Hi, I'm going to add to this thread because this is where I looked first (coincidentally, also a very high Google result.)
I bought PUBG from gamesrocket.com and... It was fine. Here are some details about the request for ID, since nearly everything else here is negative:
1. My purchase was flagged for verification, likely because my Paypal email is not the one I used on GamesRocket.
2. The order confirmation email and request for ID email came at the same time. Like most people, this is when I started looking for information.
3. After some debate, I provided the info - but hold on. The email title is "Verification of Address". As such, I provided the two images requested (photo of ID, in my case a driver's license, and photo of myself holding the ID), but I took a few precautions:
- On the ID photo, I created a repeating watermark saying "FORGAMESROCKETONLY" over a solid white background, and used that to cover all information on my license that could not be matched to the info they got from PayPal. So my biometric info, middle initial, the license number, and so on, leaving my address and the expiration date to show it was a valid card. I did in this case leave my date of birth, which was probably unnecessary but Germany has some strong censorship laws and this was a violent game, so I didn't want to invoke any further delay by them needing to confirm my age too.
- On the selfie, I removed the same information from the ID card, held the card at a different angle than the other photo, held it so my fingers covered some of the edges, held it where it partially obscured my face, dropped it to the lowest resolution where the address could be read, and then used a translucent watermark of "FORGAMESROCKETONLY" across my face.
4. I sent these documents at something like 1 AM their time, so it was not validated until the next morning. A working key was swiftly provided, and everything's good.
So in conclusion. The fact that they may ask for ID is in the site's FAQ, but it is NOT in the terms & conditions that you see during checkout, and for me that's the main problem here. Additionally their grasp of written English is not the best, which only serves to make the whole procedure seem a lot sketchier than it probably is. If they made it clearer what they will accept, I think it would seem far less suspicious, as trying to use the docs I sent for malicious purposes is probably not worth anyone's time. Another poster somewhere said they put black bars across their eyes and had no problem either, which is what led me to overrule my initial BS-meter reading. FWIW, I'd recommend the site if saving a few bucks is worth your time (i.e. you feel as guilty as I do when I buy games) and you can live with someone foreign knowing the same things about you that someone local can easily determine on their own.
Post edited February 20, 2018 by csg2