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StarCraft Cheating Scandal Rocks Korea

Posted by timothy on from the take-a-dive-when-the-princess-appears dept.

dotarray writes with this snippet: "The largest scandal in e-sports history is currently unfolding in Korea, with revelations that a number of current pro gamers are involved with match setups and illegal betting. While the gamers are unnamed at this point, the story is said to touch many A-list StarCraft celebrities, including sAviOr, Ja Mae Yoon, one of the best-known and most successful players of all time."

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  1. Name is wrong - Jae Yoon Ma by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    His first name is Jae Yoon, and his surname is Ma. Typically written in Korean with the surname first, as Ma Jae Yoon. Ja Mae Yoon is wrong.

  2. Re:A-list? What? by Some.Net(Guy) · · Score: 5, Informative

    In Korea, video gaming is a professional sport. These guys they mention are bigger celebrities to Koreans than, say, LeBron James is to Americans. You think I'm joking or exaggerating, but I assure you I am not.

  3. Re:A-list? What? by DreadPiratePizz · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually yes, in Korea they do have the tabloids cover them. Some even date actresses. Everybody knows of Boxer, Savior and Bisu. Everybody.

  4. Re:As long as it's not Boxer, I'm ok by gzipped_tar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Criminals? I guess you mean criminal suspects, since it's the police rather than the court that "have gotten involved".

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  5. Re:A-list? What? by EvanED · · Score: 5, Informative

    A couple posts (e.g. the top one on this page) dispute it's at that degree of popularity:

    bjornkavist:

    You over estimate the popularity of Starcraft. Since this is a Starcraft site that covers pro BW from a foreign stand point it seems like the biggest thing in the world. When sadly, when compared to Hockey in Canada, or Football in the States, its no where near as popular. Yes people know about it, tons do, compared to other countries but Koreand definately dont breathe Starcraft.

    PanzerDragoon:

    I would say SC is most comparable to MMA in the states; a niche sport with a decent sized hardcore fanbase, but not wide casual appeal.

  6. Re:A-list? What? by crossmr · · Score: 5, Informative

    mainly because you're a tool. Here is what a search of him in Korea looks like:
    http://search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=tab_hty&where=nexearch&query=%B8%B6%C0%E7%C0%B1&x=0&y=0

    news sites, images, magazine covers, videos, etc

  7. Re:How is this news? by Dalambertian · · Score: 3, Informative

    For more info, you can follow the coverage at teamliquid's forums. Click to expand the "spoilers". http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=119403

  8. Re:recidivism by g0del · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wrong. Recidivism rates are much higher for people who are driven by a desire for money than they are for sexual offenders. Evidence from http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/ascii/rpr94.txt
    "Released prisoners with the highest rearrest rates were --

    robbers (70.2%)
    burglars (74.0%)
    larcenists (74.6%)
    motor vehicle thieves (78.8%)
    possessors/sellers of
    stolen property (77.4%)
    possessors/sellers of
    illegal weapons (70.2%).

    What these high-rate offenders have in common is that they were all in prison for what are generally thought of as crimes for money. By contrast, many of those with the lowest rearrest rates -- persons convicted of homicide (40.7%), rapists (46.0%), other sexual assaulters (41.4%), other violent offenders (51.7%), and those convicted of driving under the influence (51.5%) -- were in prison for crimes not generally motivated by desire for material gain."

    Sexual offenders and pedophiles are a problem, but attempting to solve it with bad data won't work.