Into the Breach to wind down operations after huge controversy
Less than two years after defying the odds to make it to the quarter-finals of the BLAST.tv Paris Major, Into the Breach will be winding down operations after huge internal controversy.
In a statement posted on Twitter, the org states that someone within the company had been embezzling funds, which has later been revealed by players and staff to be their CEO, Sam Macedonio.
Macedonio has also confirmed this, posting his own statement in an attempt to explain his actions.
ITB to wind down operations
Thanks to other details coming to light as more people post about the situation, we now have an idea of how long the situation has been going on for.
Former ITB players Thomas and cypher have both commented, with both alluding to the fact that they are still owed money for stickers from the final CS:GO Major.
smooya has also made multiple comments on Twitter, with this one being a very smooya-esque highlight.
In a statement on Twitter, Macedonio had this to say:
"Unfortunately, I, the CEO, was acting as two people – one trying to match their efforts and another a destructive, alcoholic narcissist hellbent on self-immolation.
I think everyone whose met me has likely seen one of these two sides, with the former able to convince everyone around me I was a sensible person, acting responsibly and not betraying their trust, while the later disappears in fiendish pursuit of dopamine and self-harm.
The ultimate caricature which embodies the worst of people and this industry. The result is a house of cards repeatedly knocked down and then rebuilt hastily in the wake of my actions. We still managed to achieve a lot despite sabotage, which just goes to show what could have been achieved without it.
Today, that house falls permanently, and I nor anyone around me can fix it. ITB goes under, people lose employment, salaries will go unpaid, money lost, hate created – all my fault and responsibility.
They’ll be several legal consequences of this, all of which I’ll accept and face. People will be made as whole as possible with what funds are available. This’ll be managed outside my influence.
Sorry will fall rightly flat and on deaf ears, but I’m sorry not the less." - Sam Macedonio
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