Another 'StarCraft' Cheating Scandal Rocks Korea (playerattack.com)

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 18, 2015 @09:21PM from the abiding-strangeness dept.

dotarray writes: "Five years ago, the professional StarCraft community was rocked by a massive cheating scandal – now it looks like history is repeating, as twelve StarCraft II gamers have been arrested in South Korea over charges of match-fixing and illegal betting." From the article: Those arrested include Gerrard (Park Wae-Sik), head coach of pro gaming team PRIME, and one of his team members, YoDa (Choi Byeong-Heon). ... The games in question, according to the prosecutor's investigation, include five professional-level StarCraft II matches, which were played between January and June 2015 including as part of the GSL Season 1 and SKT Proleague Season 1. Pro-gamer YoDa has been accused of receiving money to deliberately lose matches, while Gerrard stands charged with receiving money from brokers, connecting players to brokers, and suggesting to players that they might like to lose a game or two and get paid.

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Re:Dying pro league by Anonymous Coward · 2015-10-18 21:38 · Score: 2, Funny

Might as well milk
MOO !! You starcraft cow! STARCRAFT COW MOO !!
Re:What happened = gambling + sports by Chris+Mattern · 2015-10-19 00:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Haven't you heard? Fantasy sports isn't gambling, it's a game of skill! *snerk*
Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · 2015-10-19 01:02 · Score: 4, Funny

Cough*Deflategate*cough
Re:Gambling by Translation+Error · 2015-10-19 01:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Gambling is stupid. Anyone who gambles is already being ripped off.
Wanna bet?

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