Loda commented on Newbee permanent ban
Author: Hawk Live LLC
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Newbee`s Dota 2 roster received a lifetime ban from CDA and IMBA due to match-fixing. In addition, players Xu “Moogy” Han, Yin “Aq” Rui, Wen “Wizard” Lipeng, Yan “Waixi” Chao, Zeng “Faith” Hongda and team leader Feng “feng” Yitsin received permanent bans.
Jonathan "Loda" Berg commented on the situation with lifetime bans to Newbee players in Twitter:
This Newbee match fixing scandal in China is crazy. Sad to see a TI finalist life-time banned, but there should be no mercy in this case.
At the same time, Newbee denied all accusations and expressed their intention to file an appeal:
We express our understanding and respect for the CDA alliance’s decision. However, since the establishment of the Newbee eSports club, it has never participated in any match-fixing and gambling activities with the club or branch as the main body. We will file an appeal for the penalty of the CDA alliance regarding the Newbee eSports club.
It`s still unknown what result Newbee will achieve, but the team has already been disqualified from DPL-CDA Professional League Season 1.
