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gamers accused of match rigging :haha: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8623514.stm South Korea Starcraft gamers accused of match rigging StarCraft warrior Players control armies of different species that do battle in StarCraft Police in South Korea are investigating allegations of match fixing by professional players of sci-fi-themed strategy game StarCraft. The game, made by World of Warcraft developer Blizzard, is enormously popular in South Korea. Leagues of professional players compete in televised tournaments and receive coaching and sponsorship. However, some players and officials are alleged to have accepted bribes from gambling websites to rig the games. There has been little coverage of the event in the country's mainstream media but the Korea Times website claims that the Korea e-Sports Association filed charges against individual players and coaches in March 2010. According to the newspaper StarCraft accounts for 70% of so-called "e-sports" activities in South Korea. A spokesperson from the Korean Embassy in the UK told the BBC that there had been no official statement from the Ministry of Culture but did confirm that an incident had been reported to the police. Website Gamepron said the news was being compared with the 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team were found to have deliberately lost games. |
fake and gay! |
wow so dumb |
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Starcraft is a big big big thing there. Just got back yesterday from Seoul, and they have tv channel's dedicated to people playing the game. Strategy, competitions, and shit...its such a big deal there. And the people that are really really good at it are considered stars. The game is so old, but man, i don't think Blizzard ever thought that a country would take the game and make a actual sport out of it. |
just wait till starcraft 2 goes official and is balanced. they did a very very VERY good job of keeping the "starcraft" feel. |
It's Korea, who gives a shit |
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ZERG RUSH OMG KEKEKEKEKEK |
when there are 2yr degrees based on strategic warfare on starcraft, its seriouz bidneszzzzzzz but yea,I have 3 korean friends, they are fucking godly, its like in their blood |
koreans are bred to play starcraft bred like zerglings, haha |
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