Teenager succesfulyl sues Jagex for 2 years of his life-gone

Billy Bobby8 · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 1:47 pm

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Yesterday afternoon 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 You end up entirely withdrawn from the world."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.

That is to bad

Adbot · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 1:47 pm

Kirby · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 2:04 pm

What is wrong with that kid? He doesn't go to school? That is against him. Truency is what it's called. People should know that it is "GAME" and you are NOT forced to play it. He is literally retarded.

Ryan · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 2:15 pm

Kirby wrote:

What is wrong with that kid? He doesn't go to school? That is against him. Truency is what it's called. People should know that it is "GAME" and you are NOT forced to play it. He is literally retarded.

Ok lets put this into something we can all look at.

You wake up. Have a shower, and you have a sudden urge to take a drug you've been taking or have a cigarette. This is because they are addicted. They aren't forced to do drugs or smoke, but it was once their choice and now they cannot control themselves.

Looking at it that way, I can understand why he sued them.

Warren · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 2:21 pm

I really don't believe this is true. Searching the story on Google only brings you one result, and it's posted on a forum by a banned member... Anyways it was posted January 9, 2005, so even if it is real, it's old.
I noticed a few spelling/grammar mistakes to, which I normally don't on professional articles.

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Jagex spokesman, Mr. P Hartnell

There is no P Hartnell on the Jagex Team, either.

Kirby · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 2:32 pm

Warren wrote:

I really don't believe this is true. Searching the story on Google only brings you one result, and it's posted on a forum by a banned member... Anyways it was posted January 9, 2005, so even if it is real, it's old.
I noticed a few spelling/grammar mistakes to, which I normally don't on professional articles.

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Jagex spokesman, Mr. P Hartnell

There is no P Hartnell on the Jagex Team, either.

He isn't a designer in anyway. He is just a spokesman.

Warren · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 2:39 pm

He would still be on the Jagex Team.
If he was the spokesman for Jagex, he would work for Jagex, no?

Adbot · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 2:39 pm

RSgamer · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 3:54 pm

Yes, if there was a "P Hartnell" on staff, he'd be listed at the credits page. http://www.runescape.com/kbase/viewarticle.ws?article_id=2513

I'll treat this "lawsuit" as a fake.

ryan1 · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 5:15 pm

Someone suing Jagex because he doesn't go to school and plays Runescape all day? Even if it were true, the kid would have lost the case.

It's not Jagex's fault if someone who plays their game doesn't have any life at all. If this were true, Blizzard (WoW) would be out of business.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** November 10th, 2007, 5:49 pm

Fake. Don't spam these forums.

You can private message me a link to this article and if i feel it's legit, i'll unlock this.

However i don't know how it works in America but here in the UK you don't come out to the press and tell them "he needs to get out more" lol, nice try.