In an earlier draft I was going to put some witty joke in here about lawyers
being out of control. I finally came to my senses — obvious jokes aren’t
jokes at all, they’re just annoying. Now, if only I had an intro to put here
that I didn’t think was stupid:
> You shall, in your sole discretion, avoid the excessive use of the Online
> Game so as not to disturb your healthy and sound life. KONAMI will not be
> liable for any social, mental, physical damages caused by the excessive use
> of the Online Game. Any troubles and/or conflict of interests among the users
> of the Online Game shall be resolved among such parties and KONAMI does not
> assume any liability or responsibility regarding such troubles and/or
> conflict of interests.
That was all in the first half of the EULA Scroll Box From Hell™. The second
half, which was cheerfully titled “BASIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF
KONAMI ID”, had four sections. These sections were called, and I swear I’m
not making this up, _Chapters_. At what point, exactly, does your life go so
wrong that you could write multiple chapters of legal restrictions, attach it
to a game, and think this was a good idea?