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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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Kaizor
Singapore910 Posts
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xuanzue
Colombia1747 Posts
On January 30 2016 10:21 alexanderzero wrote: Life is in second place for winnings in Starcraft 2, at $468,469. For some of the poorer, less successful players, I can at least understand why they would match fix. In Life's case, I really couldn't understand. Let's hope that he is cleared during this investigation! he is young and grew the last 4-5 years in a progaming house. A progaming house is a good place to improve the level of progamers, not necessarily a good place to make a social and logic person for the real world. young people is easily tempted and manipulated. last year he was a naive 18 years old boy. I'm still hoping he isn't involved in matchfixing. | ||
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DMXD
United States4064 Posts
On January 30 2016 10:21 alexanderzero wrote: Life is in second place for winnings in Starcraft 2, at $468,469. For some of the poorer, less successful players, I can at least understand why they would match fix. In Life's case, I really couldn't understand. Let's hope that he is cleared during this investigation! Correct me if I am wrong, but it is not uncommon for starcraft pros to donate a portion of their tournament money to their teams. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17879 Posts
On January 30 2016 05:04 Kaizor wrote: It took the South Korean Prosecutors long enough to finally suspect Life's loss to Sjow. SjoW had a lot of really unusual timings and anti-timings. and he did a lot of blind countering. if Life had never seen SjoW play before and was in the middle of 1 of those giant MLG events its plausible he could lose to SjoW. | ||
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Silvana
3713 Posts
On January 30 2016 10:07 Naracs_Duc wrote: Do we technically know if he's being accused of match fixing as opposed to breaking an entering/robbery/drugs/etc... On January 30 2016 01:57 neurego7647 wrote: As korean I will tell about interesting information about this incident(forgive my awkward english sentences) The point is the location of prosecutor's office: Changwon office All korean e-sports matches are played in Seoul because influence of Seoul as capital is absolute like Paris. But Life is interrogated in Changwon, not Seoul. Changwon is quite far from Seoul. It is far more than 400km(=250 miles), But Changwon is quitecclose from Life's hometown. But most interesting thing is Changwon prosecutor's office is specialized in investigating Match Fixing. Most Sports(soccer,baseball,basketball,volleyball,starcraft...... )Match-fixing investigation have done in Changwon That's why korean fans are suspecting Life's Match-fixing (emphasis mine) | ||
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mikedebo
Canada4341 Posts
Thank you, I can't believe someone had to literally spell that out | ||
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Grizvok
United States711 Posts
On January 30 2016 10:08 NEEDZMOAR wrote: nothings been confirmed yet, its all speculations right now. It's a little more than pure speculation if he's been taken to a place that conducts investigations mainly about sports match fixing. | ||
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Penev
28536 Posts
On January 30 2016 11:25 Grizvok wrote: It's a little more than pure speculation if he's been taken to a place that conducts investigations mainly about sports match fixing. I hope (besides a false accusation ofc) that he participated in illegal betting and this, combined with his profession, opted the prosecutor the have him arrested or something like that. | ||
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evolsiefil
143 Posts
On January 30 2016 11:34 Penev wrote: I hope (besides a false accusation ofc) that he participated in illegal betting and this, combined with his profession, opted the prosecutor the have him arrested or something like that. why are you hoping that? what would that change? he would still be banned from sc2 for life wouldnt he? | ||
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-Kyo-
Japan1927 Posts
On January 30 2016 10:46 DMXD wrote: Correct me if I am wrong, but it is not uncommon for starcraft pros to donate a portion of their tournament money to their teams. Incorrect, usually players retain their earned money and give it to their family to manage. In general, if the player is a bit older, money is given back to the parents for education/other purposes as well. I forget who it was, but maybe puma or something a long time ago?? said they gave like $30k to their parents or something for education. As far as I know, there is no Korean team that takes %s of player earnings other than some of the early ESF teams who needed assistance staying afloat, and I believe, only at the agreement of the player. | ||
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Wuster
1974 Posts
On January 30 2016 12:39 evolsiefil wrote: why are you hoping that? what would that change? he would still be banned from sc2 for life wouldnt he? Yes but this way the integrity of his accomplishments and the integrity of SC2 competitions are unharmed. | ||
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Nuclease
United States1049 Posts
I'm done watching GSL/SSL if this is true. I mean, a few B, C, or D level Koreans doing some match fixing is one thing. But a legend like Life? I would have a very hard time trusting the legitimacy of any one game after such an event, which is a shame, because watching Korean SC2 is one of my greatest pleasures. | ||
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ejozl
Denmark3552 Posts
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Joedaddy
United States1948 Posts
On January 30 2016 13:52 ejozl wrote: Would be a disaster if this happens to the greatest player to touch Starcraft 2. Luckily, Bitbybit retired years ago. Thank goodness we dodged that bullet! | ||
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Jealous
10388 Posts
On January 30 2016 13:51 Nuclease wrote: Ruh roh. I'm done watching GSL/SSL if this is true. I mean, a few B, C, or D level Koreans doing some match fixing is one thing. But a legend like Life? I would have a very hard time trusting the legitimacy of any one game after such an event, which is a shame, because watching Korean SC2 is one of my greatest pleasures. Because only Koreans can matchfix, ok got it. | ||
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Deathstar
9150 Posts
On January 30 2016 14:40 Jealous wrote: Because only Koreans can matchfix, ok got it. Well not all matchfixers are equal. We expect the highest quality games from Koreans so if the top koreans matchfix, that's no bueno. | ||
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tomastaz
United States976 Posts
On January 29 2016 22:11 FFW_Rude wrote: As a zerg, I had an idol in BW. I have an idol in SC2. I really hope they won't both break my heart. Let's wait out the investigation. I'm really at unease. This can't be happening..... I'm sure this is something that he played against a matchfixer and they want to know if he was aware of the situation. omg I feel bad for you =( | ||
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
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KrazyTrumpet
United States2520 Posts
On January 30 2016 14:40 Jealous wrote: Because only Koreans can matchfix, ok got it. It's certainly happening with enough frequency/severity to be actively detrimental to their local scene so...that's why it's such a big deal. | ||
NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
On January 30 2016 14:59 Circumstance wrote: I really do applaud the powers that be on the site for choosing not to news this while we still have insufficient information and this entire thread is little more than speculation and doomsday scenarios. (Warranted based on the strength of the circumstancial evidence, but still.) This thread is newsed. | ||
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