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Erik Estavillo now sues Blizzard, subpoenas Martin Lee Gore and Winona Ryder

Posted Nov 24, 2009 at 11:17AM EST by Glenn M.

Listed in: Wii, PS3, PSP, MMORPG, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Blizzard, lawsuits, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, subpoenas

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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 Â“continues to maintain a harmful virtual environment to many of its customers by forcing them to follow the gameÂ’s sneaky and deceitful practices.Â”

According to Estavillo, World of Warcraft was designed Â“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.Â” 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 Â“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.Â”

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 Â“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.Â”

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.

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This ranks up there with a burglar suing the people that lived in a house because he cut himself while breaking in (true story is what is bad about that.)

This guy seems more like a guy just wanting money. Actibliz can do whatever they want with that game. He is NOT required to play it. He can go play something else. You get mounts and can use gryphons (forgot the hoard equivalent) to fly around faster.

It is Actibliz's game not his. He doesn't like it he can find a new "fun" game to go play. This is just a load of bull about a guy wanting to just make news and some cash without doing anything.

If you have suicidal thoughts seek medical help, don't just treat it on your own with video games. Depression can be a very bad thing.

# ... — Dragoon 2009-11-24 13:35

A lot can be said on this.. WoW is a very life-destroying game. I'm a recovering addict, and it's not entirely unlike alcoholism. Every once-in-a-while I lapse and download the newest patches or expansion, which leads to detachment from friends and family. That isn't what this is about, though. You don't run slowly in the World of Warcraft. Blizzard initially had the idea to put these things players could ride on, mounts, in the game. And they have been improved on many times, as seen in each new expansion enabling players to go beyond the regular ground mounts and fly in the sky, 280% faster than normal walking speed. The next expansion will open up the entire realm that is Azeroth for flight, so everyone can indefinitely travel faster when they reach a certain level. Don't play this game.

This guy should be complaining about the lockout period for Raids. One raid a week per character (per instance, of course) is a bit more of a legit topic. And daily quests, too. They are all about prolonging subscriptions. And then there is the achievements.. You can get a 310% flying Drake if you do all of the important seasonal things, which takes a full year.

# RE: ... — Guest 2010-02-05 13:50

Anyone who gets 'addicted' to WoW is a retard and should get themselves checked. The game IS NOT bad. People who LET themselves get addicted are the ones to blame. I play the game, yet I don't let myself get addicted and let it get in the way of my life, and I'm one of the best geared rogues on my server. Really, stop blaming Blizzard for stupid crap like that.

# yeah... — Shatterdome 2009-11-24 13:41

This guy is crazy.....but he right about the wow thing.

It is why they do not give you a mount at level 5 or something.....they want you to waste time walking everywhere. Also why you will finish a quest and the quest giver may have you return to the same area 2 or 3 times.

It's also why fishing has a timer, why gathering herbs/ore takes just a couple seconds.....when you do these things thousands of times, it adds up to minutes.

Still....that is the business strategy for MMO's and if you don't like it....don't buy the game.

# Idiot — dragonracer900 2009-11-24 14:23

This guy is just going to be less creditable with each charge he places.

Seems like he needs to quit the video games for a bit and go do other things.

What will happen next?

# . — m3rox 2009-11-24 14:40

Like the celebs are going to give a flying ***** that this guy is suing some video game companies, for his own profit.

# someone needs to read the EULA — hush404 2009-11-24 14:47

I have no doubt in my mind that WoWs EULA is pages and pages and pages long detailing just about every damn thing you can think of that wards off this kind of dumb "you ruined my life" lawsuits.

One must agree to that EULA in order to play the game and it would be similar to EULAs in place for networking services on PSN, XBL or Wii which states that the product is to be used as intended and any deviation from that gives the company the right to terminate your use of that service. Hell, you read most any EULA provided by any company behind a service (such as PSN, XBL) you'll notice that it clearly states that the company responsible has the right to terminate your account and access to the service at any given point for any reason (if at all) they see fit.

If dude would get a lawyer, the lawyer would explain that to him.

