So, apparently, Genshin Impact is now playing nanny and demanding everyone prove they’re not a bunch of toddlers before they can spend their parents’💰 on questionable digital loot boxes. Account suspensions start July 18th, so get ready to verify your age, or say goodbye to your precious waifus and husbandos!🤣
Last month, HoYoverse, in a desperate attempt to avoid the wrath of the FTC (aka the fun police👮♀️), decided that everyone in the US needs to prove they’re old enough to know better than to spend all their money on pixels. Apparently, they got in trouble for letting kids gamble on characters without asking their parents first. Who knew digital casinos were such a sensitive topic? 🙄
Meanwhile, Genshin Impact Version 5.7 is gracing us with its presence, because what better way to distract from privacy concerns than to release new characters? Skirk (Childe’s edgier, probably cooler mentor) is finally here, along with some new storyline about the twins. Oh, and of course, there’s a new banner so you can waste even more money trying to get Skirk and her totally-not-overpowered support, Dahlia. Because nothing says “responsible gaming” like releasing a money-grabbing banner right before suspending accounts. 🤑
So, if you want to keep playing and not get your account Thanos-snapped, here’s how to jump through HoYoverse’s hoops:
How to Complete Genshin Impact Age Verification
- First of all, this is only for the US players (for now). So if you’re living in a sane country, you can laugh at us. 😂 For everyone else, go check your email for a super-important “Last Reminder” message. Or, if you’re too lazy to find it, just click this link.
- Next, find the big “VERIFY MY AGE” button (because subtlety is for losers) and click it. Prepare to log in to your Genshin Impact account, because apparently, they don’t already know everything about you.
- Finally, brace yourself for the most challenging part: typing in your birth month and year. 🤯 After that, just hit “verify” and pray that HoYoverse doesn’t sell your data to the Illuminati.
Just remember, if you don’t complete this mind-numbingly complex process by July 18th, your account will be suspended. And if you *still* don’t do it by July 20th, they’re threatening to delete all your “important personal data.” So basically, all those hours you spent grinding for artifacts and simping for characters will vanish into the digital abyss. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! 😈
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