I hope this stays in his googled name for a long time, for future employers to see.
Actually, that's one of the reasons he's able to act the way he does. He's a former attorney who made his money as a corporate lawyer in Washington D.C. who's now wealthy enough he no longer needs to practice and can do what he wants with his free time. In short, The Mittani is no dumbass and he's the contributing editor for EVE Online at TenTonHammer.com. He writes the column 'Sins of a Solar Spymaster' and has been a guest speaker at the Game Developer Conference.
The Mittani is the leader of PC gaming's most infamous organization, Goonswarm. For those that have been living under a rock for like ten years, Goonswarm is the universally hated entity that intentionally seeks to destroy and disrupt MMOs and online gaming. They maintain a large and disruptive presence in Star Trek, Conan, and many other MMOs but are most infamous for their meta-gaming and antics in EVE Online. They are by far the largest online organization of PC gamers that I'm aware of and Goonswarm's member organizations are active in just about every big online gamer community. Goonswarm can marshal at least 5,000 active players in EVE alone, and The Mittani is their CEO and ultimate dictator.
The Goons delight in ripping off and scamming gamers across the PC universe with just about every dirty trick you can think of. To get to be a Goon you have to pay to join what may be the most infamous forums in all PC gaming, SomethingAwful.com. There the Goons direct and control their efforts to "destroy your game," though they maintain other forums for operations in individual MMOs. You see, the stated goal of the Goons is to ruin your game and The Mittani boasts that his ultimate delight is frustrating non-Goon gamers to the point where they will quit, then drinking their tears like fine wine. The Mittani describes himself as a sadist and a villain, and he's got the real world education and resources to make it happen.
The Goons conquer and terrorize not through skill, but through sheer force of numbers and subterfuge. But The Mittani and his Goons should not be underestimated or dismissed as mere trolls, as the Goons are responsible for the destruction of many of EVE's most powerful alliance blocks. They've griefted countless numbers of players out of EVE Online as well as many other MMOs and will mercilessly "metagame" outside the game to crush enemies and even manipulate the press. They've pulled off some impressive victories both in and out of game, including the wholesale destruction of what was once considered EVE's most elite and well established organization of players, BoB. Made up of mostly players from the UK, BoB was a large, close-knit group of players that ruled much of EVE with an Iron fist, and met in real life for BBQs and other events. Goonswarm obliterated them, broke their real world security and published the contents of their private forums online, embarrased the former leaders, then scattered the remnants of BoB to the winds. Goonswarm's antics have even made the BBC news on several occasions.
The Mittani is on good terms with a number of CCP developers and at least two of EVE's developers are former high level Goon directors. The Mittani is (was) the elected chairman of the Council of Stellar Management, CCP's outreach program to MMO players. He uses his position to press CCP for game changes that favor the Goon's style of play and ruthlessly undermines everyone else. And he continues to easily win every election because he has the full force of the Goons to vote and ensure his victory.
He's not going to go away and neither are the Goons. They're the super villains of the MMO world and they can't be stamped out or effectively banned, no matter how distasteful their methods (it's long been rumored the Goon leadership is among the worst offenders who use their position to farm the game for real world profit by illegally selling assets on gold farming sites). Mittani is a lawyer and knows just how far he can push and get away with it.