3rd party involved.
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28472 Posts
May 17 2014 11:53 GMT
#191
On May 17 2014 19:41 Boucot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 19:25 Perfi wrote:
On May 17 2014 19:07 FireCake wrote:
Hi guys,

My first reaction to this drama was "lol".
But I fear that if Stabillo (my manager at PunchLine) took the time to wake up me this morning he expects that I develop a little more ...
I never tried to matchfix one my games and I will never do such a thing. I play sc2 because I love this game, I love practice and give the best of myself. I guess the reason mentioned for this matchfix is money. Honestly, if I played this game solely for money I think i would have have stopped this game a long time ago and I would focus all my energy on my engineering studies.

I don't know what else can i say, i proposed a showmatch between Solar and me to end this drama, i think that could be funny :D

Now that's a great idea! A BO9 FireCake vs Solar showmatch should silence all the drama around here for a week or so.

Yeah, a week. That's how much time it would take.

Haha, nice one
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Ogww
Profile Joined August 2011
Finland224 Posts
May 17 2014 12:05 GMT
#192
On May 17 2014 19:05 mantequilla wrote:
Isn't 2000$ a bit too much for a single match? I think this is a joke and Solar fell for it.

More like way too little
algue
Profile Joined July 2011
France1436 Posts
May 17 2014 12:20 GMT
#193
On May 17 2014 09:49 Waxangel wrote:
T____T

good on you solar


Waxangel just lost a lot of money because of solar's decision.
rly ?
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33325 Posts
May 17 2014 12:37 GMT
#194
On May 17 2014 21:20 algue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 09:49 Waxangel wrote:
T____T

good on you solar


Waxangel just lost a lot of money because of solar's decision.


technically, once Solar declined I wouldn't have bet on the match
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
yido
Profile Joined March 2014
United States350 Posts
May 17 2014 14:01 GMT
#195
This is a bit silly.
I kinda doubt that someone would want to fix Fragbite Finals.
2 m wons are probably offered without any understanding of exchange rates and its actual value in Korea.
$2000 is a silly small value to even consider risking your entire career on, especially for someone as established as Solar.
I doubt large sums of money is being exchanged in sc2 betting market these days, getting a LoL carry to throw a match is much more likely.
gl hf
TKL
Profile Joined January 2013
France28 Posts
May 17 2014 14:09 GMT
#196
I have to say i am very shocked to learn that someone would try to hurt FireCake and/or his team like that. I can understand that some people might not like him du to his past behavior but it's not a reason to steal his identity and commit a felony ! I am 100% behind FireCake, Stabillo and Punchline and i hope the thief of identity will be found soon.
Boonbag
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France3318 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 14:17:06
May 17 2014 14:15 GMT
#197
On May 17 2014 20:31 YourMom wrote:
He should have offered David Kim to fix the game.


at first when reading the thread title without knowing who is solar i thought it was a korean company offering blizzard to fix the game
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
May 17 2014 15:38 GMT
#198
On May 17 2014 20:31 YourMom wrote:
He should have offered David Kim to fix the game.


I thought he already does that, ha.
ZCive2
Profile Joined March 2014
Russian Federation52 Posts
May 17 2014 16:09 GMT
#199
This is so ridiculous that it's probably a stunt by punchline to get some publicity ^^
miniskirt
Profile Joined December 2012
France487 Posts
May 17 2014 16:18 GMT
#200
what would firecake even gain from this game?
Self-proclaimed best Feast and Grubby fan | also MVP MMA Fantasy Polt forGG Dayshi the french hope| Leenock, the sober version of stephano and Scarlett cutiepie <3
JacobShock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Denmark2485 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 16:39:33
May 17 2014 16:39 GMT
#201
First time in my life I feel for this Firecake guy, thats pretty shitty. Also Solar is awesome! Good on him
"Right on" - Morrow
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44125 Posts
May 17 2014 17:00 GMT
#202
Props to FireCake and Solar for moving past this at light-speed, before any idiots take out their inappropriate pitchforks
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Xinzoe
Profile Joined January 2014
Korea (South)2373 Posts
May 17 2014 17:24 GMT
#203
Plot twist: Hyun paid vortix to throw games.

