Here is a 100% true life story:

It being the last weekend before my grad school classes start, I decide to celebrate it by getting a bottle of Jack Daniels and going to Best Buy to see whats on sale.

The first thing I notice is DOAX2 is available for just 15 dollars, and so I pick that up. I also end up picking up Full Metal Jacket and American Psycho on DVD, as well as a Five Finger Death Punch CD.

I head to the register with my purchases, and hand them to the cashier in this order from top to bottom:

Five Finger Death Punch CD
American Psycho
Full Metal Jacket
DOAX2

The cashier sees the CD, and places it on the counter. She sees American Psycho and places it on the counter. She sees Full Metal Jacket and places it on the counter. She sees DOAX and pauses.

She looks at me blankly, and while showing me the cover of the case she plainly states:

"I'm going to need to see your ID."

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Yes that is correct folks - pixelated jubblies in string bikinis gets carded while graphic language, war violence, explicit ***, serial killing, and music about bashing people's faces in is A-OK!

God Bless America!

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...because the letter 'K' is made of far greater win than the letter 'C'.

Wow.

At my Best Buy I can buy pretty much anything I want and not get asked questions.

I'm 16.

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Yea the Best Buy I go to pretty much cards for any M rated titles (I think because I live in a Bible Belt state, but it could be just due to the management).

And I don't really have a problem with that as I support the ESRB ratings, but I think it's kind of silly that I can buy just about anything else without a second glance.

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...because the letter 'K' is made of far greater win than the letter 'C'.

epik

 EPIK WIN wrote:

Here is a 100% true life story:

It being the last weekend before my grad school classes start, I decide to celebrate it by getting a bottle of Jack Daniels and going to Best Buy to see whats on sale.

The first thing I notice is DOAX2 is available for just 15 dollars, and so I pick that up. I also end up picking up Full Metal Jacket and American Psycho on DVD, as well as a Five Finger Death Punch CD.

I head to the register with my purchases, and hand them to the cashier in this order from top to bottom:

Five Finger Death Punch CD
American Psycho
Full Metal Jacket
DOAX2

The cashier sees the CD, and places it on the counter. She sees American Psycho and places it on the counter. She sees Full Metal Jacket and places it on the counter. She sees DOAX and pauses.

She looks at me blankly, and while showing me the cover of the case she plainly states:

"I'm going to need to see your ID."

...

Yes that is correct folks - pixelated jubblies in string bikinis gets carded while graphic language, war violence, explicit ***, serial killing, and music about bashing people's faces in is A-OK!

God Bless America!

Hahaha Yeeeees! That last line made this whole post worth it

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Your not alone...

First time: well when i went into my local gamestation, i asked what dead or alive games they had, he showed my DOAU,DOA3 and DOAXBV, when i had a look at the case for DOAXBV he said "oh u wouldn,t like that" (despite i already own the game but wanted a replacement copy). i felt embarassed and brought DOA3 instead.

Second time:  this was when i first got the game, i saw it in GAME and i went to pay for it. the cashier looked at me in a weird way and took the money and gave me the reciept. then as i was putting my purse away i saw him look at his colleage and exchange strange glances at me.

yes there is a stigma going on with this game. i dnt get it. IT,S JUST A GAME!!!

btw im a girl if that helps you understand the 2 situations better ^_^

This makes me thankful I was able to bypass the *stare* and its sister, the *look*, by ordering it online (as i have to do for all my games, by necessity, since I live abroad). Still, it's amazing how easy it is to judge without a lick of knowledge on the matter, let alone tangible evidence and opinions.

 Rosalie91 wrote:

Your not alone...

First time: well when i went into my local gamestation, i asked what dead or alive games they had, he showed my DOAU,DOA3 and DOAXBV, when i had a look at the case for DOAXBV he said "oh u wouldn,t like that" (despite i already own the game but wanted a replacement copy). i felt embarassed and brought DOA3 instead.

Second time:  this was when i first got the game, i saw it in GAME and i went to pay for it. the cashier looked at me in a weird way and took the money and gave me the reciept. then as i was putting my purse away i saw him look at his colleage and exchange strange glances at me.

yes there is a stigma going on with this game. i dnt get it. IT,S JUST A GAME!!!

btw im a girl if that helps you understand the 2 situations better ^_^

hope you are a girl if you are carrying a purse...

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 Norrath Reaver wrote:

So you've only used an XBox 360 for a total of 10 minutes?

 EPIK WIN wrote:

Here is a 100% true life story:

It being the last weekend before my grad school classes start, I decide to celebrate it by getting a bottle of Jack Daniels and going to Best Buy to see whats on sale.

