Page 1 of 19 1234511 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 367

Thread: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

  1. #1
    Splitting time between Legacy, EDH and Alterations
    ivanpei's Avatar
    Join Date

    Sep 2007
    Location

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Posts

    1,202

    Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    I'm surprised there isn't a thread on this yet. He's locked up the invitational and is the highest ranked player in the world. All because of:



    5 cards with brainstorm? Must be nice. Earlier the commentators caught him using brainstorm as an ancestral recall as well.

    Also he double explores in this video:
    Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd7cd-K8ImQ

    There's alot of noise being made on the scg life feed now. Thoughts?

    I'm going to refrain from commenting myself, but my frame of mind is: cheats don't belong in any competitive hobby. The only question now is how long should the ban hammer be?

  2. #2
    Member

    Join Date

    Jan 2007
    Location

    Milwaukee, WI, USA
    Posts

    287

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    I believe his name is actually Bertoncheaty.

  3. #3
    Site Contributor
    Esper3k's Avatar
    Join Date

    Dec 2008
    Location

    Houston, TX
    Posts

    2,057

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    Drew Levin's been making a huge stink about him recently. I actually saw a thread started on here with Drew Levin's email to Sheldon M. about it, but it looks like the thread got deleted?

    Lots of stories about him drawing extra cards (like opponent Duresses him on T1 and catches him with 8 cards in hand) and preboarding.

    I think there's a famous one where he was in a feature match and got someone with a preboarded Sower, then the T16 decklists came out and he had the Sowers in the board?

    I also saw another video of him where he had a Kira out, opponent Jace bounces it, then Cursed Scrolls it and Bertoncini returns Kira to his hand.

  4. #4
    Member
    say no to scurvy's Avatar
    Join Date

    May 2010
    Location

    Central Pennsylvania
    Posts

    139

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    There was a thread earlier this week after Drew Levin called him out on twitter or something for his multiple instances where he has been known to cheat

    ...pre-boarded sower against a reanimator with plat angel
    ...drawing extra cards
    ...3/1 mainboard/sideboard timely reinforcements against burn where his list was supposedly 2/2
    ...submerging forestless opps

    The thread was deleted for unknown reasons

  5. #5
    Splitting time between Legacy, EDH and Alterations
    ivanpei's Avatar
    Join Date

    Sep 2007
    Location

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Posts

    1,202

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    I can understand deleting a thread when there's slandering without proof. But when videos and screen caps of obvious cheating appears, something definitely has to be done. This evidence seems pretty conclusive IMO.

  6. #6

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    Opponent: no he's good
    Drew: you sure?

    lmao.

  7. #7
    Member
    bfeingersh's Avatar
    Join Date

    Mar 2011
    Location

    Boston, MA
    Posts

    326

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    http://blip.tv/scglive/scg_sanjose_l...nd-007-4944362

    There's also this. Check out between 35:00-36:00. His opponent has Jace+Cursed Scroll. Alex plays a Kira, opp. bounces and shoots it. Alex stacks up his graveyard and plays a second Kira. This time when it gets bounced+shot, he just picks it up. Nobody notices because there's still a Kira on top of his graveyard.

  8. #8
    Member

    Join Date

    Sep 2007
    Location

    MN
    Posts

    328

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    There does seem to be an overwhelming amount of evidence being put forth suggesting that he is cheating (intent) vs. playing sloppy and not maintaining gamestates.

  9. #9

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    The photo of him on StarCity right now is pretty sickening. It seems clear that he is a serial cheater and this is well documented. He should be stripped of all winnings and banned by the DCI.
    I see more than others do because I know where to look.

  10. #10
    Member

    Join Date

    Sep 2007
    Location

    MN
    Posts

    328

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    The video's of Alex are multitudes worse than anything Saitou ever did.

  11. #11
    Salt of the earth

    Join Date

    May 2009
    Location

    Canada
    Posts

    4,685

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    That's sad that he needs to cheat to win. Ban his ass.

    -Matt

  12. #12
    Jack of All Things Trill
    KevinTrudeau's Avatar
    Join Date

    Aug 2010
    Location

    Minneapolis
    Posts

    325

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    Well, he's laughing all the way to the bank, probably listening to his Nickelback CD on the drive over:

    Find enlightenment for just $29.99!

  13. #13

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    Quote Originally Posted by KevinTrudeau View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Tha Gunslinga View Post
    I believe his name is actually Bertoncheaty.

  14. #14
    It's an ugly pile of bones... like me.
    clavio's Avatar
    Join Date

    Sep 2004
    Location

    Albany
    Posts

    745

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    It's crazy how he knew everyone was going to be watching him this weekend......and then he still goes for a five card brainstorm on camera.

    I don't actually care though.

  15. #15
    Mental Misstep your....oh wait
    chags's Avatar
    Join Date

    Dec 2010
    Location

    Boston
    Posts

    208

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    that explore vid is pretty clear cheats...it'll be interesting to see how the DCI handles this, and even more interesting to see how scg handles proof that their star is a cheat.
    "Dredge isn't a deck, it's public masturbation with graveyard triggers."

  16. #16
    Ooh... Shiny!

    Join Date

    Aug 2005
    Location

    Raincouver
    Posts

    694

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    That was absolutely disgusting. I thought he was going to get DQ'ed right there.

  17. #17

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    I think Explore just got an errata.

    "You may play an additional land this turn. If your opponent doesn't notice, you may play two additional lands this turn.

    Draw a card."

  18. #18
    Ooh... Shiny!

    Join Date

    Aug 2005
    Location

    Raincouver
    Posts

    694

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    I think the real question is, how long will the suspension be. I mean, the guy that peeked at his opponent's draft picks got what, a year? With all these infractions, he probably won't be playing magic for a while.

  19. #19
    Member

    Join Date

    May 2011
    Location

    New Zealand
    Posts

    134

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    Quote Originally Posted by chags View Post
    that explore vid is pretty clear cheats...it'll be interesting to see how the DCI handles this, and even more interesting to see how scg handles proof that their star is a cheat.
    SCG said they're merely a third party, they're leaving everything to the DCI.

  20. #20

    Re: Alex Bertoncini's serial cheating.

    Looks like Nate Pease didn't teach Alex how to draw four off Brainstorm as well as he should have
    Quote Originally Posted by Sims View Post
    On a more constructive note: Anything can be funny, even if it is about rape.
    TIME POLICE

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)