Originally Posted by
Absconditus
I personally find it to be a failure to host a contest, for a game that is spanning the regions, where only U.S. and Canadian residents are eligible. If they had separate regions, it'd be a different story. Perhaps it's only me that feels that way, but I am disappointed to see this happen.
It's the very fact that I can play with players from all over the world, which I find to be one of the huge strengths of XI and XIV. Thus, hosting contests where you lock out a large part of the playerbase, is something I find to be shortsighted and somewhat stupid.
Then again, I understand that there will be a large part of the community that does not share my view of it, and find my opinion to be shortsighted and stupid. I can live with that.