Riot fines League of Legends cheaters $30,000

You know, some people are saying that "it wasn't their fault", but it really was. Even if he saw it "by accident", he still used the info to his team's advantage and hoped no one would notice. If you're going to be a public icon for people to look up to, I'd rather have someone who prefers a clean fight, and knows that a true 'win' is when the odds are against you, not for you.

This really does show character though, and in fact, they should just do this in ALL THE SPORTS. That is, what they should do, is place all the info needed to 'cheat' or have an 'unfair advantage' right behind all the players, and if you can't control yourself and look, then you don't deserve to be a pro and you get the BAN HAMMER. Sportsmanship, it's not just a word you throw around for no reason.

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Behold and fear the inordinate power of online-only games! This is your final warning!

It looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!

Cheater cheater, pumpkin........... man these guys look like some uber nerds.

First, lol

Second, at least it's going to charity.

The blame should rest with Riot games for setting up monitors where the opposing team could see them.

They should have taken all winnings from the cheaters. Period. How do you expect them to learn that it's not okay to cheat? Not only do they still get a good amount of money, they get the idea in their head that cheating will only result in partial cuts.

Wait, so they catch them cheating, but only take 20 percent of their winnings? Why not 100 percent of their winnings? "Cheating's ok, because we can still win 80 percent of the prize!" Makes sense.

Put blinders on all the competitors!

Well, they got caught and paid the ultimate price losing a sizable amount of money. I believe the people who sent up the monitors should also be penalized some funds as well, since it was there fault. I noticed nothing was said about that.

I thought they should be stripped of their winnings as well. But after thinking about it... they were only able to cheat because the event planners placed the crowd-viewing monitors in a position that these players could see them. Had the crowd-monitors been properly installed so no team-players could see them, there would've been no instances of cheating. So it wasn't completely the fault of the Korean team. I think taking $30,000 is a good enough smack on the hand, considering.

Do asians always cheat at everything?

Is it just me or is referring to it as "unsportsmanlike conduct" semi-humorous. I understand it's just terminology used to explain a scenario, but playing video games is not a sport... Because if it was... I and many of you are pretty awesome athletes!

They should lose all their winnings, period. You cheat, you get nothing. This should apply to anything where cheating is possible. What's to stop a group from cheating when they know they'll still get something out of it?

i don't hate LoL or anything , but dota2 is just way better in everyway...

even in Esport events...the international was much better than riot's "world championship" (he can look at the screen in a championship , what's next ? make an fps championship with split-screen and blame the players ?)

You cheat in real major league sports like Baseball and you get banned for life. Same should happen here. For the people blaming the setup, character and ethics are important to fair competition. The ease with which one cheats does not mitigate the cheater's culpability.

@AncientDozer Yup... It's why I rarely play games online (unless with friends).

(Anonymity) + (Internet) x (Access to millions of people) = Recipe for douchebaggery

They cheated? Well, They are lucky they didn't lose all their winnings.

Cheating is wrong, period. A Shame the LOL competition allowed for it so easily.

LoL has become a joke , second time a cheater in a worldwide competition.

Starcraft II organization is way better.

People who are MLG or play video games for $$$ are retards.

and by 'they shouldnt be punished" i meant that it shouldnt have been allowed to happen in the first place. and, the bad setup may also allow other players to look, but noone will ever know if they dont get caught. shield the screens. problem solved.