7500 Gamers Sell Their Souls to GameStation

[Jared]

Now that is epic. I love it!

I wonder how many people are now like "Huh, wha!?" XD

Best, April Fools. Ever!

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Well, my respect for Gamestation just went up. This is awesome. Of course, they should totally keep all of those souls. I have no idea what they would do with them but still

Well I assume that if one of their employees had been naughty throughout his lifetime, he could then use a harvested pure soul to still get into heaven. So yea, I'd definitely keep 'em, considering my track record with unholy activities.

The souls of gamers can be considered "pure"?

Not according to all those worried mothers out there they aren't.

 

[Tharwen]

More anti-game publicity is coming, just you wait.

"Gamestation is the devil!"

 

[Guy32]

Fortunately, management says the company isn't actually interested in harvesting souls, so it will be issuing an email to all customers nullifying its claim.

Before I read this, I couldn't stop thinking, "At least one of the 7500 is going to get pissed and do something stupid".

 

[Samurai Goomba]

HA!

Thats great.

But it also scares me. What if someone decided to do something like this for real? By law they would be in the clear...

Scary thought.

No they wouldn't. Just because they wrote it on a piece of paper and you did something they claim means you "signed" it does not mean it is legal. For example, you cannot sign a piece of paper that gives somebody the right to discriminate against you on the basis of your cultural background or skin color, because civil rights laws already exist which trump any stupid rules some company makes up. In this case, your right to liberty would take precedence over a sneaky "soul owning" clause.

So it's really just a funny joke.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

This ranks as one of those things which should be a MASSIVE wakeup call to politicians and lawyers everywhere.

But, as so often happens, *giggle giggle* "Oh my, how we laughed. Sign here? Certainly. Hey, imagine if this T&C contained such a clause!"

"Oh, but it does, Sir..."

(Yeah, they can't get your soul...but a direct debit? permission to cold-call you? promise to purchase upgrades? advertising links embedded into Facebook...that's for the lawyers/politicians to decide...like they did with the Digital Economy Bill)

 

[Sethzard]

Wow, in retrospect, this is easily the best April fools joke.

 

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Epic win right here.

 

[Starke]

HA!

Thats great.

But it also scares me. What if someone decided to do something like this for real? By law they would be in the clear...

Scary thought.

Generally speaking a contract for someone's soul can't be executed because you cannot prove or disprove transfer of the item in question.

 

[MrPop]

My love for Gamestation has gown even more.

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Luckily, the average EULA means absolutely nothing legally.

 

[Trivun]

Hmmm, I think I'd better start reading the EULA in future, if £5 vouchers for Gamestation are at stake...

 

[Oneirius]

Damn, mine's already owned by three different demons, seven fairies and one eldritch Ancient. Guess I am gonna get sued big time, now. o__o

 

[Jonny49]

I always knew Gamestation was run by the devil ¬¬

 

[Aptspire]

Why didn't I think of this?

 

[Twad]

just the fact that 12% of the buyers actually readed the thing suprises me more.

 

[Hutchy_Bear]

The cheeky mothers... That is a pretty awesome joke. I love it. Im quite scared of terms clauses now, I may have to start reading them.
[sub]No I won't I'm too lazy[/sub]

 

[Spygon]

i always said anybody could put anything into t&cs and nobody would have noticed.So now gamestation have just proved me right nicely done.

 

[manaman]

HA!

Thats great.

But it also scares me. What if someone decided to do something like this for real? By law they would be in the clear...

Scary thought.

No they wouldn't. It would be fought, and law (provided the judge was right in the head) would come down on the consumers side.

As an added bonus they can't actually make you do anything illegal, or have you authorize things that are illegal just because you signed a contract.