Epic Games files lawsuit against Fortnite player for violating rules

Another day, another Fortnite lawsuit. This time, Epic Games sued a player who violated in-game rules,

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Hide ya kids cuz Epic suing everybody out here

[Azurite]

"This is a player who cheated in tournaments and tried to avoid the ban using multiple accounts."

[INMATEofARKHAM]

I don't follow all of Epic's lawsuits, nor do I play Fortnite, but there's been many times that I wish other companies took cheating in their MP content this serious.

So good for Epic. (And I say this as someone who detest Epic so much that he doesn't even bother to add their free games to an account.)

[Inverno]

I don't think avoiding being banned warrants a whole lawsuit. Seems like a misuses of the system, and something that only a company with too much f-u money could do. Not like they couldn't possibly implement an anti cheat that actually works as intended.

[shadowfax33]

now if only activision would do the same...

[CrimsonWing69]

If you told me back in the day game devs could sue you for cheating in a game, I’d have looked at you with a blank stare as I plugged my NES cartridge into a game genie.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

Big difference between enjoying the a game in single player/off line play and ruining the experiences of others in a MP/Online game.

[CrimsonWing69]

Ok, so ban them? Repeatedly if necessary. Like, suing for cheating in a video game is kind of absurd to me. What’s next? Suing someone who modded a game? They’re video games… so weird.

[LG_Fox_Brazil]

Read the article Crimson, it's not that hard

[CrimsonWing69]

@LG_Fox_Balrazil

How does the article change what I’m saying?

[Inverno]

People seem to think it's a good thing that they can abuse the justice system for something as petty as cheating in an online game. It's that way of thinking that we're where we're at. Then we wonder why these companies can over step their "authority", and it's cause of backwards logic from your average Joe. It'll get to the point where people will get sued for buying games on steam rather than on Epic and people will defend that too.

[CrimsonWing69]

That’s kind of my point. This is a video game, if people are cheating, you ban them… not f*cking sue them. I just feel it on the level of most absurd things to get sued over. Can Hasbro sue you for cheating in Monopoly? Like if you’re playing the board game of Monopoly with multiple people and you cheat, could the other players sue you?

[Inverno]

People don't think that allowing something like this happening for such a stupid reason just opens the flood gates. Rules aren't law, nor do they hold as much weight.

[Software_Lover]

I don't understand what they could be suing for. Just ban him/her. Unless they are suing for the payroll used for already banning them multiple times.