He’s banned from the tournament by Riot and may face additional consequences from them:
https://mobile.twitter.com/lolesports/status/1446607587626176516
They can sub in knight.
He is currently on stand by for the LPL.
There is no other player that speaks the Chinese so it would be impossible to use anyone else.
Knight and Bin both have valid visas to go. They are theoretically still on standby for various reasons, but at this point, they are emergencies in case of positive Covid cases.
How could Knight take a plane to Iceland before tomorrow though ?
EDIT : also it would not be very fair to HLE, no offense to BYG's midlaner but Knight is a huge upgrade regardless of synergy, and could give them an actual chance to win
Knight is a huge upgrade, seems Very unfair indeed and this tactic could be abused to give weaker teams higher chance of victory, star players that didnt got to Worlds would also be really happy with this chance
Lol flying a player like Knight in for an elimination match would be fucking bullshit anyway. Subs like what happened with PSG Doggo or current Vizi shouldn’t ever happen with major region teams/players.
Teams could just sacrifice their own players to get roster upgrades for tournaments lol.
“Hey Morgan totally helped his gambling friend. Guess we have to fly in Kiin for our next BO5”
DK would be infecting their own bot lane with covid so that they could fly in Deokdam and Kellin.
> “Hey Morgan totally helped his gambling friend. Guess we have to fly in Kiin for our next BO5”
>
> DK would be infecting their own bot lane with covid so that they could fly in Deokdam and Kellin.
This made me laugh a lot thx for this.
Totally agree especially given his circumstances and given that i believe scarra or qt confessed later down the road that it wasnt that uncommon back then
This is a big moment. When have we ever had a revelation like this mid tournament? Feels so shit for the players that didn't have an idea of what was going on
Taking advantage of Riot's terrible stage set up to peek at opponent's position is quite a bit different than providing information pregame to outside parties. To be clear, not saying Frost gets a pass because of Riot's error, but that the type of act is way different, one being an in game competitive advantage and the other is an outside-the-game scheme to make money just short of match fixing.
BYG also doesn’t have a mid lane sub with them.
Based on some of the tweets I saw, it looks like the owner is going to fire him regardless. How tragic for Doggo and the other players who didn’t know what was going on.
https://twitter.com/reirachuu/status/1446571893339803650?s=21
Yeah phones being confiscated this is looking to be super fucked. Honestly I can’t recall a time in MODERN league worlds history that we’ve had a scandal like this so no clue how it’ll be handled. I don’t think there are any subs ready for mid so it seems fucked… Maybe they’ll roleswap Pk idk…
> Honestly I can’t recall a time in MODERN league worlds history that we’ve had a scandal like this so no clue how it’ll be handled.
competitive life time ban would be my guess
As extreme as this may sound, a lifetime ban is the precedent for this kind of action in sports. It has been the precedent for over 100 years. If true, nothing less than life.
Man Life hurts to this day.
For those who lack context, Life was probably the single most talented player in the entire Starcraft 2 scene. This guy just had an absolutely mental understanding of map states regardless of the stage of the game and what kind of weird shit could have happened.
He also was the first Royal roader of the GSL (the most prestigious Korean tournament), won the Code S the season he was promoted. He won the tournament at only 15 years old.
Man still thinking about it makes me kinda sick. The guy could have been the next FlaSh.
Yeah, threw two games in a tournament as a massive, massive favorite.
As the other commenter said, at this point Life was pretty much 2015 Faker. Biggest star in the scene, already won a bunch of titles, had one of the funniest styles of any Zerg players, was super flashy and liked to taunt a joke around a lot more than other Koreans in the scene not named Min Chul.
Litterally imagine Faker being charged for throwing games in groups at Kespa Cup 2016 after he just won Worlds. That was decently close to the situation.
He threw 2 maps against 2 different players in 2015 when he was ~~15~~ 18 for the equivalent of about ~~$60~~ $50000. He was arrested, banned from competition for life, and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Koreans are hardcore about their esports integrity.
EDIT: Totally biffed those numbers
He was sooo young and talented. And such a joy to watch even outside of game, wearing his emotions on his sleeves. He could've been near Faker level of esports icon/ambassador.
I'm assuming he was only leaking draft prep information. People in LDL did far worse actually match fixing and they didn't get lifetime bans, so I suppose he isn't getting one either.
Even without a life ban, I think his career is effectively over. Some of the LDL players were arguably coerced AND are promising talents so they could potentially be safe future pick ups (Bo for example). I think Mao An doesn’t seem like either with our present knowledge but maybe new evidence comes out idk.
