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Of course the real BS nature of this issue comes down to how arbitrary it often is to "define" who is a child. The law tends to make "public" images or acts to be 18+ only, but that is damn fuzzy because you can find real world adults that are 18 that look like they are 13. Do you ban images, video, etc. of them because they "may be" mistaken for someone younger? In the case of Age Play, this is on some level what is happening. So, how do you fix it? Insist that the person doing so *claim* to be at least 18 in the game world, even if they use an avatar that is younger? And that doesn't even cover the existing consent laws, which in the US can range from 13 in Hawaii to even 19 for certain same sex cases in a few obscure states (where you will probably be lynched for having a same sex relationship anyway).
So, we have an entirely arbitrary line here. Even if you are living some place where the consent laws say 16, or even 13, you have to *be* 18 and *look* 18 in the game (never mind how impossible it is to specify what the hell *looking 18* means) in order to avoid Germany or some other idiot country attacking your game world's owners for allowing you to do anything, and banning you for doing it... Some people, especially in Germany, need to get their heads out of their asses imho.
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