Chapter 293: The bow is put away after the bird is dead, and the dog is cooked after the rabbit is dead (Part )
That’s right, for some reason, Kotick’s dark history, which had been kept strictly protected, seemed to be exposed overnight.

First of all, the original producers of the once well-known fighting game, one of the most heavyweight e-sports projects before Honor of Kings, suddenly spoke out after many years.

He accused Kotick of stealing the founders' emails shortly after signing an employment agreement with the studio in order to gain control of the game.

They then used the "information" in the email to fire several founders of the King of Fighters studio and took them to court, forcibly seizing control of the King of Fighters series of games.

(This incident actually happened. The prototype is the whole process of how the then Activision CEO Kotick seized the Call of Duty IP and drove away the IW studio)
During this period, the producers of King of Fighters not only lost the IP, but also incurred huge debts due to false accusations from Kotick.

But because the influence of Kodick and the forces behind him is so terrifying, they have no ability and dare not speak out to defend their rights.

If Kotick had simply taken away the ownership of their IP, the producers of King of Fighters might not have been so angry.

The key point is that after Cordick gained control, he had no intention of respecting this hugely influential fighting IP.

They used every possible means to squeeze out the value of the IP in just a few years, and completely disappointed the fans with a series of shoddy sequels.

Later, when Honor of Kings came into being, Codick shifted his focus to the development of Honor e-sports, and the King of Fighters was completely abandoned.

What was once one of the most popular e-sports games has now become a discarded game with stagnant versions, a loss of players, and little space in print media.

The creators of King of Fighters endured in grief and anger for many years until they saw the Glory League, the legendary game that replaced King of Fighters and became the new money-making tool of the World E-Sports Association.
After finally suffering a fate similar to that of the King of Fighters, he could no longer hold back.

Plus, they now have new jobs, employed by the world's best game company, Tenghai Group, to develop a new fighting game called "Street Fighter".

With a backer, he finally dared to stand up and bravely expose Kodick.

After the producers of King of Fighters produced evidence that Kotick and his minions had used despicable means to destroy King of Fighters,
The huge resentment accumulated by those Honor fans who were still confused for many days finally erupted completely on this day.

The perfect target for releasing his anger finally appeared.

But just when they started to organize themselves and prepare to shock the birth of a small cyber violence that has successively crashed multiple IPs,
But I didn't expect that something even more exciting was yet to come.

Not long after, the World Electronic Sports Association, which is at least nominally the world's most prestigious official organization for e-sports,

It was revealed that the entire association, from the general president Kodick to the ordinary branches below,
Except for Hua Xia, which has a relatively clean distribution, almost all of them are involved with those gambling companies and have provided "data support" to the gambling companies in their own e-sports events.

Especially President Cordick, the cooperation with the gambling companies was almost entirely led by him.

This news sounds quite ridiculous, but it is highly credible.

The reason is very simple. It was the gambling companies themselves that released the news.

According to them, the reasons why they chose to break up with Kotick were very practical.

After Honor of Kings was shut down and League of Legends came out of nowhere, gaming companies naturally tried to infiltrate it in every possible way, wanting to leave their own mark on this rapidly expanding big cake.

But they underestimated Tenghai's determination to crack down on match-fixing.

Tencent has used an "incredible technology" to develop what may be the most accurate and rigorous anti-cheating and anti-acting system in history.

Under this system, not only are plug-ins and scripts hard to hide, but even actors in the rankings will be caught immediately if they show the slightest tendency to give away or act as actors.

It’s not like the gambling companies haven’t tried to infiltrate League of Legends games before. They have also successfully organized several fake gambling matches in the secondary leagues of major regions other than China.

But without exception, halfway through the game, the players who had received the money were just about to start their performance, but before they could even start, they were immediately caught by the game officials because of a positioning or other detail that was wrong.

If they cannot control the outcome, then it will become several levels more difficult for gambling companies to make money without doing anything.

After several rounds of unwilling attempts, the online gambling companies finally gave up on this tough nut to crack.

Since we can’t make it with League of Legends, we can only go back to Honor of Kings.

However, Honor's market share has shrunk significantly. If it continues to follow the previous model, the profits of gaming companies will also shrink significantly.

So they approached Kodick and asked him to increase his penetration into the league, and even hoped to get the cooperation of some star players.

Cotick is greedy, but he is not stupid. Having worked in the World Electronic Sports Association for so many years, he understands the consequences of being fully infiltrated by gambling.

But having boarded the pirate ship, it is not so easy to get off now.

The angry gambling company decided to go all out, and at a time when Cotick himself was finally getting attention, it "inadvertently" revealed some news of its cooperation with the World Electronic Sports Association.

This news dropped a bombshell on the e-sports circle and even the entire competitive sports circle.

The league’s official gaming company?

What is the meaning of competitive sports? Where is fairness?

If we talk about the scandals that were revealed before, we can only say that Kodick himself is a scumbag.
Then, cooperating with spinach would be truly touching the sore spot of the entire industry.

Although many competitive sports have some connection with gambling.

But this thing is difficult to say openly after all.

The audience would not want to watch a competition whose outcome is manipulated by capital.

This time, it's not just Honor fans who are charging forward. Many ordinary e-sports fans and even competitive sports enthusiasts have come out to accuse Codick of behavior that is not something a human can do.

Just like the NBA next door, the executive vice-goat, sunshine, the Smurf, who always likes to take advantage of the popularity, and the number one on every list, LeBron James, spoke out on his social media:

"You know, competitive sports need to be fair, and so does e-sports! Allowing bookmakers to manipulate the results of games is more harmful than fouls, diving, and refereeing errors!"

Well, this joke of the world has died, so the NBA did not officially announce the legalization of gambling.

In an instant, public opinion on the Internet became one-sided.

After the two heavyweight black spots were exposed, Codick's dark history popped up like mushrooms after a rain in the gaming circle, which had never been a big deal before.

He used the zzzq company to blackmail game developers, had an immoral private life, and used the association's funds to pay himself an incredibly high salary...

Overnight, Kodik's once impregnable public opinion barrier vanished...

……

Tenghai Company.

"Interesting." Pei Yunteng looked at the reports denouncing Codick all over the front pages of the news and smiled meaningfully.

He did have a hand in Kotick's collapse, but only in what happened to the producers of The King of Fighters.

After all, he couldn't control the gambling companies.

Originally, they just wanted to use this news to make Honor fans confirm that Codick was the culprit, thereby eliminating his dominance over Honor and its e-sports.

But who would have thought that it would turn into an Internet reckoning against Kotick himself.

It is intriguing to know who is behind this.

"When the birds are gone, should the good bows be hidden?"

"When he saw that things were not going well, he immediately cut off the agent he supported. It was a decisive and beautiful move."

Pei Yunteng clapped softly. As an outsider, he just felt it was a little ridiculous.

"I hope this wave can completely wipe that bastard out of the gaming world..."

　The second update will be available soon, don't worry

　　
　
(End of this chapter)