Recently my son, Jack, committed suicide after loosing the..

Recently my son, Jack, committed suicide after loosing the account he
worked on for about two years on Eve-online.

We played Eve as a family, my son and my daughter and I. We had three
accounts but we operated them all together on the same network. Often
I'd have to kick my daughter off as she liked playing my main so much,
as he had about 35 million skill points. My son's account had 32
million skill points. Together we had about 20 billion in assets.

All three of our accounts were banned. This was my fault. I had bought,
using game isk, an character in game. A dispute arose over this
purchase. Shortly after that, suddenly and without any warning, all
three of our accounts were banned. We received no emails. I asked in a
question on the Eve site why were we all banned?

The response was they had "irrefutable proof" that we had purchased an
"account" on Ebay. Well, we don't even have accounts on Ebay at all. I
checked the computer to see if any other account names had been logged
in, and there were none. The only thing I could think of was the
character I bought in game.

The GM's confirmed this was indeed the case. But they remain convinced
that the character (not account) was purchased on Ebay. All my attempts
to explain to them otherwise have met with no response.

My son was upset by this, but we had no idea how upset he was. Several
weeks ago he took a kitchen knife and cut his own throat with it. I
have been unable to do anything but try and hold my family together all
this time. I feel responsible for it and I've been very upset.

Why am I baring my soul like this? Why am I telling people like this
about our loss?

I think the way we were treated by Eve-online and the GM's was mean
spirited. We were guilty until proven innocent, but no opportunity was
given to prove our innocense. These accounts meant a great deal to all
of us, but it had become a way of life for my son. Playing Eve was
about all he did, and I realize now that it was unhealthy, but I also
spent a huge amount of my life building those accounts. This is
something I won't get over soon. The loss of my son puts it all in
perspective. The game means nothing to me now. I hope CCP and
Eve-online all go to hell for the way they treated my family.

I am hoping that in the future, perhaps, customers of these games will
be given more rights only because we put so much blood, sweat and tears
into these accounts that it is just cruel to ban people outright
without so much as an explanation.

Yes, it happened, and yes I failed miserably as his father. We all got
into the game together as a family, and now, what at one time seemed
like a great idea, is so horrible to me I can hardly face it.

The reason I posted it here is I am hoping that some decent people will
actually, eventually, do something about this. What happened was unfair
and wrong. Yes, it was a lot my fault but at the same time, Eve is JUST
a game afterall. Do we have to be so mean about it?

EVE is all fouled up. The GM's don't listen to you. I tried to explain
that we don't have accounts on Ebay nor do we buy stuff there. But they
dont' care. They don't care that my son died. It's just too horrible
for me to face.