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China5291 Posts
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Netease and Blizzard today released a statement regarding player rule violations. Seven Chinese players have been penalized for match-fixing and smurfing.
 Punk: Match-fixing and smurfing on other's account, banned from all official and sanctioned tournaments for two years, Blizzard account permanently closed, all rewards from related tournaments revoked.
 Coffee: Match-fixing, banned from all official and sanctioned tournaments for one year and half, Blizzard account permanently closed, all rewards from related tournaments revoked.
Silky (Chinese player): Smurfing, banned from all official and sanctioned tournaments for one year, Blizzard account permanently closed, all rewards from related tournaments revoked.
JIN, Park, BreakingGG and 麦乐鸡块: Smurfing, banned from all official and sanctioned tournaments for six months, Blizzard account permanently closed, all rewards from related tournaments revoked.
Affected tournaments: Star of China reality show qualifier, GPL Season 1 qualifier, Kung Fu Super League Chinese qualifier.
In addition, Silky was expelled from the X-Team roster. Team manager xiaose also announced that Silky and Coffee's Korean trip sponsored by him and F91 have been cancelled. Coffee and Silky's Kung Fu Super League spot have also been revoked, with an additional qualifier next week to determine their replacements.
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shiiiiiiiit 
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In case it isn't clear to some readers, there are two players named Silky. One is an American player who is participating in the American WCS series. The one being talked about here is a different player, it is simply a chinese player with the same tag.
Sad to hear about this though, many of them take part in many events.
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Dang, they had some good stuff going over there. Seven players...wow.
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Mexico604 Posts
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case?
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On June 10 2017 12:51 Lazare1969 wrote:
Never heard of them tbh
Then you don't follow any of the smaller weekly cups. They're the new generation of Chinese players, taking over from old ones like TooDming, Jim and MacSed.
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China5291 Posts
On June 10 2017 12:48 DARKING wrote:
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case?
They smurfed on other's accounts to play in tournaments on their behalf. What this should be called in English?
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Mexico604 Posts
On June 10 2017 12:56 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2017 12:48 DARKING wrote:
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case? They smurfed on other's accounts to play in tournaments on their behalf. What this should be called in English?
Account sharing perhaps?
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On June 10 2017 12:56 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2017 12:48 DARKING wrote:
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case? They smurfed on other's accounts to play in tournaments on their behalf. What this should be called in English?
Account sharing I guess? Hard to fit that in a title though
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China5291 Posts
On June 10 2017 12:57 DARKING wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2017 12:56 digmouse wrote:On June 10 2017 12:48 DARKING wrote:
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case? They smurfed on other's accounts to play in tournaments on their behalf. What this should be called in English? Account sharing perhaps?
Worse than that, they knowingly competed in tournaments on behalf of other players.
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On June 10 2017 12:56 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2017 12:48 DARKING wrote:
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case? They smurfed on other's accounts to play in tournaments on their behalf. What this should be called in English?
假冒他人?
Impersonation? Or is that too serious, I think we don't even use such a term for this context in Chinese.
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Silky and Coffee were going to come live with us in Korea; rip 
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On June 10 2017 12:56 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2017 12:48 DARKING wrote:
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case? They smurfed on other's accounts to play in tournaments on their behalf. What this should be called in English?
edit: no clue why I basically retyped what you typed... xD - typing it as such is the most clear I believe.
I guess the most clear way to state it would be just that they were "smurfing under each other's accounts in tournaments"
I believe that would alleviate any doubt as to what type of smurfing it was, and why it is more serious. Also of great importance is that the GPL has WCS points and was a qualifier for a LAN so that definitely compounds the issue in regards to the WCS handbook rules.
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China5291 Posts
On June 10 2017 12:59 Disregard wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2017 12:56 digmouse wrote:On June 10 2017 12:48 DARKING wrote:
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case? They smurfed on other's accounts to play in tournaments on their behalf. What this should be called in English? 假冒他人? Impersonation?
That would imply the other does not know his identity is being used by others, which is not the case here, I guess smurfing is the best word here.
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On June 10 2017 12:59 Scarlett` wrote:Silky and Coffee were going to come live with us in Korea; rip
Oh no!
:-\ this is incredibly unfortunate. Can't believe its so many.
On June 10 2017 13:01 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2017 12:59 Disregard wrote:On June 10 2017 12:56 digmouse wrote:On June 10 2017 12:48 DARKING wrote:
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case? They smurfed on other's accounts to play in tournaments on their behalf. What this should be called in English? 假冒他人? Impersonation? That would imply the other does not know his identity is being used by others, which is not the case here, I guess smurfing is the best word here.
I don't think you'd use smurfs in a competitive context. Smurfing doesn't imply trying to pass yourself off as someone else.
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On June 10 2017 12:59 Scarlett` wrote:Silky and Coffee were going to come live with us in Korea; rip
So... have they been using your account?
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On June 10 2017 12:48 DARKING wrote:
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case?
I looked at the Chinese statement from NetEase and from the term they used, looks like "smurfing" means these players played in tournaments using someone else's identity.
BreakingGG apparently played as 麦乐鸡块 in the Star of China qualifier, this one was mentioned explicitly.
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On June 10 2017 12:59 Scarlett` wrote:Silky and Coffee were going to come live with us in Korea; rip
Aww thats a shame
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On June 10 2017 12:58 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2017 12:57 DARKING wrote:On June 10 2017 12:56 digmouse wrote:On June 10 2017 12:48 DARKING wrote:
Match fixing is bad, so I can see why Punk and Coffee got punished, but smurfing? I'm guessing the context here is important, because just smurfing does not seem a terrible thing to do. What were the specific circumstances about the smurfing in this case? They smurfed on other's accounts to play in tournaments on their behalf. What this should be called in English? Account sharing perhaps? Worse than that, they knowingly competed in tournaments on behalf of other players.
well that is super serious... fuck what a terrible news for the chinese and overall sc scene i wonder if the punishment for the players that "shared acc" in the tournaments arent severe enough.
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