Who follows age restrictions these days?

"[color=#1C2837][size=2]I'm still gonna stay here though."
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[color=#1C2837][size=2]And why not? You must've been 18 to sign in, and you've said nothing about your age.
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[color=#1C2837][size=2]Wink wink nudge nudge.

The age restriction for the forums registration is a bug IMO, since it wasn't like that before. It doesn't make a bit of sense, since you can use XNA on the PC at any age. You do need to be at least 18 to submit games to XBLIG or the WP7 Markteplace.

Lie?

I moved out of my parents house when I was 17 and I had to lie about my age for a whole year pretty much, as everybody expects you to live with mummy and daddy until you are about 30. Fake ID's were helpful. As for online... no need for a fake ID. Just lie. I select 1901 as my date of birth and click the nearest month and day every time I'm faced with one of those "enter your age" dialogs.

Lie?

I moved out of my parents house when I was 17 and I had to lie about my age for a whole year pretty much, as everybody expects you to live with mummy and daddy until you are about 30. Fake ID's were helpful. As for online... no need for a fake ID. Just lie.

That's not my point, my point was that someone(or something) enforced an age limit on something as stupid as buying a packet of peanuts.

They could just not ask for your DOB before sign up, or had a 'I have my parent or guardians permission' form...

That's not my point, my point was that someone(or something) enforced an age limit on something as stupid as buying a packet of peanuts.

They could just not ask for your DOB before sign up, or had a 'I have my parent or guardians permission' form...

People impose age limits on stupid things ALL THE TIME. Them's the breaks.

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That's not my point, my point was that someone(or something) enforced an age limit on something as stupid as buying a packet of peanuts.

They could just not ask for your DOB before sign up, or had a 'I have my parent or guardians permission' form...

People impose age limits on stupid things ALL THE TIME. Them's the breaks.
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3 ex employers and 2 ex letting agents believe I'm 1 year older than I really am. Its like, "You have to be 18 to have a job and live in a house, otherwise you should be in care or living with parents". Now that im 26 though, its no longer a problem, although I do have a baby face and still get ID'd when buying booze or entering a club, but those are legitimate reasons.

3 ex employers and 2 ex letting agents believe I'm 1 year older than I really am. Its like, "You have to be 18 to have a job and live in a house, otherwise you should be in care or living with parents". Now that im 26 though, its no longer a problem, although I do have a baby face and still get ID'd when buying booze or entering a club, but those are legitimate reasons.

View it from the perspective of an employer or rental agent. If you are under 18 there is literally nothing stopping the renter from saying, "peace out. I'm leaving and not paying you anything anymore. BTW our contract is null and void. gg no re." Same with any employer that might have an NDA or NCC, "Oops. I just legally spilled all of your confidential information."

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[quote name='Watermelon Chris' timestamp='1312897806' post='4846669']
That's not my point, my point was that someone(or something) enforced an age limit on something as stupid as buying a packet of peanuts.

They could just not ask for your DOB before sign up, or had a 'I have my parent or guardians permission' form...

People impose age limits on stupid things ALL THE TIME. Them's the breaks.
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3 ex employers and 2 ex letting agents believe I'm 1 year older than I really am. Its like, "You have to be 18 to have a job and live in a house, otherwise you should be in care or living with parents". Now that im 26 though, its no longer a problem, although I do have a baby face and still get ID'd when buying booze or entering a club, but those are legitimate reasons.
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Exactly, so knowing this, why bother setting up a 'forum' aimed at 'hobbyists' aimed at 'game making' with a more the usual 'stricter' enforcement of 'minimum' age.
This is 2011 with Microsoft!


Sure you don't have to be honest about it, but now I'd have to create a new email possibly and re-register.
Or I could google for another forum that'd cost me less hassle?

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3 ex employers and 2 ex letting agents believe I'm 1 year older than I really am. Its like, "You have to be 18 to have a job and live in a house, otherwise you should be in care or living with parents". Now that im 26 though, its no longer a problem, although I do have a baby face and still get ID'd when buying booze or entering a club, but those are legitimate reasons.

View it from the perspective of an employer or rental agent. If you are under 18 there is literally nothing stopping the renter from saying, "peace out. I'm leaving and not paying you anything anymore. BTW our contract is null and void. gg no re." Same with any employer that might have an NDA or NCC, "Oops. I just legally spilled all of your confidential information."
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By NDA you mean: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority? Just joking...

But this isn't an employer or work contract it's just a forum!