'Alienated' gamer sues World of Warcraft for ruining life

wow this is bull. no one forced him to play. if he was becoming unstable where was his family or friends to witness this or stop the craziness before it out to far.again this is bull

I have got to remember that when I have a trial, defiantly have to call the ghost of Karl Marx as a witness :P

HEY CREEP GET A LIFE, There are tons of stuff out there in big wide world so get off your ass go out there and enjoy life. God suing a company for one measely little thing, I bet when he get's married (IF HE DOES) then he would spend most of his time on some shitty MMRPG that has ruined half of the American population just by a click of the fingers.

ive played WoW for a whileand i still son't see how it's addicting. I'm about to quit the game but they make that frustrating....... This peron does have an addictive personality and probably bought the game because he had nothing better to do. People get addicted to these games all the time and i don't think this person should sue, it's not worth it it is his fault

Well considering the fact that WoW employees are paid to essentially get people to play, and stay playing (it's a pay2play game so they make bundles off their monthly subscriptions) it's not hard to believe that people get caught up in the fake world they come to spend so much of their time in. On the other hand, yea, the kid probably had some social issues to begin with for WoW to able to "ruin" his life. Poor kid, but it's really the last safe haven for a lot of kids today with such a powerful media saying what is right and wrong, cool and uncool. Where else are they going to go? It's not exactly the age of pen and paper anymore.

I would like to sue somebody for becoming 598 lbs. in 1996. But the fact of the matter is it was my fault. I ignored certain medical signs and did not notice I was not feeling certain parts of my body including my stomach. I could not tell that I was full. In 2001 they removed a brain tumur from the top of my brain stem. By this time all I was feeling was the head achs that were about to incapacitate me. It was explained the reason why I gained the weight in the first place was because of this problem.

Topscruffy so the plan is buy the freekin game, get yourself a half descent attorney & sue to take me to pension age. Hopefully I sue the pants off them. You're not just playing games. You're thinking tooooooooooo.

and he will win the lawsuit against Blizzard too.

Fuck WoW. Blizzard needs to be sued. It ruins too many lives.

Also, WoW is such a shitty service for the price you pay. I understand you don't have to pay it. But god damn, it's not like they don't have the money to offer decent service.

nancyf what the hell are u talking about you crazy satanic woman.

WoW is like a massive Skinner Box. Keep doing a task over and over again and you'll eventually get rewarded while the time between rewards grows longer and longer until it takes an entire month to level. Wait a minute, that's all MMO's...

That should be easy to defend. You don't feel like working? Well just buy yourself a video game & sue them for milllions.

This kid needs to go outside and get a life.

If I'm not mistaken I think that's called being a Sociopath.

What's sad is, he's probably dead serious in his convictions that it is the fault of the makers of WOW.

It's that entitlement mentality today's generation has. They think that they are owed everything they might desire whether they've earned it or not and that anything bad that happens in their lives is the fault and responsibility of everyone or everything else. Even if the bad things are a direct result of their own actions. Which they believe they are not responsible for either.

Such a waste.

What? WoW does suck how could you get addicted to that game. Though I do believe you can become addicted to games and how they effect you. Maybe Halo and COD will hear from me if this kid wins this lawsuit... Just kidding I love those games!

From an episode of "southpark" about WOW:

WOW CEO: "damn! I cannot access the game to help you kids because I don't have a WOW account!"

Another WOW CEO: "are you telling me that you dont have an account on the game, why don't you have an account?"

First CEO: "because I got a life." *serious tension*

im sueing current tv for taking up too much time of my life and causing me to be out of shape

What happened to taking responsibility for your own actions?

This guy is a very small fish in a very big pond and he knows it. Suing MS, Sigorney Weaver, Blizzard etc., is his way of trying to be a big fish. I'd love to be the judge in one of his cases. I'd find against him then make him pick up the legal fees for the defendant. I guarantee you he'd never pull this BS again.

Stupidity amazes me!

this is like fat people suing fast food restaurants. take responsibility for your actions people.

His parents should have deleted the game the moment they saw it starting to affect his life.

There seems to be no shortage of pathetic losers who can't take responsibility for themselves.

