A massive scandal is reportedly exploding over in South Korea -- in the world of e-sports. As you probably know, PC gaming -- especially StarCraft -- is huge business in South Korea, where old import restrictions helped PC gaming become the dominant format of entertainment in the heavily populated, internet-loving country.
The scandal involves match-fixing and cheating in the upper echeloens of the StarCraft world. Apparently games have been rigged for money -- which is a pretty standard thing in the world of regular sports, but this is the first real big scandal of the sort to hit the pro-gaming world.
All sorts of folks have been in on the deal, apparently, with fingers being pointed at top players, journalists (don't trust those guys!), match organizers and coaches.
If you dig pro-StarCraft, you might recognize the names of some of these top players which have been suspected of rigging matches:
Myung Soo (Yarnc), Chan Soo (Luxury), Sang Ho (SangHo), Jung Woo (EffOrt), Yong Hwa (Movie), Jae Yoon (sAviOr), Taek Yong (Bisu), Byong Goo (Stork), Jae Wook (BeSt), il Jang (hero), Myung Hoon (fantasy), Heui Seung (UpMaGiC), Jae Dong (Jaedong), Sang Moon (Leta), Jong Seo (Justin), Chang Hee (go.go)
Under suspicion is even one of the best players of all time (from what I hear), Ja Mae Yoon, who goes by the name sAvior.
Source:GamePron
Section:PC Games
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