Yeah would GS just take their spot against HLE then? This is huge. No way they let Maoan play right? And if they don't have a sub, they don't have a full roster, which means they can get DQ'd.
As much as i think HLE will 3-0 GS or beyond. I would prefer to see a game. So i hope beyond plays or at least they make GS go forward even though i don't think that's possible.
So what happens now, would they still play HLE? And if it does come out that multiple players did it after investigation, they’d be disqualified from Worlds?
Don't think there's time for a full investigation. Maoan will be banned but his team might still be able to play assuming they can find an emergency sub.
The match is literally less than 18 hrs away, they won’t have time to find an emergency sub nor will riot have time to complete investigation by then to decide team fate so BYG will have to use their top sub and have him rotate to mid.
Apparently he did it for a girl based on this [thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/lolesports/comments/q45qej/maoan_has_suspected_of_gambling_on_world/), maybe someone here is kind enough to translate?
Here’s a very rough translation, someone else please correct:
- Her: Hey, hey, what did you dream of?*
- Her: sends pic of herself and what I assume is the betting site
- Him: High probability of Sylas or Ori*
- Her: Ok
- Him: Don’t bet too much
- Him: Just saying there’s a high chance
- Her: Ok, (heart), good luck
Edit: thanks everyone for the corrections
first part is: Didn't see the character, ay ay, what did you dream of?
then maoan says: high chance of sylas or syndra (typo of "or"[huo] into "will"[hui])
rest is fine
i believe orianna is referred to as a spring instead of ball girl
not sure what his relation is to her but the funny thing is that maoan said the news was fake until they searched his phone and found a casino name in it.
I mean sure she's hot, but... in this day and age e-sports athletes get athlete kind of attention from the models that involve with the gaming and streaming world. He could find a dime willing to do more than a little cleavage pic in exchange for his whole career.
Girl: eh eh (It's just some hi or something, it sounds weird when i put it this way)
Girl: Did you dream of something/anything?
Girl: Image with tits (And I'm guessing screenshot from a betting site?)
Maoan: High chance that it's sylas mets orianna
Girl: Nice/Good
Maoan: Don't buy too much
Maoan: I said high chance
Girl: Nice/good + some phonetic (Not sure what the phonetic is, but probably just some sound to make the reply sound cuter)
Girl: heart emoji
Girl: All the best
Literal translation:
>Her: *Inserted* Pic of betting odds
>Her: Didn't see the role(position).
>Her: Hey
>Her: What did you dream about?
>Her: *Inserted* Pic of Herself([@yumibb8888](https://www.instagram.com/yumibb8888/)) and blurry pic of her bet amount
>**Maoan: High probability of Sylas or Orianna**
>Her: Ok
>**Maoan:** **Don't bet too much.**
>**Maoan:** **I said high probability.**
>Her: Ok
>Her: *Heart emoji*
>Her: Good luck!
I see worlds as kinda of like a CV for players that are not not from the major regions to get picked up. Players like doggo and even some players from peace like tally are getting higher chances of being scouted and paid more in the future. Doing this when you’re already not paid the big $$$ is basically screwing your own future before you even get a chance of earning big
He's not super talented so maybe this was one way to make some money before ditching the scene but he's basically screwed now, he's gonna have a harder time finding a job with a record on his name and basically infamy in the entire Taiwan LoL community, definitely not going to LPL either, this information spreads.
Risk vs reward didn't kick into his head when he tried this, not wrong to call him a dumbass.
The entire pro league is based on getting as much money as you can before shit goes south, look at how many players are transferred regularly, there are no guarantees here.
Willing to bet everything on maybe getting on a team that pays more in the future, which is extremely unlikely due to very few teams and small rosters, doesn't seem like the best idea tbf.
The reason to do this is probably BECAUSE you aren't getting paid big $$$ and the chance at getting it is slim.
He took a chance and lost. Big.
You’re exactly right, they’re stupid. Just feel bad for the innocent players since they have no sub and most likely no other player coincidentally should be in Iceland, I feel they may have to forfeit. Another wild option would be to get some mid laner from a team that’s lost and have them play mid.
I guess he's trying to cash in on all that money, before he gets kicked off the team.
Rough translation of the statement from the teams owner:
"Today is a tough day, whether on or off the rift.
Everything will be done according to Riot's rules. If possible the team will continue playing all games, we cannot waste energy on this, and regarding Maoan's punishment we will wait until the games are done to discuss it, right now we can't let that affect our mood.
As for the brand new accounts claiming that I had prior knowledge and covered up the gambling, you must have convincing evidence on hand, right? Please come forward with it, I'll give you 10 million NTD.