Total nut case...
It's his fault he became so obsessed with online play and forgot how to live his life in the real world, not WoW's developers fault. He should be sent to those rehabilitation camps for video game addicts or something, see if that works on him... but judging from what the article states, that he has sued Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo for console problems that apparently he feels are an attempt to his life and his sanity (big LOL) I'd say that won't do. I don't know how old he is, but dude seriously needs some psychiatric help or something of sorts!
And here I thought my boyfriend had an addiction problem with video games... he may love them but he's still capable of separating the two (virtual life and real life). Although it gets pretty annoying sometimes and I feel the urge to slap him, lol...

Sounds like this person was already heading into the unbalanced mode xanax is great for keeping control.

He just needs to smoke some weed.

Mind Over Matter , But 1st You Have 2 Have Ah MIND Or You Should Not Get The Matter !

Sooooooo MS. Pac man "is" stalking me................. ha ha

This is funny but sad. You can tell this person didnt have a social life before because if he did he wouldnt be playing World of Warcraft. Online role playing games cannot replace real live human interaction. Go outside and get some fresh air... go to a bar, club, library.. hell go to the grocery store. There a real people who can fill that empty void in your life you dont need to turn to fake ppl in a fantasy world to escape your lonely life. :P

He should be suing his parents for ignoring in and letting his spend some much time with a game. He should of been kicked out of the house to play ball or enjoy the fresh air. This guy going to be a parasite on society for life.

I am actually pretty OK with Wow taking up all her time , because can you imagine a woman like this in the real world

He made the choice to buy the game. He could walk away any time. He has no one to blame but himself.

Oh, lame, lame lame! people can really be pathetic! come on now! Sue happy society.
I love video games as much as the next product of the 80's. But, that's taking it to far. And I've played the game, WAY fucking overrated. I enjoy giving my friends who DO play it shit though.

It's a computer game that can simulate social interaction. Whoop de fucking do. The only people who will have their lives affected in any major or minor negative way by this game are people who have addictive personalities. And people with addictive personalities will find something to fill their addiction be it this or something else. Though this is not by any means a healthy way to fill that addiction, it is by far not the unhealthiest. If this kid manages to win then it's not going to be long until alcoholics will be suing liquor companies because the booze ruined their lives.

The kid made a choice, he could have turned off the machine at any point, but he chose not to. Addicted or not, it is that simple.

look you retards wow will not distroy your life like this i've been playing wow for a little over a year and im still just as screwed up as the day i first logged on so what i am saying is that the game didnt screw him up he was probably so screwed up to start with this just gave him an excuse and you idiots that put it down have you played it then SHUT THE HELL UP THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmm maybe I should sue Activision because Call of Duty 2 stole my man. Hearing him scream about campers has been agonizing.

Dumb. I don't blame companies for firing their employees on the grounds that they are WoW players. It's a waste of time, electricity, and so much more.

Read a fucking book for crissake.

Alienated? How!

Oh jumping jesus on a PoGo stick get a life in the real world.

Over/under on the date his lawsuit against Mt Dew will show up?

OMG! How sad. There are sooo many Satanists in America today they should all be jailed. At least the satanists who owns prisons could be making money off the same kind of people as THEM!

America, where any problem in your life can be blamed on someone else. WHAT A COUNTRY!

*eagle tear*

tobacco got sued so he's got a chance but what a waste.
i'd like to sue the catholic church for a number of failed relations and a bad back from always turning around to make sure a priest wasn't sneaking up on me arse.

Can I sue Simon Pegg? I was up late last night watching Shaun of the Dead and got in work an hour late from oversleeping.

like it or not wii playstation, xbox are evil plots planted by the wicked nerds to take over the minds of the cool ones you do not stand a chance,, revenge of the nerds is here forget 2012

lmfao priceless

Then we could all sue for being fat, cause they advertised food, and we bought it, it's their fault were gaining weight? You cannot blame any company for your perceptions. It up to you to play or not to play? He's a Loser!

cannot be man enough to deal with his own addictions... has to be someone else fault....

and by the way WOW sucks... pick a better damn game to get addicted to...

That's like trying to sue Playboy for giving you Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. You'd have as much luck with that case also.

The word pathetic keeps springing to mind.