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Man With 20,000 Hours into Lineage II Sues NCsoft

By pete_gallagher

Craig Smallwood of Hawaii has a lawsuit in the works against the creator of Lineage II, claiming that he became so addicted to the game he became 'unable to function independently in usual daily activities such as getting up, getting dressed, bathing or communicating with family and friends.'

In a Wired piece on the suit, Smallwood, in his proceedings, claims to have spent 20,000 hours playing the game between 2004 and 2009. He claimed that developer NCsoft is negligent because it failed 'to warn or instruct or adequately warn or instruct plaintiff and other players of Lineage II of its dangerous and defective characteristics, and of the safe and proper method of using the game.'

The suit appears to be moving forward as the presiding judge refused to dismiss some of Smallwood's claims earlier this month.
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 20, 2010 (boomark / email).