illegal paperbag gambling ring exposé
background:
as you might know betting was introduced to tournaments where you are able to bet on a player's match and receive a substantial amount of winnings if you bet on a player who ends up winning. the currency of tournaments is paperbags, and if you win a match yourself you get a paperbag reward which allows players to get into the gambling scene and earn many more paperbags by betting. if you bet on a player who has a more likely chance to win, you won't win as many paperbags. if you bet on a player who has a less likely chance to win, you will win many more paperbags compared to the player who was more likely to win. betting is not perfect, because if it perfect it would use a real economy system that doesn't generate paperbags from the void to give back to betters. however, it is more fun if paperbags are generated as they are because you're always guaranteed to win money if you win and lose money if you lose, leading to a lot of emotion that makes betting both fun in itself and fun as a spectator event.
the paperbag mafia:
unbeknownst to the administration, players were joining at night to engage in "towel matches", where one player would intentionally lose ("throw", "rig") a match. betters would place bets on the guaranteed winner, and generate millions of paperbags. the player who made the first billion accomplished the feat by participating in the illegal betting ring to place risk-free bets that were guaranteed a massive payout. this occurred without me realizing, and was only discovered when one of the less intelligent of the paperbag mafia announced several times he was going to rig his match in my presence. i have placed a bet freeze on all offenders which means matches they are in cannot be bet on and they cannot bet on any other matches themselves. i have placed a bet freeze on all offenders which means matches they are in cannot be bet on and they cannot bet on any other matches themselves, the result of this can only be described as grade a autism.
the reactions to this can only be described as grade A autism. the paperbag mafiosos immediately tried shifting the blame to other players or the economy. one mafioso insisted i was treating him unfairly and should remove the bet freeze despite rigging matches the most consistently. others made efforts to keep the mafia intact, telling their fellows to not reveal anything about the gambling ring. i'm going to clear the bet freezes though, as throwing was not a defined rule previously but is now.
call to action:
although there are extensive chat logs, having the names of those involved in the rigging helps immensely since scrounging through hours of dialog takes time. unusuals will be given to those who give names or other proof of rigging. i already know about Bit, OverlyGeneric, and Erjon. let it be known i do not give not even a quarter of a stuff about people who bet on rigged matches because betting on rigged matches isn't the source of the issue, and anyone in that situation would do so.