Source: http://www.twitch.tv/fragbitelive
RouaF
Profile Joined October 2010
France4120 Posts
May 17 2014 17:29 GMT
#204
The fake skype conversation was hilarious tbh, it looked like a script written by the worse film maker in the world. Even a 5year old boy wouldn't believe it was real.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 17:33:22
May 17 2014 17:31 GMT
#205
As much as massing up swarmhosts makes you one of the most horrible people on the planet, FireCake probably didn't do it.
Props to Solar for reporting it.
MidnightZL
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden203 Posts
May 17 2014 17:59 GMT
#206
Well done Solar! That's the way to handle it!
- I'm fairly certain YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people - Jack Black
Dtogi
Profile Joined August 2013
France17 Posts
May 17 2014 18:12 GMT
#207
That's obvioulsy a fake, but the defense of Firecake / Stabillo is just ridiculous...
team-aaa.com staff / @TogiSC2
Stabillo
Profile Joined February 2014
France21 Posts
May 17 2014 18:33 GMT
#208
Lol

What can you say more? This fake is just terrible, you cannot add something intelligent
Punchline's manager // O'Gaming TV's SC2 chief editor // NationWars I & II 's admin
yido
Profile Joined March 2014
United States350 Posts
May 17 2014 19:22 GMT
#209
On May 18 2014 01:18 miniskirt wrote:
what would firecake even gain from this game?

Exposure?
Even if he can't muster a single win, he gets his name out there.
*I'm assuming you are taking about their showmatch.
gl hf
VArsovskiSC
Profile Joined July 2010
Macedonia563 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 21:34:59
May 17 2014 21:33 GMT
#210
Is there any possible way to track down an emposter like this ?

This is super important to get "lightened up" i.e. - revealed - very quickly.. I think..

EDIT: Props for Solar for on-time reporting
Another world, another place, another universe, won the race.. :) ;) :P
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 21:43:39
May 17 2014 21:36 GMT
#211
On May 17 2014 14:04 Loccstana wrote:
If this is really Firecake, son I am disappoint.+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

Remember him?
[image loading]


One of those player was actually good.
+ Show Spoiler +
Your post was stupid too


It's discusting. Why would someone want to hurt a "no name" team. Punchline is a great French team but it's practicly unknown outside of France and Firecake.

This is really really sick and twisted. I can't even try to think why someone would take lengths to do something like that. I mean.

Obvious this person knows Stabillo, Firecake and punchline and French and Korean, so that's someone they know... It's just... i'm baffled. This is really twisted and ... i don't have any words for this. It's just a freaking fuck.

Glad it was found that it was an imposter so punchline name is clear.

Do we know if the KR employed in the screenshot is correct ? That might help them found who did this.
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
Unreflecting
Profile Joined May 2014
Canada16 Posts
May 17 2014 23:08 GMT
#212
props for honesty
Live and let live
VArsovskiSC
Profile Joined July 2010
Macedonia563 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 23:12:05
May 17 2014 23:10 GMT
#213
On May 18 2014 06:36 FFW_Rude wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 14:04 Loccstana wrote:
If this is really Firecake, son I am disappoint.+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

Remember him?
[image loading]


One of those player was actually good.
+ Show Spoiler +
Your post was stupid too


It's discusting. Why would someone want to hurt a "no name" team. Punchline is a great French team but it's practicly unknown outside of France and Firecake.

This is really really sick and twisted. I can't even try to think why someone would take lengths to do something like that. I mean.

Obvious this person knows Stabillo, Firecake and punchline and French and Korean, so that's someone they know... It's just... i'm baffled. This is really twisted and ... i don't have any words for this. It's just a freaking fuck.

Glad it was found that it was an imposter so punchline name is clear.

Do we know if the KR employed in the screenshot is correct ? That might help them found who did this.

