I'm Steve Hunt or "FaDeEvetS", the maphacker who got caught out in 2011.
I hacked on and off for a long time on the ladder, eventually deluding myself into thinking it didn't give me that big an advantage etc etc.
This is my first attempt at an apology which will take a long time to fulfill.
Since leaving sc2sea in december-ish of 2011, i took about 5-6months off sc2, except for the occasional 4v4 games etc.
Around 2-3 months ago now, i started laddering up NA, i was unsure whether i wanted to get 'good' on NA then come to sea, or just stick to NA...Since then i've come to the decision that i would like to eventually be a part of this community again, and will provide anything that it takes to do that.
After attending WCS Australia and seeing how the community and players have grown, I'd be extremely disappointed in myself if i didn't try to be a part of it again, however i know it'll take time, and even then i don't expect to be 'welcomed' by everyone.
If, after time for consideration etc the general consensus is that the community doesn't want me, i'll leave the SEA server (atleast in 1v1 ladder).
around 1-2 months ago, after 'training up' etc on NA, i joined team solarity (sR) in an effort to gain practice partners etc of similiar skill.
**Please note* that sR were unaware of my previous alias, and had nothing to do with me 'hiding' myself. If Grim wishes me to leave sR, i will do so, as i don't want to spoil the teams reputation. Honestly, they had NOTHING at all to do with it.
I will provide replay packs of my ladder games, and perhaps do services for the community (coaching or something?) if wanted.
I genuinely want to work for acceptance and forgiveness in the SEA region and community, and apologise deeply for the things that i both said and did.
I'm attaching a handful of replays to this blog, and as i ladder i'll add more if requested. I'll potentially do weekly or monthly blogs with replays and step by step analysis if that would be wanted.
I will begin streaming ladder sessions periodically, (however can't for a few days due to internet usage - can stream on saturday)
I'm extremely sorry to the community that i lied to all of you for so long, especially people like PiG who i feel i used to have a strong rapport with, all the members of clan FaDe, Nirvana, Shortizz, maynarde and all my close friends. But as well to every single person i played against, lied to and mislead.
EDIT: I got an 'attachement files could not be uploaded due to the file folder not being writeable" or something error while trying to upload replays with this blog. I'll provide them soon.
**EDIT: replays have been added to the replay section of the site.
I felt like over the past two months I got to know you really well but now after your coming out I feel like I don't. However, after speaking to you the multiple times in our short time together I feel like you are a very genuine person. Back then, I was one of the people who consistently fought back at the FaDe members that tried to defend you when you didn't admit that you were a hacker yet and now I feel I am stuck in the same position as the FaDe members.
sR still welcomes you with opened hands and not once have I suspected you of being a hacker in the past 2 months. I hope this continues to be so but I will definitely not be tolerant of any suspicious behavior.
I hope the community understands my position in keeping Winter in the clan and I am welcome to any bad reception because of this but I hope you understand that I am doing this based off my experience with "Winter" in the past months (not knowing that he was evetS).
I think you didn't do yourself any favours by hiding your identity to sR. If they're willing to overlook that bit then you better get your ass into gear. You're not gonna get another chance.
Being an ex-FaDe member and current sR member, not knowing anything about this is pretty embarrassing haha :P Guess not really keeping up to date with the community stuff. Oh and yes.. your title makes it sounds like "herpderp I have returned to steal all yo ladder points baby!" Regardless, welcome back!
Wow never would have guessed that we knew before your new hosts did 0.o
I would urge due diligence with regards to sRWinter as he had all but one person from FaDe fooled and ready jump on a proverbial grande to defend him - hell even PiG.
I thought through that whole episode that he would have learned a lesson or matured somewhat
Sorry to say not off to a good start thus far but that said I do hope to be proven wrong
FaDe looks forward to crushing sRWinter and sR in future wars and tournaments
yea I dunno whats the deal with sR but i hope you told them at the start
also easier said than done, and i look forward to your taking some action in regards to community work as you said the same thing before 6 months ago but nothing came out of it.
i guess a step forward would be to offer coaching to BSG/GPD winners. message asylumofsouls / eddie and let them know of your intention, i'm sure they will be happy to let you redeem yourself. good luck on your journey back
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