# Oh well — SuperQuest 2009-11-24 15:06

this guy is the new generation of loser like Jack Thompson

# Is he — Navani 2009-11-24 15:20

Is he trying to get them to settle out of court? That's the only thing I can think of unless he's insane.

# He's not after money — Master Chef 2009-11-24 15:26

At this point all he's after is attention. He's not that retarded, he knows he doesn't have a case. And the Web is giving him that attention.

Just ignore this clown and he'll go away

# haha — Steven 2009-11-24 15:49

Actiblizzion should just shrug this off

# .... — Silver-Tiger 2009-11-24 16:09

Man, this guy is hillarious.

He may be an attention-wh*re, but at least he has a lot ideas.

# .... — Silver-Tiger 2009-11-24 16:15

CFW on PSP Go would certainly be really cool, but there's no reason to justify an ISO-loader.

UMd drive can't drain battery since there is no UMD drive, and PSP games load as fast as possible since they are already on the internal memory. The onyl reason I see here is the lack of games that haven't been offered as DL, but I think Sony will soon release a lot more game on PSN.

So, please hackers, if you make a CFW, disable the ISO-loader.

# my cat lila — Marmarflam 2009-11-24 16:40

hello, i like cats!

i have a cat named lila. She is white with black dots, and she has blue eyes.

i always give her catcandy, which she loves very much.

once i tried eating one myself, but it tasted so bad :(:(

So i gave kitty some chicken.

he eated it in 3 seconds. aahw lila, you're so cuuuute ^.^

# Lawsuit Lotto — symbal 2009-11-24 16:59

I think this dude's just doing the lawsuit lotto, just starting as many cases as possible and hoping 1 wins to pay for the rest.

# we should sue him — jjcobra 2009-11-24 17:37

I think we should start a class action lawsuit against Estavillo for wasting our time. We cant get money, since I'm sure he has none. But we should ban him from using any video game systems and computers and cell phones with internet access.

Or we could just get his address and beat him with socks full of soap (a la Full Metal Jacket)

# he has a disease people — bmxadan 2009-11-24 18:24

he may seem like a douche or whatever you wanna call him but hes not a normal person...either that or hes faking everything. and jjcobra,nobody is forcing you to read or waste your time on the internet(which you are doing by simply browsing the web)

# wat — Three B 2009-11-24 20:26

He expects to get one million dollars because, unless you make your character walk, they jog instead of unrealistically sprint everywhere?

I played WoW before any expansions, before you could get a mount at level 30, before you could get a mount at level 20. Unless he's been shoving his money at Blizzard for two or more years, he has nothing to complain about. Realistically, I wouldn't blame Blizzard for trying to settle out of court for the amount this idiot paid in subscription fees.

TL;DR If you think the characters walk too slow, it doesn't matter because you get a mount much earlier than you should these days.

# the weather — truk 2009-11-24 20:31

it's been a rather warm winter here in canada, toronto specifically. usually around this time we have snow, but not this year. some people say it's global warming; others, el nino. i dont know where i stand. pls help

# Huh — Acteon 2009-11-25 00:27

I hope they throw this moron in prison for wasting time.

Frankly I don't feel any pity for this attention seeking dullard. Just goes to show that the species is better off without some people. Hopefully the next time he appears on the internet it'll be on the Darwin Awards.

# WTF!?!?!?!?!?!? — GUNBEHINDTHESUN 2009-11-25 02:38

This guy has a problem. The judge needs to just get him psychiatric treatment and community service for messing with peoples time. They can then yell at him to move faster while he's picking up trash on the side of the highway.

# Its only life destroying... — Uplink 2009-11-25 05:04

if you let it be. Ive been playing wow for about 5 years now on and off no more than 5 hours a week. Albeit there are some people that play like 16hours a day they are simply week and amature. Generally anyone who was told they are addicted to this game, has underlying issues that the game only surfaced. Im tired of people blaming a game becuase its successfull in what it does. Its the peoples fualt not the games.

