Tommy “Taiga” Le has been within the sizzling seat following matchfixing allegations in early April. After greater than a month of silence, he lastly launched an official assertion to deal with the allegations. He admits to being concerned in matchfixing and lends an apology to his former group, OG, and his former teammates.
I apologize for involving OG and my former teammates on this scenario. They’d nothing to do with it, and I’m sorry for any hurt induced.
Taiga posted his official assertion on his Twitter/X account, which has been turning private and non-private each different minute. The official assertion is a four-page-long doc which we now have damaged down beneath.
Taiga admits to his involvement in matchfixing
Taiga initially clarifies that he has by no means purposely misplaced in any sport all through his time within the professional scene. He additionally by no means positioned any bets in opposition to his group, this consists of betting on “first bloods” himself.
Nonetheless, he admits to sharing confidential data relating to group technique and scrims. He additionally admits to livestreaming his official matches. This data could be utilized by Sensibility, his betting “associate”, for his personal bets, based on Taiga’s assertion.
I’ve NEVER thrown a map on goal earlier than, or throughout my time in OG, nor wager on us dropping, together with betting on FBS myself. However sure, I’ve disclosed data to Sensibility for his personal bets since I did owe him on the time and streamed so he can do his personal factor and get off my again so I may deal with the match.
Taiga disagrees with being labeled an “confederate”
Taiga stated that he had anticipated Morf’s video for some time however disagrees with how he was portrayed. He denies being an “confederate” to matchfixing with Sensibility, fairly an emotionally weak sufferer who was utilized by his then-friend.
I had anticipated it for some time, and I’m glad it got here out. Nonetheless, I didn’t count on issues to be taken out of context. I used to be beneath immense duress on the time, and I wasn’t his confederate, fairly a damaged man for use and pressured as a device who didn’t know himself anymore. The voice and chat logs are in every single place, put to painting me as worst as attainable to get the views, whereas additionally portraying Sensibility as some mandatory evil.
Taiga additionally talked about that him being concerned in matchfixing was by no means about gaining revenue, however fairly a “device to gasoline his dependancy”.
The transactions talked about within the video with that quantity by no means occurred nor did I revenue from it, it was by no means concerning the cash, it was only a device to gasoline an dependancy.
An apology to OG and former teammates
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He dedicated matchfixing when he was taking part in for OG in 2022. The group had an amazing begin to the yr however steadily fell off, and many individuals attributed it to Taiga’s efficiency. This concept could be strengthened following Taiga’s preliminary confession of playing dependancy and not too long ago a sequence of damning matchfixing evidences by Morf.
In his official assertion, Taiga apologizes to OG and his former teammates for dragging them into this matchfixing scandal. “I apologize for involving OG and my former teammates on this scenario. They hadnothing to do with it, and I’m sorry for any hurt induced,” he said.
Ultimate chapter in Dota 2
Taiga declares that this would be the remaining factor he brings forth within the Dota 2 scene as he plans to proceed recovering. Taiga states that he’ll settle for any type of punishments from event organizers and Valve itself.
This may most likely be the very last thing you hear from me within the Dota professional scene, Dota doesn’t deserve the worst of me, nor do I deserve the worst of Dota. I’ll gladly settle for any punishment from the organizers & Valve.
As for now Valve has not responded to the high-profile matchfixing case and we now have but to see what punishments are imposed. Taiga will doubtless stay low on the radar whereas persevering with his livestreams. Sustain with extra Dota 2 information and updates right here on esports.gg.