Are you kidding me? Encouraging other players to partake in a possible suicide of a mentally unstable person is "acting fine?"

Its a joke. I know. But it has gone too far.

it doesn't matter if I am an alt or CEO of Pendamic Legion. I am expressing my concern as a valid subscriber of this game. I pay plex for this game. You pay plex for this game. An alt or a nobody i may be, but i am entitled with same right as others.

/facepalm

In case you haven't noticed, the US population and internet blogs/sites in general have been in a "don't let the truth get in the way of a good story" state for quite some time. Blogs and game sites need eyeballs and a scandal, whether true or blown out of proportion, is a great way to get hits/revenue. Most "real world" jerks know this and make damn sure to have a good spin doctor on staff and try to keep their asshattery out of the public eye.

IMHO, Mittanti has potentially screwed the pooch with his off-the-cuff and flip responses to the accusations. If CCP does feel the need to "do something" then Mitt has already painted himself into a corner. A little diplomacy/spin doctoring/maturity would have gone a long way to nipping the whole incident in the bud. Now there's a good chance it could turn into a problem that CCP "must" address with "severe" consequences to show how "concerned" and "serious" they are about < insert social issue here />.

The whole thing is just Stupid. Continuing to pour gas on a flaming ball of Stupid shows an amazing lack of political and diplomatic awareness.

Inciting thousands of EVE/non-EVE players to send mails to encourage the unfortunate miner's suicidal tendency was not only immature and completely unnecessary, but sick.

If CCP does not punish Mittani the Great, EVE Online would be a laughing stock amongst other major game publishers.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/40316/CCP-investigation-into-suicidal-player-jokes

Wildfire. This things got legs.

You aren't allowed to do that anymore. Trust me.

If the CSM guy truly meant what he said it's clear he doesn't have any concept of a basic moral standard and he has ABSOLUTLY no place to represent anyone about anything. Maybe not even himself since you almost have to suffer from some mental or social disorder.

It is quite pleasing to know that there are fellow GOONS who are equally disgusted by Mittani the Great's misconduct.

Goons, we all know that Mittani was a great leader, but that's past now.

Find a new leadership who can better suit the community.

Goons will prevail under better leadership.

You still do not understand the crux of this scandal. I suggest that you read from page 1.

If Mittani the Great was sincere in his apologies, he would have understood the gravity of his mistake and have apologized when someone questioned his misconduct after the Fanfest.

His nonchalant and rude replies are already solid proof that he had no willingness to apologize.

Only when his chairmanship was threatened and various media coverage brought spotlight to his misconduct, then he decided to write a half-hearted letter of apologies to the community.

Does Mittani the Great thinks we are that dumb to fall for his pathetic attempt to sway the crowd?

He already caused irreparable damage to EVE Online. Keeping him as part of CSM not only tarnish the reputation of CSM and CCP, but sets a horrible horrible precedent for the future fo the game.

Mittani the Great, please do us a favor and resign.

You are absolutely right. We don't care if people scam. It was COMPLETELY OK for Mittani to harras that unfortunate miner ingame. What became a big problem is that he, in front of thousands of audiences (both live and stream attendees), exhibited the best of EVE Online behavior by knowingly encouraging thousands of others to provoke a person with known suicidal tendency, to actually commit suicide.

By keeping Mittani as CSM, we are basically telling the world that it is completely ok to harras and drive others to commit suicide, and that CCP COMPLETELY SUPPORTS it!

The only ones who're to blame are the people who voted for The Mittani. Thus, I'm not to blame for any of the stupid things he said at the Fanfest. Why would I be to blame for a griefer's stupid remarks at a gaming-event, when I didn't ever want him in charge of anything and actually voted for someone I believe might be competent?

When I heard the Eve-Radio debate I thought "Hey, you know what, this Mittiani guy actually comes across as quite an intuitive well spoken and thoughtful guy. Clearly his persona is just that- a 'goon' persona. He has a sound knowledge of Eve, and seems like he has his finger on the collective community pulse. Not a bad candidate for CSM. Not a bad candidate at all"

THEN I hear about this whole shitstorm from fanfest. Inciting another player to commit suicide? Surely not the same guy, right?

Well, after reviewing the footage I think that on the one hand the 'PC' crowd has jumped on the 'I hate Mittens" bandwagon. The actual snippet of him 'inciting' the guy to kill himself seems more like a slip of the tounge from a drunk, young idiot and that in lies the problem.

The Mittiani that I saw on that footage is indeed nothing more then a drunken idiot- drunk not only on alcohol (what is it with Eve players and this need to express how drunk they are. Good for you. Why the need to play up the fact youre drunk. Pretty ******* immature boys) but also drunk on some sort of interweb spaceship nerd fame.

And thats the real kick in the proverbials folks. What I saw was a small boy, not capable of handling his drink. The need to showboat his drinking and his idiotic friends jeering him on didnt exactly project a reasonable, mature person to me. Ive had a few beers while playing eve in my time, as im sure alot of people have, but one has to wonder. What the hell was this idiot thinking.

He lost alot of respect from the community by his conduct, remarks about suicide aside. As much as it pains me, he should step down, even though sober he probably would be a good CSM chair. Acting the way he did showed he is actually just a wanker.

Thumbs down Mittens, even though you will probably never read this.

Mittani the Great resigned!