An answer from Mike & his Developers needed.

Karbz i dont think that most player on mcnr have access nor can afford to gamble online

I personally don't know what's the big of a deal. I remember I've played GTA for the first time when I was like 11 years old or something. And I went through all of this and It turned out okay?

After all it's just a game. Not your real life. lol

I can confirm that the legal age of gambling around the world is on average 18, this also includes America however most venues there raise the age limit to 21 to go inline with the legal drinking age.

While the age limit of being able to purchase weapons varies around the world, most case scenarios it happens to be 18 but I'm not researching every country around the world. America varies, from there being no minimum age, to 21 and above depending on the weapon wishing to be purchased.

Karbz wrote:
I can confirm that the legal age of gambling around the world is on average 18, this also includes America however most venues there raise the age limit to 21 to go inline with the legal drinking age.

While the age limit of being able to purchase weapons varies around the world, most case scenarios it happens to be 18 but I'm not researching every country around the world. America varies, from there being no minimum age, to 21 and above depending on the weapon wishing to be purchased.

No wonder kids do school shooting there every now and then

Most of this topic is just stupid and quite literally the embodiment of "grasping at straws", honestly, what are you trying to get at?

I've broken down the whole analogy behind why gambling has restrictions and why other things don't here.

Karbz wrote:
As for weapon purchasing, and sex shops etc; I guess Mike could add a disclaimer that mentions these areas are restricted to 18+ only. However once again, please enlighten us on how exactly we are meant to police the age of players on the server.

Forcing us to resort to something of this nature is something you certainly do not want, seeing as you are against the gambling restriction as well it really goes without saying that you are indeed, against censorship. I speak for everyone when I say that getting popups to confirm every action we commit to is just straight up annoying and totally unnecessary especially when the game itself is marked as +18 however it's widely known that children also play this game and as such, whether we like it or not part of the "parenting" responsibility falls upon us. You said it yourself, playing video poker online could get everyone addicted even children - however I strongly disagree with the rest of your points as they are COMPLETELY irrelevant. You cannot get "addicted" to shooting in real life because it bears severe consequences and quite honestly who the fuck even gets "addicted" to shooting? It's the killing they are after if anything and that's just psychopaths who are 1 in 1000000 people which makes it pointless for us to put any sanctions in place. This game is literally about violence, vehicle theft, robberies etc... it makes no
sense to put restrictions in the fundamentals.

I can't help but think, If you don't like restrictions then why are you suggesting even more areas of the game to receive blockages?

As for the rest of your points you need to keep in mind that informing all players globally in case of a change in rules is impossible, which is why discord is our one and only tool where news are concerned. If you are unable to keep yourself up to date via discord then using /helpme in case of a question wouldn't go astray.

The new DM rule (which isn't even passed yet) will cut down on the unnecessary complaints and will make a lot of people happy. You may not like it but this is how things are going to be for a while, or at least until some massive changes are made.

Well said

Pretending to see a ID or a driver license or a passport unless you are a real public officer then its fucking illegal.

By the way i think its ridicoulous that players have to argue about every fucking thing in this server, also its true and right that Mike want to protect his ass from possible legal troubles considering we are in 2023 and the world changes fast as fuck in every side, expecially in the legal area.

Damien_Scott wrote:
Karbz i dont think that most player on mcnr have access nor can afford to gamble online

even if we can whats the problem
here we can buy guns ,we can buy guns even irl the thing is are u that dumb to do same shit u do in game irl ?

this shit is difficult to understand for non european players.
its not the same when you gamble on a singleplayer offline game, which doesnt apply the same rules as mcnr, since, in mcnr, you are playing online, in a server where if you put money (for non pay to win, but you can still do it) you can gamble it, and since it involves gambling, in an online game, it can lead to serious trouble if this is done by minors.
all you middle east and asian players wont understand this since you are the most holy and haram avoiding players who do not gamble or drink nor look for sex before marriage