Great article Richard. We've relied too much on bans and public shame to try and police this. The reality is some players will just go to another game (we've seen it multiple times in esports), move on to the next phase of their life, or be unaffected by the shame they incur. It's worked in some cases. Life in SC2 was made an example of probably because of his high stature and has never played SC2 professionally since that ban from what I know. The aftermath of Life's matchfixing was the downfall of SC2 ProLeague. Matchfixing is a very selfish thing so evangelizing how it ruins a league, team, etc isn't in alignment with the prevention of it. These bad apples will always look out for themselves.
At what point is it illegal and you could get jail time in different countries? I feel traditional sports have kept it in check because of the threat of jail time. Losing your freedom trumps any other consequences in my eyes.
I feel like a whistleblower interview regarding this issue would be really big. Details like what sort of props are being fixed most or which cups are fixed the most would be very fascinating.
Looking forward to the reddit threads and comments like "RICHARD IS CALLING ME A CHEATER BUT I'VE NEVER CHEATED!!!" when you publish such a blacklist...
Could be repeated in every article you write Richard; match fixing, OPBAF, the community’s incapability to self reflect, those that send you hateful DM’s whenever you drop napalm on their beloved player. The list goes on.
Great article Richard. We've relied too much on bans and public shame to try and police this. The reality is some players will just go to another game (we've seen it multiple times in esports), move on to the next phase of their life, or be unaffected by the shame they incur. It's worked in some cases. Life in SC2 was made an example of probably because of his high stature and has never played SC2 professionally since that ban from what I know. The aftermath of Life's matchfixing was the downfall of SC2 ProLeague. Matchfixing is a very selfish thing so evangelizing how it ruins a league, team, etc isn't in alignment with the prevention of it. These bad apples will always look out for themselves.
At what point is it illegal and you could get jail time in different countries? I feel traditional sports have kept it in check because of the threat of jail time. Losing your freedom trumps any other consequences in my eyes.
Great stuff! Going to go share this as it's an important article.
I feel like a whistleblower interview regarding this issue would be really big. Details like what sort of props are being fixed most or which cups are fixed the most would be very fascinating.
Looking forward to the reddit threads and comments like "RICHARD IS CALLING ME A CHEATER BUT I'VE NEVER CHEATED!!!" when you publish such a blacklist...
“greedy weaklings of low moral fibre” great line.
Could be repeated in every article you write Richard; match fixing, OPBAF, the community’s incapability to self reflect, those that send you hateful DM’s whenever you drop napalm on their beloved player. The list goes on.