The first thing I notice is DOAX2 is available for just 15 dollars, and so I pick that up. I also end up picking up Full Metal Jacket and American Psycho on DVD, as well as a Five Finger Death Punch CD.

I head to the register with my purchases, and hand them to the cashier in this order from top to bottom:

Five Finger Death Punch CD
American Psycho
Full Metal Jacket
DOAX2

The cashier sees the CD, and places it on the counter. She sees American Psycho and places it on the counter. She sees Full Metal Jacket and places it on the counter. She sees DOAX and pauses.

She looks at me blankly, and while showing me the cover of the case she plainly states:

"I'm going to need to see your ID."

...

Yes that is correct folks - pixelated jubblies in string bikinis gets carded while graphic language, war violence, explicit ***, serial killing, and music about bashing people's faces in is A-OK!

God Bless America!

I worked at Wal*Mart for 4 years, and our training included that you needed to card not only for alcohol and cigarettes, but for movies with an R rating, games with an M or Ao rating and any CD with the parental advisory label. We were to use the same legal guidelines as when carding for alcohol, if they look like they are under 27 we had to card you. But even then I was shocked at the ridiculous standards my fellow cashiers would use instead, such as letting R rated movies and Advisory labeled CDs go through without carding but they asked for the I.D. for the DOAXBV titles. I just carded for anything the policy required and apologized if the customer got annoyed. 

People know I'm a huge DOA buff so when I picked it up they didn't care. I'm a tool so anything that says Dead or Alive gets bought by me. So I'm excempt from being stared at. Not that I'd care if they did.

QQ im 17 but i dont have my drivers liscense so i cant prove it when i go to see R movies. Procrastinating is bayd m'kay.

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"Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it."-Max Frisch

Start making the abnormal, normal.

Walk into your local grocery store and take up a basket.

Fill it with condoms, bananas, light bulbs and steel coat-hangers. When people and the cashie give you that weird look, explain you're having a party tonight and every precaution has been taken - they're welcomed to come.

Eventually, you'll become the person who enjoys making others feel weird and are that comfortable with yourself that you won't care when you walk in wearing a singlet top and boxer shorts... with a missing crotch button >.<

Moral of the story? Stick it to the man and tell them to go and *** themselves. You want your game of perverted pervertery - and who is anyone to stand in our way?!?!?! :)

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I was in BB during x-mas and saw the cashier ask for id for a customer with grey hair, who was obviously over 18.Last time they asked me i refused ( when i bought left 4 dead) and she sold it to me anyway, I think next time, i will show the cashier then ask her how old  i am, then when they can't tell me ask to speak to management.

What a great story but i usually buy from game stop and the people there are just as into all these games as i am. so i don't usually have these issues with the look and stuff.

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Heh, I can almost see the resurgence of this topic considering X-blades and Onechanbara are out/coming out.

You could always mess with the cashier, as you walk up pretend to be on your celphone talking out loud and say the following as you place the game on the counter...."yea I already got the lotion and paper towels and I'm getting the porn right now." Then hang up and give the cashier an evil grin.

 wyldman28 wrote:

I was in BB during x-mas and saw the cashier ask for id for a customer with grey hair, who was obviously over 18.Last time they asked me i refused ( when i bought left 4 dead) and she sold it to me anyway, I think next time, i will show the cashier then ask her how old  i am, then when they can't tell me ask to speak to management.

Nice idea, man! Yeah, every store I go to, when I hand over my ID they seem to just cradle it in their hands while they finish running the transaction through. Maybe I should offer them my library card...........

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the funniest part about that is the game is onry PG, i dont know about america but i know for a fact in australia a 5 year old can buy this game without being asked for ID lmfao...

It's simple;in the west the glorification of violence is ok but *** is bad.Why?I have my opinions but it would upset the sensibilities of the religiously inclined. EDIT;The three letter scientific word for procreation is automatically censored on this forum but the word violence is not.Interesting.

The Best Buy by me is the same way...  When I bought Gears of War 2 nobody carded me.  I go to pick up DOAX2 and I gotta show ID.

 Bushi no Eire wrote:

It's simple;in the west the glorification of violence is ok but *** is bad.Why?I have my opinions but it would upset the sensibilities of the religiously inclined. EDIT;The three letter scientific word for procreation is automatically censored on this forum but the word violence is not.Interesting.

I dont think religion is the reason, if thats what your implying.
I see what you guys mean, they don't care about selling kids violent games, but god forbid VOLLEYBALL comes into the picture.

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"Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it."-Max Frisch

When I bought the first DOAX from WalMart, the clerk who got it out of the case and rung up the sale was snickering and commenting to his fellow associates gathered around the register about "this type of game" - showing them the cover of it and thus producing "the look".

