Crazy Professional Plantiff Suing Blizzard Now, Subpoenas Winona Ryder
Erik Estavillo is a name I'm sure will be responsible for much future amusement. Originally gaining notoriety for suing Sony after being banned from PSN due to improper conduct, he set his sights next on Nintento and Microsoft-- in the former case, he bricked his Wii while modding it to pirate games illegally (no, seriously), and in the latter his Xbox 360 suffered from the common "red ring of death," causing him untold levels of stress that only $75,000 could cure. Mr. Estavillo allegedly suffers from numerous illnesses like obsessive-compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, panic attacks, major depression and Crohn's Disease and somehow finds time to sue major companies over issues the rest of us would move on from.
While the original Sony lawsuit was rejected, the other two are still in play; your normal judicial troll might find themselves sufficiently occupied by three lawsuits and take a break, but not Erik. He's a professional.
GamePolitics reports that the latest salvo to be fired in Estavillo's crusade is against Activision Blizzard and World of Warcraft. Yesterday he filed a complaint against the company, accusing it of engaging in deceitful business practices like restricting how fast your character can walk or run. He once again referenced his numerous health issues and said that he relies on video games for happiness and social interaction. If that wasn't weird in and of itself, Estavillo (who is representing himself) subpoenaed actress Winona Ryder and Depeche Mode founder Martin Lee Gore to provide testimony:
Gore was subpoenaed because "he himself has been known to be sad, lonely, and alienated as can be seen in the songs he writes," and Ryder because of her and Estavillo's common interest in the J.D. Salinger book The Catcher in the Rye. Ryder would 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."
Estavillo is seeking a million in damages and a court-order for Blizzard to address the concerns he raised in the complaint. If this guy ever wins anything I totally know what to do for my next career shift.
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Posted to Hot Stuff on 25 November 2009
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I think the more important question is: who the frag is silly enough to represent this guy in court? Or is he representing himself?
I answered that in the entry. :P
Yes, he's representing himself.
D'oh, that's what I get for skimming and not carefully reading. Totally my bad. :p
~ROFL~ ..all I can say is ..WOW!
I need to sue someone and claim all of these famous people I want to stalk can offer random proof. My god, this man is brilliant.
He's...suing Blizzard...because his character isn't moving fast enough for his taste.
.....REALLY?....REALLY?
Man this is what's wrong with the US Judicial system.
Can't they you know.. bar him from ever submitting anything again? Like that Thompson douche bag? Because yeah... they should SO do that.. now, right friggan now.
Mr. Estavillo allegedly suffers from numerous illnesses like obsessive-compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, panic attacks, major depression and Crohn's Disease
From these actions, I'm sure those aren't all of the disorders he suffers from. If I didn't already graduate with a degree in psychology, I totally would have used this guy for my thesis.
No whammies, no whammies...STOP! Jackpot!
This guy just scares me. Although I do wonder if he suffers from agoraphobia how exactly -is- he going to represent himself in court? Maybe he'll sue the court for not being inside his house and subpoenae Barack Obama as he has experience of existing in the outside world.