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Another 'StarCraft' Cheating Scandal Rocks Korea (playerattack.com)
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.
Video games are just ... games
Isn't game supposed to be fun?
Yeah, as if this kind of cheating (deliberate loss + brokers) never happened in sports. You know, the sports that are supposed to be games as well.
Takeaway: the fun goes away when there's a lot of money in play.
I wish there weren't that much money in sports, but it won't change because people want this; you know, panem et circem..
Or remarkably few problems in a society that is so idyllic that it cares deeply about trivialities.