Blizz Faces Lawsuit

HOW STUPID ARE THESE PEOPLE!?!?!!?!

This will never ever stand in court because its the parents fault for letting the kids play the game soo much until their minds said they were in the fantasy world...

Sorry, that would actually require "parental responsibility" which is now banned by law in some countries....or it least it seems to have been.
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Ramza

The above is an example of what can happen, and i beleive in anti adiction mesures to be made, they r very important. Blizzard should definately do more to prevent adictions ( maybe have a 6 hour limit for each acount on wow, and if they relize someone is on it about 10 hours a day, they should send him an email and tell him that he ought to stop)

THats a great idea, but Blizzard cant force peepz to stop from gaming. There should be a line in the law saying its forbidden to computer more then

4

hours a day or sumthing. (They cant check if they play single player but thats alot more boring so they will stop anyway)

Man, what are you talking about? I spend at least 4 hours a day. And I'm not gonna kill myself or die due to starvation. Only idiots can let themself die in the front of the PC... because they were too lazy to get something to eat. If someone wants to die due to MMO playing, let him die. If someone wants to drink to blind, let him drink. His choice. You're kinda "mortal ranger", who think that HE knows what's better for somebody. I don't like such people.

BTW, how long was he playing till he died? A week? At least 2-3 days, otherwise how could he die?

Heh, Im sorry, but I cant weep for someone who took suicide without a jolly good reason.

I dont play games more than 1-4 hours per day, and never all those in a row, thats purely boring.

Last time I heard someone sue a company because people died of games was the russian suicide cult that they said had played too much Final Fantasy (I laughed till I couldnt breath) And that was four years ago so I guess I havent been listening to this in some time. I think humans are getting more advanced techologyvise but that doesnt seem to have anything to do with intelligence. Thats why Im happy you cant sue people here because with such laws people dont care if what theyve done has to do with plain idiocy, as long as they can make a buck.

Hell, why not be a member of the majority? BURN THE WITCH! BURN THE WITCH! SHE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT!

Parents should know that games are rarely educational. Dont let your kids stay staring at the screen like it was some sort of robot teacher Youve bought!

Any people who remember when people died in the sofa watching TV? No? Well, that was far before you were born.
History is repeating itself, I guess people died of radio once, and books before that, and reading runes before that, and reading papyrus before that, and looking at pictures on rocks before that, and listening to Shamans telling stories before that...

Once again the parent's fault

Hell, MOST things in life are the parents fault. Lets wait to see what happans. I'm predicting legal dispute

NEWSFLASH!!!!!

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Kids Beware!!!Btw now it's up for the parents....

BTW, how long was he playing till he died? A week? At least 2-3 days, otherwise how could he die?
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I read a man died cuz he played 50 hours without breaks.
If u dont drink u die within 3 days or something?
But those freaks also dont sleep, so put those 2 together and u die withing 2 days

Well, i play about 8 hours a day if my bro isnt in home, and i always remember to get something to eat/drink and i go sleep max. at 11:00 PM, not later. And i know im a computer addict, yes.

Our funny government decided to make a law making so called "killer games" (basically all fps-games) illegal. Let's so how far they'll get with it.

I normaly never post. But this is worth it!

I cant belive that poeple are actualy backing them. I know the world is full of morons but where is the limit!
I dont remember who said it but on page one some one said somthing about the parents killing there kid just so thay can sue blizzard. Then some one said that was stupid. Step back for a second. 2 Parents are sueing a company blaming the death of there son on them. now THATS stupid. Killing a loved one for insurence money happens all the time!

If theres an anti-addiction "group" then why is there not an Anti-moron group? Now that would make the world a better place!

man, who is stupid enough 2 copy a game scene or something. Everyone knows its ridiculous, especially if it involves on jumping of a roof or somethin. But still, its not nice 2 talk about dead people especially if u mock him or somethin.

Hope this incident does not bring down world's most famous game creator... Blizzard!

God wtf do people hate games so much?

Sheesh ive seen more people angry over a f*cking monoply game. God how many times do I have to explain it after my video games dont cause violence debate: Games do NOT cause aggressive behavior. For those parents outraged and spamming vg to get me banned, visit http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/05/0809videogames.html, or http://sweetness.typepad.com/game_on/2004/02/bbc_article_gam.html. God do people understand its A F*CKING GAME FOR ENTERTAINMENT!?!?!? GOD MY PARENTS DONT EVEN UNDERSTAND IM NOT ADICTECD TO WC3!!! God 1 child out of chinas 1 billion....yeah it will make all the difference in the world, since the kid would invent time travel, marry bill gates's daughter and be the richest man alive, and unite the planets in world, solar, and universal peace....god every1 else in china has the same chance of doing it as every 1 else in china: 0/9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

Jumping off a roof reminds me of the kid who committed suicide after listening to Ozzy. There's nothing in WOW that says "Please re-enact this scene in real life." By age 13 you should know how gravity works.

That said, Blizzard is far from innocent...$30 million a month is a LOT of money in software, and with that cash, they should be able to fix bugs like displaing the monster hitpoints in WC3 or alphabetically listing the maps. Blizzard can do 3D graphics pretty well but letters and numbers still trip them up.

CyberatogHeh, Im sorry, but I cant weep for someone who took suicide without a jolly good reason.

I dont play games more than 1-4 hours per day, and never all those in a row, thats purely boring.

Last time I heard someone sue a company because people died of games was the russian suicide cult that they said had played too much Final Fantasy (I laughed till I couldnt breath) And that was four years ago so I guess I havent been listening to this in some time. I think humans are getting more advanced techologyvise but that doesnt seem to have anything to do with intelligence. Thats why Im happy you cant sue people here because with such laws people dont care if what theyve done has to do with plain idiocy, as long as they can make a buck.

Hell, why not be a member of the majority? BURN THE WITCH! BURN THE WITCH! SHE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT!

Parents should know that games are rarely educational. Dont let your kids stay staring at the screen like it was some sort of robot teacher Youve bought!

Any people who remember when people died in the sofa watching TV? No? Well, that was far before you were born.
History is repeating itself, I guess people died of radio once, and books before that, and reading runes before that, and reading papyrus before that, and looking at pictures on rocks before that, and listening to Shamans telling stories before that...

insightful?
maybe its a good thing he died.
i mean, your life gotta suck if you stay two days straight playing a video game, death is a liberation..

Death and Suicide

Most of you claim these people to be stupid for their actions.

In many cases, the death of a loved one can cause extreme stress and distraught in a person. This loosens their reasoning, and they are depressed and rash. I can see why the parents would sue Blizzard - they feel so much at a loss they are trying to take their anger out on the company that made the game their child was imitating. However, World of Warcraft was not the cause of the childs death.

Also, a person does not need to be stupid to die from starvation while playing a video game. I myself know that when you are depressed, you feel like nothing in the world is worth doing. Eating becomes unnecessary. I suspect that when the person thought about eating, he was too weak to get up and eat.

Great, deep feelings can sway a persons reasoning, causing them to make stupid judgements. That is a simple fact.