Why do we have to send a selfie on top of spending 27€ on a magazine nobody reads? This is ridiculous.How to Obtain the Original Fat Chocobo Mount
Take a photo of yourself holding the printed bonus item codes from all three of the above magazines and send to GamesMaster magazine via email. After your photo has been confirmed, the in-game bonus code for the mount will be sent back to you via email. Redeem the code on the Mog Station to claim your mount!
Email Address: gamesmaster@futurenet.com
Email Subject: The Big Fat Chocobo Giveaway
***EDIT 13/July***
To summarize everyone's complains
1. Privacy concerns regarding the use of emailand attaching a selfieto send codes to a shady/unknown 3rd party. (Community Rep says selfie is not required) [Link]
2. Email verification of the 3 codes for Fat chocobo but the single codes don't require a verification.
3. 2 of the 3 issues are unavailable for purchase online. UK/EU players are worried about availability of physical copies in stores.
4. 2 month wait for the 3rd issue to be available.
5. SEA, Portugal not included on the list of countries for future campaigns.
6. 3rd party is dodgy/biased [Link]
7. Magazine is useless/unknown to some. Nobody reads them. In comparison, JP players could hydrate themselves with water/drinks from 7-11; NA could pick any useful item that fits in the gaming category from Amazon.
8. The cost needed to get all the rewards is more expensive than the NA campaign (27€ versus $20), requires more effort (finding copies and sending email of the codes), and a longer wait (2 months wait)
9. Players living in countries that won't be covered by the campaign may have to resort to buying the magazines. Shipping is an additional cost to them.
10. Players that reside in the rest of the countries that fall under the EU FF14 region are worried about having a similar campaign for their countries.
***EDIT 14/July***
1. Very limited/hidden copies in stores
2. Misprints of rewards. Magazine mentions "50 Aetheryte tickets" but the actual reward is "30 Jandelaine's Tokens" [Link]
3. 1st issue is already sold out online [Link]
4. Some copies of the magazine DO NOT come with the code [Link][Link][Link]. Email gamesmaster@futurenet.com for support says Community Rep [Link]. Warning: the number of available codes in their office is also limited [Link]
5. MODS DELETING POSTS
6. Games Masters email support is clueless about the campaign [Link]
7. Some people are getting duplicate copies of the code with their magazines [Link]
***Hello EU Community Team it's already August and here are more issues/concerns***
1. Concerns about redeeming the codes that are valid only until December 31, 2016
2. Magazine is not available in a number of shops
3. Since the 1st of the 3 issues is unavailable to some players, it would be impossible for them to redeem the White Chocobo
4. Still no response from the EU Community Team
Mid-August Update:
1. WARNING: There are spoilers on issue 307 if you are new to the game [Link]
2. Some players are reporting that they have yet to receive their issue 306 copies bought from the website [Link]
3. A player who contacted Game Masters for the missing code has yet to receive a response [Link]