This, and since I can't be arsed to put in my correct birth date every time I encounter an age gate, I just scroll down quickly under the "Year" field and click on a random year from the 70's.WanderFreak said:
Poll: Please verify your age...
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I'm apparently 19 on IGN, Steam, and Gamespot.
But I didn't lie about it on the Escapist.
I don't really see the point of even having them though.
"Oh no, it doesn't let me on"
"Refresh"
"Alright, now I'm 34!"
But I didn't lie about it on the Escapist.
I don't really see the point of even having them though.
"Oh no, it doesn't let me on"
"Refresh"
"Alright, now I'm 34!"
There are a lot of non-pornographic sites that are restricted. Many game official websites for some reason. I never find a whole lot of violence, even in the screen shots. Go figure. So, yeah, I lie when necessary. 
At the age of 20, I often find it difficult to watch and do stuff I want, being a minor and all.
I lied before but since I turned 18 last year, I haven't.
The internet makes it too easy to lie. Why be honest about your age if it's only going to limit your experience online.
The internet makes it too easy to lie. Why be honest about your age if it's only going to limit your experience online.
16 and no i lie to websites about my age because i am underage for most sites that require age verification and also because i cant really be bothered telling the truth and selecting the correct date of my birth. i just say 1st of january whenever as long as it makes me over 18.
I think the age thing is not so much to stop underage people looking at the site, it's to give website owners moral and possibly legal (I'm not sure of where it stands in law) protection in case of children viewing inappropriate material.
Before the internet and being able to find anything out with a few button clicks, there were some adult material games where before you could play you had to correctly answer several random questions that only people old enough would be likely to know.
Before the internet and being able to find anything out with a few button clicks, there were some adult material games where before you could play you had to correctly answer several random questions that only people old enough would be likely to know.
I usually type type in / select anything just in order to get to the content more quickly.
In fact, with drop down menus for the selection of the year, i tend to appear younger than i actually am, since scrolling down to 1981 takes longer than to, say, 1990. I'm curious if websites that preset the age in those menus to 1/1/current year have a statistic for the dates entered - you wouldn't beleive how many people are born on January, 1st
That said, although i know about the legal necessarity for such age "verification" measures, i find them first of all annoying, and i'm glad Gametrailers finally checks the user account for the birth date so i don't have to enter it every time.
In fact, with drop down menus for the selection of the year, i tend to appear younger than i actually am, since scrolling down to 1981 takes longer than to, say, 1990. I'm curious if websites that preset the age in those menus to 1/1/current year have a statistic for the dates entered - you wouldn't beleive how many people are born on January, 1st
That said, although i know about the legal necessarity for such age "verification" measures, i find them first of all annoying, and i'm glad Gametrailers finally checks the user account for the birth date so i don't have to enter it every time.
