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EHOME winning first place in SMM2010

iG winning first place in SMM2011

The whole scandal begun whenJia Qi '' Shen had tweeted the following:I would like to ask if the prize money from SMM will still be given...Crystal was a member of the Nirvana.cn team that placed second in SMM2011.His tweet triggered responses from various professional players, notablyZhi Lei '' Xu stating the following:I would like to mention that I have yet to receive the prize money from SMM2010.professional playersYao '' Chen andCen '' Jiang have both replied to the tweet and questioned the status of prize money from the tournament as well.SMM is an annual LAN event that is held at the end of each year in Malaysia, where international and local teams participate. SMM2010 had announced a total prizepool of RM101,000 (32,000 USD), whilst SMM2011 had a total prizepool of RM116,000 (36,000 USD).SMM2010 was won by, withsecond andthird.SMM2011 was won by, withsecond andthird.In an effort to better understand the situation,was able to speak to BurNing andYao '' Yi regarding the matter. Both BurNing and 357 were members of EHOME's triumph in 2010, and confirmed that they did not receive any payment. 357 also stated that he did not receive any prize money for his second place finish with Nirvana.cn during 2011.It is also interesting to note that one of the officials from EHOME tweeted that they have yet to receive the prize money from 2011'sDota 2 LAN.This is not the first time SMM is engulfed in a controversy, following technical issues during the 2011 touranment. You can view our recap of the event here We have reached out to SMM personnel regarding the matter and are awaiting their response, so stay tuned toas we bring you more updates.