[vigge_sWe]

It happened again! I have written about the 18 year limit in skate to play it online and now they did it again! This time they did it on Spore.

You actually need to be 18 to take part of the online functions of spore, according to EAs rules.

I can't see why there is an age restriction of the online part. You can't buy anything, you can't be abused in any ways. You share your creatures FFS!

Well, you could lie about your age, but if EA finds out they going to permanently ban you from the online functions.

In Skate you can't lie about your age without creating another gamertag and another xbox live.

EA needs to stop these unneccesary restrictions!

Sorce: http://jagf.net/games-f156/dictature-t626.html

I can't see why they do that! It's so dumb. From now I am not gonna buy ANYTHING from EA again.

Sign the petition if you agree! http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/eaage/

[Smith6612]

If what you're saying is true, that's going to seriously stink. Wasn't planning on buying Spore anyways, but just wait to see how much negative backlash they are going to get considering that people less than 18 years old are the real money makers (and I can say that off hand. People older than 18 years old have better things to do and don't game as much as the teens. Me, I have over $600 worth of video games sitting right next to me). If they're worried about what Livewire stated, all they need are in-game moderators and they're all set.

When are they going to start making games like Halo again? That game is still so fun because there's no DRM on the game, there's no PunkBuster or other programs of the sorts, and you don't need to register online (except on Halo 2) to play online, and there is no age limit.

[Livewire]

Originally Posted by vigge_sWe

Sorce: http://jagf.net/games-f156/dictature-t626.html

I can't see why they do that! It's so dumb. From now I am not gonna buy ANYTHING from EA again.

Sign the petition if you agree! http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/eaage/

One word: Sporn. Seriously, theres a reason they started keeping an eye on things, especially after gamers-at-large proved that all they could think of was ways to use Spore's creature designing abilities to make it appear as though a creature was either a representation of a particular anatomical body part, or was having relations with itself.

I won't blame them for it, especially when they've been given a reason to keep an eye on things.

[JKnife]

*thinks, maybe we can have decent gaming now...*
Come one, you know how annoying 12 year olds are in Counter-Strike

One word: Sporn. Seriously, theres a reason they started keeping an eye on things, especially after gamers-at-large proved that all they could think of was ways to use Spore's creature designing abilities to make it appear as though a creature was either a representation of a particular anatomical body part, or was having relations with itself.

Ohh well we have ebaums for that

[vigge_sWe]

Originally Posted by Livewire

One word: Sporn. Seriously, theres a reason they started keeping an eye on things, especially after gamers-at-large proved that all they could think of was ways to use Spore's creature designing abilities to make it appear as though a creature was either a representation of a particular anatomical body part, or was having relations with itself.

I won't blame them for it, especially when they've been given a reason to keep an eye on things.

Well then, then they maybe can figure out a way to filter out those creatures from the kids.

Sharing your creations with friend is one of the main thing IMO. It isn't really fun to copy your creations file to a USB, get to your friends house and transfer it to his, if that would even work that way.

And really, who doesen't lie? When they see that they can't signup, they automatically change the year to something like 1980. So it is totally useless.

[Spartan Erik]

They don't want some family filing a lawsuit because some kid got cursed at or something, hence the arbitrary age restriction.

You can still lie, how would EA find out your real birthdate? They're not going to go out of their way and hunt everyone down.. it's simply a legal matter

[vigge_sWe]

Originally Posted by Spartan Erik

They don't want some family filing a lawsuit because some kid got cursed at or something, hence the arbitrary age restriction.

How can a kid get cursed at without a chat function? And can't that happen on MSN?

[SilentKayos]

I personally don't mind this at all. As Livewire said, this is mostly cause by the whole Sporn thing and I have no problems with it.

That said, it sucks if you're a minor.

Originally Posted by vigge_sWe

From now I am not gonna buy ANYTHING from EA again.

This age restriction isn't the only reason not to buy EA games.

[Clinton]

Like Spartan dude above mentioned, I'm sure it's simple legal issues. I don't see any reason to complain about such a thing, it's not a new process in games.

[Sharky]

And as I said on IRC, and Spartan Erik says here, how can they verify that your age/DOB that you enter is actually your real age/DOB? IE., why not lie? And anyway, isn't this grounds for a refund?