Alexander ‘The Mittani’ Gianturco, Eve Online’s most famous and infamous player, has learned the hard way that the internet is serious business after all. Gianturco’s latest controversy arose at last week’s Eve Fanfest, where in a public talk he first mocked and then urged others to hound a player who was apparently suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts. “Incidentally, if you want to make the guy kill himself, his name is [REDACTED]“, Gianturco declared.

After initially appearing to shrug off concerns, Gianturco blamed drunkenness and offered an apology a few days later, and promised his resignation as Eve Online Council chairman, Eve devs CCP have decided his actions were a breach of the EULA and are enforcing a harsher penalty.(more…)