Talk:Counter-Strike match fixing scandal

A fact from Counter-Strike match fixing scandal appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 August 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the iBuyPower and NetcodeGuides match fixing scandal is considered the first large scandal of its type to hit the competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/iBuyPower and NetcodeGuides match fixing scandal.

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This has to be the most worthless thing I've seen on wikipedia. Isn't there a counterstrike article this could be a footnote under? 2602:30A:C7D7:F80:EDED:611D:BDBE:EA6F (talk) 20:46, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Late reply, but I want to say this for future reference. I don't think there's a page for IBUYPOWER or any of these players (if there was, this should definitely go under that article in it's current state). There's also significant coverage of this event, and it's probably the most covered non-tournament result event in CS:GO. There is still some articles being written on this event after the initial spike in popularity WP:PERSISTENCE, as it was once again brought up when ESL unbanned these players. Also, this event set a precedent for players caught match-fixing. I'll try to expand the article in the coming days.Lxxl (talk) 22:01, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Title change

I rewrote this article, made it more up to date. However, I think it should have a new title. The title, as it stands, is too "global", it is not the Counter-Strike matchfixing scandal. I personally would suggest either "North American Counter-Strike matchfixing scandal" (though this suggestion might also be too global, considering that there are potentially more than one CS matchfixing scandals in america. Maybe adding a date?) or "Team iBUYPOWER Counter-Strike matchfixing scandal".

Riilhiiro (talk) 14:16, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]