Man Suing World Of Warcraft For Being Too Slow

By Jill Harness in Everything Else, Toys on Dec 14, 2009 at 3:39 pm

index-world-of-warcraft-logoCalifornia man, Erik Estavillo, is suing Activision Blizzard, makers of World of Warcraft, for one million dollars because he claims the slow game pace is designed to take the player longer to get where he needs to go. He says the slow game pace is causing him anxiety, agoraphobia, depression and Crohn’s Disease.

Lest you think that was the highlight of the suit, just wait until you hear the witnesses he is calling on his behalf: Winona Ryder and Martin Lee Gore, the founder of Depeche Mode. He thinks Winona’s interest in Catcher In The Rye makes her qualified to discuss alienation and that Gore’s songs make him an expert in alienation because he is “sad, lonely and alienated, as can be seen in the songs he writes.”

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  1. I dunno lol
    Dec 14th, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    The main thing I hate about WoW is that it moves too fast actually =/

  2. Gauldar
    Dec 14th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    Looks like he should be prepared for another lawsuit dismissal.

    http://www.joystiq.com/tag/erik-estavillo

  3. heather
    Dec 14th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Y’see, this is why we WOW nerds need to get out of the computer room more often. After a while, we forget how the world works and how little we care for this crap.

  4. joe
    Dec 14th, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    this same guy is constantly suing game companies.

    he sued sony for banning him from everquest and already sued blizzard for wasting his life.

    he’s either crazy or a lawyer or both

  5. LisaL
    Dec 14th, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    My vote would be crazy *nodnod*

  6. mysickfix
    Dec 14th, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    i love wow, it moves at the perfect speed

    frivolous lawsuits like this are a burden

    OUR taxes are paying for the courts to hear a case like this

  7. Dandy
    Dec 14th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    I vote for “A Nuckin’ Futs Psychopath.”

  8. Dandy
    Dec 14th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    Next up — he spills coffee on his lap. From his own pot.

  9. Video Game Dork
    Dec 15th, 2009 at 1:43 am

    He doesn’t understand law. I guess we can all sue the news for giving us anxiety, the government for causing us depression (for having to pay taxes), etc..

    Also, crohn’s disease isn’t caused by videogames. Its genetic-based, and exacerbated by environmental conditions (like pollution and diet), not MMOs.

  10. sem @ gold farming guide
    Dec 15th, 2009 at 5:18 am

    this is very funny.. LOL, he act like a kid..

  11. Steampossum
    Dec 15th, 2009 at 8:58 am

    Agoraphobia? …. How to you develop an overwhelming fear of marketplaces and large spaces from a game running too slow? That’s just called being antisocial and a shut-in. I would love to hear that Blizzard permabanned him, and so did the courts.


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