You haven't forgotten about ol' Erik Estavillo, have you? Last we heard from this professional/serial suer, he was targeting video game news entities -- talk about biting the hand that feeds. Anyway, we said that we would no longer write about his exploits because of this.
So why are we mentioning his name again? Because Estavillo has announced his decision to drop all lawsuits, against the press and industry.
Apparently, Estavillo's many ailments (OCD, Agoraphobia, Panic Disorder, depression and Crohn's Disease) were finally taking a toll, and he claims his doctors suggested he drop his long list of legal complaints for his own health.
Of course, another major factor is money, which Estavillo was running out of; he could no longer afford the process server fees needed for subpoenaing everyone on the planet, including Bill Gates, Winona Ryder, and Martin Lee Gore (Depeche Mode). Guess his vast life experiences not teach him that legal shenanigans cost lots of money.
On top of that, the companies Estavillo had been targeting seem to have fixed the various issues he had complained about:
He originally sued Blizzard over WoW, complaining that avatars traveled too slowly in-game, thus wasting time and costing players valuable money. Now, he says the characters move much faster, specifically in Ghost form.Sony after being banned from Resistance: Fall of Man (calling it theft), Mr. UCLA-graduate-Estavillo claimed PSN wasn't doing enough to keep minors (players under 17) away from these mature games. This trial resulted in failure, and all appeals were turned down. Either way, Estavillo says Sony has added a sign-up page to PSN that requires a master account, which addresses his worries over letting kids access Resistance.
Estavillo sued Microsoft and Nintendo next, after his 360 suffered an RRoD and a Wii update killed his homebrew channel. He claims these problems no longer bother him because Microsoft stopped charging 360 owners for an RRoD repair and plenty of fixes for his Wii can be found online.
Our favorite attention-monger then looked to the gaming press. Most defendants were being sued for libel; Erik did not realize the Internet is a mean, mean place, and took issue with what was being said about him. Moreoever, after two sites refused to hire him, he slapped "work discrimination" onto the list, followed by the First Amendment argument against DepecheMode.com for banning him from their forums.
Skeptical? Understandable. But it looks like Estavillo's Twitter account disappeared, and he's taken down his official website set up not two months ago. Hey, we know what you're thinking: there is justice in this world after all.
Source:GamePolitics
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