At this year’s CCP, Alex Gianturco – the bully at-large – gave out information concerning a player’s identity and urged other members of the attendee crowd to target him. He took to the EVE Online forums earlier today and in a lengthy post, issued an apology to both the player and the community.
“I stumbled away from the Alliance Panel with a vague sense that I had done something horrible. I didn’t know the extent of how much of a shitheel I had been until today, when footage of the presentation went up,” said Gianturco.
Apparently, drinks had been involved with the incident. Gianturco notes that, “I gave out the in-game character name of a Mackinaw miner if anyone had wanted to blow him up – except that I was so smashed that I didn't recall exactly what I said.”
“I feel absolutely ashamed of my behavior at the Alliance Panel.” He continued, trying to validate his claims by saying, “But I am not that character in real life, as anyone who has met me can attest.”
In closing, he had this to say on the event as a whole, and on his veritable personality disorder: “If I could go back in time and not have included the slide mentioning the miner, I would do so. While the Eve Online character "The Mittani" would never apologize for any sort of villany in game, I myself, as Alex Gianturco, feel utterly ashamed and sickened by my behavior.”
