Perhaps you're right. But, by his own words, I'm just not seeing it that way.

Regardless if he was serious or not anyone in a position to control so many others cannot guarantee that they all realized that. He, as a leader of thousands of gamers, prepared a presentation based on a communication from another player who clearly was of a questionable mental state, then got drunk, then used that presentation to mock the communication in front of 10's of thousands of players and the entire world. That of itself is unconscionable. That he jokingly commented in favor of a suicide is abhorrent, joking or no, drunken or not.

I've already outlined the premeditated nature of the entire incident in several threads. This is the most damning fact in my eyes. And as a person who has been through depression, I cannot excuse this behavior in any way. This behavior is what one expects from children, not grown adults. The former doesn't realize the seriousness of such situations, the latter had better because there are real consequences.

The premeditated nature of this incident completely negates his apology which would suggest that he was not in control of his faculties at the time of the presentation and that it was spontaneous. IT WAS NOT SPONTANEOUS. The prepared nature of the presentation proves that. That he has communicated afterwards in private forums to indicate how this can be turned into a positive for his ego and his minions, only serves to confirm my opinion of the real reasons for the apology.....mitigation, not repentance. This is further supported by the obvious and multiple instances in which the apology was used to indicate that he was drunk and therefore it was spontaneous. How then can he explain away a prepared slide? He can't. And he's knows that. He'd best serve himself if he'd just shut up for the next 30 days and hope that this thing does blow over.

Common. He made a huge mistake, stepped down from the CSM, got banned for a month. Just let it go.
CCP punished him and did the right thing. No need to blow it any more out of proportion.

The premeditated nature of this incident completely negates his apology which would suggest that he was not in control of his faculties at the time of the presentation and that it was spontaneous. IT WAS NOT SPONTANEOUS. The prepared nature of the presentation proves that. .

Oh, but i do, and they have never been humbled quite like this.

Think i even heard Mittani briefly mention something about possibly working on their public image if anti-goon sentiment continues to rise, in that state of the Goonion thing. Which is wise. People have hated goons many times before, but now they're just a joke to the entire community. Even goons can't be proud of that.

That's adorable.

"A person conductive"

Meaning the person actually has to kill themself first.

Or, one could simply write a letter to the State Bar he's allegedly still a member of, detailing his conduct in the event that said conduct is a violation of his State's ethics code of conduct for attorneys.

He thinks it's funny to screw with someone in front of a live audience? Let's see how he fares before his peers...

So you will be fine with ******* over someones real life over a drunken joke?

You disgust me.

Or, one could simply write a letter to the State Bar he's allegedly still a member of, detailing his conduct in the event that said conduct is a violation of his State's ethics code of conduct for attorneys.

He thinks it's funny to screw with someone in front of a live audience? Let's see how he fares before his peers...

So you will be fine with ******* over someones real life over a drunken joke?

You disgust me.

He retired from that anyways to play EVE full time (lol) so it's hardly wrecking his life. The ban probably wrecked his life more.

Or, one could simply write a letter to the State Bar he's allegedly still a member of, detailing his conduct in the event that said conduct is a violation of his State's ethics code of conduct for attorneys.

He thinks it's funny to screw with someone in front of a live audience? Let's see how he fares before his peers...

Messing up someones real life is ok yeah? Isnt that what you were all crying over him doing?

Consequences. Look it up.

Messing up someones real life is ok yeah? Isnt that what you were all crying over him doing?

Or, one could simply write a letter to the State Bar he's allegedly still a member of, detailing his conduct in the event that said conduct is a violation of his State's ethics code of conduct for attorneys.

He thinks it's funny to screw with someone in front of a live audience? Let's see how he fares before his peers...

Yeah, let's hit the guy with the full force of the law! Lock him away for life! Let's sell his family into slavery!

Good god people, take a step back and think about what you're saying here. The guy made a stupid JOKE in the heat of the moment!
Did he behave like a complete ahole? Yeah, definitely! But do any of you actually believe, he wished any bodily harm on the Mackinaw guy? People tend to say stupid things when they're drunk. I know I do.
Talking about destroying a man's life and his reputation over something like this... that's just insane. Not that I think this case would have any chance in court, most judges actually seem capable of using their brains.
I've played quite a few mmos over the years, some of them with horrid communities, but I have never seen a greater bunch of over-zealous, self-righteous whackos with such a completely distorted sense of reality. Hint: not talking about the goons here!

Maybe I don't get you folks because I just started playing Eve and my vision isn't clouded by blind hatred for the goons yet... I don't know.

Didn't realize so many black panthers played EVE. vOv

Or, one could simply write a letter to the State Bar he's allegedly still a member of, detailing his conduct in the event that said conduct is a violation of his State's ethics code of conduct for attorneys.

He thinks it's funny to screw with someone in front of a live audience? Let's see how he fares before his peers...

Reported. Encouraging the harassment of a player 'outside' the magic circle and jeopardizing someone's career.

Reported. Encouraging the harassment of a player 'outside' the magic circle and jeopardizing someone's career.