7500 Gamers Sell Their Souls to GameStation

Starke

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Hurr Durr Derp said:
Luckily, the average EULA means absolutely nothing legally.
Well, that's a EULA. The problem is, to read a EULA you have to purchase the (often non-refundable) product before you can examine it. As a result, you effectively cannot opt out of the agreement. Hence, it becomes very difficult to execute. Little tricks like forcing the user to scroll down through it also don't improve it's legitimacy.

MMO EULAs tend to be dependable because they tend to focus on the recurring subscription relationship, and as a player you can opt out of that. Additionally with MMOs you can sometimes get access to the EULA before purchasing the game, which means it is available. Particularly MMOs like EQ2 that have a free demo period.

This is a sale contract. (By the look of things), it's a clause in the contract you agree to when you purchase something from them. For example, go on Steam and buy something[footnote]If you're actually going to do this exercise, the original Aliens Vs. Predator is $1.99 at the moment.[/footnote], when you hit check out before you can pay there's a box about agreeing to terms and services. That is legally binding. You aren't bound into a relationship in any way until after you've reviewed it or chosen not to. Same deal here.
 

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TheColdHeart said:
I think this is way better than some of the more blatant April Fools jokes you see online.

I can't even remember when I last read a T&C, well maybe the iTunes one because it prohibits you using it in a Nuclear Installation and I wanted to see if it was really there.
Yeah, that's part of Apple's boilerplate. iLife and the like probably also have it. It has something to do with the G4s being classified as dual use technology about ten years back and Apple feeling they needed a liability shield in case someone used their technology to develop a WMD. That said, what it's doing in the iTunes install? Maybe even Apple doesn't read their own EULAs?
 

Dobrev

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Game Station should get sued for that. Misleading customers for one. And on top if they ever try to claim a soul they'll be charged with illigal trading, because they don't have license to trade souls. On the other hand I wonder, if added value tax applies.
 

Faraldd

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He-he... maybe I should start reading EULA from now on, not that my soul would be worth much though. But nice joke, really, shows that an average player usually never reads the EULA. =D
 

Isalan

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Somewhere, theres a religious nutter who bought a game on April Fool's Day just ready to do something incredibly stupid because of this.

OT: Good on em, definitely one of the better April Fools this year.
 

Pingieking

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Awesome.

I should really consider dropping this whole physics degree thing and get into the gaming business. I'm a bit fan of soul collecting.
 

Elementlmage

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By placing an order via this web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini
LOOPHOLE: The suffix Anno Domini is no longer used; the BC and AD suffixes are now BCE (before common era) and CE (common era) respectively. Soooo, technically, there is no year "2010 Anno Domini".
 

ClockWork

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Dude, you just found a loophole in a contract for someone's soul. Remind me to get you as my lawyer when I die.
 

theaceplaya

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Reminds me of that Simpsons Treehouse of Horror years ago when Homer sold his soul for a donut and Flanders was the devil
 

cyber_andyy

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Awesome!

[small] This is really petty I know but why does the escapist change other currencies into dollars and doesn't extend the same courtesy the other way? [/small]