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7 Chinese Players Banned: Match-fixing & Smurfing

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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-10 14:27:16
June 10 2017 03:39 GMT
#1
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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.

(Z)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.

(T)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.

(Z)Silky (Chinese player): Smurfing, banned from all official and sanctioned tournaments for one year, Blizzard account permanently closed, all rewards from related tournaments revoked.

(T)JIN, (T)Park, (Z)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 Coffee and Silky's Kung Fu Super League spot have also been revoked, with an additional qualifier next week to determine their replacements.
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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
June 10 2017 03:43 GMT
#2
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-Kyo-
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan1926 Posts
June 10 2017 03:43 GMT
#3
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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blunderfulguy
Profile Blog Joined April 2016
United States1415 Posts
June 10 2017 03:47 GMT
#4
Dang, they had some good stuff going over there. Seven players...wow.
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DARKING
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Mexico674 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-10 03:49:49
June 10 2017 03:48 GMT
#5
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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Lazare1969
Profile Joined September 2014
United States318 Posts
June 10 2017 03:51 GMT
#6
Never heard of them tbh
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RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7798 Posts
June 10 2017 03:53 GMT
#7
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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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
June 10 2017 03:56 GMT
#8
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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DARKING
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Mexico674 Posts
June 10 2017 03:57 GMT
#9
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?
LiquipediaMexican Liquipedia staff and Terran player. I tweet things @DARKING665.
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
June 10 2017 03:57 GMT
#10
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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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
June 10 2017 03:58 GMT
#11
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.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-10 04:00:19
June 10 2017 03:59 GMT
#12
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.
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
Scarlett`
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada2386 Posts
June 10 2017 03:59 GMT
#13
Silky and Coffee were going to come live with us in Korea; rip
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-Kyo-
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan1926 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-10 04:01:28
June 10 2017 04:00 GMT
#14
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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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
June 10 2017 04:01 GMT
#15
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.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4178 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-10 04:02:34
June 10 2017 04:01 GMT
#16
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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BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5217 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-10 04:02:39
June 10 2017 04:01 GMT
#17
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?
dyDrawer
Profile Joined September 2012
Canada438 Posts
June 10 2017 04:10 GMT
#18
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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[MD]Frostbite
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Canada292 Posts
June 10 2017 04:11 GMT
#19
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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Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10081 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-10 04:15:35
June 10 2017 04:14 GMT
#20
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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