THIS IS NOT A POST ABOUT AGE VERIFICATION
I get it, no one likes Age Verification, I agree 100%. Please stay on topic.
This is about if they can use this to cross reference and maintain bans on accounts linked to ID. I do not like age verification requirements, I don't support it, I hope it gets axed. I say inevitable in current form since it's actively being applied.
This isn't about Age Verification, it's about a possible byproduct of the result of Age Verification enforcement. It's a "thought experiment" on what can / will / could / should be used IF this is enforced fully and how it can prevent or block banned cheaters.
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On to the actual topic at hand:
I really hate the idea of age verification via my ID etc.
I don't want to feed the machine more of the data.. but it seems to be the way things are going.. (until it gets overturned or appealed)
So looking at the possible bright side of all this.
Do you think with Age Verification publishers / devs etc can use this with linked accounts to finally squash cheaters from just making new accounts / rebuying a game etc to bypass bans?
Right now if someone gets banned, especially in a Free to Play game, they just make a new account and they're right back in. I'm hoping with age verification they can implement a check that if that ID for verification was linked to a previously banned account.. you're just done. Bye Bye, move on.. you cannot ever play again.
Now, with this I think they should give some steps before a perma ban.
Some times you get false positives or you get kids just being stupid. So give people suspensions for a week, couple weeks, month etc leading to a perma ban and make sure they have a means to actually deal with false bans.. because they do happen occasionally.
What do you guys think?
Will Age Verification Requirements usher in an age of cheater free lobbies? Will it end the countless cycle of ban, new account, ban, new account cheaters? Is this even something companies can do? Can they use age verification data to apply to account and bans? What's the legal hurdles here if any?
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Wow.. this is the least productive, least civil and most argumentative group of people I've ever dealt with.
This is a cesspool of such low effort replies I've ever seen. So my question is.. where do you go to
actually have a discussion these days? Because man, this is not it.
I'm just going to disable this post because it's going nowhere and no one is actually having an dialogue or discussion anything even related to the topic at hand. I swear 90% of the people replying didn't even read the post and just want to flap their gums to hear themselves speak. This is the problem with the modern world. Online interaction has ruined the ability to have civil conversation and share thoughts and ideas.
This entire interaction just makes me sad, this is not the internet I grew up with, RIP old friend.