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On February 14 2016 08:59 Seeker wrote: Starting from this page on, I will be moderating more harshly toward any mention of MarineKing's name. This thread has NOTHING to do with MarineKing. Do not talk about MarineKing even if you are defending him. Just don't do it. Please no match-fixing accusations on MarineKing or any other player if it has not officially been confirmed. This goes for other players too. -The_Templar | ||
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
On February 01 2016 02:04 Shield wrote: Slight offtopic, was savior in jail? I missed all the news after he was caught matchfixing. Public service and probation, no actual jail time | ||
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Deathstar
9150 Posts
On February 01 2016 01:58 Solar424 wrote: mfw ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/uyfHNB6.jpg) liffuuuuuuu | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16102 Posts
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Orr
United States168 Posts
On February 01 2016 00:36 Swisslink wrote: Well, during the latest rumours regarding fixed matches in tennis, it was mentioned that 'players with multiple Grand Slam victories' were suspected. So far no proof ofc, but still... Correct to an extent. But need to understand the issues much deeper before throwing around important terms without proper context. The player in question was Hewit (multiple sources easily decoded the long numerical code names for all suspected players in a matter of hours), and another follow-up piece that randomly analyzed 8 of his 15 matches in question, found lots of evidence to suggest that because of his up and down injury history and inconsistent play, that certain initial betting lines had been weighted incorrectly, and were quickly corrected, which triggered the match-fixing computer algorithms. There is clearly lots of corruption in tennis, as in all other sports. But as this demonstrated, simply using a computer algorithm alone is an entirely incomplete and inconclusive science. The suspicious betting for the aforementioned also all occurred after his rather fluky grand slam victories in 2001 and 2002 (total down years in tennis when the men's game was really weak and diluted after Sampras, and before the rise of Federer and Nadal). His career was very inconsistent afterwards due to injuries, ineffectiveness, and largely not being as talented as the new breed of his peers. Comparing him to Life is absurd. The tennis player most analogous to Life would probably be some mixture of Nadal (back in his prime and now Djoker). Not the perfect ground-strokes and ballet movement of Federer, but the sheer force of will and endless energy to bludgeon you into the dust. The mixture of Nadal/Djoker would also likely be the greatest of all-time. Which is worlds different than Hewitt who no one ever confused as being particularly special even during his peak in the early 2000s (him and Roddick were recognized by non-fanboys at the time as mere placeholders). For someone along the lines of Federer/Nadal/Djoker/Serena (for these are the comparables to Life) to engage in illicit behavior against their sport, the ramifications would be seismic and landscape altering. For these champions are not only very wealthy, but trying their hardest to secure their place in history as the greatest ever (something Life is widely considered to already be in SC2). It's become common knowledge in recent years that being a professional tennis player is hardly profitable. It's widely estimated that only the top 150 or so on both the men's and women's tour net any profit after all their expenses. Estimates generally place the percentage of tennis pros coming out ahead at 2-3% overall. Which in SC2 terms can be viewed roughly as the 2.67% of global users in Masters/GM (http://nios.kr/sc2/global/1v1/hots/). The critical caveat for this analogy, being that only the top 25 or so on KR GM are winning all the major tournaments and receiving all the big endorsements. I think that starcraft and tennis are very good comparisons despite their obvious differences. Since both are largely individual sports. Which make cheating (namely betting and match-fixing) extremely tempting and easy to do. Especially in light of the hugely CEO-like prize/endorsement structure where only those at the absolute top reap the lavish profits, while everyone else scratches and claws for whatever is left as it trickles down. | ||
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Captain Peabody
United States3137 Posts
What I'm saying is, this is totally my fault, guys. I promise to stop joining fan clubs on TL. | ||
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thePunGun
598 Posts
On February 01 2016 02:08 Charoisaur wrote: And this guy denied TaeJa his blizzcon victory... I'm confused...are you seriously sad about the fact that Life didn't throw those games, too? O.o | ||
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jpg06051992
United States580 Posts
And it still wasn't enough, still needed more money. I was a gigantic fanboy until I saw this, I know how Asian law works, they don't arrest you until they pretty much got your ass on lock down with a conviction, Life is done. | ||
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royalroadweed
United States8301 Posts
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MRSA_SC2
Germany19 Posts
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KT_Elwood
Germany1200 Posts
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Shinespark
Chile843 Posts
On February 01 2016 02:17 MRSA_SC2 wrote: People keep forgetting all the legal money he earned as a minor was on parents-watch. Yeah, doesn't that mean that he pretty much can't spend it? Yet people are saying that he threw his winnings away whimsically. Anyone can explain? | ||
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EatingBomber
1017 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24239 Posts
On February 01 2016 02:21 EatingBomber wrote: MODS: Is it appropriate to bust out some ded gaem memes? if you want to get banned this the perfect idea | ||
KadaverBB
Germany25658 Posts
On February 01 2016 02:21 EatingBomber wrote: MODS: Is it appropriate to bust out some ded gaem memes? That is one of the stupidest questions I've read in recent times  | ||
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KtJ
United States3514 Posts
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Thax
Belgium1060 Posts
On February 01 2016 00:39 OtherWorld wrote: There is major difference between the fields which suffered scandals and live on healthily and SC2 though If you believe most people on these boards Korean SC2 was already dead and buried weeks ago, so this doesn't make much difference anyway. | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
9069 Posts
TaeJa, stay pure. | ||
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Koivusto
Finland542 Posts
On February 01 2016 02:28 KadaverBB wrote: That is one of the stupidest questions I've read in recent times But I'm kinda interested what kind of memes the guy has to offer :O | ||
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thePunGun
598 Posts
On February 01 2016 02:38 Koivusto wrote: But I'm kinda interested what kind of memes the guy has to offer :O Consider this thread "No Meme's Land"  | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
It's like if we found out that Michael Jordan had been using steroids / match-fixing. After Lance Armstrong, cycling interest in the USA still hasn't recovered | ||
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