Legal Question in Consumer Law in California

Fraud, breach of contract in video game tournament
I received an email about an online video game tournament with a prize of $250,000 ($25,000 to each member of a 10 man team). I purchased the game and followed all the rules for registering for the tournament. I was put on a team of 10 players. I tried to contact the other members of my team and didn't receive a response back. I was then ''disqualified'' for not having enough players for a full team. Over 96 other teams were DQed in the same way.
The company running the tournament and the tournament sponsor (also the publisher of the video game) had violated several of the official rules of the tournament and so did several other participants. One of the most serious violations was a team had multiple entries in the tournament. This was a direct violation of the ''Limit one entry per person'' rule. These participants' duplicate entries were never deleted from the roster, which caused at least one participant to be disqualified because the team did not have enough players. Some participants even got away with using racial slurs directed at other participants.
I signed a contract (registered online) and agree to abide by the official rules, but the companies did not keep their end of the bargain.
What should I do?

Asked on 2/12/06, 9:58 am

Robert F. Cohen Law Office of Robert F. Cohen

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Re: Fraud, breach of contract in video game tournament

Sue them in small claims court and try to collect once you win. Of course, in the future, don't respond to e-mails from people you don't know.

Answered on 2/12/06, 10:56 am

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