{"id":21150,"date":"2022-12-05T15:56:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T15:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/controversial-smash-bros-tournament-organiser-panda-boots-out-boss-following-fan-allegations\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T15:56:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T15:56:11","slug":"controversial-smash-bros-tournament-organiser-panda-boots-out-boss-following-fan-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/controversial-smash-bros-tournament-organiser-panda-boots-out-boss-following-fan-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Smash Bros tournament organiser Panda boots out boss following fan allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nPanda, the eSports organisation at the centre of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-addresses-controversial-smash-world-tour-fan-competition-closure-in-lengthy-statement\">high-profile row between Super Smash Bros. fans and Nintendo<\/a>, has ditched its controversial CEO following complaints about his behaviour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a statement issued this morning via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PandaGlobal\/status\/1599631343159480321\">Twitter<\/a>, Panda confirmed it had &#8220;heard the concerns of the Smash community&#8221; and booted out its boss Alan Bunney. The company will now work with &#8220;outside advisors to form a temporary interim management committee&#8221; as players quit the company&#8217;s events in their dozens.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt follows a week of bad press for Bunney and his company, as it emerged Nintendo was shutting down a fan-run Smash Bros. tournament and continuing to partner with Panda.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/controversial-smash-bros-tournament-organiser-panda-boots-out-boss-following-fan-allegations\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panda, the eSports organisation at the centre of a high-profile row between Super Smash Bros. fans and Nintendo, has ditched its controversial CEO following complaints about his behaviour. In a statement issued this morning via Twitter, Panda confirmed it had &#8220;heard the concerns of the Smash community&#8221; and booted out its boss Alan Bunney. 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