You know you did release Final fantasy in the EU as well :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Gildrein
I can understand w/ material prizes but this is a ingame item prize and it's also another ingame item that all EU user won't get a chance to get. Nt to mention you won't even accept our entries if we want to enter for fun.
No contests for EU users ><
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12-06-2011, 10:20 PMRezeakNo contests for EU users ><
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12-06-2011, 10:42 PMTheytak
Sucks to bEU.
...god that was awful, I'm sorry. -
12-07-2011, 02:32 AMAlhanelem
Europe? What's that? Never heard of it.
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12-07-2011, 02:54 AMRunespider
JP players won't get it either I think? Each region runs it's own events I guess, SEEU is lazy so we don't get any at all.
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12-07-2011, 04:47 PMTsukino_KajiI think he means asia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alhanelem
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12-07-2011, 09:42 PMKristalNomad Moogle Statue is an EXISTING ingame item, which anyone (including EU) can get. All you need to do is find the Tablet of Temperance for the 'weekly' moogle kupower hunt. (Still no walk in the park, but not impossible.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rezeak
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12-08-2011, 12:25 AMRyce
Blame Brussels and cumbersome EU regulation.
I'm an American Democrat and an advocate of consumer protections, corporate regulations, and the overall reigning in of uncontrolled, destructive capitalism, but some EU regulations just make me scratch my head... I'm willing to bet this contest was a no-brainer in US, but required some sort of permit in EU. -
12-08-2011, 01:22 AMDreamin
US - only 1 set of regulations to deal with.
EU - count the number of countries in there and that are the potential for ALL rules and regulations that they must meet or potentially face all kinds of issues for SE as a company.
Plus like someone say up top, these are events being run by regional office. -
12-08-2011, 01:36 AMKristalIt's more likely the other way around: US rules don't allow US-based contests -of ANY kind- to include non-Americans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryce
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12-08-2011, 05:58 AMAlhanelemNot entirely accurate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamin
US: up to four sets of regulations to deal with, depending on where you are: Federal, State, County/parish, Local.
EU: up to four sets fo regulations to deal with times the number of countries (perhaps some EU countries don't have counties/districts/prefectures, I don't know)
Even Canada has it more complicated, with Quebec acting almost like its own seperate country, and Quebec in particular having extremely strict rules regarding contests and competitions (including requiring all rules and legal mumbojumbo to be in French, contest must be seperate/exclusive for Quebec residents including seperate prizes, etc...) That's on top of the rules regarding video games there- It's more difficult to publish games in Canada just because of Quebec which requires a French printed manual to be included, which usually means two manuals in the box if it isn't already trilingual.
So, TL ; DR : The more countries you do business in, the harder it gets to keep everything balanced and equal, because some countries don't allow certain things or have more red tape to go through. -
12-09-2011, 04:16 AMSasunaich
Hello and good evening,
We understand your frustration but please be assured that we did not forget our EU customers.
Depending on the language/region we work in different teams and therefore contests and events may happen at different times.
However, please look forward to the upcoming EU event we have planned for you and which will actually start tomorrow! -
12-09-2011, 07:05 PMKraggySE have the same problem Blizzard, Turbine, Trion and others have: asinine laws in some EU countries means a nightmare for an international company to make sure they comply with everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rezeak
Not surprising every MMO I've played that has stuff like this usually restricts it to one part of the world or other, and usually only the US where such asinine laws don't usually exist.
I suspect this is one such case, where SE is erring on the side of caution. -
12-09-2011, 08:32 PMYoumukon
Hello everyone!
The European Screenshot Caption Contest is finally there! Sadly, due to legal reasons, the contest is only open to players living in the UK, France, Germany and Italy.
For this occasion, three categories have been created: English / German / French
You are free to choose on which forum you want to participate (but can only choose one among the three). The caption will have to be posted in the language matching the category.
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12-09-2011, 09:31 PMDragoy
Borderline amazing how difficult seemingly simple stuff like selling a CD or sending prizes (I'm assuming this is the part that the laaawwww is prohibiting (sorry for the reference)) can be.
