*: All the exchange took place in the most popular Chinese-speaking SC2 forum in China so all the sources of evidence are unfortunately in Chinese.
On Oct 30, the Chinese WCS player TIME posted a picture of a player he met on the ladder and accused him of map hacking due to his failed attempt of double proxy barracks.
https://www.scboy.com/?thread-50022.htm
On Oct 31, the Chinese SC2 player QzDdb, currently playing for Team LP (LaoPaoer), claimed that he knew the player TIME met. The player turned out to be a former Chinese SC2 player named MSK, who used to be playing for TVS-Gaming and X-team. QzDdb insisted that MSK did not engage with any form of map hacking.
https://www.scboy.com/?thread-50433.htm
On Nov 3, MSK showed up and made a public statement explaining that he was testing a proxy starport strategy for the upcoming WESG event, and only got lucky to find Time's double barracks on-site during the game. MSK also posted several replays to demonstrate that he was indeed testing his strategy in several ladder games, including one with Supernova, which was later confirmed by Unmasked.
https://www.scboy.com/?thread-52185.htm
Later that day, TIME responded in his streaming to MSK by saying that he will only apologize to MSK if he reaches MMR 6200 or breaks into WCS Global final. "I will apologize to you and admit that you did not map hack if you made it into the WCS Global Final as I did. "
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av74554324/?p=2
The Chinese SC2 community widely criticized this response, and the entire controversy ends today with MSK posting his final comment saying he has quit SC2 pro gaming for some time, and all he wants is to clarify that he did not map hack.
"I wasted a lot of time trying to explain what happened, and all I get is more trolling from fans (of TIME). I am not expecting TIME to apologize, but as a former player who has already retired for almost three years, I do not think this thing is worth any more of my time."