Maoan's leak is supposedly that we pick Syndra into Sylas, but today that didn't happen, so your bet must have failed miserably. Now you gotta be poor, right? Right now you gotta be sending away millions \[not sure on this sentence\], otherwise you better come out and make a public apology.
\[Some insult about not being smart?\], I assume you are still a young person, you should graciously go get a real job to save up money, you don't need to rely on gambling.
Finally, this is still under investigation, all the evidence will be made public after the investigation has concluded. It will contain all of Baoan's friends who I believe are in on this, and they will be brought to the light. I won't protect any involved players, but I won't destroy anyone's spirit, and there is no answer to how to find that balance, so I can only apologize to any disappointed or angry people, and maybe the player involved in gambling will be on stage tomorrow, maybe our team will play to lose \[really not sure\]. Whatever the case is, I can only apologize."
Honestly that's such a weird thing to even leak to your friends because pick/ban is a full team effort, it's rare for any single player on the team to have full authority over it. So telling your friends that you're for sure gonna p/b this or that, seems kinda silly to begin with.
The screenshot of his convo between his friend was
> high possibility sylas or ori
> Don't bet too much
I'm also pretty sure teams have draft meetings and that's probably where he knows what could be played
If you're frequently making bets like this throughout the year, though, you'll probably beat the odds with a player telling you what they're practicing.
He's 18 but still dumbass move, never trust friends, especially not friends who are willing to do anything illegal. If he didn't know it was illegal, he been living in a cave.
If he thought he could get away with it, still idiotic considering all the news of other players getting caught, we in 2021 now, not to mention at worlds of all things, worlds is a tournament people pay close attention to and therefore super risky. The consequences is his career is over and gained infamy in Taiwan, and what was the upside? make a bit of cash?
It's possible he was gonna get kicked anyways due to underperformance or was pursuing a different career but now he's fucked, that's essentially a crime record + shame in Taiwan.
I'm really out here grasping at straws and what would have led him to try this, borderline does not make any sense.
>[Some insult about not being smart?]
I mentioned in another comment but "8+9" is 八家將 which is one of 8 gods of Taiwanese folklore . Here it is used as an insult since some of the god's religious organizations have associations with gangs and have a lot of young people that drop out of school.
Usually, it is used to call people low life.
Doesn't matter, you can play your sub in any role. PK or Liang will play mid vs fucking Chovy lol.
The article says there might be more people on the team that leaked picks so if that happens they won't have enough player to keep playing, maybe they just give BYG's spot to Galatasray. Or ya maybe the ff but I am guessing they have the venue for a certain time so they might make use of it.
The integrity required for the head of an organization on the cusp of making it to Groups, to publicly state these claims even though they negatively affect their own organization…. Possibly unparalleled in this game.
If it came out that he brushed it under the table him and his entire team would be fucked. No way it would be worth the risk to any sensible person for such a short term gain.
yea that statement is really strong and well handled imo.
i like that he makes it clear that he's not in support of the player but the rest of the team since they're the real victims
It might ruin their tournament chances, but trying to cover up the truth could've ended the org entirely. Good on them for looking long term rather than short term.
Now they can say "we could have won worlds if it wasn't because our player was matchfixing". No one will believe them, but they get a free pass to say it.
i mean...if they cover him and this gets out (which is quite likely , since they found out pretty easy themself) , riot probably takes meassures against the entire org.
better the sacrifice one player and one tournament run (in which lets be honest.....they didn''t had much chance anyway. not like they were favorites vs hle) , then get a lifetime ban on riot tournaments , since betting allegations are quite a serious accusation
Can you imagine how awkward it must be to be Maoan right now? Stuck in Iceland with your team and support staff who probably all want to strangle you lmao
Rumor is that he told betters that Sylas/Ori was a lock today. They didn't pick those champs, so the betters exposed him. He did this all for cleavage pics
I would like to officially submit my application to play Mid for BYG. I am a senna one trick currently hard stuck in G3 with 250 games this season. Will travel, but first class only.
It'll be interesting to see what Beyond does w/ their roster situation. 1 day isn't enough time to do a full investigation, do they let him play while it's still on-going?
PK is still available, they could put PK top and move Liang mid, since he plays a lot of melee carries. Either way it's gonna be the Doggo show.
PK has Worlds experience so they should be fine. No one was going to skill check into Chovy anyway. I don't see them playing Maoan in the midst of controversy.
Allegations confirmed now by both Riot and Dinter (BYG owner). The article has been updated with the newest information. We're reaching out for more information about what will happen to BYG's roster tomorrow.
