17 Year Old Going To Midnight Release : V

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:55 pm

I've been waiting for TES:V since the day Oblivion came out, and I've decided to go to the midnight release for it at my local gamestop.

This is my first midnight release, but I have a problem. Curfew here is 11pm for those who are under 18. I happen to be 17, old enough to purchase Skyrim, but not old enough to meet to have no curfew.

If I am just outside gamestop with other people, or inside(I don't know how these work, are you in our outside the store?), can I get in trouble with the law?

I'm nervous. :obliviongate:

» Tue May 08, 2012 9:40 am

where are you

» Tue May 08, 2012 10:25 am

Haha you're fine man.no one is gonna tell on you

» Tue May 08, 2012 11:55 am

STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM

you will be fine.

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:35 am

I don't think so - not as long as your business is commercial. If you were just loitering at the park, then I can see you getting taken to the station.

» Tue May 08, 2012 12:59 pm

Hey, I'm 17 too! I would doubt they care... but hey, bring your old man along or something. That's what I'm doing! Great father-son bonding time. =D

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:55 am

You can probably pass off as 18 very easily.

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:31 am

oooh I'm going to tell.

your in so much trouble

oh wait I dont care enjoy skyrim

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:57 am

Well you could always resist arrest or go to jail and pick up your game after you served your time in jail. But your gaming skill might decrease and so will your stamina. sorry but that is what happens. You should be fine by the way

» Tue May 08, 2012 1:32 am

as long as you are accompanyed by an advlt you are fine

» Tue May 08, 2012 2:18 pm

Hey, I'm 17 too! I would doubt they care... but hey, bring your old man along or something. That's what I'm doing! Great father-son bonding time. =D

There is no way in hell either of my parents would come haha.

Well the place where my local gamestop is at is a local strip mall with segway mall "cops" and police frequently hang out there because a lot of teens walk around high or just cause trouble.

Only reason I'm sketching.

It would be me and like 4 other friends and whoever else shows up. We are all 17.

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:56 pm

Nobody will care that you're breaking "curfew." A cop will only ever arrest someone for being out past a curfew if they're doing something else suspicious. I assume you're in the US though, so you will need a photo ID to buy M rated games at most stores.

EDIT: Mall Cops will only kick you off of the property if you're making trouble. Real cops will more than likely leave you alone, they don't have magic eyes that tell them your age.

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:17 pm

I tracked your IP and have reported you to the proper authorities. They will be in full watch mode.

:biggrin:

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:05 am

Nobody will care that you're breaking "curfew." A cop will only ever arrest someone for being out past a curfew if they're doing something else suspicious. I assume you're in the US though, so you will need a photo ID to buy M rated games at most stores.

EDIT: Mall Cops will only kick you off of the property if you're making trouble. Real cops will more than likely leave you alone, they don't have magic eyes that tell them your age.

This. Unless you live in some kind of totalitarian hellhole, curfews aren't generally going to be actively enforced. They're just in place to give police the official authority to send you home if they think you're doing something suspicious but can't prove it. Waiting in line, especially with a bunch of other people, isn't going to raise any eyebrows.

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:51 am

worst case scenario ask someone next to you to say your with them so they cant force you to leave

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:41 am

I never thought of going to a midnight release and calling the police for mass crowds of curfew breakers.

» Tue May 08, 2012 11:34 am

Better be careful! They don't have Skyrim in jail.
Court appearance probably won't happen 'till Monday.
That means by the time you are released, your reserved copy of the game will have been sold to someone else!

And of course I am being totally sincere in the above. :angel:

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:59 am

If you can go into a store, try to buy booze, and just be shooed out by the clerk, I think you can get a video game without getting in trouble.

» Tue May 08, 2012 2:46 pm

LoL wth do you live in China? What places have curfews still?

» Tue May 08, 2012 1:49 pm

STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM

you will be fine.

» Tue May 08, 2012 12:30 pm

If anyone tries to stop you, just resist arrest or pay the gold.

» Tue May 08, 2012 9:10 am

I was actually picked up by a cop once when I was a teenager for being out past curfew, lol. But it was in a small town, & I was up to no good...

If you and your friends aren't acting sketchy, then I'm sure no one will notice :spotted owl:

Edit: just make sure there aren't any chickens around to see you....

» Tue May 08, 2012 2:20 am

17 year old wouldn't go to jail. He'd be returned to the custody of his parents.

and unless the cops are actively patrolling the gamestop, you've got nothing to worry about. You gotta act like a Dark Brotherhood operative and stick to the shadows.

If they do catch you, just calmly and politely tell the officer that you will not be taken alive, and book it as fast as you can outta there.

» Tue May 08, 2012 12:51 pm

*sigh* Looks like we got a real rebel here! a minor! PAST 11? Woahohoho. Buying a video game? That's rated M? "Stop right there criminal scum" is right.

No, but seriously just like... do some things. In life. with people.

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:14 am

I like to go around to midnight releases to tip the cops off to doings like yours.

No but seriously, no one is going to say anything.