tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post9067276179686123725..comments2026-07-19T01:59:33.952-07:00Goblin Smithyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988847269710312122noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-53288944221533786392008-09-16T12:43:00.000-07:002008-09-16T12:43:00.000-07:00Oh please, we're talking about a society (North American, not specifying either the US or Canada) where some complete imbecilic klutz can buy coffee from McDonald's drive-thru, <I>spill it on herself</I>, then sue McD's for the coffee being too hot, and <B>WIN!</B><BR/><BR/>"Dammit, how dare that restaurant sell me what I ordered and take my money for it when they should psychically damn well know I'm a coordinationally-impaired retard, this is all their fault!"<BR/><BR/>We live in a society where nobody is to blame except "the other guy".<BR/><BR/>And what did she get, I forget, either $2 million or $4 million...<BR/><BR/>Umm, anyways, gotta run, forgot I need to go to McDonald's for lunch.Jakk Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299021488860173672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-90316812239085869532008-08-09T00:48:00.000-07:002008-08-09T00:48:00.000-07:00I've quit FFXI 3 times so far. It's not that hard to figure it out. My problem is not coming back though...Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397583121677453330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-14195079497361147062008-08-08T20:50:00.000-07:002008-08-08T20:50:00.000-07:00On your comment about "intelligent people in Illinois" Like myself, we moved.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026101630581243493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-12865881531340402832008-08-07T12:47:00.000-07:002008-08-07T12:47:00.000-07:00The thing that gets me is how all these online articles about the thing AGREE with the law. I mean...WTF?Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02501746307013188665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-34802808712664274822008-08-05T22:58:00.000-07:002008-08-05T22:58:00.000-07:00@ Allison. Agreed.RedBoarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830630901113106327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-79248377251403387962008-08-05T14:06:00.000-07:002008-08-05T14:06:00.000-07:00I hate it when people from my state do stupid shit. Makes those of us who are literate completely annoyed.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17210518208812190101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-31075004768281039972008-08-05T12:33:00.000-07:002008-08-05T12:33:00.000-07:00@kingofzeal:<BR/>See, they already beat you to that one. I believe the law had wording that states that if the company offers their product to residents of the state of Illinois, they have to provide a secure method of managing their account and cancelling their services online.<BR/><BR/>Counterpoint: POLViewer is online.Linothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00308373214981786181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-24749707474968695532008-08-05T11:04:00.000-07:002008-08-05T11:04:00.000-07:00I don't play FFXI (I know, I should die now), but my ex did. And, me being the wonderful, supportive gal I am, I let him put his account on my card (see, I'm not all bad). Then we broke up. A couple months later, I realize I'm still playing for his gaming. I call, I tell them to cancel, my account stops getting charged. Gee, that was easier than getting rid of him...<BR/>Maybe they should make a law that no idiots can participate in MMORPGs?Raging Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026002328718851505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-11755730257854827942008-08-05T10:16:00.000-07:002008-08-05T10:16:00.000-07:00Some people are just to ignorant to read instructions. Granted, the cancellation process is not printed out step-by-step for a juvenile.<BR/>Some people need to be taken out of the gene pool.<BR/><BR/>I have 4 words for these people:<BR/><BR/>LET THE BUYER BEWAREKahshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458745613034173220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-91668884326980941842008-08-05T08:56:00.000-07:002008-08-05T08:56:00.000-07:00Here's obviously what happened: Kid gets tired of playing FFXI, and uninstalls it and the PlayOnline Viewer, then tries to go to the PlayOnline website, and lo and behold, there is no account cancellation process on the World Wide Web! Of course the parents can't cancel the account over the phone, that's what the account cancellation option in PlayOnline is there for. Parents BAWWWWWW to their government, and they pass a law more likely against games that don't have a cancellation option on the World Wide Web, which I believe FFXI falls under. Still stupid, though.Iris Caldorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09403026033407109594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-11117644988934293432008-08-05T08:06:00.000-07:002008-08-05T08:06:00.000-07:00Gotta love them thar elected officialates! Here's a poster for em!<BR/><BR/>http://despair.com/government.htmlMr. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14922666777662552599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-46652852288725264262008-08-05T07:57:00.000-07:002008-08-05T07:57:00.000-07:00Dave, are you HONESTLY surprised that a State Government can be this retarded? Not to mention that, even if there WERE online gaming companies that didn't have online cancellation options, they'd still be going on about their business because no one's going to bother enforcing this shit. So anyone that's freaking out about this, I have four words for you: Enjoy your deluxe package. Give 'em hell, Dave!Bufumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469148587840239610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-20278290274686825392008-08-05T06:47:00.000-07:002008-08-05T06:47:00.000-07:00Welcome to the United States of America.Othiremhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466661951320376665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-68536756068103563182008-08-05T04:53:00.000-07:002008-08-05T04:53:00.000-07:00To be fair, the cancellation process for FFXI isn't exactly intuitive.