Major League Gaming announced today that Patrick "Aches" Price Captain of Evil Geniuses and the winningest Call of Duty player of all time, has been suspended for four games of the COD Pro League starting on August 6th, and from participating in the July 27th MLG 2K Tournament, following "conduct detrimental to the league" and "repeated harassment of MLG employees."

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MLG commissioner John Nelson elaborated in the announcement, saying that Price violated both Technical Foul Rules #1 and Additional Rules #2 which forbid verbal abuse of tournament officials and require all MLG staff and sponsors to be treated with "respect."If you've been following Price for any period of time, then you're well aware of his issues with MLG . He's been taking shots at them for the last few months -- and their staff has been doing the same New rules were introduced a few months ago following the release of MLG.TV and the formation of the MLG COD Pro League which require MLG-run events to stream only on MLG.TV, prohibiting Twitch or any other platform from carrying those events. This was a drastic shift for most people, as MLG.TV was still in early stages and not open to all players. Those without access weren't allowed to stream and missed out on potential revenue. Evil Geniuses missed out on revenue because it couldn't stream to Twitch.Price has been very vocal about his disagreement with this rule, as have many of his teammates, including Ian "Crimsix" Porter Last month, Price made quite the statement by streaming on Twitch during the MLG-operated 2K tournament, but replacing the gameplay with the email addresses of Sundance DiGiovanni , CEO of Major League Gaming, and Adam Apicella , who runs MLG's events and leads MLG.TV, calling for fans to email them if they would like to see EG's gameplay.As is the usual case with the internet, some didn't take a kind tone . DiGiovanni received threats and other forms of harassment. Price claimed it was the work of trolls, but DiGiovanni claimed otherwise and continually engaged in a hostile back -and- forth with him.Price has taken home more than $181k over the past two years, according to eSportsEarnings , and doesn't appear to care too much about missing out on future winnings.We'll continue to follow the situation as it develops, but we can bet this won't be the last we see of Patrick Price.

Alex Rubens is a freelance writer based in Seattle who spends too much time talking about Star Wars and The Fast and The Furious. Talk to him about it on Twitter at @alexrubens