Of course you should. Anybody doing such a thing should be immediately banned from eve online and reported to the authorities. Its bad when the goons do this stuff, its bad when anybody else does it.

Keep eve online to in-game conflict and everyone is happy. You aren't being asked for anything that is remotely unreasonable.

This is the only post you've made recently that does not require a youtube video

SO wait...YOu're saying that after hearing a civilized talk between Mittani and the journalist who wrote and introduced the 'cyber bullying' idea, which was picked up with by OTHER gaming media sites and then picked up HERE in these idiotic forums by NPC morons like yourself where in said journalist TOTALLY retracted the cyber bullying statement that the Mittani has not in any way been victimized, even inadvertently, by the MEDIA? and that said media **** storm will have no effect on CCP, Dust, or Eve.
This is NOT a discussion about fanfest, its a discussion about media coverage and the damage done to the person who is Mittani, CCP, and Eve online the game.

certainly, but you said this:

Well that's certainly how someone is at pains to spin it.

It's all about he damage done to the poor jerk who apologies by saying he was really drunk. And we all need to line up behind that for the good of CCP.

In the real world, CCP can take care of themselves. They've got plenty of leeway to react and if it becomes necessary they will. I've got no sympathy for anyone who stands up drunk in a public broadcast and reveals themselves as an idiot. Even less when they try to spin themselves as the victim of having been noticed.

This is the only post you've made recently that does not require a youtube video

Sigh, I'm not a lawyer but if I was my case would go like this:
Your honor, we, CCP, we're accused in the media of allowing cyber bullying. This caused our partnership with sony to fall apart. Under an intense amount of pressure we were then forced to make changes to our game that caused most of our very loyal customers to quit and stop playing. However the record will show that the articles written that contained references to cyber bullying have all been edited to remove that sensational claim and this webcast radio interview has the journalist in question who wrote said article fully retracting his statement that this was cyber bullying. Clearly the name of CCP games has be unjustly libeled and we demand compensation.
If what Mittani said was an whatever to suicide, and I highly doubt a wikipedia article is the BEST source to go to find that out, that would be an entirely separate case.

So how do you feel about Mel Gibson?

Now that someone has posted Mittens' real life address along with a threat to **** his wife can we expect the same media circus, public shaming and bans for violating the EULA? (Not to mention a criminal conviction.)


Oh right its not cyber-bullying if it happens to a goon because ~live by the sword.

edit: http://twitter.com/#!/LiangNuren/status/185924104279425024

Hooooooly ****.

Can we get a GM confirming that insane person is banned and preferably being arrested?

All that is asked of the SA community is that you respect the boundaries between in-game conflict and ooc harrassment and make sure you stay on the right side of the line.

when he got drunk and attempted to bully someone into suicide.

That's literally what mittens said in the interview. You should listen to it.

If you can't differentiate between a drunken 'ha hah' gone wrong and a genuine inttent to cause harm then I'm truly sorry for you.

Well you'd help his case immensely if you started to accept the need for this also.

(and by *you* I do largely mean SA members on Eve online forums)

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The legal system (and common sense) does not differentiate drunk vs sober when rendering decisions of this nature.

e.g.: "i was drunk, and being an *******, but I swear she was 18 Your Honor".

case in point.

Drunkenness aside, someone who was trying to make a funny in bad taste is not the same as someone genuinely advocating someone to kill themselves.

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There's nothing wrong with ooc harassment as long as its directed at characters within the game. This is eve after all and not everyone role-plays a transexual hooker.

How exactly can you direct Out of Character harrassment at a "character in game"? Lets face it, you are trying (albeit unsuccessfully) to harrass the player behind the character and since we're talking here entirely as players (me).

Just like several years ago Alexander Gianturco almost certainly was involved in sending the url you just liniked to my clients in a city of london bank I was working for at that time with an accusation I (the player) was working as an "internet prostitute" and person of low moral fibre.

Now thats a direct ooc attempt at harrassment and damaging my rl work. Very much the same kind of thing that Alexander Gianturco is now claiming against Massively and the gaming media.

I am sure you can see the connection.

So you are saying we should chalk this up to levity, or just some playful grab-assing?

The video evidence states otherwise very clearly, especially when you consider the in-game player's name was spelled out in precise detail after disclosing he said he was suicidal and along with the exact words: "if you want to make the guy kill himself his name is xxxx"

Drunkenness aside, someone who was trying to make a funny in bad taste is not the same as someone genuinely advocating someone to kill themselves.

You're right, and it's likely a joke watching the video (I don't pretend to know the guy's thoughts). Some people can even get away with this type of behavior. But refer back toward the political position part of my post.

Why is it so surprising there were political attacks on the guy? He's a political figure (and a polarizing one) that made a huge political mistake on camera. Were the roles reversed (for someone that goons hate) you can bet the same attacks would come.