# this is where capitalism fails — mockingb1rdblue 2009-11-25 08:40

any other regime would see this f***er put down

# True, but.. — damonous 2009-11-25 09:23

As I've written in some of the other "Estavillo threads" (holy! --it's a whole *category* of threads, now) ....he may have some ideas here and there that could possibly be legit/go somewhere. ...But in capable hands with someone knowing what the heck they're doing. Estavillo is clearly not that. Whether there was question about it before, it is now 100% *CONFIRMED*. --Besides, what in the world is someone with that list of ailments doing playing videogames? "Panic disorder"? --Oh, good idea: break out some GTA IV, Resident Evil, and Modern Warfare. That should hep the Panic Disorder right along. :-O

# FFXI — svanheulen 2009-11-25 09:25

If he thinks WoW is slow he should try FFXI. Then maybe he'd do us all a favor and off himself.

# DAMMIT!!!! — Silver-Tiger 2009-11-25 10:57

posted again on the wrong article....

I fail miserably.....

# lols — lexbian 2009-11-25 12:14

@ anyone addicted to an effing video game. seriously. drugs cause physical dependencies, alcohol causes physical dependencies. "addiction" to something that just absorbs time and money is the last resort of the weak minded. trying to justify the fact that they have no friends and no desire to try and gain something more out of LIFE. turn the effing idiot box off and walk outside there are REAL girls outside people not just fat guys who play girl characters.

# If we let it be? — Dragoon 2009-11-25 15:38

That's like saying an alcoholic doesn't have to drink if he doesn't want to, or a crack addict can stop whenever they want. Well, they just can't most times because they enjoy it so much it's a detriment to their health.

WoW is just a game but many people find it more satisfying to form social relationships online more and more in these days, because it's just easier and there is less of a chance of getting hurt emotionally.

People that get into it too much will not notice things changing around them, it doesn't make them "week and amature", it makes them psychologically vulnerable and addicted, to the point where they would rather game than eat or sleep. It's very unhealthy, but not entirely their fault. It can be very much like a drug where the only way out is to seek help.

I'm tired of people blaming people for being immersed so realistically they forget what is important to them.

# Silver-Tiger — deathmetal 2009-11-25 18:30

You not only posted in the wrong article; the content of what you posted is SO wrong too, if you get my drift.

# funny ha ha — gammy69er 2009-11-26 02:40

you habe a piont, but you can become addicted to gambling. Not Physically. once again though, you have to be weak for this to happen. I have just kicked a 15 year Smoking habit, and am better (yet Fatter) for it.

this guy needs a hobby (apart from computer games), perhaps Warhammer :S

# WoW — metaangel 2009-11-26 07:41

thats all i gotta say this guy has no life oh wait i shudnt say that he might sue me ya'know wat they say "SUCK IT!!!"

# So..... — Uplink 2009-11-26 19:10

Its the game creators fault that some people have deep seeded emotional trauma right ? Drugs and Alcohol are physical things that harm the body. Those addictions are tied to physical pain caused by the substance. Video games are emotion driven but they specifically dont cause any physical or emotional harm to normal people. What your suggesting is that No one should play video games because some people get addicted. And dont say WoW is different from any other video game. Its just another one of thousands of video games out. I reiterate its not WoW that is life-destroying its the emotionally disturbed user thats the issue. The ideal that some people find it easyer to socialize online than in person not being healthy is true but your bringing that out of context by adding WoW into it, Chat rooms instant messengers are the same effect. Even in that its not the Messengers fault for creating an online portal for people to talk because socially inept people latch to it to meet new people. In my opinion WoW is just the bashing stone for people who wont admit they have underlying issues.

# Guest 2009-12-07 21:23

ok maybe not die but at least go to jail for wasting peoples time!

# WTF!? — Guest 2010-05-16 19:02

sooooo....his defences are martin gore for writing sad music....and winona ryder for reading a book.....really?.....because that has everything to do with the videogame i guess and they must be experts!.....maybe i should sue microsoft for the screen hurting my eyes after being on my comp for a while and then use james cameron as my witness because i was watching avitar on it...hmmm

# Zeta — TylerZeta 2010-05-22 05:43

Seen his pick, he's just a fat nerd with no life. He probably isn't even disabled he just claimed that he is so the courts would feel sympathy for him.

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