Panda on Twitter : “Alan is no longer CEO, effective immediately.”
— Panda (@PandaGlobal) December 5, 2022
by Turbostrider27
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Panda on Twitter : “Alan is no longer CEO, effective immediately.”
— Panda (@PandaGlobal) December 5, 2022
by Turbostrider27
27 Comments
Good, but that doesn’t mean he’s out of the org.
>Asks nintendo if tournament is okay
>doesn’t get formal response
>I guess we’re good to go then
>starts prelims even though Nintendo hasn’t said yes
>Nintendo cracks down
This whole controversy is stupid
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What the hell is going on?
So with this in relation to Alan’s pre-view post, where he claims that SWT is lying and that BTS was somehow endangering the community it doesn’t seem like Panda and Alan are on the same page, despite Alan still being involved with the company itself and only getting a title change.
I wonder what possible angle is he going to shill this all from, but seems like a rather nonsensical move after sitting on his hands this entire time, letting Nintendo make a PR post for them and then Panda in tandem having to take the brunt of everything in that organization and suffer for it.
Like what kind of evidence would justify all this at the end of the day?
The problem is what Panda did as a whole, not just Alan. And Alan is still owner anyways, so he benefits. Sorry but for me, it’s too late for damage control. This one is a lifetime boycott for me.
Yeah I don’t think that’s gonna help at this point. GG EZ
Who Is no longer CEO of what?
There’s always drama surrounding the Smash community
ELI5 please?
What is Panda? Who is Alan???
Doesn’t mean jack if he is still the owner though.
Jesus, I don’t really know eSports but if this is true this guy sounds very petty, fearing another tournament might steal the spotlight from his fucking Nintendo-sponsored one
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Who?
r/DeFranco
Thing’s like changing CEO’s should never be taken in good faith. Much of a corporations decisions comes from the board itself, and fhe CEO just makes it happen, and makes decisions in between.
Way too little … too late. In order for Panda to really save face, they should do everything in their power in order to secure SWT for the next years and then do their own Tournament peacefully co existing. Because if not … this is meaningless in the big scheme of things.
Feel for the smash community. This set them back quite a bit, since now all tournament organizers are going to be skittish going without Nintendo’s approval going forward. Bet Nintendo is going to be more hesitant working with the community (again) now cause, like, this is nothing but a headache for them (self-inflicted).
It’s very strange to me that they never refer to him by his full name.
It’s Alan Bunney, if anyone is curious.
Panda should host FIFA Football esports. It would be a perfect fit.
I feel like competitive Smash always has drama. Are other e-sports this bad?
Are we supposed to be happy pandas over this?
I’m way out of the loop on this one.
Why is Nintendo so controlling of this IP? while other games struggle to have a eSports scene thrive, Nintendo has one and they literally have to do nothing but let it happen. no sponsoring, no marketing etc, the fans and community have done a great job and its so silly that Nintendo wouldn’t grant SWT a license but told them they would sue if they streamed because they didn’t have one.