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Smurfing VeryB1gman banned from ZOTAC: 'Penalty too heavy'

It was in the last weekend's ZOTAC Cup final that Alexandr "VeryB1gman" Syomin was reported winning against Korean Orc Jin Hwan "So.in" Jeon. However, the Kazakhstani player was breaking the tournament organizations' smurf rule.

"For each player it is forbidden to play with 'smurfs' if they hide their known synonym. If a player ignores this, penalties can be given by an admin"
- ZOTAC Cup Rule 1.4


Due to this, "VeryB1gman" has been permanently banned from the ZOTAC cups, and his prize money from the 180th edition will not paid out.

VeryB1gman: "The penalty is too heavy"
inWarcraft.de reached the banned Human player after what happened, and somewhat agrees with the decision.

- "Well the reaction is in some way correct, but in my eyes is the penalty too heavy. Anyway I have to live with it and hope for an change of this penalty. I learned from this "accident" and will never try to do such things again," said VeryB1gman.

He further says that it was never his plan to make two accounts. He mentions the second account belonging to a friend, and that he doesn't know why he decided to play on it.

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