OR - one person who knows Firecake and Stabillo, French, and has (money to pay) a Korean accomplice
Another world, another place, another universe, won the race.. :) ;) :P
Waise
Profile Joined June 2013
3165 Posts
May 17 2014 23:29 GMT
#214
is conspiring to fix an online esports match something korean authorities would even take seriously? how common is this, really, and is there any real policing of it?

if it is a serious offense in korea, can't solar just show the facebook message to the authorities and let them take it from there? and if it is not taken seriously, there's nothing we can do unless the imposter reveals himself somehow (which is likely, as people who do this sort of thing often brag/want attention and fame)
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3748 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-17 23:40:03
May 17 2014 23:39 GMT
#215
On May 17 2014 19:25 Perfi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 19:07 FireCake wrote:
Hi guys,

My first reaction to this drama was "lol".
But I fear that if Stabillo (my manager at PunchLine) took the time to wake up me this morning he expects that I develop a little more ...
I never tried to matchfix one my games and I will never do such a thing. I play sc2 because I love this game, I love practice and give the best of myself. I guess the reason mentioned for this matchfix is money. Honestly, if I played this game solely for money I think i would have have stopped this game a long time ago and I would focus all my energy on my engineering studies.

I don't know what else can i say, i proposed a showmatch between Solar and me to end this drama, i think that could be funny :D

Now that's a great idea! A BO9 FireCake vs Solar showmatch should silence all the drama around here for a week or so.

For a week unless NaNiwa strikes back

EDIT: Interesting situation and development. I wonder how frequent such occurences are - the fact that the number is increasing is no indicator.
FT.aCt)Sony
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1047 Posts
May 18 2014 00:03 GMT
#216
On May 17 2014 14:04 Loccstana wrote:
Remember him?
[image loading]


There was about 10 other individuals aside from Savior so kinda bad on your part for singling someone out specifically when others were involved.

Either way, match-fixing is always and always going to occur within Esports whether we like it or not. Unless someone comes out about it there isnt really much we can do in regards unless its pretty obvious within a game (but even then it can still be tedious and difficult to determine).

I actually did my thesis on this matter for a ethics course a few months ago and comparing what I saw/read/knew then comparing it to today's research into the matter was definitely a shocker to see.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
May 18 2014 00:13 GMT
#217
props to solar! 2k is a good chunk of of money to turn down as a pro gamer
xxxKagexxx
Profile Joined August 2012
France43 Posts
May 18 2014 00:19 GMT
#218
don't knew Firecakes could speack Korean :D
neptunusfisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
2286 Posts
May 18 2014 00:30 GMT
#219
On May 18 2014 08:29 Waise wrote:
is conspiring to fix an online esports match something korean authorities would even take seriously? how common is this, really, and is there any real policing of it?

if it is a serious offense in korea, can't solar just show the facebook message to the authorities and let them take it from there? and if it is not taken seriously, there's nothing we can do unless the imposter reveals himself somehow (which is likely, as people who do this sort of thing often brag/want attention and fame)



"Is match fixing a serious thing in Korea?"

Say what?
maru G5L pls
Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12108 Posts
May 18 2014 00:36 GMT
#220
Why is it that everyone just assumes there's only one guy doing everything? Why can't it be that someone was like, "oh hey, I'm a troll, I notice that this korean guy used the name "Lebbe Sébastien", let me create this picture with the purpose of trolling people, ahah I'm so smart and superior"?

It seems magnitudes more likely than the alternative to me...
No will to live, no wish to die
Waise
Profile Joined June 2013
3165 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-18 00:42:28
May 18 2014 00:41 GMT
#221
On May 18 2014 09:30 neptunusfisk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2014 08:29 Waise wrote:
is conspiring to fix an online esports match something korean authorities would even take seriously? how common is this, really, and is there any real policing of it?

if it is a serious offense in korea, can't solar just show the facebook message to the authorities and let them take it from there? and if it is not taken seriously, there's nothing we can do unless the imposter reveals himself somehow (which is likely, as people who do this sort of thing often brag/want attention and fame)



"Is match fixing a serious thing in Korea?"

Say what?

?? is there a problem with my question? i am an american-canadian starcraft fan. i've heard of savior and things like that, but i don't live in korea or know much about their culture, their laws or how these incidents are handled. perhaps you misread me? i am not speaking of fans and tournaments taking match fixing seriously, i am talking about prosecution under the law and what is necessary for legal authorities to prove match fixing and how it is prosecuted.

sorry, i'm not some geeky esports super-fan who clips newspaper articles about starcraft matchfixing. it was a perfectly reasonable question on my part...
miniskirt
Profile Joined December 2012
France487 Posts
May 18 2014 00:50 GMT
#222
On May 18 2014 04:22 yido wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2014 01:18 miniskirt wrote:
what would firecake even gain from this game?

