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Controversial Street Fighter Champion Banned From Several Major Tournaments - Kotaku
May 20, 2022 1 min, 9 secs
South Korean fighting game player Seon-woo “Infiltration” Lee revealed last night that he’s been barred from attending several major community events, including this year’s Evolution Championship Series (Evo).

Evo and Combo Breaker (arguably the second most important grassroots tournament in the fighting game community) contacted Lee via email to inform him he will not be allowed to compete at their events, according to screenshots Lee posted to Twitter.

While previously unknown, Lee quickly became a household name in the fighting game community thanks to his third-place finish in Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition at Evo 2010.

He spent the next several years earning even more Evo medals and performing well in various fighting games, including Street Fighter x Tekken, Street Fighter V, Samurai Shodown, and Guilty Gear Strive.

Lee also voluntarily stepped away from Capcom’s official Street Fighter tournaments for a year, all the while disputing the abuse claims for which he was arrested, found guilty by a South Korean court, and fined.

Last year, for instance, Lee was reportedly caught coordinating with friends to defraud a beginner Street Fighter V tournament he organized with Korean streaming site AfreecaTV, his largest sponsor at the time.

Discord screenshots show Lee encouraging the person who won that event, a master-level player in other fighting games, to not raise his Street Fighter V rank too high for fear of raising suspicion.

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