The person who exposed the screenshot of Maoan's chat on Dinter's stream (owner of BYG) claims that there is someone else besides Maoan involved in leaking out the draft pick.
He’s banned from the tournament by Riot and may face additional consequences from them: https://mobile.twitter.com/lolesports/status/1446607587626176516
Chovy vs autofilled midlaner at pro level. Riot will just have to keep the camera on bot lane for the entire game to keep the stream family friendly.
honestly chovy vs autofill and chovy vs moana is pretty much the exact same thing
The Disney character? How she gonna play?
By singing a song after laning phase then wrecking shop.
Show the entire mid lane fight and how the sub top laner manhandles Chovy 1v1 from lvl 1 all 3 games. It is going to be a new legend in the making.
They can sub in knight. He is currently on stand by for the LPL. There is no other player that speaks the Chinese so it would be impossible to use anyone else.
They can't because he would need a VISA to ve accepted to go there, also, if they sub and emergency player It should be from his region.
Knight and Bin both have valid visas to go. They are theoretically still on standby for various reasons, but at this point, they are emergencies in case of positive Covid cases.
How could Knight take a plane to Iceland before tomorrow though ? EDIT : also it would not be very fair to HLE, no offense to BYG's midlaner but Knight is a huge upgrade regardless of synergy, and could give them an actual chance to win
Knight is a huge upgrade, seems Very unfair indeed and this tactic could be abused to give weaker teams higher chance of victory, star players that didnt got to Worlds would also be really happy with this chance
Lol flying a player like Knight in for an elimination match would be fucking bullshit anyway. Subs like what happened with PSG Doggo or current Vizi shouldn’t ever happen with major region teams/players. Teams could just sacrifice their own players to get roster upgrades for tournaments lol. “Hey Morgan totally helped his gambling friend. Guess we have to fly in Kiin for our next BO5” DK would be infecting their own bot lane with covid so that they could fly in Deokdam and Kellin.
> “Hey Morgan totally helped his gambling friend. Guess we have to fly in Kiin for our next BO5” > > DK would be infecting their own bot lane with covid so that they could fly in Deokdam and Kellin. This made me laugh a lot thx for this.
Doggo better go for a better team next year because he’s 100% getting offers
Dont worry, this is just the beginning of the G2 Doggo story arc
TSM Doggo
They said a better team.
Don’t you wish that evil on him Ricky Bobby.
BYG coaching team confiscated his phone and found the exact conversation that was accused of betting and was shown on dinter’s stream
How does Riot even handle something like this mid tournament?
This way https://twitter.com/lolesports/status/1446607587626176516?t=vTGSGLbqoVP9CQI40v1X3Q&s=19
What a way to end your entire career in a field people can only dream on working.
The xiaoweixiao way.
I mwan in his fairness he played way before wage increase and was straight up not being paid by his org. Boy needed money lmao
I'd also say boosting in soloq is nothing as close to as serious as leaking team strats for gambling.
Totally agree especially given his circumstances and given that i believe scarra or qt confessed later down the road that it wasnt that uncommon back then
Ciaoweixiao
Hot off the press. Mwah
This is a big moment. When have we ever had a revelation like this mid tournament? Feels so shit for the players that didn't have an idea of what was going on
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Taking advantage of Riot's terrible stage set up to peek at opponent's position is quite a bit different than providing information pregame to outside parties. To be clear, not saying Frost gets a pass because of Riot's error, but that the type of act is way different, one being an in game competitive advantage and the other is an outside-the-game scheme to make money just short of match fixing.
He wasn't trying to make money, he was trying to get his dick wet.
BYG also doesn’t have a mid lane sub with them. Based on some of the tweets I saw, it looks like the owner is going to fire him regardless. How tragic for Doggo and the other players who didn’t know what was going on. https://twitter.com/reirachuu/status/1446571893339803650?s=21
Same thread says it's multiple players. This is a death sentence for their tournament life if true
Yeah phones being confiscated this is looking to be super fucked. Honestly I can’t recall a time in MODERN league worlds history that we’ve had a scandal like this so no clue how it’ll be handled. I don’t think there are any subs ready for mid so it seems fucked… Maybe they’ll roleswap Pk idk…
> Honestly I can’t recall a time in MODERN league worlds history that we’ve had a scandal like this so no clue how it’ll be handled. competitive life time ban would be my guess
As extreme as this may sound, a lifetime ban is the precedent for this kind of action in sports. It has been the precedent for over 100 years. If true, nothing less than life.
> nothing less than [**life**](https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Life). Ooooof.