<BR/><BR/>Good to know we're getting useful laws passed in the mean time, though...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729448275859303605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-58604477612804246042008-08-05T02:01:00.000-07:002008-08-05T02:01:00.000-07:00Yeah well that reminds me of the fact that we in Germany find it funny anyway, how the US ..well.. allows people to go to court for everything they can&#39;t handle alone. Like not drying cats in microwaves or cancel an account for a game all by themselves. <BR/><BR/>Oh wait, wasn&#39;t there a blogg entry where you suggested to read the manual before ? Seems that kid obviously didn&#39;t learn from your blogg &gt;&lt; <BR/><BR/>Oh yeah and: great blogg ! I so wish to cross your way in Vana&#39;diel, even if it includes being eaten by one or more dragons. =oÞFireballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090664488574655523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-55094912358754250542008-08-05T00:27:00.000-07:002008-08-05T00:27:00.000-07:00who reads manuals preemptively? not i. skim the eula? not really that either. they're all basically the same. (does anyone actually read all that crap?)<BR/><BR/>who reads manuals before calling tech support? yeah... sometimes.<BR/><BR/>but really... if you're gonna take it to the government and pass a law about it... rtfm.jaeydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439057235109379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-53903735041816946392008-08-04T22:48:00.000-07:002008-08-04T22:48:00.000-07:00It's so ridiculous. Got forbid people actually read the manual. I'm sorry, but if you can't even be bothered to read the manual, then you don't need to be playing the game. More gil and NMs for the rest of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-23524051856432685902008-08-04T22:32:00.000-07:002008-08-04T22:32:00.000-07:00April came late this yearSisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913416152128540297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-71048160716646135942008-08-04T22:18:00.000-07:002008-08-04T22:18:00.000-07:00Only person to vote against the measure was Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D).<BR/><BR/>Voting records:<BR/>http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory.asp?GA=95&amp;DocNum=4178&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;GAId=9&amp;LegID=34488&amp;SessionID=51Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05102300526634936409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-90605982968833469182008-08-04T21:37:00.000-07:002008-08-04T21:37:00.000-07:00@ Kenny - The ESRB is an industry controlled system not mandated by law. Same as the Comics Code Authority used to be (back when anyone gave a flying fuck).<BR/><BR/><BR/>This society repeatedly proves that if people don't like something trivial, they either A. Start saying it's illegal because it has inconvenienced them and they are totally ignorant of the laws, or B. say that 'there oughtta be a law against that'. Because they're ignorant of...everything in general.Sparfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115343923352050200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-77082637953228453482008-08-04T21:34:00.000-07:002008-08-04T21:34:00.000-07:00I'm not sure if I agree they're the same thing... or at least, my mind can't see how they are. It's one thing to talk about physical items in different physical locations (tax in two different states), it's another to talk about something which has no physical bearing, offered in many, many different locations simultaneously (in this case, FFXI). <BR/><BR/>You could certainly say something about lowest common denominator with regard to legality, but then that raises issues of forcing a multinational, billion dollar corporation to conform to a very, very small part of the area they serve or face some ambiguous legal judgment, in which case just stop serving that area.KingOfZealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048687016310951784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-25579848253483362812008-08-04T20:43:00.000-07:002008-08-04T20:43:00.000-07:00@kingofzeal That's like saying if I goto California to buy something, how can the state of California force me to pay sales tax on something if I'm an Ohio resident? They're offering a service in Illinois, they have to respect the laws of that state.<BR/><BR/>This is just like members of congress trying to get laws passed to create a rating system for video games to make sure parents are informed as to which games they should and should not be played by their children. <BR/><BR/>I know, they should call it the Entertainment Software Rating Board. It should have a tiered rating system ranging from Early Childhood to Adults Only. I think I'm onto something awesome here.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328376888081378486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-62423491678669377922008-08-04T19:57:00.000-07:002008-08-04T19:57:00.000-07:00It also raises the question: how is the State of Illinois going to enforce a law which has no jurisdiction over companies in, oh, Japan?KingOfZealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048687016310951784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-6419043263008411012008-08-04T19:55:00.000-07:002008-08-04T19:55:00.000-07:00I think they should write a law that makes it legal to preemtively charge retards double the rate of non retards and donate the extra earnings to charity.....such as one that teachs GMs how to order strippers for bachelor parties.....just an example.Leuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031285497047212882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-85980179778723737122008-08-04T19:53:00.000-07:002008-08-04T19:53:00.000-07:00Sorry, there are no intelligent people in Illinois. Just look into the stands at a Cubs gamecobalt60https://www.blogger.com/profile/18284366630452594220noreply@blogger.com