U.S. players sue for obsessed "paradise 2" NC said without prior warning

Play more Reuters (reorganization / Korean fruit) A player in the United States due to online games, "Paradise 2" addicted to sue, recently NC Soft to court. According to foreign media reports Craig Smallwood, who lives in Hawaii, USA, said "being addicted to NC Soft's online game" Paradise 2 "has taken life out of normalcy," he told NC Soft At the same time as NC Interactive, a U.S. subsidiary, filed a damages lawsuit. Compared to South Korea, dissatisfied with the system of online games users in overseas operations in South Korea online games, games addicted to be prosecuted cases are rare. Therefore, the incident not only caused a sensation overseas, but the domestic media in South Korea also paid great attention to this issue. Craig Smolwood lists the eight major lawsuits: false representation and fraud, unfair and deceptive operating services, defamation / humiliation / abuse, emotional pain caused by intentional acts, emotional pain caused by negligence, Negligence, gross negligence, punitive damages award. Craig Smolwood filed a petition to the court claiming that in 2004 he opened 3 "Paradise 2" accounts and played the game every 3 months using prepaid cards. From 2004 until 2009, Spent more than 20,000 hours of time to play "Paradise 2" crazy addicted to the game. In the process, Craig Smolwood's "Paradise 2" kept playing games, like other players, to experience the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, but also plunged into the charm of the game can not extricate themselves. Craig Somohwood noted that he knew the truth about his addiction to the game, and NC Soft did not announce the danger of indulging in the game. Craig Morwood said, "For five years, playing games for more than 20,000 hours or more, getting up in the morning, changing clothes, bathing, talking to family and friends, and other daily activities have gradually lost .If you know in advance may be addicted NC Soft did not tell the player the psychological or behavioral addictiveness necessary to keep playing the game. "Craig Smolwood is under the strain of psychological trauma Pain, had been hospitalized, now 3 times a week treatment. NC Soft filed a request to the competent court to dismiss the action. In response, the judge said: "In contrast to the plaintiff's statement, the court found that the plaintiff's fault and gross negligence existed." On August 4, the court rejected NC Soft's decision to dismiss. (Edit / Xiaoming child)