Exposure?
Even if he can't muster a single win, he gets his name out there.
*I'm assuming you are taking about their showmatch.

no, i'm saying what would firecake gain from having solar drop a match against vortix
it's stupid to even consider he would be implicated in fixing a match he has no interest in
Self-proclaimed best Feast and Grubby fan | also MVP MMA Fantasy Polt forGG Dayshi the french hope| Leenock, the sober version of stephano and Scarlett cutiepie <3
NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-18 00:58:35
May 18 2014 00:55 GMT
#223
On May 18 2014 09:41 Waise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2014 09:30 neptunusfisk wrote:
On May 18 2014 08:29 Waise wrote:
is conspiring to fix an online esports match something korean authorities would even take seriously? how common is this, really, and is there any real policing of it?

if it is a serious offense in korea, can't solar just show the facebook message to the authorities and let them take it from there? and if it is not taken seriously, there's nothing we can do unless the imposter reveals himself somehow (which is likely, as people who do this sort of thing often brag/want attention and fame)



"Is match fixing a serious thing in Korea?"

Say what?

?? is there a problem with my question? i am an american-canadian starcraft fan. i've heard of savior and things like that, but i don't live in korea or know much about their culture, their laws or how these incidents are handled. perhaps you misread me? i am not speaking of fans and tournaments taking match fixing seriously, i am talking about prosecution under the law and what is necessary for legal authorities to prove match fixing and how it is prosecuted.

sorry, i'm not some geeky esports super-fan who clips newspaper articles about starcraft matchfixing. it was a perfectly reasonable question on my part...

the answer to your question is yes it's taken seriously, and is punishable under korean law.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/community-news-archive/162856-bw-matchfixing-sentencing

you can read the whole thing here
Moderatorlickypiddy
coverpunch
Profile Joined December 2011
United States2093 Posts
May 18 2014 00:59 GMT
#224
On May 18 2014 08:29 Waise wrote:
is conspiring to fix an online esports match something korean authorities would even take seriously? how common is this, really, and is there any real policing of it?

if it is a serious offense in korea, can't solar just show the facebook message to the authorities and let them take it from there? and if it is not taken seriously, there's nothing we can do unless the imposter reveals himself somehow (which is likely, as people who do this sort of thing often brag/want attention and fame)

Yes, it is. Is anyone going to start an international manhunt for this person to arrest and prosecute? No. It was an offer with a categorical refusal. There's nothing there except a bad joke or a bonehead. If this happens with regularity and someone is making money from gamers taking a dive, then you have a problem.

IMO this seems to be like Romney making a $50000 bet during a debate. He wasn't serious, but the amount seemed plausible enough to cause trouble. I think this might be a similar kind of joke.
Pangpootata
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
1838 Posts
May 18 2014 01:01 GMT
#225
On May 18 2014 09:50 miniskirt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2014 04:22 yido wrote:
On May 18 2014 01:18 miniskirt wrote:
what would firecake even gain from this game?

Exposure?
Even if he can't muster a single win, he gets his name out there.
*I'm assuming you are taking about their showmatch.

no, i'm saying what would firecake gain from having solar drop a match against vortix
it's stupid to even consider he would be implicated in fixing a match he has no interest in

Matchfixers earn by placing huge bets against the player who is throwing on betting sites. Of course, it's not firecake in this case, but hypothetically, that's how he would gain.
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
May 18 2014 01:21 GMT
#226
In the OP, I think you mean "imprudently" not "impudently".
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
May 18 2014 02:04 GMT
#227
On May 18 2014 10:21 Jerubaal wrote:
In the OP, I think you mean "imprudently" not "impudently".

That's what I thought haha.

