Blizzard recently received reports from a professional player that he had been approached by a broadcaster with requests to collude on matches for monetary gain. Upon investigating, we determined the evidence was authentic, but the broadcaster was impersonated by another professional player known by the ID 'Revolver'. As a result of his impersonation and attempt to matchfix, 'Revolver' is now banned from all current and future Blizzard Esports competitions, and will be removed from the player list for WCS Jönköping. Competitive integrity is vital for all Blizzard Esports, and we will investigate all reports of misconduct thoroughly and to the best of our ability.
Revolver is a Russian zerg. He frequently played in Dreamhack tournaments and was signed up to play in the open bracket of WCS Jönköping.
While a lot of information will remain private, I saw the screenshots and wish to give a huge commendation to the player for turning down the match fixing propositions without even a second thought. It's not easy to say no when there's potentially a lot of money on the line, it's hard to do.
Great job to the player who turned it down and reported it. You are literally saving Starcraft
On June 16 2017 10:38 GGzerG wrote: Pretty sad, wasn't he from team Revolution or nah?
No, I think you are getting mixed up with our Team Revolution player Matt 'Revolution' Duff. Revolver has not played with us, just came to clarify that~
Still always a good day when a player speaks up after turning down offers to match fix games, and has the balls to report it. But sad that people still think match fixing is an accepted thing to offer players, regardless of any amount of money they offer. It is great to see that Blizzard are still quick to act and deal with match fixing and other situations, that can destroy the brilliant game that is Starcraft.
Good day for Starcraft. This is exactly how we should hope these kind of things turn out. Let's hope more players get a liveable wage for their work - remember to support your favorite players!
On June 16 2017 12:16 TeutonicLord wrote: he is well-known as a moron in russian stream community glad he got caught
User was warned for this post
Just curious on why this post got a warning while the two posts above it are fine?
One of the big reasons probably is that it is the account's first post.
You can get away with stuff like that if you've been here for a while and are known to contribute aside from player bashing but as a first post it's not a good sign.
On June 16 2017 12:16 TeutonicLord wrote: he is well-known as a moron in russian stream community glad he got caught
User was warned for this post
Just curious on why this post got a warning while the two posts above it are fine?
One of the big reasons probably is that it is the account's first post.
You can get away with stuff like that if you've been here for a while and are known to contribute aside from player bashing but as a first post it's not a good sign.
I don't think calling someone a moron is ever an acceptable thing.
On June 16 2017 12:16 TeutonicLord wrote: he is well-known as a moron in russian stream community glad he got caught
User was warned for this post
Just curious on why this post got a warning while the two posts above it are fine?
One of the big reasons probably is that it is the account's first post.
You can get away with stuff like that if you've been here for a while and are known to contribute aside from player bashing but as a first post it's not a good sign.
I don't think calling someone a moron is ever an acceptable thing.
But telling someone to literally 'fuck off' is? I smell double standards, moron isn't nowhere near the f-word IMO. Also, how are new posters supposed to know it's just okay to say sth. rude/offensive when you got more posts? Shouldn't guidelines apply to everyone equally? Just saying that moderating that post probably wasn't a brilliant move to begin with.
EPT
Revolver is a Russian zerg. He frequently played in Dreamhack tournaments and was signed up to play in the open bracket of WCS Jönköping.
