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Harvard University team busted for cheating

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http://www.pcgamer.com/heroes-of-the-dorm-disqualifies-harvard-for-cheating/
A “Team Disqualifications” notice posted on the Heroes of the Dorm website says a player on Harvard's Team Ambush was sharing his account with another, higher-rated player who wasn't on the roster during official tournaments. That's basically the same as putting nose glasses on David Price and having him pitch for your beer league team, and as you might imagine, it's a big no-no.

“We have zero tolerance for cheating in our tournaments. The rules are in place to ensure a fair playing field for all participants—when these rules are abused, they put the integrity of the competition at risk. The students found to be sharing their Battle.net accounts and the players with whom they were sharing will be banned indefinitely from participation in any future Tespa tournaments,” Blizzard wrote. “In addition, Blizzard Entertainment will be taking disciplinary actions against the Battle.net accounts involved.”
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What is worse, that they tried to cheat, or they got caught cheating?
 
So that should be the equivalent of them wearing a Scarlet Letter around campus, right? That's the best they could come up with?

(I do like how the article tried to make it current by using David Price though...)
 
Too much competition leads to too much pressure to cheat.

Straight A's don't coming without some marked amount of cheating.
 
Its all about risk versus reward. Lots of athletes for example cheat. For the top echelon, the rewards can be very lucrative. Think of caught cheaters like Lance Armstrong, Marion Jones, Arod and Barry Bonds.

A very successful US politician, who I know all of you heard of, Ted Kennedy was caught cheating when he was at Harvard. Another Harvard student took Kennedy's test for him. Kennedy and the other student were expelled from Harvard. But with his family ties, Kennedy was readmitted a couple years later. So even getting caught, doesn't necessarily mean a major penalty in life. With an Ivy League degree, one will find a lot of doors opening, where others will have a much hard time getting through.
 
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