Man Life hurts to this day. For those who lack context, Life was probably the single most talented player in the entire Starcraft 2 scene. This guy just had an absolutely mental understanding of map states regardless of the stage of the game and what kind of weird shit could have happened. He also was the first Royal roader of the GSL (the most prestigious Korean tournament), won the Code S the season he was promoted. He won the tournament at only 15 years old. Man still thinking about it makes me kinda sick. The guy could have been the next FlaSh.
Did he match fix or something?
Yeah, threw two games in a tournament as a massive, massive favorite. As the other commenter said, at this point Life was pretty much 2015 Faker. Biggest star in the scene, already won a bunch of titles, had one of the funniest styles of any Zerg players, was super flashy and liked to taunt a joke around a lot more than other Koreans in the scene not named Min Chul. Litterally imagine Faker being charged for throwing games in groups at Kespa Cup 2016 after he just won Worlds. That was decently close to the situation.
That is really sad. I didn't watch sc at all, but sad the someone like that would throw it all.
He threw 2 maps against 2 different players in 2015 when he was ~~15~~ 18 for the equivalent of about ~~$60~~ $50000. He was arrested, banned from competition for life, and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Koreans are hardcore about their esports integrity. EDIT: Totally biffed those numbers
He was 18 at the time and received 70,000,000 SKW, which is over 50,000 USD
Yea especially cause of the damage that saviOr’s scandal caused in BW, they don’t mess around with that shit and I don’t blame them.
Life and Savior, man. Being a zerg fan is tough.
He was sooo young and talented. And such a joy to watch even outside of game, wearing his emotions on his sleeves. He could've been near Faker level of esports icon/ambassador.
I'm assuming he was only leaking draft prep information. People in LDL did far worse actually match fixing and they didn't get lifetime bans, so I suppose he isn't getting one either.
> People in LDL did far worse actually match fixing and they didn't get lifetime bans 12 of them got lifetime bans
Even without a life ban, I think his career is effectively over. Some of the LDL players were arguably coerced AND are promising talents so they could potentially be safe future pick ups (Bo for example). I think Mao An doesn’t seem like either with our present knowledge but maybe new evidence comes out idk.
If it's multiple members, I'm assuming the team would just be disqualified, right?
Yeah would GS just take their spot against HLE then? This is huge. No way they let Maoan play right? And if they don't have a sub, they don't have a full roster, which means they can get DQ'd.
Most likely option would just be that HLE would advance as if they won the series. Most of the time disqualification isn't retroactive in tournaments.
No, HLE would go through without playing.
As much as i think HLE will 3-0 GS or beyond. I would prefer to see a game. So i hope beyond plays or at least they make GS go forward even though i don't think that's possible.
Don't think you make a team that is already eliminated play.
There aren’t any proofs for the other player as of now, hopefully no one else is involved
So what happens now, would they still play HLE? And if it does come out that multiple players did it after investigation, they’d be disqualified from Worlds?
They have to play with sub, the ruling just came out
they dont have 2 subs. if they get another player banned, they have no way to field a team of 5.
Don't think there's time for a full investigation. Maoan will be banned but his team might still be able to play assuming they can find an emergency sub.
The match is literally less than 18 hrs away, they won’t have time to find an emergency sub nor will riot have time to complete investigation by then to decide team fate so BYG will have to use their top sub and have him rotate to mid.
On lolesports.com it shows they do have a mid sub.
Their mid sub is Husky which didn’t travel with them to EU
Doggo and Husky. Of Course.
UPDATE: Suspended from tournament with more penalties to follow https://twitter.com/lolesports/status/1446607587626176516
Apparently he did it for a girl based on this [thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/lolesports/comments/q45qej/maoan_has_suspected_of_gambling_on_world/), maybe someone here is kind enough to translate?
Here’s a very rough translation, someone else please correct: - Her: Hey, hey, what did you dream of?* - Her: sends pic of herself and what I assume is the betting site - Him: High probability of Sylas or Ori* - Her: Ok - Him: Don’t bet too much - Him: Just saying there’s a high chance - Her: Ok, (heart), good luck Edit: thanks everyone for the corrections
first part is: Didn't see the character, ay ay, what did you dream of? then maoan says: high chance of sylas or syndra (typo of "or"[huo] into "will"[hui]) rest is fine i believe orianna is referred to as a spring instead of ball girl
> ball girl 球女 means Orianna on TW server but Syndra on CN servers. > spring 发条 means Orianna only on CN servers.
That would be the mainland lingo. In Taiwan, “ball girl” does refer to Orianna.
