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*The most notorious incident of splitting in competitive Smash was between {{Sm|Mew2King}} and {{Sm|ADHD}} at [[MLG DC 2010]]. | *The most notorious incident of splitting in competitive Smash was between {{Sm|Mew2King}} and {{Sm|ADHD}} at [[MLG DC 2010]], when M2K allegedly intentionally lost to ADHD in the tournament's Loser Finals, in exchange for a portion of ADHD's winnings, who would go on to win the tournament after beating {{Sm|Rich Brown}} twice in Grand Finals. While if M2K actually threw the set is disputed, with M2K maintaining he did legitimately try to win, claiming ADHD didn't agree to split his winnings until after the tournament was over, they both did admit to the exchange of prize money, casting doubt over the legitimacy of their set and calling into question if Rich Brown would have been the tournament's rightful winner if he fought M2K or a more exhausted ADHD after a legitimate LF set instead. While the community largely backed them or forgave them at the time, and no other TO would ban them from their tournaments for this incident, this did result in [[MLG]] disqualifying and banning both players from participating in the rest of the 2010 MLG ''[[Brawl]]'' circuit. This incident damaged the reputation of the competitive Smash community to those outside it, especially as it involved two of the game's most prolific players at one of the year's most high profile tournaments, with this incident being speculated as a major reason for why MLG chose to not run any more ''Brawl'' events after the 2010 circuit, with MLG not returning to Smash until four years later with [[MLG Anaheim 2014]]. | ||
*At [[Pound V]], there were reported cases of high level players in pools dropping a set to a friend in the same pool as them to help them make the bracket. The most notorious of these was {{Sm|ADHD}} intentionally dropping a set to {{Sm|Doom}} in his pool, which allowed Doom to make the bracket. This in turn prevented {{Sm|D1AOS}}, the player who would have advanced had ADHD defeated Doom as expected, from advancing. The incident caused a large debate on whether one should "be a friend" and willingly bracket manipulate to help their friend place higher, or if one should maintain competitive integrity and sportsmanship, thus treating their friend as any other opponent. This was the primary controversy of the [https://smashboards.com/threads/pound-v-brawl-results.298137/ Pound V results thread] on [[SmashBoards]] until {{Sm|Plank}} revealed that he wouldn't be paying out the winners. | *At [[Pound V]], there were reported cases of high level players in pools dropping a set to a friend in the same pool as them to help them make the bracket. The most notorious of these was {{Sm|ADHD}} intentionally dropping a set to {{Sm|Doom}} in his pool, which allowed Doom to make the bracket. This in turn prevented {{Sm|D1AOS}}, the player who would have advanced had ADHD defeated Doom as expected, from advancing. The incident caused a large debate on whether one should "be a friend" and willingly bracket manipulate to help their friend place higher, or if one should maintain competitive integrity and sportsmanship, thus treating their friend as any other opponent. This was the primary controversy of the [https://smashboards.com/threads/pound-v-brawl-results.298137/ Pound V results thread] on [[SmashBoards]] until {{Sm|Plank}} revealed that he wouldn't be paying out the winners. | ||