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Dec 7 15 tweets 4 min read
Hard to taking this 32 pager seriously, but since I was called out, I'll respond in a thread.

Here's me talking to Alan about how running to Nintendo and banging on doors about broadcast rights is potentially an existential threat to the entire scene (cut off in his screenshot):
In the call that Alan threatened BTS multiple times, I reported the threats as the call was happening and directly after to @LDeeep -- my boss at the time. LD was not on the call, but was there as I typed a transcript of it on slack.

Here's a screenshot of me doing just that:
To be clear, I did not yell or explode at Alan AT ALL. He was extremely hostile and exhausting to talk to.

In fact, part of the reason I left BTS to join TeamLiquid in June was because I never wanted to deal with Alan or Panda again. I confided this to multiple people as I left.
Panda themselves issued a statement saying they regret Alan threatening BTS yet he completely denies it happens here.

I don't accept your apology because even here you don't actually apologize, you even say "except Ken" and only admit the conversation was "percevied" wrong.
BTS "refused to collaborate" with Alan largely because of his conduct, not because of me. I simply reported the exact truth of the conversation, which LD and other BTS leadership can verify happened right after the call with Alan in March.
I have not been "publicly and privately turning people against Panda for months" -- I've simply been telling the honest story of what happened. Which was threats and bullying that Panda, his own org, even admitted to happening.
I am not some crazy boogeyman trying to take Panda down. I'm someone that cares about the smash scene and knew this exact situation would play out like it did. The reason I didn't say shit since MARCH (when BTS was threatened) was precisely because I didn't want to blow this up.
As for the NDA talking about real estate, an absolutely hilarious thing to include in this, I'm more than willing to post the entire NDA if Panda allows me to.

Multiple people have confirmed thier NDAs have the real estate language in it. It's just a failed copy-paste job.
Alan's account of the entire situation with BTS is so disjointed and riddled with lies it's difficult to respond. I don't even know where to start with it. This conversation transcript he posted with me is just not what happened, full stop. Not even close. Seriously, wtf.
I wasn't "trying to get TOs to turn on [Panda]" -- they privately complained about Alan constantly to me.

I'll let the other TOs say their own story about it, but at some point dealing with it took up so much of my time I couldn't work on anything else for BTS.
I am not some bogeyman that orchestrated this whole takedown. The other TOs didn't work with Alan because they didn't like his conduct. They didn't trust him as a good representative to Nintendo, and what he was offering wasn't good enough.
The SWT statement is largely accurate (at least to the stuff about BTS). Anyone that knows the history between VGBC/BTS understands I would not say this unless it was the truth.

I don't work for BTS anymore, but I still care about smash, more than any competition between orgs.
When we first invited Alan to come to Summit and talk about the Panda Cup circuit in November 2021, the first thing out of his mouth was about how SWT was going to get shut down. Dozens of people heard it, and many can corroborate this.
This next screenshot is nuts. I have no idea how to respond to this, been running smash events for 8 years. I've been a part of many communities, including StarCraft and Dota, and I think my relationships and track record speaks for itself.
To all Panda Global employees, I'm sorry this guy happened to you. For those that are departing, I hope you find good homes elsewhere. You don't deserve to have your careers and the brand you built destroyed by one person.

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