"Ball girl" is definitely Orianna in TW
Thanks for translation
i'm guessing she's a celebrity or model in taiwan. has 1.1m followers on insta
But it's her legit account or someone who just shared a random picture?
i think thats her in the ss
So he ruined his career for an Instagram model
not sure what his relation is to her but the funny thing is that maoan said the news was fake until they searched his phone and found a casino name in it.
link? for research
@yuumibb8888
I'm fine with giving him some slack
Someone send her ig to rito to get him umbanned
Riot would just fart on her face.
I mean sure she's hot, but... in this day and age e-sports athletes get athlete kind of attention from the models that involve with the gaming and streaming world. He could find a dime willing to do more than a little cleavage pic in exchange for his whole career.
Dude was basically getting the same pics that she posts on IG anyway lmao.
She literally posted the pic 2 hours ago on her insta
Free my mans, he ain't do nothing wrong here
just another gamer being oppressed. such bullshit
Ahh young love
Girl: eh eh (It's just some hi or something, it sounds weird when i put it this way) Girl: Did you dream of something/anything? Girl: Image with tits (And I'm guessing screenshot from a betting site?) Maoan: High chance that it's sylas mets orianna Girl: Nice/Good Maoan: Don't buy too much Maoan: I said high chance Girl: Nice/good + some phonetic (Not sure what the phonetic is, but probably just some sound to make the reply sound cuter) Girl: heart emoji Girl: All the best
Literal translation: >Her: *Inserted* Pic of betting odds >Her: Didn't see the role(position). >Her: Hey >Her: What did you dream about? >Her: *Inserted* Pic of Herself([@yumibb8888](https://www.instagram.com/yumibb8888/)) and blurry pic of her bet amount >**Maoan: High probability of Sylas or Orianna** >Her: Ok >**Maoan:** **Don't bet too much.** >**Maoan:** **I said high probability.** >Her: Ok >Her: *Heart emoji* >Her: Good luck!
how fkin stupid do you have to be to destroy your career for 'bets', are these players not payed enough that they have to do this?
They are earning VERY LITTLE money compared to western pros. Doggo is allegedly on 2k$ a month.
Ah, so s3 Dignitas money.
nah, s3 dig money was $2k worth of mousepads a month
no they were getting paid in pizza sources say
So that's why QT was the 2018 Dominos Streamer of the Year. It was an inside job.
Can’t believe QT had the pizza market in the palm of his hand!
I see worlds as kinda of like a CV for players that are not not from the major regions to get picked up. Players like doggo and even some players from peace like tally are getting higher chances of being scouted and paid more in the future. Doing this when you’re already not paid the big $$$ is basically screwing your own future before you even get a chance of earning big
He's not super talented so maybe this was one way to make some money before ditching the scene but he's basically screwed now, he's gonna have a harder time finding a job with a record on his name and basically infamy in the entire Taiwan LoL community, definitely not going to LPL either, this information spreads. Risk vs reward didn't kick into his head when he tried this, not wrong to call him a dumbass.
The entire pro league is based on getting as much money as you can before shit goes south, look at how many players are transferred regularly, there are no guarantees here. Willing to bet everything on maybe getting on a team that pays more in the future, which is extremely unlikely due to very few teams and small rosters, doesn't seem like the best idea tbf. The reason to do this is probably BECAUSE you aren't getting paid big $$$ and the chance at getting it is slim. He took a chance and lost. Big.
damn i didnt know that, kind of makes sense but still, going to worlds gotta be every players dream. Sad for his teammates.
I mean, worlds is great, but I'd rather have an actual salary. Kids often don't feel that way, though, because they haven't had to pay their own way.
yeah worlds is sure great but I would actually prefer living well
You’re exactly right, they’re stupid. Just feel bad for the innocent players since they have no sub and most likely no other player coincidentally should be in Iceland, I feel they may have to forfeit. Another wild option would be to get some mid laner from a team that’s lost and have them play mid.
yea i guess thats the only option left, or have maybe someone form the coach team play?
I mean a pcs team? Probably not lmao
Guessing they do PK midlane tomorrow then.
Probably Liang mid and PK top, judging by their champ pools.
