The situation is kind of complicated. From what I heard from Cadenzie on the FBW discord, Eddy Kim, the Korean English translator, was the go-between for the tourney organizers and the Korean players. He told the Korean players they'd be receiving 2k dollars just for going, which was a lie. I'm assuming this is why Larva dropped out. Then other players dropped out too because their friends weren't going, including Cadenzie due to visa issues. Also, Eddy Kim stole 1k dollars from Cadenzie before disappearing.

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

November 06 2018 20:43 GMT

#146

Who's this Eddy Kim character? Why not just ask Cadenzie if she can help bridge the barrier if she's living and interacting with them? After all, she's trust-able compared to some shady guy. This just sounds terrible all around for both sides now ><

GTR

51280 Posts

November 06 2018 21:04 GMT

#147

who the fuck is eddy kim lmao
random koreans who speak basic english trying to fleece gaming money now?

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6429 Posts

November 06 2018 21:14 GMT

#148

that guy almost got us working for him in Korea. we were suposed to stream from the afreeca studio and all the ballons will go to him.

at first afreeca was happy to get (FAT) going to Korea but once this guy started to exchange msgs everything become so shady.

lemmata

465 Posts

November 06 2018 21:20 GMT

#149

Eddy Kim was hired by Britney to be the translator for that team tourney that Afreeca hosted a while back. He was supposedly hired because he was a graduate of Yeonsei, one of Korea's top universities, and a skilled BW player. After the tourney ended, he claimed to have convinced Cadenzie to rent a place near Busan so that he could help her with translation free of charge. He also claimed to have paid for many of Cadenzie's expenses out of his own pocket. He also took some (small) donations from Cadenzie's fans on his own stream. He soon quit claiming that he no longer to afford to take the losses and had to take a job.

If the theft of $1K occurred, it would have occurred around this time.

Afterwards, an older Korean woman who goes by the handle Bbo on Afreeca decided to become something like Cadenzie's manager. Dunno what the details of the financial arrangements were, but she claimed to have paid for the deposit on Cadenzie's new rental closer to Seoul, IIRC, among other things. Cadenzie referred to this woman as her "mommy" at times.

The $1K theft has not come up before as far as I know. No one claimed back then that the translator ran away with her money. It is completely possible that this did not come up in Korean conversations because she did not (and probably still does not) possess the sufficient level of Korean language skills to communicate such things well.

Anyhow, this whole things sounds weird. From the background information, it seems somewhat unlikely that a well-off StarCraft fan hired by Britney would steal money from Cadenzie. On the other hand, I think it is a safe bet that Britney did not have anyone validate this guy's resume. So he could just have been running a long con. It's also strange that we haven't heard about this theft before. It's been a long time since the translator cut ties with Cadenzie. One wonders if there is another explanation that simply got lost in multiple layers of translation.

At any rate, I feel bad for the organizers. I hope they think twice in the future before committing their time and money to such a thankless job.

Rus_Brain

Russian Federation1890 Posts

November 06 2018 21:42 GMT

#150

On November 07 2018 06:20 lemmata wrote:
I hope they think twice in the future before committing their time and money to such a thankless job.

What is your suggestion?

Rus_Brain

Russian Federation1890 Posts

November 06 2018 21:58 GMT

#151

T-shirts for the players + Show Spoiler +

Trophies + Show Spoiler +

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6429 Posts

November 06 2018 22:00 GMT

#152

this is some sick t-shirt OMEGE
trophies
+ Show Spoiler +

lemmata

465 Posts

November 06 2018 22:07 GMT

#153

On November 07 2018 06:42 Rus_Brain wrote:

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What is your suggestion?

My suggestion is to not work with people who don't appreciate your hard work. I'm sorry. I know it isn't very helpful advice. It's very hard to get these guys to even show up for tournaments in Korea. Recent example: Jaehoon.

[AS]Rattus

427 Posts

November 06 2018 23:33 GMT

#154

im hyped for the tournament anyway. looks so promissing

byj

493 Posts

November 07 2018 03:07 GMT

#155

Holy moly those trophies look amazing!

Yanokabo

268 Posts

November 07 2018 03:11 GMT

#156

HAha this all sounds like some shitty Jackie chan scene from rush hour 3... this is supposed to be in Moscow not Manila right guys I mean come on for ffs... haha but the prize money should be just like secure in escrow to be paid out to the winners. This is a really nicely set up tour but no way guys from Korea would be getting free 2k and free hotel or whatever lol? Also not to get personal but what’s cadenzies backstory why she’s so famous here/ moved to Korea from scotland to Be a pro gamer? So random in 2018 can’t be trusting black hole Asian men in foreign countries

castleeMg

Canada752 Posts

November 07 2018 04:01 GMT

#157

so much weird drama lol, i look forward to watching the games on stream tho

Rus_Brain

Russian Federation1890 Posts

November 07 2018 07:03 GMT

#158

On November 07 2018 07:07 lemmata wrote:
My suggestion is to not work with people who don't appreciate your hard work.

I am afraid I would have been out of the business with this mindset

But thank you for the advice.

arew

Lithuania1861 Posts

November 07 2018 08:15 GMT

#159

On November 07 2018 16:03 Rus_Brain wrote:

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I am afraid I would have been out of the business with this mindset

But thank you for the advice.

That's why I think community should appreciate people like you, thumbs up to you, Rus_Brain!

There will always be people who hate something, try to scam someone and such, that's life. IMO we shouldn't give them more attention since they don't deserve it, we should talk more about people who are actually doing good stuff.