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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
January 14 2019 14:15 GMT
#21
anyone remember wdtour? I actually made it in the tournament because players got removed for this exact reason. and that was like 15 years ago.

how does TSL avoid it? just, transparency with replays and a lot of oversight?
Rob-Zero
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany460 Posts
January 14 2019 14:23 GMT
#22
On January 14 2019 22:45 yht9657 wrote:
Never understand why instead of an open qualifier WCS would rather have this whole ladder-racing thing, GSL is just way superior in this aspect with no risk of this kind of bullshit happening.


Really, we all know there has never been any matchfixing in Korea....wait, what ?
I personally think ladder qualifiers are exciting and would like to get them even more hyped up, as anyone above me said, the TSL qualifiers back then were great and generated a lot of stories. There will always be players that think they can trick the system, no matter the system, and if this accusation is true, it just proves how dumb players can be, as it is extremely transparent who played against which opponent, at what time, for how long, etc.
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yht9657
Profile Joined December 2016
1810 Posts
January 14 2019 15:06 GMT
#23
On January 14 2019 23:23 Rob-Zero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2019 22:45 yht9657 wrote:
Never understand why instead of an open qualifier WCS would rather have this whole ladder-racing thing, GSL is just way superior in this aspect with no risk of this kind of bullshit happening.


Really, we all know there has never been any matchfixing in Korea....wait, what ?
I personally think ladder qualifiers are exciting and would like to get them even more hyped up, as anyone above me said, the TSL qualifiers back then were great and generated a lot of stories. There will always be players that think they can trick the system, no matter the system, and if this accusation is true, it just proves how dumb players can be, as it is extremely transparent who played against which opponent, at what time, for how long, etc.

It's almost impossible to eliminate matchfixing caused by outside gambling from competitive sports since there will always be people dumb enough to try, but it's very easy to change your tournament format to prevent players from cheating like this in order to qualify.
K5
Profile Joined November 2014
Slovenia22 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-14 15:51:10
January 14 2019 15:50 GMT
#24
Sigh... The EXACT same thing happened a few years back in Hearthstone, and it seems nobody has learned anything from it...
Rob-Zero
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany460 Posts
January 14 2019 15:50 GMT
#25
On January 15 2019 00:06 yht9657 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2019 23:23 Rob-Zero wrote:
On January 14 2019 22:45 yht9657 wrote:
Never understand why instead of an open qualifier WCS would rather have this whole ladder-racing thing, GSL is just way superior in this aspect with no risk of this kind of bullshit happening.


Really, we all know there has never been any matchfixing in Korea....wait, what ?
I personally think ladder qualifiers are exciting and would like to get them even more hyped up, as anyone above me said, the TSL qualifiers back then were great and generated a lot of stories. There will always be players that think they can trick the system, no matter the system, and if this accusation is true, it just proves how dumb players can be, as it is extremely transparent who played against which opponent, at what time, for how long, etc.

It's almost impossible to eliminate matchfixing caused by outside gambling from competitive sports since there will always be people dumb enough to try, but it's very easy to change your tournament format to prevent players from cheating like this in order to qualify.


Yah, i understand your argument, i just don´t think it is necessary, since i don´t think it is that big of a deal. And I don´t want to renounce of something i like just because of some dumb kids not understanding why there is no fun in not being fair. But hey, i also understand that this is my point of view and that there are a lot of people with another opinion.
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Falcon_Power
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada26 Posts
January 14 2019 16:36 GMT
#26
why Parting removed his spot? He had like 3 spot top 10.
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Rob-Zero
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany460 Posts
January 14 2019 16:40 GMT
#27
On January 15 2019 01:36 Falcon_Power wrote:
why Parting removed his spot? He had like 3 spot top 10.


Parting is not allowed to play in WCS EU or NA as far as i know, since he is in Korea. So his mmr is not taken into account for the ladder qualifier.
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kinsky
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany368 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-14 16:57:30
January 14 2019 16:55 GMT
#28
On January 14 2019 21:52 RealityTheGreat wrote:
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On January 14 2019 21:16 busyghost wrote:
But overall I have to say that tying professional competitions to ladder results is just a really stupid decision. I have already seen numerous occasions of these drama in SC2 and Warcraft III.

I agree.


i agree too.

edit: dont hate the player, hate the game. but still, if they/he are/is guilty, there is no excuse for this shit. really bad sportsmanship.
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8751 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-14 16:59:15
January 14 2019 16:56 GMT
#29
On January 14 2019 23:15 travis wrote:
anyone remember wdtour? I actually made it in the tournament because players got removed for this exact reason. and that was like 15 years ago.

how does TSL avoid it? just, transparency with replays and a lot of oversight?