I hope the bo9 with Firecake and Solar goes well, this whole thing could go from a bad situation to a good outcome .
User was warned for too many mimes.
coverpunch
Profile Joined December 2011
United States2093 Posts
May 18 2014 04:52 GMT
#228
Is the show match because he didn't do it but it just their two names or because he did it but didn't mean it to be serious?
Xeln4g4
Profile Joined January 2005
Italy1209 Posts
May 18 2014 06:08 GMT
#229
Sport (and e-sport) died the day you could bet 1$ on it. The "real" results in sport are a far away dream ... i don't know the situation in e-sport but it's only a question of time before things get completely spoiled. The good part is that most of the people won't realize that so everything will continue to appear right and clear.
AlternativeEgo
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden17309 Posts
May 18 2014 09:43 GMT
#230
On May 18 2014 08:39 nimdil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2014 19:25 Perfi wrote:
On May 17 2014 19:07 FireCake wrote:
Hi guys,

My first reaction to this drama was "lol".
But I fear that if Stabillo (my manager at PunchLine) took the time to wake up me this morning he expects that I develop a little more ...
I never tried to matchfix one my games and I will never do such a thing. I play sc2 because I love this game, I love practice and give the best of myself. I guess the reason mentioned for this matchfix is money. Honestly, if I played this game solely for money I think i would have have stopped this game a long time ago and I would focus all my energy on my engineering studies.

I don't know what else can i say, i proposed a showmatch between Solar and me to end this drama, i think that could be funny :D

Now that's a great idea! A BO9 FireCake vs Solar showmatch should silence all the drama around here for a week or so.

For a week unless NaNiwa strikes back

EDIT: Interesting situation and development. I wonder how frequent such occurences are - the fact that the number is increasing is no indicator.


It is interesting but it doesn't make any sense to me. In this case the person who made contact offered $2000. Let's say that the odds for Vortix winning was 2.0 (probably slightly lower but it makes for easy math). Then he had to put $6000 in total on the line to make a $2000 profit, but with no guarantee of Solar actually going through with it. Betting on yourself or cooperating with friends I can get, but not strangers making contact on the internet.

So to me this is about trying to get players off their game or a twisted view of internet fun time
Mark Munoz looks like Gretorp
neptunusfisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
2286 Posts
May 18 2014 09:50 GMT
#231
On May 18 2014 09:41 Waise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2014 09:30 neptunusfisk wrote:
On May 18 2014 08:29 Waise wrote:
is conspiring to fix an online esports match something korean authorities would even take seriously? how common is this, really, and is there any real policing of it?

if it is a serious offense in korea, can't solar just show the facebook message to the authorities and let them take it from there? and if it is not taken seriously, there's nothing we can do unless the imposter reveals himself somehow (which is likely, as people who do this sort of thing often brag/want attention and fame)



"Is match fixing a serious thing in Korea?"

Say what?

?? is there a problem with my question? i am an american-canadian starcraft fan. i've heard of savior and things like that, but i don't live in korea or know much about their culture, their laws or how these incidents are handled. perhaps you misread me? i am not speaking of fans and tournaments taking match fixing seriously, i am talking about prosecution under the law and what is necessary for legal authorities to prove match fixing and how it is prosecuted.

sorry, i'm not some geeky esports super-fan who clips newspaper articles about starcraft matchfixing. it was a perfectly reasonable question on my part...


I'm sorry. The match fixing scandal was about the biggest tragedy to ever hit starcraft. Several teams had to close due to sponsors backing out and so on.
maru G5L pls
ZarboN
Profile Joined May 2014
Andorra3 Posts
May 18 2014 11:16 GMT
#232
First post on TL! :D

Props to Solar for acting like that! You have 1 more fan!
SC2 & HotS fan
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3748 Posts
May 18 2014 13:49 GMT
#233
On May 18 2014 18:50 neptunusfisk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2014 09:41 Waise wrote:
On May 18 2014 09:30 neptunusfisk wrote:
On May 18 2014 08:29 Waise wrote:
is conspiring to fix an online esports match something korean authorities would even take seriously? how common is this, really, and is there any real policing of it?

if it is a serious offense in korea, can't solar just show the facebook message to the authorities and let them take it from there? and if it is not taken seriously, there's nothing we can do unless the imposter reveals himself somehow (which is likely, as people who do this sort of thing often brag/want attention and fame)



"Is match fixing a serious thing in Korea?"

