I have a serious question for devs and all the decision making people. Do you guys play your own game? Like using your own money with no cheats? I'm not trying to get any jabs in or anything like that. I'm genuinely curious. I recommend giving it a go for 3 months. Maybe it'll help you understand us better.
I 100% agree with this, even though I dont spend a lot I wont be spending on here until they make a change, they are also putting adults in danger as children can bypass restrictions. We want the app raiting to go back to 18+ not be at 12+, this is literally becoming a playground for pdfs.....this isnt to "protect kids" its to get them on the game as another cash flow. And honestly its so disgusting, this game is no way in hell for children, and parents will think its a safe game because of the raiting when it is not. Do better ata. Like someone stated before you could of had a secondary server for them to be on and then graduate to the 18+ version. Such a shame honestly this game used to be fun and rewarding. Smh
Honestly, it felt like taunting. After renaming all of us because certain words are supposedly against TOU, they then put out a hunt where the drops literally say “KILL THEM.” And it isn’t even censored for 12+ players. So we can’t have those words in our names because they violate TOU, but they can display it in our showcase because they control where it appears? That’s a pretty ridiculous double standard. If the language is inappropriate enough to force players to change their names, why is it suddenly acceptable when they do it?
That’s a good point. I didn’t think of it as taunting, as that would imply thought, communication, and teamwork within ATA. TBH I didn’t really think it was hypocrisy either, it just looks that way. What I really think happened is the same thing that happened with the original 13+ ratings leak. One team at ATA did not communicate the plans to another team. Obviously the 13+ thing was gamed out because it happened, but I’m guessing the development and design teams did not want the service team to put that information out yet, so they lied and tried to back track… and failed. in the event of KY4F, the service team went all “RAWR, must impose puritanical ethical and moral standards on the unwashed masses!” and force changed a lot of peoples names/titles/tags yet had no clue an upcoming hunt being designed by the dev and design teams violated those same big brother standards.🤷🏼♂️ Just my two cents. I’m bored cuz I’m silenced 30 days for posting in the wrong chat channel. Which violates both their original term of service as well as the revised one put out within the last 24 hours.
And another thing that’s annoying me off is the total disregard for our opinions: they ask for it then change nothing, I could be here all day, but statuses and IGN people have had for years because they changed the TOU so now they not allowed when they have the raunchiest Avis but not allowed ASS in IGN or Bxtch on my tag they silenced me for that I’ve had same status for years. Then when I appealed it said the silence was justified 🤣 JOKERS
I hear good things about this update, still haven’t received it yet. The way they handle anything beneficial to us they take their precious time. When it benefits their business…. It’s thrown fast with a price. lol
Age verification is a farce. I created an account on my 13yo daughter’s phone that has Google Family controls and there was no verification. It asked for an age. I put 13. There was no chats, so adding friends, no gifting, no trades. The game was nothing. Went into settings, said I had a birthday and changed it to 18 (mind you in hours from set up to age up) and the game said “congratulations” and allowed full access with ZERO verification. I support the spending freeze, but it needs to be indefinite until ata fixes this.
That should be the whole point of this “boycott”. Because when people get tempted, they buy stuff. So basically after this week is over, people will continue spending and they will possibly spend even more. A week is a short time, but it’s a good initiative. I just wish it wasn’t a random week where nothing is happening. I agree with Vixen that it should be during a time when they are expecting the most profit instead of what they normally make out of a week. I do support this however, I have stopped spending on PIMD a while ago, but If there is a boycott, it shouldn’t be so randomly timed. And ATA should really rethink what’s going on now and finally listen to us and how we are reacting to everything. Most of the people are going around selling accounts and more often we see that it’s players with high stats. That should also be a wake up call for them too.
A boycott during ata day and bf would have the biggest impact. But theres a 0.0000000000000000001% chance of that happening
If true, that's concerning. Just to clarify, where did it ask you for an age and you entered 13? In Google when you set up the Google account or in PIMD? And you said you went to Settings, indicated you had a birthday, and changed the age to 18, did you mean Google Settings or PIMD Settings?
Absolutely not! I would not want that. But their current system is trash. So they should restore it to 17+ like before
When you create an account it asks you to enter your age. I put 13 which is her age. Her Google settings on her phone and Family Link have her correct birthday. In account setting, when your account is a “minor account” there is a button that says “let us know you had a birthday” or something. Clicked that and put 18. Once you do that, you can’t undo it. I took pictures, but I can’t figure out how to attach them. (All of this was in PIMD, I made no changes to her Google account)
I want to clarify too, I used my 13yo’s phone because I was specifically testing what a minor would have access to, based on limitations that might be in place with Google play or Apple App Store.
Their current system which blocks social features to people who aren't 17+ on their respective app store is worse than the zero measures they had previously....? Think about what you just said.