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Post explains the video it is linked to and can be posted afterwards. I was referring specifically to the video. Plus, by the time most of the world caught up to 1 April it was the 2nd here. Timezones, you know.

And 10000 goons go silent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKC00a0ovTA&feature=youtu.be

7:00 - 7:40 is where the good stuff is.

Good to see it again!

You mean shooting more structures since you need that giant **** heap of a coalition to take space from anyone....

Carry on being terrible at EVE and crying about your Martini craping in his own spy space suit......
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I concede that number means nothing. Let Mittens know. Oh wait nevermind.

The whole discussion should be about one thing only.

Should The Mittani be removed completely from the CSM 7 or not.
In my opinion the loss of the chair and the 30 day nad was more than enough. The loss of any position within the CSM was over the top.
I have no love for The Mittani, but I have respect for the player behind the character.

He himself appologized and he himself dropped chair. He himself accepts the 30 day ban. I wonder why the need of so many people to keep on kicking the person behind the character.
I have done theatre, tabletops, LARP's and so much more. I played and I was storyteller, I was asset in the form of NPC and I have played far worse persons than The Mittani. Yet nobody ever saw the need to put my person on the same line as the one I played.

I know actors who came within their role a tad too much, professionals who had to play certain feelings/behaviour over a certain amount of time that at some point the border between reality and fiction became blurry.
This is a pretty natural reaction if people consider this. This doesn't make the person behind it good or bad. It's a mistake our own mind presses onto us after a prolonged period of thoughtformatting through play.

It would be a sign of maturity if people would start accepting that everyone has his or her bad days and makes mistakes. Some are bad and some are less bad. If someone is mature enough to reckognize what he or she did was bad and appologizes for it then why can't the rest be mature enough to accept it at some point without stopping even lower than the level of behaviour they are so furious about in the first place.

I'm the opposite, I have respect for the feats the ingame character has achieved.
After seeing him in person at fanfest, I found him to be a bit of a tool.

CSM is a privilege, not your "right".
Rules of the game do apply as serving as part of the CSM (for the game), on an alliance panel (for the game) talking to players (of the game) at a festival (about the game) held by the people who develop the game seems to be pretty related to the game, no?

inb4 lost the game.

Also, please continue with goon tears and unsub pictures - those were the best ♥

If soundwave only knew what was on that video ,he did not know that mittani was doing this on 1 person and asking people to harras this guy.

He has repeatedly disavowed this excuse. Furthermore, the_Mittani goes on to say he hopes to offend people, not to actually make anyone kill themselves as he's been painted by everyone.

He still made a poor decision but there was no premeditation to make anyone kill themselves.

CCP Navigator suggested this needs to be in here instead of its own thread. So for those of you who mailed me ingame and asked me to re-open this matter in the correct thread, here it is.

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With legislation heating up around the world over cyber bullying, its time some of you woke up and smelled the coffee. You may think your behaviour and actions are completely harmless, but the reality is, your actions, your words and your behaviour can have extremely adverse effects on people in real life and will ultimately be the downfall of CCP and EvE online if these things arent dealt with.

Before the swarm starts trolling, I am NOT an anti-goon ingame enemy, cry baby who got owned by Goons etc, nor am I some mamby pamby, or a carebear. I am however qualified in mental health and disability, I do work in this sector in real life and on a daily basis. So my letter to The Mittani is genuine and so is my concern.

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A Letter to The Mittani:

The definition of cyber bullying fits very snuggly into what The Mittani encited in his fanfest speech....It fits very snuggly into any call to suicide online. There are no excuses, you don't get to feel sorry for yourself now Mr Mittens just because its rebounded back on your backside.

This is NOT about Goonswarm, this is NOT about The Mittani ingame..... This is about the real life man who stood up infront of thousands of viewers and encited the masses to cause a single person to commit suicide.

Shame on you!

Definition:

Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet and related technologies to harm other people, in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner.

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Enciting people to cause someone who was obviously mentally unstable to commit suicide is deliberate, repeated and hostile!

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The term "cyberbullying" was first coined and defined by Canadian educator and anti-bullying activist Bill Belsey, as "the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others."

Cyberbullying has subsequently been defined as "when the Internet, cell phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person". Other researchers use similar language to describe the phenomenon.


Cyberbullying can be as simple as continuing to send e-mail to someone who has said they want no further contact with the sender, but it may also include threats, sexual remarks, pejorative labels (i.e., hate speech), ganging up on victims by making them the subject of ridicule in forums, and posting false statements as fact aimed at humiliation.

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It doesnt matter that you didn't put out his real life name, the fact is you and the rest of goons participate in cyber bullying on a regular basis. If you are causing people harm by lowering their self esteem, by causing them to feel humiliated and outcast, you are cyber bullying. DEAL WITH IT!


Harmful effects:

Research had demonstrated a number of serious consequences of cyberbullying victimization. For example, victims have lower self-esteem, increased suicidal ideation, and a variety of emotional responses, retaliating, being scared, frustrated, angry, and depressed.

One of the most damaging effects is that a victim begins to avoid friends and activities, often the very intention of the cyber-bully.

Cyberbullying campaigns are sometimes so damaging that victims have committed suicide. There are at least four examples in the United States where cyber-bullying has been linked to the suicide of a teenager.

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It does not matter a fig if you feel there is nothing in the way you or goons behave and that its all part of the sandbox and in good fun. If you are infact effecting people in a negative manner, if you are causing people to suffer emotional distress with what you are doing and how you are behaving, you are a cyber bully and you need to rethink your position.


If you want to call me an anti goon and pretend that somehow im calling for your blood because you did something nasty to me ingame you can please yourself, thats how you sleep at night, fair enough.

I am however, qualified in mental health and deal with people that suffer at the hands of people like you on a daily basis. Just because you are on the internet doesnt mean you are any different to the bullies in real life, bar the fact that you have an entire cult of sycophants following you down that road with blindfolds fully attached convincing you its ok to emotionally damage people as long as you cant see the real life behind the pixels.


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Take the time to mull this over Goons and Mittens and think about how you would feel if it was your mother, brother, sister, cousin or best friend that was close to suicide because of the humiliation they felt from someone online. If you are totally lacking in humanity and are laughing right now, you are probably a sociopath and I cant believe you read this far =/