Gamer Sues Over Being Addicted to MMO Gaming

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[citation][nom]rexter[/nom]He should sue himself for being stupid, then I'm going to sue him for making me not stop thinking how stupid he is, then I'm going to sue all of you for being in this forum and then sue myself because I got nothing else to d😵nly a stupid lawyer will represent this person, I will sue their... I should stop now before someone will sue me as well.[/citation]

i'm going to sue you for suing others
 
So if I were 'addicted' to football could I then sue the NFL for gross negligence too? If you have no self control whatsoever to the point that you would let something intended to be used as entertainment ruin your life then you have mental issues worthy of serious treatment. And further, what other outside contributing factors might there be? Was this person depressed perhaps and that contributed to the immersion into the game?
 
MMOs *are* addictive. I stopped playing DDO after 3 months because I recognized I had an issue. Still, blaming the company for it is silly, even if they do research to maximize its attractiveness. This is true in all industries, like it or not. You think McDonalds just conjures up new burgers? Heck no, it is studied to maximize the effect it has on your brain's pleasure centers in response to the carefully balanced levels of salt and sugar. Think you have a case for suing them? It has been tried and tossed out.
 
possibility that the game DOES actually have addictive properties, and purposely so? plausible.

possibility that this guy was really powerless and not just a lazy moron? doubtful...
 
If he became addicted to wii fit, played it for 20,000 hours and became this ripped chick-magnet, would he have sued Nintendo for not placing a warning; "Too much gameplay may improve your physical development and self confidence."....ha ha....moron.
 
Hmm.. it seems nobody is ever satisfied with the quality of games these days. Everyone wants better games, then complain when one is good enough to get addicted to. Maybe we should just ask the gaming industry for mediocre games from now on?
 
So what's the difference between watching tv for 11 hours a day and playing a video game 11 hours a day? I hate that if you play a video game for a few hours a day it is some how worse than sitting in front of the tv for 12 hours.

I have been playing WoW for 6 years now. Sometimes I play for a few hours a night and other times I don't touch the game for months on end. When I was playing seriously all the guys I played with I knew personally. About once a month we would have a lan party and drink and play video games all night, not just WoW.


People who say they are "addicted" to video games are just week willed. I know people don't want to hear that and will cite some study that says otherwise but sometimes it just boils down to taking control of your own life.
 
This guy should be ashamed... not of suing NCsoft with absurd arguments but of getting addicted to such a poor game.
 
[citation][nom]PTR[/nom]somebody remind this fellow not to reproduce. this is proof that human stupidity can rival God's power.[/citation]

I dont think we need to worry about that
Ever
 
I'm going to play the Devil's Advocate here...

IF he can show that the manufacturer of the game INTENTIONALLY engineered the game with the purpose of creating an addiction (as defined and diagnosed by a professional, such as in the DSM IV and by a psychologist or psychiatrist) that proved harmful to the individual using it, then why would he not be able to bring suit against the manufacturer of said product? I believe this precedent has been set when the tobacco companies were sued. I also feel that this is a more apt analogy than one might suspect since video-games are often seen by the majority of society as non-beneficial and even harmful, the same as tobacco. (Of course, he'll need a good body of scientific evidence showing the harm that games can do, much like was needed before society finally turned the legal channels against the tobacco industry.)

Of course, the trick here is to show that the product is truly addictive. This was something not shown in the cases against the fast food industry, and thus their suits were dismissed. (Just because evolution makes us crave fat and sugar - and the fast food industry makes foods with these that we buy - does not mean the fast food industry engineered the product to be addictive.)
 
i felt stupid logging 100+hours in modern warfare 2 i cant imagine that kind of dedication to a game but then again i have never been able to get into mmos i think the highest i ever got levelwise in an mmo is 30 before i would just delete the account
 
[citation][nom]ct1615[/nom]i plan to sue Tom's for making me read this crap...I am also unable to turn off the computer and stop like the "plaintiff" above.[/citation]

Its the same as the people who tried to sue McDonalds for their kids being fat. They gave their kids money and allowed their kids to eat there but McDonalds should have dones something.....

Its just sad what people sue for these days. This guy should be sued for stupidity.
 
this is going to be a VERY hard case to prove, mainly because they will need to show a NEED and not just a want. For example druggies will become extremely sick if they just stop (same as alcoholics). A gamer wont though. Which is why this will basically be a lost cause.
 
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