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.
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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.)
It's still news even if we don't know exactly what's happening. Life has been arrested for some reason or other.
Also they mentioned that they wish there won't be any spreading of unconfirmed information or inappropriate assumption, so no innocent unrelated victim is made.
On January 30 2016 16:53 c0ldfusion wrote: It defies logic for someone as good as Life to match fix. He's still in his prime. This makes no sense.
While I don't personally think Life would be the type of player to match fix, there's been plenty of in-prime players who matchfix and cheat in BW, other esports, and sports in general.
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.
Well not all matchfixers are equal. We expect the highest quality games from Koreans so if the top koreans matchfix, that's no bueno.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm going to guess that no one, or at least a very small minority of viewers, thought that Life had been matchfixing in any of his games. What that means is that the games, though farcical in nature, were of high enough quality to deceive the majority of viewers and players. In other words, the game quality is not in jeopardy, only its integrity (I'm assuming by quality you meant gameplay).
Nuclease complained about the potential for a lack of legitimacy, which is understandable. Quality, not so much. For him it may ruin the experience of watching Korean StarCraft, but Koreans are not the only ones capable of matchfixing and he should have no reason to believe foreigners are somehow above that temptation. Therefore, he should just stop watching StarCraft altogether if this is his position.
On January 30 2016 16:53 c0ldfusion wrote: It defies logic for someone as good as Life to match fix. He's still in his prime. This makes no sense.
Actually, that's exactly when you stand to make the most money.
Hyun, who won the WCS World Championship in 2014 and came in a close second in 2015, is far and away the highest-profile pro player to be caught up in the unhappily persistent problem of match-fixing.
Hyun too?? Oh wait... He never got WCS champion on 2014... Bad article is bad.
Hyun, who won the WCS World Championship in 2014 and came in a close second in 2015, is far and away the highest-profile pro player to be caught up in the unhappily persistent problem of match-fixing.
Hyun too?? Oh wait... He never got WCS champion on 2014... Bad article is bad.
They are using Life´s real name in the article also. Because of Hyun the player it is pretty confusing
Hyun, who won the WCS World Championship in 2014 and came in a close second in 2015, is far and away the highest-profile pro player to be caught up in the unhappily persistent problem of match-fixing.
Hyun too?? Oh wait... He never got WCS champion on 2014... Bad article is bad.
It might feel like it defies logic but since there have been plenty of sportsmen who have done illegal things (throwng, insider information, betting on games, whatever) with a lot more $$$ it's not an impossibility.
I hope he's not guilty of anything or if he is it is relating to general gambling offenses (Korea bans gambling afaik) than to him being match fixer or aiding and abetting match-fixing
to purely go off in unfair speculation, what if he did something like "oh this player hasn't been playing well against me when he asked me for help with practice, let me bet against him". It's not telling someone to throw a match nor throwing his own matches, but would not be surprised to see young men do some questionable stuff legally or ethically thinking they can make a quick extra buck.
Hyun, who won the WCS World Championship in 2014 and came in a close second in 2015, is far and away the highest-profile pro player to be caught up in the unhappily persistent problem of match-fixing.
Hyun too?? Oh wait... He never got WCS champion on 2014... Bad article is bad.
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