Ohhh well, I'm well used to this by now.
Once again, good luck to those who are allowed to participate, and have fun! -
12-09-2011, 09:33 PMAsymptotic
Man, I kind of feel bad for EU players in other countries. It's a horrible shame that lawyers and legislators have complicated things so much that you can't even hold a for-fun contest for a non-monetary item open to residents of any country without legal ramifications.
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12-09-2011, 10:26 PMShadowHeart
sounds like BS about law to me personally what about all the contests for the previous years. MOG BONANZA ??? 100 mil gil or various in game items offered to everyone at the same time.... whats next separating servers into their own regions...
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12-09-2011, 10:33 PMKristalIf I didn't already have all of the prizes (or better, I got the secret 5th taru set, and my rabite keychain is much cooler dangling from the security token then the FFXI ones;), I'd be somewhat upset...Quote:
Originally Posted by Youmukon
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12-09-2011, 10:41 PMAntipikaVirtual items and real items are regulated by different laws... If you want to complain, take the political route. Government are making laws, not SE.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowHeart
Also it's not because something happened before that SE was following the law properly. I'm thinking about EU customers having NA account, paying in USD and never paying their VAT on their membership fee. -
12-09-2011, 10:42 PMDragoyI'm assuming it's about the real-life items in this case, which the Mog Bonanza has nothing to do with. ^^Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowHeart
Even though I can not take part, again, it is nice to see they share some joy to at least some parts of the Europe. I was more annoyed about the FFXI OST PLUS not being available to most of the Europe, but I got one from "play-asia.com" who are able to ship stuff to pretty much anywhere, so meh!
The official stores always had a lot of stuff not available to most places so it's nothing new. I guess they don't have the resources to pay for the legal expenses this kind of things require. That, as my uneducated guess, is what prevents SqEX from sending real items to most places. -
12-10-2011, 01:16 AMnoodles355
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12-10-2011, 03:27 AMLessina
Adding and EU contest and I'm still excluded?
Why do you hate me Square Enix, what did I do to you? (/cry) -
12-10-2011, 04:35 AMKluaf
umm did they just make this up outta nowhere bcuz of the thread???
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Originally Posted by Youmukon
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12-10-2011, 04:53 AMdetlef
I feel no sympathy for EU. You have Kinder eggs.
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12-10-2011, 06:19 AMnoodles355
I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. That's why I buy Kinder Surprise. Horrible chocolate; nasty little toy: a double-whammy of disillusionment! Sometimes I eat the toy out of sheer despair. I call them the Eggs Of Numbing Inevitability.
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12-10-2011, 07:08 AMdetlefPeople who eat the toy are why Americans cannot have nice things.Quote:
Originally Posted by noodles355
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12-10-2011, 10:33 AMThunderstorm
Oh, how I miss those adorable Kinder eggs!!! :(
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12-10-2011, 11:32 AMZaknafein
Sorry the EU forum is only of use when explaining how votes for pets were arrived at.
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12-10-2011, 12:52 PMShadowHeart
we have the kinder eggs in canada still .... it just seems so unfair that we all play a game with members from around the world that we can not participate in the contests universally.... there have been contests for years now and all were able tp participate if people choose to
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12-10-2011, 12:58 PMGreatguardianWhat EU forum? All I see are America, Japan, and Belgium forums (they get two because they have awesome waffles).Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaknafein
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12-11-2011, 12:14 AMLessinaYou mean the English forum... right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Greatguardian
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12-21-2011, 01:04 AMSasunaich
Dear players,
the deadline of the entry period for our FINAL FANTASY XI Screenshot Caption Contest (EU) is approaching fast so don't wait too long if you want to have one of the smilebringer's shiny prizes.
Speaking about prizes... It came to our attention that some of you are worried about the number of prizes available for each language forum. Rest assured that we have 3 prizes for each language category, so feel free to post in your own language's thread.
Also don't forget to vote for your favourite entries while you are at it and help the smilebringers to bring happiness to our participants.