The community can quickly spot those players who are cheating

Feb 5, 2014 19:16 GMT  ·  By

Sean “Day9” Plott, one of the best-known Starcraft players in the world, believes that despite their massive growth, eSports will not be affected by match fixing and cheating scandals, like real sports often are.

The gamer tells the official Red Bull site that, “eSports fans devote countless hours every week to following every match across every continent. Any slightly suspicious behavior is brought up and discussed in public forums. That level of accountability almost makes match fixing more difficult than learning to play well and winning.”

South Korea, one of the first countries to embrace eSports, mainly Starcraft tournaments, was rocked by a huge scandal after fans found that some players bet on themselves and acted suspiciously during competition.

Day 9 believes that eSports can improve its approach to the issue by simply increasing transparency in order to give gamers more access to data about matches and professional players, so that they can investigate any suspicious events on their own.

He adds, “Though fans detest those involved in the match-fixing scandal, they've deepened their support of their other favorite pros. It's actually been quite heartwarming.”

At the moment, the most popular eSports titles are League of Legends and DOTA 2, both Multiplayer Online Battle Arena experiences, Starcraft 2, the Blizzard strategy title, and Call of Duty: Ghosts, which appeals to the first-person shooter crowd.

Various organizations put together tournaments which allow fans to see the action in person or via streaming.

There are plenty of gamers who are willing to pay in order to watch high-quality transmissions and replays, which allow them to analyze the way the best players in the world manage to defeat their opponents.

Game companies are also starting to work with eSports promoters in order to try to increase the profile of their own titles.