Yeah, maybe someone actually involved in the process will comment, but there were so many knowledgeable people (both TL staff and fans) watching the TSL ladder so closely. I'm not sure what exact process the TSL admins used, but I think at the very least they examined the match history of every qualifying player. If anything looked fishy then they did a deeper investigation. Replays were all available to be watched, so even if games looked normal from the outside (by match length, build order, APM, etc), there were people actually watching the replays to see if there were any signs of throwing the game or abnormal play.

It's unfortunate that in 2019 there are multiple people in this thread disapproving of ladder qualifiers due to fair play being supposedly inherently unenforceable when a bunch of volunteers were capable of running some very awesome ladder qualifiers a decade ago. As others have said, ladder qualifiers can be really fun but organization and community have to be there.
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GreasedUpDeafGuy
Profile Joined August 2018
United States398 Posts
January 14 2019 17:06 GMT
#30
I do like when people are surprised by VERY unsurprising things
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ProTech
Profile Joined November 2010
United States438 Posts
January 14 2019 17:19 GMT
#31
I think the real question here is: Why do we have random people on reddit/in-game discovering this kind of stuff? Why isn't BLIZZARD cleaning up their servers?

They don't take anything seriously these days, it's a joke.

Haukinger
Profile Joined June 2012
Germany131 Posts
January 14 2019 18:04 GMT
#32
There's a law against intentionally losing a game on ladder? You guys are ridiculous.
Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
January 14 2019 18:15 GMT
#33
On January 15 2019 03:04 Haukinger wrote:
There's a law against intentionally losing a game on ladder? You guys are ridiculous.


The ladder is part of the WCS qualifying system. It's not just throwing games on ladder for teh lulz, it's like throwing against your teammate in a tournament so that they can advance.
Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2630 Posts
January 14 2019 18:23 GMT
#34
On January 15 2019 01:40 Rob-Zero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2019 01:36 Falcon_Power wrote:
why Parting removed his spot? He had like 3 spot top 10.


Parting is not allowed to play in WCS EU or NA as far as i know, since he is in Korea. So his mmr is not taken into account for the ladder qualifier.

Thank god for fairness for all players! /s
Seriously why is region lock still a thing.
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Elmonti
Profile Joined July 2018
Spain299 Posts
January 14 2019 18:26 GMT
#35
On January 15 2019 03:04 Haukinger wrote:
There's a law against intentionally losing a game on ladder? You guys are ridiculous.


"Losing a game on ladder"? Nope, this is Cyan laddering and boosting Route's account to 6.2k so they could be matched in ladder and do whatever they need to get the spots... in this case taking a free win (0:00 win) 2 min before the time expires to get the last one.
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-14 18:56:01
January 14 2019 18:27 GMT
#36
On January 15 2019 03:04 Haukinger wrote:
There's a law against intentionally losing a game on ladder? You guys are ridiculous.

It is when it's part of the competition.
Plus account-sharing which is also alleged and proven beyond a reasonable doubt is expressly against the general ToS as well.

EDIT: 6.2. Cheating.
(a) Players must compete to the best of their ability at all times. Any form of cheating will not be
tolerated. All players are prohibited from influencing or manipulating a WCS game or match so
that the outcome is determined by anything other than its merits.
Examples of cheating would
include:
• Collusion, match fixing or any other action to intentionally alter, or attempt to alter, the results
of any game or match, including losing a game or match with another player in order to
advance one or the other’s rank;

• Allowing an individual who is not the registered owner of a Battle.net Account to play on
that Battle.net Account
in StarCraft II or any other Blizzard game.
(b) If someone asks you to bet on any WCS game or “fix” the outcome of a game, you must
immediately report this
contact to Blizzard using the following email address:
sc2admin@blizzard.com.
https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/page_media/m5/M538872VEAGF1516242955164.pdf
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Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
January 14 2019 18:35 GMT
#37
On January 15 2019 03:04 Haukinger wrote:
There's a law against intentionally losing a game on ladder? You guys are ridiculous.

When you thought that you finally found something people can't fucking disagree with, here comes The Guy.
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Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
January 14 2019 18:52 GMT
#38
Look at good guy Has man, he doesn't need this drama and bull**it...the guy is legit, really happy for him!
Disappointed in the others
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GreasedUpDeafGuy
Profile Joined August 2018
United States398 Posts
January 14 2019 19:32 GMT
#39
On January 15 2019 03:52 Zerg.Zilla wrote:
Look at good guy Has man, he doesn't need this drama and bull**it...the guy is legit, really happy for him!
Disappointed in the others


Has is the man who is trying to save Starcraft. Infinite respect
Cant catch me. You're wasting your time
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36383 Posts
January 14 2019 19:33 GMT
#40
man this just takes me back to comparing ICCUP ip addresses for all TSL players

i remember having to ban so many top players for win abuse
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