Erik Estavillo has struck again. You'll know him as the guy who tried to sue Sony for banning him from PSN. He also filed suit against Microsoft and Nintendo, the latter for not allowing him to continue pirating Wii games. This time, the lawsuit troll has targeted Blizzard and World of Warcraft.
Estavillo claims that Blizzard "continues to maintain a harmful virtual environment to many of its customers by forcing them to follow the game’s sneaky and deceitful practices." A sample of his claims is that Blizzard designed characters to "walk or run at a calculated slow pace, resulting in the player taking longer to get where he or she needs to go in the game," and thus drive subscriptions.
He then brings up his list of ailments once again (OCD, Agoraphobia, Panic Disorder, major depression and Crohn’s Disease) and likens himself to Everquest player Shawn Woolley, claiming that he "doesn’t want to end up like Shawn did as he [Estavillo] relies on videogames heavily for the little ongoing happiness he can achieve in this life." Wooley took his own life.
Even more astoundingly, Estavillo has subpoenaed Depeche Mode founder Martin Lee Gore and actress Winona Ryder. He chose gore because he's "sad, lonely, and alienated as can be seen in the songs he writes." He chose Ryder because she can "explain the significance of alienation in Catcher in the Rye and will also testify to how alienation in the book can tie to alienation in real live/video games such as World of Warcraft."
I am beginning to wonder if this man is even real, or just some sort of weird Tyler Durden figure.
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12:20 PM on 11.25.2009
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Is this guy who you wish you could be?
Anyway, can't wait to see this laughed out of court.
And his targeting of Gore and Ryder is just CREEPY.
/endrant
He's everything I've dreamed of becoming and more. So much more.
Also, slide.
I'm going to sue Timex becuase they have watches that tell time and time kills people. It only makes sense.
Yeah, go ahead and sue me for emotional damages, I don't care.
there's SOMEONE who wants to troll that hard. Someone....
If he gets a conversation with Martin Lee Gore or Winona Ryder, then I call it a job well done. You can call him pathetic, but the fucker's effective enough to get coverage.
Mermaids, too, but was eclipsed by Cher's acting and ego.
MMOs are designed to waste your time more than any other kind of entertainment media. Not that I'd ever sue over this kind of shit, but if he wins he's a hero.
We should have a religion out of him.
I'm going to sue EA for allowing you to crash cars in Need For Speed. It's promoting dangerous driving. Even though it's a bad thing, IT'S STILL THERE!
Let it snowball let it snowball.
Are you fucking kidding? These stories are amazing! Shit I hope the guy lodges another 20 court cases for the sheer hilarity that will ensue.
I am looking forward to seeing who else he is going to sue and his insane reasoning to it.
oh wait....
DAMMIT! Who else will save this fair young lad from his current state of affairs?!
Thompson disbarrment is like having Superman buried under kryptonite