I asked if there was a problem, in a fairly annoyed tone.

Y'know, at 40 years old I'd like to think I'm old enough to do whatever the he11 I want, when I want, and not be judged for it, especially by this particular clerk who was "noticeably non-hetero".


But then that's life: I once walked through WalMart with an "I Voted!" sticker on my forehead (after coming from the polls, of course) and I was being given strange looks by people with purple hair and bits of metal stuck in their face.

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 EPIK WIN wrote:

Here is a 100% true life story:

It being the last weekend before my grad school classes start, I decide to celebrate it by getting a bottle of Jack Daniels and going to Best Buy to see whats on sale.

The first thing I notice is DOAX2 is available for just 15 dollars, and so I pick that up. I also end up picking up Full Metal Jacket and American Psycho on DVD, as well as a Five Finger Death Punch CD.

I head to the register with my purchases, and hand them to the cashier in this order from top to bottom:

Five Finger Death Punch CD
American Psycho
Full Metal Jacket
DOAX2

The cashier sees the CD, and places it on the counter. She sees American Psycho and places it on the counter. She sees Full Metal Jacket and places it on the counter. She sees DOAX and pauses.

She looks at me blankly, and while showing me the cover of the case she plainly states:

"I'm going to need to see your ID."

...

Yes that is correct folks - pixelated jubblies in string bikinis gets carded while graphic language, war violence, explicit ***, serial killing, and music about bashing people's faces in is A-OK!

God Bless America!

That's a funny story indeed. Just what were they thinking?

"Violent music...

Movie about a psycho dude...

Violent movie...

OMG! Scantily clad women. He surely can't be serious about buying it?"

I feel thankful that when I picked the game up, the guy behind the desk started talking about the recent wrestling PPV because he noticed my wrestling shirt. He just acted like it was no big deal, and it was cool. Tons of people buy games, music and movies of all kinds, so I don't see why you should get a weird reaction when buying a game like that.

What was kinda weird though was that when I bought Onechanbara somewhere else, there was kind of an awkward air from the guy, and it's not as possibly sinful as DOAX2. Whatever though, I buy whatever I want, whether it be a Pokemon game, DOAX2 or something with violence on a level that would make Stepehen King cringe at the sight of the game.

lol the irony, interesting story

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 DrNewcenstein wrote:

When I bought the first DOAX from WalMart, the clerk who got it out of the case and rung up the sale was snickering and commenting to his fellow associates gathered around the register about "this type of game" - showing them the cover of it and thus producing "the look".

I asked if there was a problem, in a fairly annoyed tone.

Y'know, at 40 years old I'd like to think I'm old enough to do whatever the he11 I want, when I want, and not be judged for it, especially by this particular clerk who was "noticeably non-hetero".

I got the same reaction when I bought DOA4 and DOAX2 at the same time in my local GameStop - the clerk was around my age, if much older (I was 18 at the time), and he waved it around to the other workers, who snickered. He also carded me. Feeling a bit awkward, I tried to at least be philosophical: "Hey, easy achievements at least, right?"

'That's what they all say.' Transaction finished. 'Have a good day...'

"Yeah, you too...schmuck."

Funny thing, the tough chick who manages the store is awesome about everything I buy...I bought the first DOAX there when I was around 16 and she didn't card me. I was nervous, considering it was the first time I'd even tried to buy anything M-rated. We wound up discussing the DOA series and Ninja Gaiden for about 15 minutes...I wish more clerks were like that. I know I'm that way when I work.

 RinKami wrote:

I got the same reaction when I bought DOA4 and DOAX2 at the same time in my local GameStop - the clerk was around my age, if much older (I was 18 at the time), and he waved it around to the other workers, who snickered. He also carded me. Feeling a bit awkward, I tried to at least be philosophical: "Hey, easy achievements at least, right?"

'That's what they all say.' Transaction finished. 'Have a good day...'

"Yeah, you too...schmuck."

What amuses me about this story is the fact that the achievements aren't so easy.   Everyone thinks that a game like this would be a piece of cake for achievements... but it's hours and hours of gifting, buying, re-wraping, re-gifting and spending 2 hours on one vacation trying to give away ONE suit. LOL

Lol i ordered online just so i would not encounter the stares of agony.

European's are a lot more liberal towards sexual content and alot more opposed to violence.

 Boomhammer wrote:

What a great story but i usually buy from game stop and the people there are just as into all these games as i am. so i don't usually have these issues with the look and stuff.

^^

im 15 and they dont care what i get at game stop they even ask me if im excited for the new games like mw2, odst, and all the new ones.

they are more of friends than cashiers

oh, and one of the 2 gamestops i go to has a timer for mw2's release how cool :)

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