Say what?

?? is there a problem with my question? i am an american-canadian starcraft fan. i've heard of savior and things like that, but i don't live in korea or know much about their culture, their laws or how these incidents are handled. perhaps you misread me? i am not speaking of fans and tournaments taking match fixing seriously, i am talking about prosecution under the law and what is necessary for legal authorities to prove match fixing and how it is prosecuted.

sorry, i'm not some geeky esports super-fan who clips newspaper articles about starcraft matchfixing. it was a perfectly reasonable question on my part...


I'm sorry. The match fixing scandal was about the biggest tragedy to ever hit starcraft. Several teams had to close due to sponsors backing out and so on.

Also it's worth to point out that match fixing is a crime also in Canada and USA.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
May 18 2014 14:33 GMT
#234
It would be kinda awesome if this was FireCake's plan since the beginning.
1) Send an obvious compromising message from his real name.
2) Everybody goes: "Firecake too smart for that, it's not him"
3) FireCake: "Let me organize some show match now that everyone is talking about me."
4) ...
5) ... (Swarmhost games take quite long)
6) Profit.
Cool C
Profile Joined November 2011
United States69 Posts
May 18 2014 14:52 GMT
#235
Props to Solar for turning it down. He shows what it is to be a professional esports athlete!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7KD6L23MUQ
Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
May 18 2014 16:26 GMT
#236
I have some infos about the potential culprit, won't say more till I don't have concrete evidence.
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
May 18 2014 16:47 GMT
#237
On May 18 2014 23:33 ZenithM wrote:
It would be kinda awesome if this was FireCake's plan since the beginning.
1) Send an obvious compromising message from his real name.
2) Everybody goes: "Firecake too smart for that, it's not him"
3) FireCake: "Let me organize some show match now that everyone is talking about me."
4) ...
5) ... (Swarmhost games take quite long)
6) Profit.


"Profit" being an 0-5 loss against #1 Samsung Zerg?
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Spect8rCraft
Profile Joined December 2012
649 Posts
May 18 2014 16:51 GMT
#238
On May 19 2014 01:47 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2014 23:33 ZenithM wrote:
It would be kinda awesome if this was FireCake's plan since the beginning.
1) Send an obvious compromising message from his real name.
2) Everybody goes: "Firecake too smart for that, it's not him"
3) FireCake: "Let me organize some show match now that everyone is talking about me."
4) ...
5) ... (Swarmhost games take quite long)
6) Profit.


"Profit" being an 0-5 loss against #1 Samsung Zerg?


If he successfully goes swarm hosts, he can use that time between the spawn and his loss and suck the youth out of the wasted time of viewers.

Or so I hear.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
May 18 2014 19:10 GMT
#239
On May 19 2014 01:47 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2014 23:33 ZenithM wrote:
It would be kinda awesome if this was FireCake's plan since the beginning.
1) Send an obvious compromising message from his real name.
2) Everybody goes: "Firecake too smart for that, it's not him"
3) FireCake: "Let me organize some show match now that everyone is talking about me."
4) ...
5) ... (Swarmhost games take quite long)
6) Profit.


"Profit" being an 0-5 loss against #1 Samsung Zerg?

Nah, the profit is for us. I'm running out of locusts these days, gotta replenish my stock.
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
May 18 2014 21:26 GMT
#240
I'd much rather not the showmatch take place. The world needs less Firecake games
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
Yonnua
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United Kingdom2331 Posts
May 18 2014 21:50 GMT
#241
On May 19 2014 01:47 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2014 23:33 ZenithM wrote:
It would be kinda awesome if this was FireCake's plan since the beginning.
1) Send an obvious compromising message from his real name.
2) Everybody goes: "Firecake too smart for that, it's not him"
3) FireCake: "Let me organize some show match now that everyone is talking about me."
4) ...
5) ... (Swarmhost games take quite long)
6) Profit.


"Profit" being an 0-5 loss against #1 Samsung Zerg?


