He strikes again. Folks, last year Erik Estavillo went after Sony over being banned from Playstation Network. Then he went after Microsoft over the RROD of the 360(In which he subpoenaed Bill Gates), and Nintendo over the updates. And one of his recent lawsuits is against Activision Blizzard over World of Warcraft.
But now Erik Estavillo, having not been in the spotlight since last month, is back in the limelight in yet another lawsuit. This time, against the gaming press. Sites like GameSpot.com, IGN.com, G4TV.com, GameInformer.com, 1UP.com, Joystiq.com, Kotaku.com, GayGamer.com, QJ.net, SarcasticGamer.com, MMORPG.com, NBC, FOX and DepecheMode.com are named as defendants.
Estavillo's lawsuit against the gaming press is about libel, claiming that many of the articles are full of intendant insults to the plantiff. Ya know, why didn't I think of that? It would take the console wars to a new level where every fanboy sued each other over insults of their favorite systems. Even the Supreme Court would have a headache over that
In addition, QJ.net and SarcasticGamer.com are also named over worker discrimination after they wanted to hire him as an intern(Unpaid writer), only a week later decided not to. DepecheMode is also named after banning him, with him claiming it violates his First Amendment.
Estavillo is seeking $10,000 per article written "ingenuously" against him and $5,000 per message board thread. Not named in the subpoena is GamePolitics and Escapist. Doesn't make sense if they go around poking fun at him, especially when Yahtzee decided to rip this guy a new asshole.
The team at GamePolitics had this to say about him.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but one reason I was cautioning you against all these lawsuits is that your credibility has been somewhat compromised, even as your name becomes "famous." I guess it's a trade off of sorts.
Thankfully, he isn't the host of his own show on Fox ala Glenn Beck. Otherwise, we would be seeing tea baggings at Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard and Game Review Sites. Boy I think I have a bad view now.
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