Payment Info In Game Now - U Gotta B Kiddin Me Right ?!?!

Some of us don't like credit cards, don't have credit cards and maybe not even a bank account ?

Why ?

There are good reasons sometimes and to be said that we are all griefers or underaged because of no payment info on our account is niave.

Until this year I was unable to get an account with a bank or a card, why ? years ago my wife got very very ill, and before going in for what turned out to be 6 months of chemo, I hadto make decisions like pay an electricity bill or visit her in hospital, pay the gas bill or get her a cd so she didn't haveto listen to hospital radio.. choices I don't regret but having to quit work to look after her caused pretty much a total destruction of our finances.

Am I a griefer ? no
but if this came in last year or if i didn't have any spare money, or needed a break from real life of strict budgets and wanted a free game to play.

Does that make me a bad person.

I do feel my privacy has been violated, no one else but Lindens neeed to know if I pay my bills.

I think what's needed is an additional form of identity verification for anyone who chooses not to provide payment information. There could be a list of accepted forms of ID, and the new resident could pick whichever he or she preferred. This additional verification would be optional, so you could still be totally anonymous if you wanted to be; profiles could just display 'verified' or 'unverified.' No one else would have to know what specific form of verification you'd used.

You dont need to be at "funbunnies fuck club" if you've got a wife.

I wouldn't want to bet money on that. I've seen the way the U.S. government operates; I don't trust them to be logical or rational. Besides, this is as much for Linden Lab's protection; I don't really want to see them get caught up in a lawsuit because a minor purchased something that could be thought of as pornographic.


How can it be discrimination when minors aren't even supposed to be here? That isn't discriminating against young people, or even discriminating against unverified people, at least in my opinion. That's protecting yourself.

Bullcrap again.

I recently graduated and I do not beleave they've changed their electives in a space of the last two years, SHORTHAND of this sort is NOT a skill, it IS NOT taught.

The only shorthand that IS taught is that of the court style stingrophers and classified ads. This shorthand has RULES, unlike this AOL speak, leet speak, or your common garden form of internet slang.

first off the way i type is how i am so if any1 cant understand me sry ............

How did you determine that the majority felt that way?

Personally, that's not what the verification info says to me at all. It says "The Lindens have verified this person's identity. It's safer for me to assume that they belong in an adult area than if they were not verified."

That's all it says to me. It doesn't tell me what kind of person they are, how smar they are, or whether they have alts. Anyone who makes those assumptions on one little information field is a biased jerk, don't worry what they think.

I believe you are missing the whole point. Wether a person pays for thier account or not does NOT prove wethere thier a minor or not!

And to discriminate against those of us ADULTS who do not retain credit cards, (such as myself, because it came down to paying my medical bills, surgeries, medications and you name it, or be on time with my non life threatening bills and die, i chose my heath and now my credit score is at an all time low) is wrong no matter how you put it.

Should i be banned from places because of this? NO! Give me one good reason y ppl should use my payment info, (no matter how little it shows) as means to justify discriminating against me and assume im such a bad person. YOU CANT!

How did you determine that the majority felt that way?

Personally, that's not what the verification info says to me at all. It says "The Lindens have verified this person's identity. It's safer for me to assume that they belong in an adult area than if they were not verified."

That's all it says to me. It doesn't tell me what kind of person they are, how smar they are, or whether they have alts. Anyone who makes those assumptions on one little information field is a biased jerk, don't worry what they think.

Illiterate rant snipped -- would you please write in English?

I dont see why you need to be able to have a billed account unless you were going into an adult area.

You dont need to be at "funbunnies fuck club" if you've got a wife.

An adults right to have a credit card or not is a private matter. It has nothing to do with anything that should used in SL.

If you are afraid that minors are buying your xxx material, then dont sell it!

yeah you're right a public forum, where peoples opinions on the SUBJECT MATTER THAT WAS POSTED is what should be replied on. not griefers and people who have nothing better to do criticize on how someone may "speak". so let's try this ... how about we speak on the subject matter that was posted and get some real opinions without being little kiddies with your "my writing is better than yours" attitude.

now ... if that's too hard for you, perhaps you can do something that is a little less tedious and stressful on what little mind you might possess. might i recommend you try a game of "pin the tail on the jackass"? that is IF you can reach behind and pin it to yourself.

KTHXBYE


PS - AWWWW that's a cute kitty

So all of this, playing SL, is a priority?

Why not pawn off your computer or take up a side hobby to make yourself exta money?

I don't buy your sob story, I'm sorry but I dont, gaming would be the last thing to do.

The fact is parents have to either approve, or have their card stolen, same with cellphones and all the other ID checks. the fault is on the parent in those cases!

Without it, the fault is harder to place, and might be placed on unwitting residents!

I don't CARE IF IT IS FULL PROOF, you do not throw the baby out with the bath water because the baby took a crap in the water... in otherwords, the system worked to some extent, keep it unless a more effect system is found. period.

Its funny how you trust lindens when u dont even trust the goverment. The government no matter how messed up they are have many years of training and much needed qualifications behind them. The lindens dont.

A credit card does NOT tell what the card holders age is. When are you going to realize that this is not the answere to weeding out minors?

Well you must be to assume that short hand typing is NOT a skill, it infact is a skill that they teach children in high school. It is in fact a skill that many jobs require in order to be hired for certain positions such as a short hand clerk in a court room. You know that woman that sits off to the side and does nothing but TYPE SHORT HAND!!

Nobody is responsible for your shortcommings and needs to cater to them. Shorthand was invented by the english who founded the english language. Learn it or pass on to another post.

And thus 'no transfer' rises in popularity.

Sierra
In all sincerity
Why did you not speak like this to begin with I am sure that you know that most people do not speak like you have here especially in these forums. You would of been Taken much more seriously and this thread would not of spiraled in to a discussion about your way of talking.
BTW I Believe any one may speak any way they want this is a free country but when your talking to or posting in a forum where many many people will not understand your street speak ( well that's what we call it here in the NYC ) Especially those from other countries that English is a second language to them.

As I said i am from NYC and I use a lot of slang and "street " speak but I do not speak in these forums like i do at work or on the street. I do this for one reason because when I post here in the forums i want every one who takes the time to read what i have written to understand every word that i have written.

just some words of advice

crucial

I'd rather have something that is legally solid than take chances.

When are you ppl going to notice that sierra took pitty on those of you who cant understand anything and she is typing with every letter in perfect order just so you all can stop crying and STICK TO THE SUBJECT!!!!!!!!!

Get *smack* it *smack* through *smack* your *smack* head *smack*

The parent or adult has to take the child to the bank and co-sign, or the cellphone shop. Even with pre-paid phones and cards the parents can step in and remove them, the prepaid card had to come from an adult. Someone had to give the kid a ride to singular wireless.

Court presidents have shown that a child using those forms of ID checks to get into adult areas (who has had a parent in turn go for legal action) haven't been able to harm the owner of the business or the business itself.

Children trying to get into adult games with the same ID checks (scociotron) and then having the police go after their cybersex partner? guess what, in the case of provided credit card the parent got charged with criminal neglect, in the case of the stolen card? the state sent the child to jouvy for credit fraud.

There are no presidents like that for ToS or ELUAs.

I'd rather have something that is legally solid than take chances.