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04-25-2017, 12:30 AM
Match-fixers taint 'Overwatch' tournament and get hit with criminal charges
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Two people who orchestrated the throwing of a professional Overwatch match received more than a lifetime ban from the tournament in question — they were booked without detention by police in South Korea and charged with interference with business.
The incident — reported by Inven (http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=176682&iskin=esports) Sunday and translated by ESPN (http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/19222514/two-booked-detention-south-korea-overwatch-match-fixing) — involved Overwatch team Lumi**us Solar's player manager Jin Seok-hoon and coach Baek Min-jeh coordinating with team UnLimited player Choi Yoon-soo to guarantee Lumi**us Solar a win during OGN's Overwatch Apex Challenger Season 2 qualifiers, according to an internal investigation by OGN.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/24/overwatch-match-fixing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Two people who orchestrated the throwing of a professional Overwatch match received more than a lifetime ban from the tournament in question — they were booked without detention by police in South Korea and charged with interference with business.
The incident — reported by Inven (http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=176682&iskin=esports) Sunday and translated by ESPN (http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/19222514/two-booked-detention-south-korea-overwatch-match-fixing) — involved Overwatch team Lumi**us Solar's player manager Jin Seok-hoon and coach Baek Min-jeh coordinating with team UnLimited player Choi Yoon-soo to guarantee Lumi**us Solar a win during OGN's Overwatch Apex Challenger Season 2 qualifiers, according to an internal investigation by OGN.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/24/overwatch-match-fixing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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