EVE General Discussion

You should petition any real-life threat. It's not acceptable. Granted, those threats are hard to take seriously since it's hard to figure out where you live unless you outright tell them, but its not impossible. That doesn't mean that it is acceptable behavior.

CCP takes that stuff seriously. They're quick to take action on those kinds of issues.

No dude.

Mittani needs to be VERY careful!

There is a recent case very similar to this where the guy got a 10 year sentence because the guy did kill himself and he only got 10 years because the law wouldn't allow a higher sentence.

The Mittani is not 'a kid' under the law and what he did is very very dangerous to himself (Mittani). The Mittani should probably act with all aggressiveness to try to extricate himself from this or his life could turn to crap really fast.

People are just upset that Mittens won again, and the only reason they are upset is because others are upset



RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!!!




I would have told the guy to shoot himself too. The only people who are public with their depression/suicide thoughts are people who are looking for attention. People who are actually suicidal (and not mentally incapacitated) keep it to themselves. No one knows they are suicidal until they jump off a bridge.

Watch out guys.
We got ourselves a badass over here.

A strange game, the only winning move is not to play.

No time to read the whole thread.

If this report: http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/ccp-investigates-player-panel-that-encouraged-cyber-bullying/ is in any means accurate description of what Mittens said, this is a rather serious issue.

Shooting people in the game in order to try and "win" by forcing them out of the game is one thing. Gloating on local, yea, fine.

But this is a person in position of trust using that position and the publicity it brings to encourage others to harass a specific other player. The victim has no way to reach a similar audience and plead his case; even if he tried the influence that the position brings to the perpetrator would prevent him being heard on an equal basis. Moreover, the perpetrator already knows the target is depressed and suicidal, and still encourages this bullying. In most civilized countries that would probably count as a crime. In a civilized game, that should definitely count as an argument for the developers to ban him - in the very least to ban him from such positions of trust.

As much as I hate forum-whines of the "wah-wah I will quit unless you do what I like"... I for one take this seriously enough that if Mittens gets to continue in the CSM, I have to seriously consider whether I can morally justify giving CCP my money. I do not wish to in any shape or form to support this kind of malicious crap.

And no, I don't give an effing damn if Mitttens was drunk or sober at the time. An abusive drunk is still abusive, and "alcohol made me do it" is no excuse for bullying or violence.

There's maybe half a dozen people who are mad (all their sockpuppets don't count). They were mad before fanfest too.

1) **** all you white knights
2) I would never harass people in game, out of game, in real life etc. or condone it....its just not something that i consider fun
3) CCP should take whatever action they see fit and not listen to these idiots. BUT whatever action they take they need to be consistent with it and NOT just kick Mittens and just go back to how things were. I know at least 5 people who should be banned for being assholes in game IF they kick Mittens.
4) I understand that EVE is more then just a game to some people (was once for me) but its a real slippery slope banning people for SAYING things as in EVE i see people saying horrible things and they are never banned.

Are any of those people chairmen of the CSM?

Mittens needs not be kicked for being an ******* in game. He needs to be kicked (from the CSM at least) for being an ******* while the chair of a representative body of the player community and abusing that position to harass another player.

There is a difference. :)

Mind you, obviously it is CCP's decision to ban him or not. As it is my decision then to figure out if I can give them money if they don't. *shrug*

I'd wait until CCP makes the report after their investigation (or after several weeks have gone by so you can assume they are delaying it without informing us why) before assuming that this is ok by their standards.

After all, Mittens too, being a human, deserves that the case be thought about before decision is reached. Though personally I would suspend him from CSM until there is a decision in any case.