Erik Estavillo now sues Blizzard, subpoenas Martin Lee Gore and Winona Ryder
While professionalism has it that I reserve bashing the crap out of things, Erik Estavillo is really asking for it. Let’s face it, the guy is on a suing spree from hell. Estavillo, more commonly known as “the banned Resistance player that sued Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo“, is now turning his eyes to Blizzard, which is responsible for the evil moneymaker, World of Warcraft. To help make his case, he turns to Depeche Mode’s Martin Lee Gore and Winona Ryder – you’ll know how that “makes sense” in just a bit.
While professionalism has it that I reserve bashing the crap out of things, Erik Estavillo is really asking for it. Let’s face it, the guy is on a suing spree from hell. Estavillo, more commonly known as “the banned Resistance player that sued Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo“, is now turning his eyes to Blizzard, which is responsible for the evil moneymaker, World of Warcraft.
To help make his case, he turns to Depeche Mode’s Martin Lee Gore and Winona Ryder – you’ll know how that “makes sense” in just a bit.
Estavillo filed a civil complaint charge this morning against ActiBlizz which he claims to have “deceitful” business practices, which “continues to maintain a harmful virtual environment to many of its customers by forcing them to follow the gameÂ’s sneaky and deceitful practices.”
According to Estavillo, World of Warcraft was designed “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.” The slow walking, therefore, prolongs the gaming process, resulting in more subscription revenues.
Estavillo then turned again to his health problems – OCD, Agoraphobia, Panic Disorder, major depression and CrohnÂ’s Disease – to what led to the suicide of EverQuest player, Shawn Woolley. He “doesnÂ’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.”
And to put the cherry on the ice cream, Estavillo subpoenas Martin Lee Gore and Winona Ryder to testify on his behalf regarding alienation. He explains that “he (Gore) himself has been known to be sad, lonely, and alienated as can be seen in the songs he writes.”
As for Winona, Estavillo reasons using JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye – a common interest between him and her. According to him, Ryder will be able to “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.”
The banned Resistance player is now asking for US$ 1 million in punitive damages and a court order for Blizzard to make the WoW characters walk faster.
I should be ashamed that I’m still laughing.
Estavillo and his lawsuits:
- Resistance player sues Sony after getting the banhammer
- Banned Resistance player appeals, sues for even bigger money
- Banned Resistance player turns his sights on Microsoft and Nintendo, sues them after Sony
Via Gamepolitics