Let's talk about the age verification page for a moment.

HighKinlady · September 2018

This thread is the best

Freddycruz89 · October 2018

Fakyy wrote: »

Freddycruz89 wrote: »

You're 118 years old?

If you are..it..it's time to go bro... just close your eyes and let nature take its course....

There’s something seriously wrong with you

So I am told. Meh

LiberatorSam · October 2018

I was born in 1/1/1450, I can’t even select my birthday #feelsbadman

Androconium · October 2018

KalinRan wrote: »

Am I the only one that puts in their actual date every time? Every Time Every Single Time

Yes. The rest of us are 118 and have been for years.

Ratzkifal · October 2018

I swear I was born on april fools day 1990! Is 29th February an option and does it only appear in the respective years?

I actually had a website say "no, you aren't that old" when I tried to tell them that I was 118. But the world record is 122 held by Jeanne Calment!

Fun fact, in 1965 when she was 90 she sold her apartment to a lawyer (47) who would pay her rent until she died. The lawyer ended up paying her more than twice what the apartment was worth and died before her. Commenting on this she said "in life people sometimes make bad deals."

redspecter23 · October 2018

If ZOS ever checks this data, they would likely find that they have a rather large playerbase of 118 year olds. If it would somehow remember my age instead of making me punch it in over an over, I might at least attempt to be somewhat accurate with it. As there is no real effort made to remember this data, I'm not overly bothered to put in the real date over and over.

RavenRoxie · October 2018

Hahaha dang yall pulled the necro on this one :'D And actually, last night I was told that it would actually be illegal for ZOS to store the birthday we put in and not ask us every time o.O Did not know that. Steam is doing that now though, they do still ask you everytime but you dont have to put the date in everytime, it's stored I guess lol

SHADOW2KK · October 2018

KalinRan wrote: »

Am I the only one that puts in their actual date every time? Every Time Every Single Time

Nope I do it too, not too strikes me as being dishonest, for some bizarre reason....

newtinmpls · October 2018

Iselin wrote: »

Yeah. The expiration on that cookie is extremely short. Not to mention that it's the only gaming website as far as I know that even does that.

My theory is that a staff lawyer with too much time on his hands thought that one up back in 2014 and it became corporate policy. It's always the lawyers that screw things up.

Corporate Policy - isn't that when things are made complicated to prove how safe and streamlined they are?

RavenRoxie · October 2018

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

KalinRan wrote: »

Am I the only one that puts in their actual date every time? Every Time Every Single Time

Nope I do it too, not too strikes me as being dishonest, for some bizarre reason....

I think it's fair to say that most who are just throwing number in are not doing it with the intention of being "dishonest". But, the intention to hurry the hell up and get to the page they wanted to. I'd say it's more about impatience rather than dishonesty.

Do you also read every loooong terms of use agreement before saying that you agree or will abide by it by pressing accept? Wouldst it be dishonest not to do so?

Sylvermynx · October 2018

RavenRoxie wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

KalinRan wrote: »

Am I the only one that puts in their actual date every time? Every Time Every Single Time

Nope I do it too, not too strikes me as being dishonest, for some bizarre reason....

I think it's fair to say that most who are just throwing number in are not doing it with the intention of being "dishonest". But, the intention to hurry the hell up and get to the page they wanted to. I'd say it's more about impatience rather than dishonesty.

Do you also read every loooong terms of use agreement before saying that you agree or will abide by it by pressing accept? Wouldst it be dishonest not to do so?

Yep. I read every word before deciding whether I agree or not. Of course, I read 1500 wpm so it doesn't take me all day....

Elsonso · October 2018

RavenRoxie wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

KalinRan wrote: »

Am I the only one that puts in their actual date every time? Every Time Every Single Time

Nope I do it too, not too strikes me as being dishonest, for some bizarre reason....

I think it's fair to say that most who are just throwing number in are not doing it with the intention of being "dishonest". But, the intention to hurry the hell up and get to the page they wanted to. I'd say it's more about impatience rather than dishonesty.