I think you mean 5 draws in a row!
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Emerson_H
Profile Joined March 2014
United States460 Posts
May 18 2014 22:17 GMT
#242
On May 19 2014 06:50 Yonnua wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 19 2014 01:47 Zealously wrote:
On May 18 2014 23:33 ZenithM wrote:
It would be kinda awesome if this was FireCake's plan since the beginning.
1) Send an obvious compromising message from his real name.
2) Everybody goes: "Firecake too smart for that, it's not him"
3) FireCake: "Let me organize some show match now that everyone is talking about me."
4) ...
5) ... (Swarmhost games take quite long)
6) Profit.


"Profit" being an 0-5 loss against #1 Samsung Zerg?


I think you mean 5 draws in a row!

dae FireCake Stephano showmatch?
BreakfastBurrito
Profile Joined November 2011
United States893 Posts
May 18 2014 23:03 GMT
#243
Good job solar. wish there was a way to figure out if the person offering was someone important, don't think its firecake.. using his own name lol, that would be silly, or have we been meta'd?
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RyLai
Profile Joined May 2011
United States477 Posts
May 19 2014 11:03 GMT
#244
Omg, after the updates, I'm 100% sure that was the real FireCake! He planned this all 100 moves ahead, and was using this drama to set up a showmatch between him and Solar. I bet in the dysmal alternate reality where Solar actually accepts the offer FireCake would've just bailed cause he just wanted to play a showmatch with Solar and not drop 2k on a match he probably doesn't care too much about. FireCake learned Korean specifically for this stunt.
bapor
Profile Joined October 2011
France3 Posts
May 19 2014 14:55 GMT
#245
Hello. I was the fake Stabilo. You have been trolled. Congratulation.
But im not the guy on FB, it was just a coincidence.
Of course, Firecake is innoncent. People are just so credulous lol.....

User was banned for this post.
Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12108 Posts
May 19 2014 15:02 GMT
#246
On May 19 2014 23:55 bapor wrote:
Hello. I was the fake Stabilo. You have been trolled. Congratulation.


I don't think I remember an instance where a troll worked less in the history of the internet.

Considering you put all your heart into creating the best possible fake you could create... I think it says something about your talent, sir.
No will to live, no wish to die
bapor
Profile Joined October 2011
France3 Posts
May 19 2014 15:13 GMT
#247
Thanks you, it was a pleasure.
Foudzing
Profile Joined December 2011
France181 Posts
May 19 2014 15:15 GMT
#248
Oh god Bapor.

He already the "best troller award" at Gamer's Assembly but he wants moar. :D

See you on Adel's stream BaporLePorc.
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Darrkhan
Profile Joined February 2012
Finland1236 Posts
May 19 2014 15:32 GMT
#249
Wow niec troll my mayn Bapor for presidentos!
Waise
Profile Joined June 2013
3165 Posts
May 19 2014 15:33 GMT
#250
On May 20 2014 00:02 Nebuchad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 19 2014 23:55 bapor wrote:
Hello. I was the fake Stabilo. You have been trolled. Congratulation.


I don't think I remember an instance where a troll worked less in the history of the internet.

Considering you put all your heart into creating the best possible fake you could create... I think it says something about your talent, sir.

it's not very difficult, really, to start a rumor and convince a few people that something bad might be true. great and effective trolls are a form of satire which expose flaws in people's way of thinking; this type of troll is more similar to smacking someone in the face and saying "ha! you got smacked in the face!" there's no nuance or intelligence to it. just meaningless chaos from a bored soul
SatedSC2
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
England3012 Posts
May 19 2014 15:53 GMT
#251
--- Nuked ---
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
May 19 2014 16:53 GMT
#252
On May 20 2014 00:13 bapor wrote:
Thanks you, it was a pleasure.


You have a very weird sense of pleasure
AdministratorBreak the chains
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
May 20 2014 10:12 GMT
#253
On May 20 2014 00:13 bapor wrote:
Thanks you, it was a pleasure.


Same IP as the other ?
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
sorrowptoss
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Canada1431 Posts
May 20 2014 15:52 GMT
#254
Solar's integrity should be an example to all progamers!
t0ssboy
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria681 Posts
May 24 2014 18:28 GMT
#255
Any development?
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do.There can be no courage if there is no fear.
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