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Originally Posted by adonys
Regarding the necessity to avoid a lawsuit, it can be easily done how it was done hundered times before: IF the epilepsy warning is disabled from ini file, at the launch of the game, put up a mandatory pop up stating epilepsy care-bear code was deactivated, and any user entering the game does it on its own risk (the standard MMO EULA) and by pressing the ACCEPT button (which will be the only way to start the game). This mean no ordinary user can acceidentally start the game without the epilepsy filter code, as it needs to be manually added to the ini file, and even if will do it, being forced to press the Accept button in order to start the game means he was warned and knows about it, and chose to do it at his own risk. From law's point of view, this method is bullet proof (again, see all the MMO's legal part solutions).
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It's not that simple I fear, someone unlucky or evil could claim they disabled it but their kid reached the game while they went to the toilet and got a massive seizure ,causing injuries ,braindefects from lack of air or even death.
I can imagine a lawsuit could actually win if the game really does cause seizures all the time. If it happens 100x more often than on other games or movies a judge could rule the developer and publisher had knowledge of it and had an obligation to fix it beforehand. Especially in the USA i can see this happening ..and the EU isn't far behind in "customer protection" these days.
Sad times, but i'm convinced Maddox Studio's will work and work at this issue untill that woodcutters axe is just a stubby rubber toy.
I'm glad to keep my preorder ..and hopefully enjoy the game on release. Even if it's unplayable for a year I'll be happy to have supported Maddox in their time of need and hope they hang in there to eventually give us many many more years of releases.
Think we all (developers and fans equally) would hate it if this issue would mean the end of a beautiful, longlasting lovestory.
little snippet from the article linked earlier :
These voluntary warnings are not only ineffective in the case of consumers who don’t realise they are photosensitive. They may actually be putting off many people with epilepsy who are not even at risk.
This warning effectively discourages anyone with epilepsy from playing without the involvement of a GP or neurologist. This is despite the fact that
only three to five per cent of people with epilepsy are photosensitive. The other 95 to 97 per cent of people with epilepsy are at no risk whatsoever – but may still be missing out.