SamtheDog
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Posted - 2012.03.28 11:23:00 -
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The Mittani wrote:This has been hanging over my head since Thursday when I stumbled away from the Alliance Panel with a vague sense that I had done something horrible. I didn't know the extent of how much of a shitheel I had been until today, when footage of the presentation went up. As many of you now know, I gave out the in-game character name of a Mackinaw miner if anyone had wanted to blow him up - except that I was so smashed that I didn't recall exactly what I said (as anyone who was there can tell you). When I came to the forums the other day and saw threads complaining about my behavior - not remembering what I'd said - I assumed that I was enduring the usual anti-Goonswarm trolls, and posted something like "deal with it~" in my usual "The Mittani" way.
Then I landed, and saw the article listing my actual quote.
Christ.
I feel absolutely ashamed of my behavior at the Alliance Panel. It's one thing to play a villain in an online roleplaying game - when I post on these forums or on twitter, I usually do so as 'The Mittani', and do my level best to convince everyone that I'm an unrepentant space villain, as that kind of facade provides an in-game advantage to me and my alliance. But I am not that character in real life, as anyone who has met me can attest. I went way, way, /way/ past the line on Thursday night by mocking the Mackinaw miner at a real-life event. I, as a person, am not the entity that I play in EVE; I am not actually a sociopath or a sadist, and I certainly don't want people to kill themselves in real life over an internet spaceship game, no matter what I may say or do within the game itself. CCP may say 'EVE is Real', but EVE is not real - and the line between the game and reality should not be overstepped.
I'm relieved to discover that the Mackinaw miner is doing fine and mining away, despite being blown up by Goonswarm in-game. He deserves, and he has, my heartfelt apologies - here in public as well as a private apology. There's no excuse for what I did - while some might try to use my inebriation as a mitigating factor, I put myself in that compromised mental state, and the guilt of that is entirely mine.
If I could go back in time and not have included the slide mentioning the miner, I would do so. While the Eve Online character "The Mittani" would never apologize for any sort of villany in game, I myself, as Alex Gianturco, feel utterly ashamed and sickened by my behavior.
Sounds like a nice apology, however it's not enough
IF you really felt bad about what you did, you would not have done that. Even worse, you would have had enough common sense not to even think it was a smart thing to do or say in a public forum.
I don't believe your apology is sincere. If it were, you would have resigned your position in eve and not insulted the person by tossing them some isk to make this problem 'go away'.
It sounds more like damage control with your supporters trying to create an atmosphere of forgiveness. However, this is not a sincere expression of support, but more a form of poltical support for their cause. I don't think your allies really care if they made this guy kill himself. He's be forgotten within a few weeks anyways.
I think you will do whatever is in your best interests, and if you harm another player in real life (someone you don't know) you'd do it w/o really caring.
How do I know this? You did this publicly already, while at the same time givng a cheap apology. However, if you took real responsibility, you'd actually resign your position rather than tossing the victim a few isk and keeping your job which is far more profitable.
In short, you're a fundamentally broken person imho.
Sam |