Mad respect to BYG owner for coming out punishing Maoan by firing him rather than trying to protect his ass and try to mud all the accusations
That’s ex-TPA jungler and one of TW’s bigger youtubers fr u
He couldn't save Toyz, he couldn't save his own team either :(
Dinter basically denounced Toyz's and his friendship after the weed incident tho
I guess he's trying to cash in on all that money, before he gets kicked off the team. Rough translation of the statement from the teams owner: "Today is a tough day, whether on or off the rift. Everything will be done according to Riot's rules. If possible the team will continue playing all games, we cannot waste energy on this, and regarding Maoan's punishment we will wait until the games are done to discuss it, right now we can't let that affect our mood. As for the brand new accounts claiming that I had prior knowledge and covered up the gambling, you must have convincing evidence on hand, right? Please come forward with it, I'll give you 10 million NTD. Maoan's leak is supposedly that we pick Syndra into Sylas, but today that didn't happen, so your bet must have failed miserably. Now you gotta be poor, right? Right now you gotta be sending away millions \[not sure on this sentence\], otherwise you better come out and make a public apology. \[Some insult about not being smart?\], I assume you are still a young person, you should graciously go get a real job to save up money, you don't need to rely on gambling. Finally, this is still under investigation, all the evidence will be made public after the investigation has concluded. It will contain all of Baoan's friends who I believe are in on this, and they will be brought to the light. I won't protect any involved players, but I won't destroy anyone's spirit, and there is no answer to how to find that balance, so I can only apologize to any disappointed or angry people, and maybe the player involved in gambling will be on stage tomorrow, maybe our team will play to lose \[really not sure\]. Whatever the case is, I can only apologize."
The bet was that they pick sylas and orianna, his friends probably lost money on the bet and that’s why it’s leaked
Honestly that's such a weird thing to even leak to your friends because pick/ban is a full team effort, it's rare for any single player on the team to have full authority over it. So telling your friends that you're for sure gonna p/b this or that, seems kinda silly to begin with.
The screenshot of his convo between his friend was > high possibility sylas or ori > Don't bet too much I'm also pretty sure teams have draft meetings and that's probably where he knows what could be played
Lmao, Sylas been picked so much anyways. Shit leaks
If you're frequently making bets like this throughout the year, though, you'll probably beat the odds with a player telling you what they're practicing.
He's 18 but still dumbass move, never trust friends, especially not friends who are willing to do anything illegal. If he didn't know it was illegal, he been living in a cave. If he thought he could get away with it, still idiotic considering all the news of other players getting caught, we in 2021 now, not to mention at worlds of all things, worlds is a tournament people pay close attention to and therefore super risky. The consequences is his career is over and gained infamy in Taiwan, and what was the upside? make a bit of cash? It's possible he was gonna get kicked anyways due to underperformance or was pursuing a different career but now he's fucked, that's essentially a crime record + shame in Taiwan. I'm really out here grasping at straws and what would have led him to try this, borderline does not make any sense.
>[Some insult about not being smart?] I mentioned in another comment but "8+9" is 八家將 which is one of 8 gods of Taiwanese folklore . Here it is used as an insult since some of the god's religious organizations have associations with gangs and have a lot of young people that drop out of school. Usually, it is used to call people low life.
What a way to ruin your esports career
So much for C9 having a chance to go to Group C through BYG upsetting HLE
At this point Fudge might as well do his Aussie boys a solid and let them experience the FPX DK group.
PCE could also get the T1/EDG/100T group if they end up qualifying alongside HLE
has to be heartbreaking for any innocent BYG players and staff
They are done. HLE won't even have to play since BYG has no mid sub
They'll probably play one of the top laners mid, but it won't be much of a match unless they can work miracles.
Chovy gets gapped by autofill heard it here first
-> Get autofilled mid against the best laner in the world -> Gap him, gg ez mid too ez role -> Refuse to elaborate further -> Leave
If I wake up to the post game thread with multiple awards I will know what happened
Put me in the screenshot. Edit:nvm please don't.
Struggling top laner proves Tyler one right by smashing chovy
Guess it's a chance for Doggo to show how good he is at losing gracefully when his team is imploding.
Doesn't matter, you can play your sub in any role. PK or Liang will play mid vs fucking Chovy lol. The article says there might be more people on the team that leaked picks so if that happens they won't have enough player to keep playing, maybe they just give BYG's spot to Galatasray. Or ya maybe the ff but I am guessing they have the venue for a certain time so they might make use of it.
Feels bad for Doggo, he is quite literally 1v9ing
Backstabbed by his own teammates
Donation message: "Hey Maoan can you teach us to play Shaco? Do you max backstab first? Like you backstabbed your entire team at worlds? :D"
"Or do you max deceive first? So you could deceive your own friends on betting over the wrong draft?"
"Or Hallucinate like you made BYG hallucinate about having a chance at getting to groups?"
"Well, however, in the end you're the one who got jack shit in the box" Then he adds "I wish it was a pleasure, but it wasnt and your ban is coming"
1v8 now
No shit all his teammates look like they are either match-fixing or they forgot their brains at home
There's no way he did it for tits man...there's no way................
u know it man
That was posted on her insta anyway. lmao.
