Man With 20,000 Hours into Lineage II Sues NCsoft

[GriffinSentinel]

Gamepoltics has a good one today.

Man With 20,000 Hours into Lineage II Sues NCsoft
August 20, 2010

Craig Smallwood of Hawaii has a lawsuit in the works against the creator of Lineage II, claiming that he became so addicted to the game he became “unable to function independently in usual daily activities such as getting up, getting dressed, bathing or communicating with family and friends.”

In a Wired piece on the suit, Smallwood, in his proceedings, claims to have spent 20,000 hours playing the game between 2004 and 2009. He claimed that developer NCsoft is negligent because it failed “to warn or instruct or adequately warn or instruct plaintiff and other players of Lineage II of its dangerous and defective characteristics, and of the safe and proper method of using the game.”

The suit appears to be moving forward as the presiding judge refused to dismiss some of Smallwood’s claims earlier this month.

20,000 hours equals about 833 days. 833 days divided by six (representing the 2004-2009 period) comes out to about 139 days played per year, which means Smallwood claims to have spent around 38 percent of each year over that period playing Lineage II!

Wow. Just wow.

[squidfamily1]

dumbass

[Timmy_2_Tones]

The suit appears to be moving forward as the presiding judge refused to dismiss some of Smallwood’s claims earlier this month.

This is why I have lost faith in America's Judicial System. If I was a judge, I would have told this guy that he is at fault because he is too god dam stupid to realize that life is more important than a video game. This guy should hang himself with his mouse cord. :twisted: :twisted: :roll:

[squidfamily1]

The suit appears to be moving forward as the presiding judge refused to dismiss some of Smallwood’s claims earlier this month.

This is why I have lost faith in America's Judicial System. If I was a judge, I would have told this guy that he is at fault because he is too god dam stupid to realize that life is more important than a video game. This guy should hang himself with his mouse cord. :twisted: :twisted: :roll:

...from his testicles

[DahliaBellona]

Wha?? I'm literally gonna say, "Double U Tee Eff!?" It's not even worthy enough to place the letters....This guy is a douche. I hope the judge laughs in his face and tells him what an idiot he is.

[MuleTheDestroyer]

What is this guy crying about? He got 20,000 hours of entertainment for the price of the game. Thats under a 1/100th of a cent an hour to be entertained! How are you gonna sue that the product you bought was just way to good for your own good? Maybe if he brought this suit up 19,000 hours ago he'd have a case. Just how long does it take to reach rock bottom? It's like me suing Twinky for their product being too delicious.

Am I missing the point? Is he suing cause the hours spent on the game ruined his life or because his account got deleted or the games not supported anymore and he doesn't know what to do with all this free time?

[ASignorelli]

Wow... If it does in fact rule in favor of the plaintiff, then the only thing I could see is NCSoft would pay for gaming Rahab. yes they have those... It's prolly gonna cost a couple thousand, but it's a lot less than the layer they most likely have LOL.

[wick3d_y4yo]

You guys haven't even thought of the douchebag lawyer who actually took this guy to court and told him at one point or another that this guy has a shot at winning money or something... Ya the guy's a dumba$$ for trying this but mna lawyers will try anything nowadays...

SSooooo, if this pans out can I'm going to sue Sony and see if the settle out of court because i've lost so much of my life on my PS3... wAHHHH I can't make decision's for myself... I don't know what to do... I'm going to sue someone!!

What a moron... both of them...

[squidfamily1]

What is this guy crying about? He got 20,000 hours of entertainment for the price of the game. Thats under a 1/100th of a cent an hour to be entertained! How are you gonna sue that the product you bought was just way to good for your own good? Maybe if he brought this suit up 19,000 hours ago he'd have a case. Just how long does it take to reach rock bottom? It's like me suing Twinky for their product being too delicious.

Am I missing the point? Is he suing cause the hours spent on the game ruined his life or because his account got deleted or the games not supported anymore and he doesn't know what to do with all this free time?

Ha HA Twinkies are delicious. You're right they should counter sue for all the extra entertainment he got for his money Charge him like $.50 for each hour of enjoyment he got over 3000 hours.

[XxSilentxFartxX]

Hes suing cuz hes probably never been laid and hes claiming the game caused that..Whats funny is he might win...i mean look at all the other bs lawsuits that won money..Like mc donalds cuz the COFFEE was hot...wtf

[DahliaBellona]

Hence why I did not go into Law. Because I just find it crap that Lawyers will ACTUALLY come up with a BS argument and the Judge to actually go ALONG with it.....and these are the people that eventually make our laws and uphold the constitutional rights? Wow!

[Lorimere]

Man i loved lineage II. Played it for years. Very addicting and very much a time eater. WOW grinding gets talked about a lot. But it is kiddy pool compaired to L2.

Sent from HTC EVO using tapatalk.

[smoke]

Exactly what I was thinking. How is this even a case?

What is this guy crying about? He got 20,000 hours of entertainment for the price of the game. Thats under a 1/100th of a cent an hour to be entertained! How are you gonna sue that the product you bought was just way to good for your own good? Maybe if he brought this suit up 19,000 hours ago he'd have a case. Just how long does it take to reach rock bottom? It's like me suing Twinky for their product being too delicious.

Am I missing the point? Is he suing cause the hours spent on the game ruined his life or because his account got deleted or the games not supported anymore and he doesn't know what to do with all this free time?

[Amiable Horde]

what is lineage ii?

[Lorimere]

IT is an mmo. But very clan and obligations oriented. Think wow, but where deaths mean something. Lose your gear, xp, he'll a single death could wild out 12 or more hours of playing time.

Believe it or not it was still fun. But then bots and gold farmers killed it.

Sent from HTC EVO using tapatalk.

[jack]

dumb ass