Yu Yang
publication date: Monday, August 6, 2012 (part of Summer 2012)
category: 
Sports
clue: This Chinese player has announced her professional retirement after being disqualified for playing badminton the way some people play Pirate Paradise.
explanation: Yu was disqualified at the 2012 Olympics for playing badly on purpose in an early match in order to gain easier opponents in later seeding, a tactic familiar to players in other games on Funeratic. more…
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