We are undertaking a full internal review of this panel as well as the process used for vetting the panel's materials. Even though this panel was billed as unfiltered by CCP, we expect public presentations to be courteous and professional towards others.

...we expect public presentations to be courteous and professional towards others.

CCP - you have a lot of explaining to do in my opinion.

There's not much explaining to do, really. The "public image" side of Fanfest has been growing, and this year it had a bit of a collision with the "drunken party vacation" side of it. They'll sort new rules out for presentations next year (presentation vetting, presenting under the influence, etc etc) and all will be well again.

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.

Killjoy, I like a nice cold beer whilst watching Roadhouse.

What? Do you hate alcohol or something? Don't fudge it up for me. I want to go to Fanfest someday and be greeted with beer on a bus.

but that's what the alliance panel is supposed to be, a bunch or drunk tool bags being drunken tool bags and waggling their epeens about the place.

Is this with or without protest groups holding signs about suicide being a sin.

However, getting pissed and then having a microphone put in your face then being expected to be funny doesn't gel with CCP's public statement for mine.

Its live tv... and they are drinking, fan fest wouldnt of been nearly as fun without copious amounts of alcohol as with everything in life, get off your high horse.

Sounds like ass covering.

space garbage...

I'm not on any high horse.

I just want CCP to explain their sudden piety with regards to the Alliance Panel.

I'm not making any judgements, I'm asking for an explanation.

It is just meta-gaming at the corporate level. I am sure they didn't like that Mittani outed the name of the player but the rest seems to be sanctioned by CCP. They want to be the bad boy MMO and this is part of their PR strategy.

I know many players don't agree. Hey many players even wan't to remove non-consensual PvP, ban scammers and likes to call suicide gankers griefers that violate the EULA. But it is OK, these players are needed in the game too because of all the drama they help generate. And drama is what feeds EVE.

Don't be surprised if EVE will grow it's subscription base because of the Mittani Gate meta-gaming drama.

What? Do you hate alcohol or something? Don't fudge it up for me. I want to go to Fanfest someday and be greeted with beer on a bus.

I agree with the OP. CCP encourages drunk and disorderly behavior at fanfest, and that's exactly what they get. It's all fun until someone crosses the line. The responsibility here lies with CCP more than anyone else.

Yes I will agree with that to a degree, but from that (and indulge my tinfoil) that CCP would make a statement like that to enhance the meta game drama?

Agree they might not have liked it but from what you are saying we could infer they are simply creating turmoil for PR? That could be judged as more insidious than how we got here in the first place - not to mention far fetched.

CCP still are not saying anything more than what could be regarded as weak spin here when there should be explanation.

Their event and their "expectations".

I just want to know what policies CCP have that allow drunk people to basically represent them live on stage and then cry foul if it doesn't end well.

alcohol is for noobs