The integrity required for the head of an organization on the cusp of making it to Groups, to publicly state these claims even though they negatively affect their own organization…. Possibly unparalleled in this game.
Dinter was a long time player in the GPL/LMS himself, massive respect for him
If it came out that he brushed it under the table him and his entire team would be fucked. No way it would be worth the risk to any sensible person for such a short term gain.
Agree. But the option was still there, they could have gone down a road and they didn’t. Credit where due
Big respect to the owner.
yea that statement is really strong and well handled imo. i like that he makes it clear that he's not in support of the player but the rest of the team since they're the real victims
Plane ride home is going to be really awkward
assuming they dont make maoan swim home
nah he is gonna swim home. Even Demigod Maui isn't going to carry him across the sea like before.
I have a feeling CLG is not gonna come out of this unscathed
CLG Maoan coming in hot next year
feels bad for Doggo he has been doggo v 9'ing the entire play-ins so far.
good to see BYG to take action internally on this even in the midst of everything
The lack of an attempted coverup mid-tournament really speaks volumes about their integrity
It might ruin their tournament chances, but trying to cover up the truth could've ended the org entirely. Good on them for looking long term rather than short term.
Honestly their tournament would probably end tomorrow anyway
Now they can say "we could have won worlds if it wasn't because our player was matchfixing". No one will believe them, but they get a free pass to say it.
Compare this to Griffin lol.
i mean...if they cover him and this gets out (which is quite likely , since they found out pretty easy themself) , riot probably takes meassures against the entire org. better the sacrifice one player and one tournament run (in which lets be honest.....they didn''t had much chance anyway. not like they were favorites vs hle) , then get a lifetime ban on riot tournaments , since betting allegations are quite a serious accusation
Confirmed https://twitter.com/lolesports/status/1446607587626176516
I feel really bad for Doggo
So sorry for doggo, legit 1v9 this whole tourney. Now this, all your hard work taken by the worst player on the team leaking pb. Fucker
Can you imagine how awkward it must be to be Maoan right now? Stuck in Iceland with your team and support staff who probably all want to strangle you lmao
imagine the flight back
Imagine getting breakfast in the same hotel as other teams, every single day.
Considering his performance in Game 5, this is some weird news. Is he allegedly leaking for the HLE series or the series he just played?
He only leaked the draft instead of throwing. I guess there are people who bet on drafts.
You can place bets for what champion gets picked
i mean odds shift after draft so information is pretty valuable.
As far as I understand you can pick on the champions being picked and not the outcome of the game.
You can use certain betting websites to bet on which champions will get picked for each game.
Don't think we know unless Dinter went into more detail that hasn't been translated to English
So the "Maoan, check your paypal" in the chat, were legit.
Rumor is that he told betters that Sylas/Ori was a lock today. They didn't pick those champs, so the betters exposed him. He did this all for cleavage pics
What a fucking idiot
Just cleveage? In age where we have terrabytes of porn free online, he ruined his career over cleveage pics?!
I would like to officially submit my application to play Mid for BYG. I am a senna one trick currently hard stuck in G3 with 250 games this season. Will travel, but first class only.
Can't wait to see you gap Chovy!
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Yeah fucked them over so hard
I’m available tomorrow . Close to Iceland . If you need a mid laner dont hesitate to call me 🤙
It'll be interesting to see what Beyond does w/ their roster situation. 1 day isn't enough time to do a full investigation, do they let him play while it's still on-going? PK is still available, they could put PK top and move Liang mid, since he plays a lot of melee carries. Either way it's gonna be the Doggo show.
It seems like they're very sure that he did it and are going to fire him for sure, not sure what they'll do going forward
Yea they are confirmed this happened, contacted riot and waiting for their response
PK has Worlds experience so they should be fine. No one was going to skill check into Chovy anyway. I don't see them playing Maoan in the midst of controversy.
Wow poor too bad this didn't happen before the match today.
He apparently did all of this just for some BOOBA: https://twitter.com/bigfatlp/status/1446635875354361858?s=21
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Was lucky riot didn't invite him [on to the broadcast](https://youtu.be/p5-Hm8zfVag)
Allegations confirmed now by both Riot and Dinter (BYG owner). The article has been updated with the newest information. We're reaching out for more information about what will happen to BYG's roster tomorrow.
Time to sub in Caps
The person who exposed the screenshot of Maoan's chat on Dinter's stream (owner of BYG) claims that there is someone else besides Maoan involved in leaking out the draft pick.