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The Top 10 Scandals and Controversies in Esports History

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Esports has grown exponentially from its humble roots. We went from the basements of convention halls to stadiums all over the world.

But that doesn’t mean we haven’t had hiccups now and then. And by hiccups, we mean catastrophic scandals.

Here are the Top 10 Scandals in Esports.

Written by: Sebastien Martin-Schultz (@Seb_dot)
Edited by: Brendan Fahey (@Drillbit_)
Hosted by: Colin McNeil (@McNeilColin)

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41 comments

MrThebarron007 March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

hong kong protests are still happening.

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Supersonic March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

OK Carl Segan!

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Dovah2600 March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Surprised not to see the dreamkazper grooming scandal from OWL

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CAfakmykak March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

When they banned buddy for saying free Hong Kong. EA/Blizzard clearly just got bent over and fucked two ways by the Chinese Government.

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SCHTRAM March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

The matchfixing didn't ruin Life's nor Savior legacy, they are still legendary players and two of the best in sc history. They just played worse than possible at times, so none of their accomplishments are diminished.

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Agingger Gown March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Thought i would see 322 in this video

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Agingger Gown March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Blizzard is a mess, no THE Mess

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Sonny Bryan March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

The fact that TNC actually won that tournament despite Kuku being banned made me laugh so hard 😂

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Albert Tio March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Top 10 esport memes :

1. theScore esports and the olof boost

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Angus Noble March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

How are Tmartn/Syndicate/JoshOG and Tfue on this list when they don't relate to esports? Esports is competitive play and those scandals both relate to streaming/content

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Angus Noble March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Brack's speech at BlizzCon was an absolute disgrace.

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Memento Mori March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

The dota 2 322 scandal? Why is it so big? Cause till today, years after it happened, it is still a meme in the game

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Dylan Heisner March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

These retards don’t know anything about how skin gambling worked they have no right to make legislation on it

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Matt Sweeney March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

"Humans are a way for the universe to know itself" RIP Bill Hicks. Taken from us far too early.

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Sgt. NugNug March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

So i found this new site :)…..

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robert turni March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

LDLC were being salty little bitches when the olofboost occurred
They also used a pixel glitch boost also you could see the olofboost from almost ever angle except one tiny angle which is why it was considered a pixel glitch boost and deemed illegal

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JR_113 March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

A lot of people seem to forget JoshOG was a co owner with Tmartn and Syn.

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Gaming Genesis March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

#1 had nothing to do with esports

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Snow OW March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Dreamkazper should've been on here.

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John Swart March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

What about the cloud 9 Adderol scandal ?

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Sensei Eggroll March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

My Pinoy

China numba 2 scrubs

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NOUM March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Faze Jarvis wasn't in the list?

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Magic Ice Cube March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

What do you mean no mocow 5… our russian bois scammed tons o people.

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RAMPAGE March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Surprised no mention of the Russian league players involved in credit card fraud

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StrawHat Luffy March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Looks like Counter strike and Starcraft are full of cheaters

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Isaias Morales March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

So the majority of these so-called best gamers are cheats and scammers? Pathetic

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federico saviano March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Sadly Uranium wasn’t made in stars.

Sorry to disappoint you but nuclear fusion stops at iron :((

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The Merc With A Mouth March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

“We didn’t live up to our own high standards” Yeah NO SHIT!!! Blizzard deserves all the shit they get for that fucking disgusting move.

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Tisumida March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

man, right off the bat and it's already tragic; Rick Fox is an awesome person, it sucks what happened to Echo Fox. I actually didn't know the full story til now, Id only heard of its dissolve, and some loose details.

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The SN March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Just 10th??
Rick Fox did a great job for Riot and was throwed away like trash.

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Smite Grinder March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

It's still weird to think that Valve almost faced legal backlash for the actions of third party gambling sites they had virtually no control over.

Pretty certain they didn't even know about the site until influencers started promoting them (at least not all of the gambling sites).

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Smite Grinder March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

So… Top 10 matchfixes when? 😛

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blackmagick77 March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Wait, the guys mad because he ONLY made 15 million playing video games? Shit man I wish I could get 1 mil to play games I like.

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Alexei Barnes March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

322 never forget.

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Wintertide March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Kinda surprised to not see the Ally/CaptainZack situation. Match fixing, manipulation, alleged statutory rape. there was a lot going on with that scenario

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Jabro March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Game: Rated M for Mature
the fact that kids are playing these games is already the problem

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Jabro March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

FREE SWAG

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tekniqs March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Life was well on his way to being the GOAT then he threw it all away =/

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StrayFire March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

wait, wtf? not a single mention of PhantomL0rd? %?

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Elsom brillas March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

The Olofboost scandal and the Griffin scandal both in one video? damn theScore esports, you really went over yourselves now

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SF KerZi March 10, 2020 - 7:56 pm

Just my opinion but I think the Dreamkazper scandal should've been somewhere on the list. For those of you who don't know what happened, in April of 2018, it was discovered that Dreamkazper had several sexual conversations with underage girls, which got him permanently banned and he was even investigated by the police.

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