Myra Champaign

General

• 14 year old prodigy athlete
• Father: Klaus Lowrie

• The eighth youngest player ever admitted into PCAG competition
• Recognized as being one of the best young players on the scene since Serena Duncan's debut eight years ago

• Defeated Bryce Goran, eliminating him from competition (surprisingly early in the season)

Scandal

• As a child, suffered from cognitive and developmental disorders, and was treated with a range of experimental enhancement medications
• These enhancements are considered to be very unsporting, by some in the community.
• A specially convened committee of PCAG officials judged in favour of allowing her to compete
• The controversy is about her participation and the fundamental definition of cognitive enhancement by drugs
• A campaign against her entrance into the PCAG is being led by Jonas Sawgrass of the Alliance for Clean Players
• On 17-JUN-05, during her debut match (against Mikhail Terpening), protesters bought out a block of tickets and jeered the 14-year-old athlete.
  • She left the stage crying.
  • She still managed to win against Terpening.
• Following her 13-JUL-05 win against Bryce Goran, opponents to Champaign insisted it to be clear evidence of "enhanced" players defeating "clean" players.

References

• Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, 31-MAY-05 "Champaign Accepted into Competition" (link)
  • article, 10-JUN-05 "View from Earth: Prodigal Prodigy" (link)
  • article, 17-JUN-05 "Champaign Leaves Match in Tears" (link)
  • letter, 13-JUL-05 "Good Sportsmanship" (link)
  • article, 14-JUL-05 "Goran Out of Games" (link)