Shin Megami Tensei Online fan burns face in protest
Back in early May, a player on the MMORPG Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE had spent 100,000 yen (830 USD) on their newly introduced lottery but failed in an attempt to win a set of clothes that resembled the uniform from Persona 2.
He soon complained to Cave for not properly labeling the uniforms as a rare item in the lottery as it was listed among all the normal prizes with no indication that it was so rare that it could not be won even after 1,000 tries in the lottery.
Cave admitted that they made a mistake in not labelling the uniforms as a rare item and changed the list, but they replied that any money that was spent by the players was their own responsibility and not that of the company.
The man tried to sue the company soon after regarding this matter, but the case was thrown out of court early this month due to lack of evidence in proving that the company was attempting to scam the customers. So in protest, the man burns his own face. (??????????)
His blog can be found here. The latest post has a picture of his face, so don’t look if you don’t want to see it.
These megaten fans ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
July 24th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
I dare say the only possible appropriate response is “hahaha oh wow.”
July 24th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
You know…for as much as he spent, he could just just got a uniform custom made…
July 24th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
I guess he figured that if he was going to get burned by anyone, it may as well be by himself. [rimshot]
In the United States, I believe that it doesn’t matter what the intent was: if you offer a contest and don’t have the advertised prizes, you have to pay up. We have company-killing “class action” lawsuits to deal with that sort of evil. - ZM
July 24th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
god damn! afraid to look at the blog but i’ll take your word that he burn his face. must have been one hell of a costume, or whatever.
July 24th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
o_O
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Yeah.
Like Espr said, he could have gotten the uniform in real life instead for that kind of money. Or bribed a dev or something.
July 24th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
I will…..BURNNNN MY………face?
July 24th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
The Persona 2 uniforms were kinda cool though, but wow.. I didn’t know they were THAT rare. >.
July 25th, 2007 at 7:20 am
What an IDIOT
July 26th, 2007 at 3:51 am
lol?
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