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Match fixing controversy in Kode5 WC3
Written by Carmac in coverage 2 months ago (124 comments) | Tagged in: ToD HasuObs TeRRoR Kode5
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Tomasz "TeRRoR" Pilipiuk will definitely go home with the feeling that he got cheated out of the Kode5 playoffs. The tournament administration made a mistake and allowed Yoan "ToD" Merlo to play his final match against his team mate Dennis "HasuObs" Schneider.

ToD had won all his games by the last match and HasuObs needed to win in order to go through to the playoffs from second place. The German won the match 2-1, but the controversy is that both players represent Mousesports and this match should have been ToD's first in the group and certainly not the last.

It is standard procedure for group play to make players affiliated with each other to play each other in the first match. This is done to avoid the possibility of any match fixing and controversy.

The original schedule actually had ToD play HasuObs as a priority but it was changed in order to show ToD's game against TeRRoR on the Kode5 stage. It was due to the admins' negligence that ToD had the option to fix the match.

At this point, it cannot be proven that he did. The Frenchman himself has reportedly quoted tiredness and his opponent's luck and skill as factors that played a role in the match. He denied that he threw the game.

But TeRRoR has got every right to go home upset if not with his opponents, then most definitely with the Kode5 admins.

Right now it is unknown whether or not Kode5 will make a decision to somehow fix the mistake and avoid controversy. The group standings can be found here.

[update:] The group standing stays. TeRRoR is out of the tournament.



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