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The alternative - an environment where innocent people were sometimes getting expelled - would be worse when it's just a game.
by whatshisface 4y ago
The alternative - an environment where innocent people were sometimes getting expelled - would be worse when it's just a game.
- pclmulqdq 4y agoA tournament with a >$200,000 prize pool (the Sinquefeld cup or a Magic pro tour) is hardly "just a game."
- jonny_eh 4y agoSometimes people are caught red-handed.
- pclmulqdq 4y agoYeah, it doesn't have to involve banning people for life on borderline cases of cheating, but if you are caught red-handed, a lifetime ban seems in order.
- karaterobot 4y agoTwo things though: 1. He admitted to cheating twice, so it's not a question of an innocent man being punished by mistake. 2. As noted already, it's not a game, it's a professional sport that people at his level make their living doing, and every cheater in this scenario is stealing money from someone who has earned it.