Lol? 5 Grand For Playing Runescape!

[qpwoeiruty]

On Wednesday March 25,2009 in an unprecedented court hearing, a young boy of fifteen successfully won his lawsuit against Jagex, who run an online RPG game. The teenager claimed the game had effectively wasted two years of his life and rendered him unintelligent and unable to communicate with the outside world.

The boy's lawyer yesterday claimed "The game has an unexplainable attraction that convinces the player they are having fun, despite the fact that all they are doing is performing repetitive tasks to increase their statistics." He continued, "The game is actually a graphical nightmare and its gameplay is simple at best. Yet something, perhaps by subliminal means, forces the player - against his will - to play the game, and to believe that they are having fun."

The jury voted unanimously in the teenager's favour, who will receive five thousand pounds in compensation.

Jagex spokesman, Mr. P Hartnell, said "These claims are both ridiculous and embarassing. Clearly the kid needs to get out more - our games maybe fun but we do not force players to take part." When questioned about the alleged subliminal tactics, Hartnell refused to comment.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, explained why the game had such a devastating effect on life: "You kind of get into a daily routine. You get up, you load up Runescape, and you play it. You can't go and do anything else because you want to get your stats up higher than anyone else." He elaborated further: "You end up repetitively increasing your stats every day. You want more, and more. You don't even talk to players on the game you're so involved. You end up entirely withdrawn from the world."

His lawyer told us more about how his life had been devasted by the game. "He never went out from his house except on special occasions, for two whole years. He didn't even go to school." When asked how his intelligence had been affected, he replied: "What intelligence?"

The future for Jagex Ltd looks bleak, as many more teenagers are already filing lawsuits against the company.

Wow, 5 Grand for playing Runescape!

 

Source please so I know this isnt bullshit which it does sound like because the dumbass decided to waste his life on runescape , no one forced him to play but himself

 

[qpwoeiruty]

Don't know where it's from but i got it from another forum.

 

[KevinW]

This is bullshit, I'm going to sue the entertainment industry because they steal 2 hrs of my life ever time i watch a movie. What a fucking retarded kid.

 

[Shroomsday]

Source please?

 

[Haunted]

source?
to good for being true.

 

[Corey_]

I hate people. Right up there with McDonald's lawsuits.

 

[cristofolini]

Lol i play as much as this boy, but i dont think ill do a lawsuit.

 

[qpwoeiruty]

Don't know where it's from but i got it from another forum.

 

[Moral]

If you provide no source, this is bs. Its the same as if I went to Walmart and sued them for having commercials on the t.v. that waste my life. My claim would be "It ruined my life, I have no money now, I couldn't stop watching. It was subliminal messaging."

Bullshit, obviously someone was bored and wrote this up. I am pretty sure that Jagex's terms and conditions pretty much covers them from being sued for this sort of thing.

 

[mike_w_99]

Damn rofl, if that actually is true, that's funny as hell. Though, I don't believe it because it's the kids choice to play the game.

 

[Rare Names]

I found this story on a lot of gaming forums but not a single news website. I call BS.

 

[2percent]

Wow. Even though I think this is a bit weird, screw Jagex, right on kid. You can win a lawsuit for the sun being too bright nowadays.

 

[Divine_God]

Fake, they CANNONT be sued for the personally responsibility of this kid.

Someone made it up to be funny..

 

[Cake]

idk, maybe jagex just paid it to try to stay under the radar, they dont want to seem like evil fat cats stealing peoples non-existent lives and not even saying sorry

 

[Xtreme Geek]

lol, "what intelligence?" ... super cheesy.

 

[Br4d13y]

Holy shit....that's crazy. But so true.

 

[Stackerize]

I found it a funny read,although i can garantee its fake...

 

[Burden]

It happened in 2003, I remember this...
Not march.

 

[djinn]

would be awsome if it was read=P