Do you also read every loooong terms of use agreement before saying that you agree or will abide by it by pressing accept? Wouldst it be dishonest not to do so?

I interpret the age gate question as "are you an adult", so any "yes" answer is being honest.

Dimski · October 2018

They must have Kahjiit lawyers at Zenimax.
Lawyers on moon sugar.

SpacemanSpiff1 · October 2018

DarcyMardin wrote: »

What's really annoying is that the age verification page isn't working for me, no matter what age I put in.

i get that too sometimes. bad enough we get interrupted and have to slap some numbers in there to get to the page we want, then it just directs to the same age verification forever.

Sparr0w · October 2018

1/1/1990 here

SodanTok · October 2018

redspecter23 wrote: »

If ZOS ever checks this data, they would likely find that they have a rather large playerbase of 118 year olds. If it would somehow remember my age instead of making me punch it in over an over, I might at least attempt to be somewhat accurate with it. As there is no real effort made to remember this data, I'm not overly bothered to put in the real date over and over.

Reason they dont remember it is the same reason they cant check those dates. They simply arent allowed to store the numbers (or at least are pressured against saving)

albesca · October 2018

KalinRan wrote: »

Am I the only one that puts in their actual date every time? Every Time Every Single Time

I couldn't watch myself in the mirror anymore if I didn't.

zaria · October 2018

LadyLethalla wrote: »

I too was born on Jan 1st 1900.
But I think it's a legal requirement to have said age gate, given the game's rating. So as annoying as it is, it's probably here to stay.

Don't think its any real legal requirements, content on web page itself does not have an need for an rating.
Even if its some legal requirement because insane politicians its no reason to.
1) have the cookie expire
2) even more insane if you by mistake enter an to late date you are locked out unless you clear cookies or use another browser something many would not know.
This will lock you out of the page and the shop. (this might have been solved but was an problem in the start)

zaria · October 2018

lagrue wrote: »

TheShadowScout wrote: »

If I was in charge of that age verification thing,. I would troll people so hard... I'd keep a record of which forum ID puts in what age, and after a while switch to a system where they have to send in their actual ID to "verify their age", and then... everyone has their actual birthdate registered in their form ID and never ever needs to do that stoopid "what's your birthday" thing again... but any who -ever- put in a wrong date get banned for life!

Neopets did that for the websites age verification and it cost many children thousands of tears when they forgot their passwords and couldn't get them back without the fake date they were forced to use to play kids games on a kids site.

Sounds like an extremely bad business practice to lock out customers.

Elsonso · October 2018

albesca wrote: »

KalinRan wrote: »

Am I the only one that puts in their actual date every time? Every Time Every Single Time

I couldn't watch myself in the mirror anymore if I didn't.

Do you spend a lot of time watching yourself in the mirror?

I am on the other side of this. I would not be comfortable actually giving my full date of birth to Bethesda and ZOS. My feeling is that they do not need to know this information. Most companies who ask me do not need to know this information, and if they do need to know, they need to explain why. There is nothing on the ESO age gate that explains why they need to know, whether they save that information, or what they do with that information.

In this case, Bethesda and ZOS just want to know that I am adult per whatever reasons they have, and I am an adult, so as long as I provide an answer that reflects that, I feel that I have provided the information that they really need.

AhPook_Is_Here · October 2018

I don't know how it's set up but it's likely that when it sees a new wan IP coming in it requests new verification. If you use a VPN or mask or mix up your wan IP in some other way I'd guess you'll see a lot of this.

Agobi · October 2018

lordrichter wrote: »

I interpret the age gate question as "are you an adult", so any "yes" answer is being honest.

Of course I'm an adult..........*giggle* (" ,)

Poop

Fart

Beer!!

Iselin · October 2018

Assuming that this thing serves any purpose whatsoever other than making some lawyer happy, I've seen a much less annoying type used lately on some sites. I think it's IGN that has a pop up on just some of their videos that asks "are you an adult?" with Yes and No buttons. It's quick with no fuss.

