Blizzard Sued By South Carolina Inmate 239
Benjamin Duranske writes "Jonathan Lee Riches, an inmate in South Carolina famous for filing long, handwritten, rambling screeds against celebrities, politicians, and even buildings, has filed a third-party motion in Federal Court in Arizona in the MDY v. Blizzard botting case claiming that Blizzard's World of Warcraft 'caused Riches mind to live in a virtual universe, where Riches explored the landscape committing identity theft and fighting cybermonster rival hacker gangs. Riches was addicted to video games and lost touch with reality because of defendants. This caused Riches to commit fraud to buy defendants video games. Riches chose World of Warcraft over working a legit job, Riches mind became a living video game.'"
Re:Guess What? (Score:2, Funny)
Same thing happened to me after Metroid (Score:5, Funny)
Option past "dismissed" (Score:3, Funny)
Can a judge just say "fuck off already" to this kind of crap?
Counter-suit (Score:5, Funny)
Can the judge sue Riches for being driven from having to read such drivel?
Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I always thought Al Jazeera and Bumble Bee Tuna were connected somehow.
Finally, proof.
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I, for one, want his number... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! (Score:1, Funny)
He must be lonely in prison.
Re:I, for one, want his number... (Score:5, Funny)
Move to germany.
Thats normal over there.
Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! (Score:3, Funny)
Thank goodness the election is over (Score:5, Funny)
Now we can get back to the quality stories that Slashdot is known for.
Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! (Score:3, Funny)
Most people forget that important little "Home Depot" bridge between the two...
Common mistake. Don't beat yourself up about it.
Riches again? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm starting to think that Riches must be related to Jack Thompson...
Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! (Score:5, Funny)
He's suing inanimate objects and fictional characters? Good luck with that!
Re:Option past "dismissed" (Score:5, Funny)
Can a judge just say "fuck off already" to this kind of crap?
Talk about a campaign slogan. Vote Judge Common F. Sense in 2008! If you don't like it, fuck off!
I'd sure as hell vote for him.
Obligatory (Score:4, Funny)
http://www.instantrimshot.com/ [instantrimshot.com]
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Re:Huh? (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:I, for one, want his number... (Score:1, Funny)
>high kicks me repeatedly in the groin
so how short is she? If it ain't on youtube it didn't happen.
Re:Same thing happened to me after Metroid (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I, for one, want his number... (Score:3, Funny)
I recommend a rehabilitation program- play DOAX until you are comfortable with them wearing bikinis and jumping around.
Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! (Score:5, Funny)
Lawyers don't play the Kevin Bacon game anymore, they play the 1 degree of separation to Jonathan Lee Riches game.
Hell yeah! (Score:2, Funny)
I'm a victim too. (Score:5, Funny)
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He must be lonely in prison.
Maybe we can arrange for him to get a new friend...
Better lawsuit against Blizzard (Score:4, Funny)
If he wants to sue Blizzard at least sue them for a real crime, like the warcraft reputation system.
Re:Has he even played the game? (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't that when Sarah Palin will run for President? Perhaps she needs a running mate?
Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently he doesn't realize that when google lawbot indexes this, it is gonna toss out all these random keywords, right?
Or is there some secret message in there somewhere?
You say "attention whore", I say "insane". (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously, the guy is delusional. Insane. A nutter. Crazy. Over the rainbow. Bars in the window. Truly gone fishing. Out to lunch.
He's apeshit mad, barmy, batty, berserk, bonkers, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, dingy, dippy, erratic, flaky, flipped, flipped out, freaked out, fruity, idiotic, kooky, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental, moonstruck, nutty as fruitcake, of unsound mind, out of his tree, psycho, he's round the bend, a schizo, a screwball, he has a screw loose, silly, touched, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, unzipped, wacky.
(yes, much was copied and pasted from thesaurus.com)
Re:When the death penalty is appropriate (Score:5, Funny)
Mint condition - never been used.
Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! (Score:1, Funny)
Ouch. He will want to be careful suing those Norse Gods, thier counter-suit will smite him dearly.
Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not sure what "Jewish Mossad" is though. Is there a "Hindu Mossad"?
Yes, there is. They are not as good at intelligence, but their song and dance routines are legendary.
Re:LittleBigPlanet (Score:1, Funny)
That is cruel man... That is way worst than waterboarding.
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I wonder if he could be transferred to an Alaska prison...
Nah. Just put him in a cell with an ex-lawyer from Florida.
That would be classified as cruel and unusual punishment...
Re:You say "attention whore", I say "insane". (Score:3, Funny)
"Seriously, the guy is delusional. Insane. A nutter. Crazy. Over the rainbow. Bars in the window. Truly gone fishing. Out to lunch.
He's apeshit mad, barmy, batty, berserk, bonkers, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, dingy, dippy, erratic, flaky, flipped, flipped out, freaked out, fruity, idiotic, kooky, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental, moonstruck, nutty as fruitcake, of unsound mind, out of his tree, psycho, he's round the bend, a schizo, a screwball, he has a screw loose, silly, touched, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, unzipped, wacky."
"This... is an ex-sane person!"
Sorry, I couldn't help but read your whole post in the voice of John Cleese, and then I just had to finish it.
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