Taiga, A Former OG Player, Is Under Fire Amid Fresh Accusations Of Match-Fixing

Author

Prithhis Bose

Date

Apr, 06.2024

Tommy "Taiga" Le, a former original G support player, has been charged with match fixing after content producer Morf raised the subject in a video. In a YouTube video that Morf uploaded to his channel, he described how Taiga communicated with Valve-banned player Aleksandr "Sensibility" Filatov in the beginning of 2023. After that, Taiga engaged the gambling mafia, and they bet on original games based on the information Taiga gave them. Morf did this by using chat screenshots and audio recordings.

According to what Morf said in the video, Taiga's original plan was to make wagers using insider knowledge. But because of his impatience and careless betting, which cost him money, he was forced to make up for it by placing bets on original games, and particularly emphasised on the "first blood" event. 

Taiga apparently wanted to stop the betting for a long time, but he was unable to do so because Sensibility had blackmailed him. As a result, he was discovered months later.

A Dota 2 content provider reveals Taiga's suspected history of match-fixing at OG

In the opening of his video, Morf alluded to Taiga's October 2023 admission of gambling addiction, pointing out that he had not addressed gambling while playing Dota 2. Also specific passage in his statement most likely spoke about his relationship with Sensibility.

Morf claims that Taiga and Sensibility became friends on Discord following their participation in a competitive game. According to Sensibility, Taiga asked him how he might make money from gaming. He claimed that the two gamers had different stories regarding how they initially met.

Morf played purported audio recordings of the players' talks, in which it was agreed that Taiga would have to place a wager in order to receive his cut based on insider knowledge. According to reports, he received the necessary wager payment. 

Based on Morf's conversation with Taiga, he borrowed this money to pay off real-world debts, which he later paid back with his OG income. Sensibility deceived him into gambling on fictitious accounts at the same time, which led to losses and a relapse of the addiction. Taiga added that he didn't receive any information from Sensibility about match fixing that he could wager on.

However, Taiga lost the money he needed to wager anytime pertinent match-fixing news had to surface since he was unable to resist his impulse to bet on football and other games, according to Morf's talk with Sensibility.