kwerr

@Grixxel said:

IT IS RUMORED TO BE THE ONLY COPY CONTAINING THE REAL ENDINGS!!!!

:|

lol

@muktor said:

@kwerr said:

@rockyhorrorgerri said:

I'm surprised there wasn't a mass rush UP that tree!

The safest way is probably just to camp and wait for strong winds that would know the game down

That way noone gets hurt

yah, but where would be the fun in that :x

So... people getting hurt is your idea of "Fun"?

@rockyhorrorgerri said:

I'm surprised there wasn't a mass rush UP that tree!

The safest way is probably just to camp and wait for strong winds that would know the game down

That way noone gets hurt

@muktor said:

If I was the Judge in this case I would laugh at the people suing EA and toss the case out lol

or maybe I"d just have EA pay me millions because its pocket change for them haha

you should quit your dayjob and become a judge. I am sure the courts could use your wisdom.

@Omelet_Pants said:

@muktor said:

@NaDannMaGoGo said:

@kwerr said:

The second balloon, which is shown in the video, landed on top of a very high tree. That tree was very dangerous to climb. EA representatives at the sight told people not to climb the tree, but trying to tell people what to do was kind of silly on their part since EA is not the police or anything and has no authority to tell people what to do or not to do in a public area. So then, when they saw people were not listening to them and climbing the tree anyway, they said they would not be responsible if something bad happened. Again, that is pretty stupid, since obviously had a disaster occurred, it's not hard to see that EA would've been held at least partially responsible, since they are the ones who sent the video game in a balloon and a likely outcome was that it would end up on top of a tree

So let me get that straight. EA doesn't have the slightest authority to prevent you from doing something utterly stupid (true) but if one of you guys got hurt by that something utterly stupid, they would've been partially reponsible.

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yep according to what someone said fully responsible lol

You guys must not be from America b/c people sue (and win) over ridiculous things all the time. E.g., some guy jumped in front of a subway train trying to commit suicide. He survived and sued the city b/c they failed to adequately protect him from jumping in front of a train. In this case, EA is definitely creating a danger b/c they're encouraging people to go on a treasure hunt for their game. You gotta figure that people are crazy enough to put themselves at risk in order to get said game. EA is really lucky that no one got hurt, and I'm surprised their lawyers allowed them to pull this kind of stunt.

Well anyone can SUE for any reason. It just takes filing some forms at the court

For example if I played my Nintendo 3DS while walking on the street and I did not look where I was going and banged my head on a street lamp, I could sue the city for having the lamp there

the question is whether a court would actually discuss the case. or whether it will be tossed out by the judge

I hope you are kidding... because cutting down a tree..a 400 or so year old tree that helps earth and creates oxygen..just to get a video game... that's just inexcusable

I was there. And I meant to say, from what you can see in the video

Also, I wasn't personally attacking Freshbandito or anyone else. /i was just bringing up the fact that the tree in question is extremely hard to climb

@Freshbandito said:

If those kids lost some weight and were rugged, hairy chested gods of dominating mother nature like me and my cadre of woodsmen they would've cut that shit down in no time.

Actually, that tree looks pretty hard to climb (at least from what i can tell in the video). I know it might SEEM easy to climb a tree, but if you/ve ever tried climbing a tall tree you'd have realized that it's harder than it looks

@NinjaHunter said:

@css_switchfoot said:

This is dumb. There needs to be a law that says "If you are dumb, and get hurt because you did something dumb, then you can't take legal action." This was a cool thing EA did, and people did dumb stuff to get something free because of two reasons. First they are dumb. Second they are pansies.

The situation is kind of like this: lets say I have a hand full of candy. I tell a kid that, "I'm going to throw the candies in the air and you go and get them." So I do that and one of the pieces of candy lands in the middle of the street. The kid runs to get it and gets hit by a car. Whose at fault here? The kid, the parents or me? The parents are going to say me. Now it's slightly different because you could argue the kid doesn't know any better, unlike an adult, but I still put the kid in a situation where he/she could get hurt. Just like EA did here. EA didn't intend for this but... I could see why someone would sue them and win.

yep gamers are like kids when it comes to getting a game :)

Regardless, people would see EA as responsible