MC wrote some of his thoughts on today's news. Here's a translation. (Original, Korean post on PGR21.com) I haven't lived with Gerrard or talked to him a lot, so I won't say anything about him.
But YoDa, he was one of my gamer colleagues who I felt closest to, so I'm writing this.
I am in no way defending him. I'm just writing my feelings on this incident.
I first met YoDa when I moved into the IM team house.
I thought he was just an ordinary guy who liked games, so I treated him well like I do with all of the younger players, and we slowly grew more friendly.
After I left the IM team house, YoDa and First also left.
YoDa said he couldn't continue being a gamer from his own home, so he asked me if he could live with me.
Well, living by myself was lonely for me, so I brought him in, fed him and gave him a place to sleep, and we lived together for a year that way.
Then, a good opportunity came up in Germany, so I took those two and headed to the house in Germany, and we lived there for yet another year. Our friendship grew deeper and we had a lot of good memories.
We split up when we returned to Korea this year. I ended up deciding to retire, and I wished them luck going forward.
So I went to YoDa's games to cheer him on...
I still remember, when he first became suspected of fixing matches.
Him telling me it wasn't true, that it wasn't fair, with tears in his eyes.
So I didn't believe it was true.
Think about it. A kid you've lived with for 3 years, someone who might as well be your actual brother, crying and saying it's unjust. Who wouldn't believe him?
After that, before the news stories came out, I heard from colleagues around me that he had been taken to the police station.
I tried in every possible way to contact YoDa, but I wasn't able to contact him, nor his family.
Mmmm.... I guess the last time I saw him in my life was at a gathering with the people who lived together in Germany.
Well, I believed him until the very end. What hurts most is that he betrayed and deceived his fellow gamers, and me, who thought of him as a younger brother.
If it was some other crime, some accident, I would have tried to protect him.
But for a progamer to lose on purpose in a match,
That's the most shameful thing in the world.
I want to say something to the people who arrange the match-fixing, the people who are thinking about it.
A true gamer makes his money by winning.
As a gamer, I've never had the slightest thought of losing on purpose.
I'm not even a progamer now, just someone who streams on the internet. But as someone who was once friends with YoDa and was active as a StarCraft 2 progamer,
On their behalf, I want to offer my deepest apologies to fans of esports and fans of StarCraft 2 who were hurt by this.
Coach Cho Kyu-nam (ex CJ coach, before match fixing scandal broke out) Savior plays well in practice, but he never performed when playing in actual games. He buys a lot of brand items nowadays, maybe his mental state isn't very healthy? I was thinking this when Investigators started investigating. When this happened, Savior went on his knees and said. "Coach, It's really not me. Please believe me" Savior who was already suffering from his lack of performance was also being swept by this... So I took him out of the roster, put him on a sick leave and told him to go home and rest. ON the internet, there are terrible people who are spreading rumors that Savior is the criminal. Those Fomos bastards even used Savior's silhouette on their pictures. Things died down when I told everyone that It is 100% not savior and that I will sue anyone who spreads rumors. When all of this is over, Savior will finally resurrect. Fighting.
a few days later after all the information came out, coach cho announced his resignation from cj and his immediate retirement from coaching.
This reminds me of Aaron Rodgers and Ryan Braun when Braun was accused of using steroids and denied it while his friend Rodgers defended him to everyone and on Twitter. Turned out Braun lied to him and was suspended for using steroids.
Coach Cho Kyu-nam (ex CJ coach, before match fixing scandal broke out) Savior plays well in practice, but he never performed when playing in actual games. He buys a lot of brand items nowadays, maybe his mental state isn't very healthy? I was thinking this when Investigators started investigating. When this happened, Savior went on his knees and said. "Coach, It's really not me. Please believe me" Savior who was already suffering from his lack of performance was also being swept by this... So I took him out of the roster, put him on a sick leave and told him to go home and rest. ON the internet, there are terrible people who are spreading rumors that Savior is the criminal. Those Fomos bastards even used Savior's silhouette on their pictures. Things died down when I told everyone that It is 100% not savior and that I will sue anyone who spreads rumors. When all of this is over, Savior will finally resurrect. Fighting.
a few days later after all the information came out, coach cho announced his resignation from cj and his immediate retirement from coaching.
Coach Cho Kyu-nam (ex CJ coach, before match fixing scandal broke out) Savior plays well in practice, but he never performed when playing in actual games. He buys a lot of brand items nowadays, maybe his mental state isn't very healthy? I was thinking this when Investigators started investigating. When this happened, Savior went on his knees and said. "Coach, It's really not me. Please believe me" Savior who was already suffering from his lack of performance was also being swept by this... So I took him out of the roster, put him on a sick leave and told him to go home and rest. ON the internet, there are terrible people who are spreading rumors that Savior is the criminal. Those Fomos bastards even used Savior's silhouette on their pictures. Things died down when I told everyone that It is 100% not savior and that I will sue anyone who spreads rumors. When all of this is over, Savior will finally resurrect. Fighting.
a few days later after all the information came out, coach cho announced his resignation from cj and his immediate retirement from coaching.
There are a few figures I've met in my life that make me think like this. If I knew someone had done something similar... I'd probably have felt the same way.
I think it is so difficult for me to empathize with how MC feels because I don't speak Korean and I didn't spend enough time in Korea to really feel any experience like this.
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