I still wonder though just who in the world would ever say no in the IGN or ZOS systems. "No, I admit I am not allowed to see this web page that I just came to see."

albesca · October 2018

lordrichter wrote: »

Do you spend a lot of time watching yourself in the mirror?

Who doesn't?

I am on the other side of this. I would not be comfortable actually giving my full date of birth to Bethesda and ZOS. My feeling is that they do not need to know this information. Most companies who ask me do not need to know this information, and if they do need to know, they need to explain why. There is nothing on the ESO age gate that explains why they need to know, whether they save that information, or what they do with that information.

In this case, Bethesda and ZOS just want to know that I am adult per whatever reasons they have, and I am an adult, so as long as I provide an answer that reflects that, I feel that I have provided the information that they really need.

I get your point of view and I agree that the level of detail needed in cases like this is whether I'm adult or not.

I just use my real birthdate because I'm used to typing it, I'm old enough (even by hobbit standards) and I know that no website that asks for these data keeps them cause they have no value (there's no way to filter fake birthdates from real ones) and getting caught keeping them would mean serious troubles.

MehrunesFlagon · October 2018

KalinRan wrote: »

Am I the only one that puts in their actual date every time? Every Time Every Single Time

I sometimes typo 1992 instead of 1982.Then again that just makes me with the typo were true.

RavenRoxie · October 2018

lordrichter wrote: »

albesca wrote: »

KalinRan wrote: »

Am I the only one that puts in their actual date every time? Every Time Every Single Time

I couldn't watch myself in the mirror anymore if I didn't.

Do you spend a lot of time watching yourself in the mirror?

I am on the other side of this. I would not be comfortable actually giving my full date of birth to Bethesda and ZOS. My feeling is that they do not need to know this information. Most companies who ask me do not need to know this information, and if they do need to know, they need to explain why. There is nothing on the ESO age gate that explains why they need to know, whether they save that information, or what they do with that information.

In this case, Bethesda and ZOS just want to know that I am adult per whatever reasons they have, and I am an adult, so as long as I provide an answer that reflects that, I feel that I have provided the information that they really need.

I understand what you are saying here. But, in this day in age, if someone really wanted to find out your birthday, they wouldn't even have to ask you. Over the past 10 to 15 years we have all basically giving up privacy for convince. I mean, I could go all 1984 up in here but, no one has time for that. LoL

But, in the grand scheme your birthday really isnt a big deal imo. Not like they are asking for your social security number or something like that. :P

And as for legal concerns, someone brought up. Im not sure exactly what the laws are for verification of age for games like this. You don't get asked what your age is when you go to adult tube sites. So, maybe they just make us do that to annoy us lol It really seems unnecessary. But, I'm not actually like irritated over it or anything, usually just find it humorous anymore XD

Hateanthem · October 2018

From this thread, it seems I am the only sucker that feels obligated to put in my actual birthday.

One time I lied on the age verification, but then felt guilty, backed out, and reentered it.

redspecter23 · October 2018

SodanTok wrote: »

redspecter23 wrote: »

If ZOS ever checks this data, they would likely find that they have a rather large playerbase of 118 year olds. If it would somehow remember my age instead of making me punch it in over an over, I might at least attempt to be somewhat accurate with it. As there is no real effort made to remember this data, I'm not overly bothered to put in the real date over and over.

Reason they dont remember it is the same reason they cant check those dates. They simply arent allowed to store the numbers (or at least are pressured against saving)

Fair enough if they can't do that for legal reasons. It begs the question though, what is on that page I'm trying to visit that forces a legally required age verification before I can look at it? To my casual eyes, there is nothing overly offensive to minors. Nothing there that you couldn't find in other areas of their website or forums or twitter or whatnot. What triggers that age check and would it be easy enough to remove that offending trigger and do away with the age gate altogether?

Hateanthem · October 2018

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You don't get asked what your age is when you go to adult tube sites. [/quote]

I know you're 118 and all, but I think it's time we had a talk about responsible interwebz usage.

magictucktuck · October 2018

I just got locked out yesterday because I accidentally out 2018 instead of 1990 when I am logged in to my account already. Hugh pita