EPTLife arrested/taken into custody and under investigation -…
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We know this is a crazy and sensitive issue, especially since Life is the most high profile player to be caught up in an "investigation". But please stay calm and refrain from slandering players until we have more information. Egregious posts will be dealt with accordingly. PLEASE READ THE OP BEFORE POSTING | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17191 Posts
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FlaShFTW
United States10272 Posts
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Penev
28512 Posts
On January 30 2016 04:53 WrathSCII wrote: Just a small reminder, Now it is 4:55 AM in Korea, so if you are checking this thread for some news, you need to wait at least 4 hours. And it's weekend too, we might have to wait to at least monday | ||
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stardog
556 Posts
On January 30 2016 06:11 FlaShFTW wrote: hasnt he been slumping recently? maybe theres a link? He almost won blizzcon a moment ago. | ||
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
can they arrest him for fixing games in cali :o | ||
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SmykuToronto
Poland269 Posts
On January 30 2016 06:24 Kevin_Sorbo wrote: can they arrest him for fixing games in cali :o He was payed to throw ro.16 but Korean throwing < foreign preparations for LotV. | ||
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
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the.Zane
10 Posts
On January 30 2016 05:27 RuiBarbO wrote: Is it confirmed/is there substantial reason to believe he was arrested for match-fixing? Or is KeSPA just reacting this way as a precaution? Since the korean article states, that the arrest was conducted by the office of Changwon it is very likely it has something to do with esports. He is living in Seoul I assume and if his arrest gets ordered from a guy in Changwon that would be like you getting arrested in New York from an office in Miami or so. I don't know any details, but it seems this Changwon office handles the fishy stuff in esports as the OP stated. Otherwise a Seoul district office would have handled the issue. (e.g. in case of theft) Also: Korean commenters on the original article assume that he is involved in some illegal betting, too. Not looking good from this perspective... | ||
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Skyblueone
Belgium155 Posts
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Clonester
Germany2808 Posts
On January 30 2016 06:43 Skyblueone wrote: Just curious, where are yoda and b4 at right now ? I would bet in the army. | ||
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Jealous
10261 Posts
"almost" | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On January 30 2016 06:43 Skyblueone wrote: Just curious, where are yoda and b4 at right now ? They were arrested and incarcerated, but I don't think we ever learned their sentence. | ||
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[Phantom]
Mexico2170 Posts
There are other types of matchfixing, like you know convincing the other and then split the money, or get other people to match fix si the results would benefit him or whatever. I'm not saying he did that, I'm just saying there are other types of matchfixing. Altough honestly I feel this might be unrelated to StarCraft, or at least I hope. At the end of the day for all we know he could be totally inocent in both real life and esports related stuff.. | ||
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On January 30 2016 06:24 Kevin_Sorbo wrote: can they arrest him for fixing games in cali :o Not for the games themselves, but they can arrest him for manipulating the online betting sites in order to make money/help others making money. The serious part here is not simply losing on purpose, it's doing it in a context where money is involved. | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
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Yakikorosu
1203 Posts
On January 30 2016 07:11 OtherWorld wrote: Why is everyone getting mad over matchfixing? All we know is that he was arrested. For all we know he could have been snorting cocaïne, getting into a brawl at the exit of a nightclub, selling a sextape of Zest and Gyuri or simply participating lightly in a crime commited by old friends of him. 1) Korean progamers don't have time during the day to engage in any criminal activity outside of the games they play.  2) More seriously, it seems hardly coincidental that this happens immediately before he was supposed to play his Code A match. That strongly suggests it's SC2-related. | ||
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Skynx
Turkey7150 Posts
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phodacbiet
United States1740 Posts
On January 30 2016 07:11 OtherWorld wrote: Why is everyone getting mad over matchfixing? All we know is that he was arrested. For all we know he could have been snorting cocaïne, getting into a brawl at the exit of a nightclub, selling a sextape of Zest and Gyuri or simply participating lightly in a crime commited by old friends of him. I'd buy that tape O_O | ||
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zakadar
Germany409 Posts
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Wuster
1974 Posts
On January 30 2016 07:16 Yakikorosu wrote: 1) Korean progamers don't have time during the day to engage in any criminal activity outside of the games they play. 2) More seriously, it seems hardly coincidental that this happens immediately before he was supposed to play his Code A match. That strongly suggests it's SC2-related. 3) Arrested by the same out of town office that's known to handle sports corruption (including the recent case against Gerrard / Prime). | ||
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