It's always a sad thing when one must take on a second life to fill the disappointments and shortcomings of their own. There couldn't be a more disappointing moment than when you walk in on your best friend playing a video game because you just don't "satisfy" him/her anymore.

Marc Bragg's friends are so un-satisfying; he spends most of his time playing this game than he does making money in his real life. Just recently; Bragg obtained some real estate by exploiting a URL glitch, thus making his fake life even better. Naturally, the account was suspended and he couldn't use what he hacked for emotional gain. However instead of moving on to another game, like a good little hacker, Bragg decided to take it to court.

The case is about whether or not they had to right to suspend Bragg's account, cutting him off from about $3,200 USD worth of Lindens. "As we speak", the producer of the game, Linden labs, has to look for other ways they can weasel themselves out of the case and avoid the humiliation of giving back fake land. The judge didn't buy a plead that he obtained the land through "wrongful means", and shot down the game producers when they said the court has no jurisdiction out side of California. Linden Labs actually stated in their Terms of Service that all disputes must be settled in California.

As the struggle goes on all we can do is sit and shake our heads as our country slowly grows its need for in-game courts. This is just another example of why Second Life shouldn't be taken so seriously. When you lose over $3,000 USD in a game other than gambling you might want to take a look at what you've become.

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[via gamepolitics]