EVW Website under Attack

The East vs West arm wrestling community recently experienced significant issues with its pay-per-view website, leading to frustration and financial loss. Two key figures, Engin Terzi and Dexter Tan, have presented different accounts regarding the cause and nature of these problems.

Engin Terzi's Perspective: A Case of Missed Deadlines

According to Engin Terzi, he was contacted by the East vs West crew and informed that they "forgot to renew that the domain agreement" with the company. He also states that they "missed that deadline" for a one-week option after the domain expired, attributing this oversight to their busy schedule organizing the event.

Terzi recounts that "someone from Lithuania bought the domain," and it was subsequently moved to Hostinger in Lithuania. He attempted to assist by reaching out to the company, but was informed that the "deadline... is passed" and it was not possible to get the domain back. Terzi expressed surprise that someone from Lithuania was aware of and acted on this deadline, while no one from East vs West was, with a management member admitting, "I was totally not aware of this expired date. My apologies." Terzi concludes that the team simply "missed the expired dates". He notes that East vs West has since established a new official website, EVW sports website, where replays are now available.

Dexter Tan's Account: Evidence of an Internal Sabotage

Dexter Tan, conversely, presents a much more severe interpretation of events, asserting that the website issue was not a simple oversight but an "attack" and "internal sabotage". He details findings from a $50 report he commissioned, which he believes provides "damning" proof.

Key points from Tan's investigation include:

• Persistent Location in Turkey: Despite claims of a new host in Lithuania, Tan states that the website's "IP location as of this morning is still in Turkey Istanbul," and the website still points to Turkey. He emphasizes, "The people who are accessing is still in Turkey Istanbul."
• Auto-Renewal and Transfer: Tan stresses that their domain was configured for annual auto-renewal, having been reset yearly. However, the auto-renew was suddenly "gone," and crucially, on August 13th, the domain status was "pending transfer."
• Violation of ICANN Grace Period: He refers to ICANN (the international governing board for domain names), stating that there is a "grace period from 31 days to 45 days" after expiration during which "nobody else can can cap c capture those." Tan asserts that the "only way that this could be done to an to send to the another owner if it's transferred."
• Retention of Old Data: A "smoking gun" for Tan is the fact that when accessing the old eastvswestarmwrestling.com site in incognito mode (which should prevent storing old data), "old data" from East vs West still appeared. He argues that a newly purchased domain would not contain any old data from its previous record, making this a strong indicator that the incident "was done internally to sabotage us."
• Suspicious Timing: Tan highlights that while the domain's registry expiration is August 10, 2026, an "update" occurred on August 16th at 4:35 UTC. He calculated that this was the "exact same time" he publicly announced the release of the complete rule set on evs.com/rules; "minutes later they changed something Somebody changed something and crashed our entire website." He dismisses this as a "Coincidence not."
• Mechanism of Attack and Responsibility: Tan speculates that a "loophole" was exploited where someone "forgot password on that email address, gain access, and recover password for our domain registra and change that." While taking "a lot of responsibility" for not having better safeguards, he maintains there is "100% proof that we were attacked" by an "insider attack." He stated, "I don't have any concrete proof to point it that is somebody to particular person."
• Legal Action and New Website: Tan declared that eastvswestarmwrestling.com is "no longer an official website," and evsports.com is now the official domain. He plans to take "legal actions on whoever has done it," pursuing a subpoena for the exact IP address of the manipulator to find and prosecute the true owner of the current site. He noted the attack caused a "huge amount of financial... burden" due to people resorting to pirate streams.

Contrasting Narratives: Mistake Versus Malicious Attack

The accounts from Engin Terzi and Dexter Tan present fundamentally different explanations for the East vs West website's downfall. Terzi's narrative frames the incident as a logistical error—a failure to renew the domain agreement and missing a subsequent grace period, leading to a legitimate acquisition by a third party from Lithuania.

Dexter Tan, conversely, strongly refutes the idea of a simple oversight, asserting it was a deliberate "insider attack" or "sabotage". His evidence centers on the domain's auto-renewal status, the "pending transfer" status, the violation of ICANN grace period rules, the unexpected retention of old website data on the new acquisition, and the precise timing of the website crash coinciding with a major announcement. While Terzi mentioned the domain moving to Hostinger in Lithuania, Tan's investigation emphasized the website's IP location remained in Turkey, raising questions about the immediate impact of the claimed new ownership on its geographical presence. Tan points to malicious intent and internal manipulation, whereas Terzi's account describes an unfortunate administrative mistake.