Announcing the Cosplay Contest!

what about the guy who dressed up as a worm NM at the last vanafest?

I'll definitely win this, then rolling into Yoshida's office with mah Hildibrand pose!

I always wanted to do a cosplay of the Templar armor I used to wear in FF XIV, either that or do a Dragoon or Gaius Van Baelsar.

Sadly, I do not have the money, connections, or knowledge of how to pull all that $h1t off. One day though! One day!!!

It also doesn't matter since I'm not eligible for this contest, but look forward to the results! :D

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Originally Posted by Leonesaurus

I always wanted to do a cosplay of the Templar armor I used to wear in FF XIV, either that or do a Dragoon or Gaius Van Baelsar.

Sadly, I do not have the money, connections, or knowledge of how to pull all that $h1t off. One day though! One day!!!

It also doesn't matter since I'm not eligible for this contest, but look forward to the results! :D

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Yea, always wanted to dress up in BLM cosplay... ><

I can't wait to see the submissions. I know we have a lot of talented cosplay people in the community.

Looking forward to the male subligar entires lol thats going to be hilarious!

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Originally Posted by Seirra_Lanzce

Yea, always wanted to dress up in BLM cosplay... ><

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Yeah! That's another one I forgot to mention! :O I would love to do a FF XIV version of BLM but if I did it, I would probably put a slight spin on it and go with the original color scheme based off Vivi and the classic BLM that they originally were going to go with. That's what I would absolutely love to craft up for a cosplay as well!

Good thinking! :P

***Cosplay Competition Update!***

To all of our fans who are eagerly awaiting the launch of the Cosplay Competition, we have an important announcement to make regarding the contest entry period.
We will be accepting entries on the contest entry site from 31 January 2013 10:00am (GMT) to 31 March 2013 00:00am (GMT) and will announce the winners on 15 April 2013!
Get ready to submit your photos for when the site opens next week.

Competition Site: http://sqex.to/CzL

Ugh again with the ridiculous region limitations. How many years do we need to complain about this before it finally gets fixed?!

April! D: I wanna see the entrieees! >.< Since I can't compete (damn eligibility rules!) I wanna enjoy, and perhaps lol, all in good spirits, at the participants :p

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Ugh again with the ridiculous region limitations. How many years do we need to complain about this before it finally gets fixed?!

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Until you learn to stop whining at SE and start whining at your countries to fix their laws, allowing SE to hold their contests in your region.

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Originally Posted by Psion

Until you learn to stop whining at SE and start whining at your countries to fix their laws, allowing SE to hold their contests in your region.

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Yeah 90% of Europe has laws that make contents impossible. Pls stop that trashtalk since other companies are able to offer similiar contests with similiar prices and not breaking laws in many EU countries.

SE has offices in those 4 countries and doesnt care about the rest.

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Ugh again with the ridiculous region limitations. How many years do we need to complain about this before it finally gets fixed?!

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As long as it takes for some countries to repeal asinine laws that prevent this sort of thing.

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Originally Posted by moriandrio

Yeah 90% of Europe has laws that make contents impossible. Pls stop that trashtalk since other companies are able to offer similiar contests with similiar prices and not breaking laws in many EU countries.

SE has offices in those 4 countries and doesnt care about the rest.

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Don't you think they would if they could? A REP made a post awhile ago concerning this. It basically said that they have trouble doing these contests in certain countries due to their laws. Now, I'd like for them to allow more countries to participate, but at the moment it isn't going to happen.

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As long as it takes for some countries to repeal asinine laws that prevent this sort of thing.

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There are no such laws.

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Don't you think they would if they could? A REP made a post awhile ago concerning this. It basically said that they have trouble doing these contests in certain countries due to their laws. Now, I'd like for them to allow more countries to participate, but at the moment it isn't going to happen.

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They also posted that they would fix it for future events. I think that post is almost over a year old now?

*Crumples up moogle wings and throws them in the trash*

Stupid US tax laws....Gotta love that we can win something, but have to sell it to play the income taxes on it.....

Just a little clarification for those who are still confused as to why there are contest restrictions preventing some countries from participating. In many countries there are gambling laws, and most often anything that is seen as a lottery or sweepstakes in which the contestant must pay in some detrimental way to enter, would fall under these lottery and sweepstakes regulations which the host of the contest must adhere to.

Some of these rules and restrictions may contain, but are not limited to:
-Registering your lottery/sweepstakes with the host country
-Pay a tax of fee to run the lottery/sweepstakes
-Offer an option of cash pay out equal to the prize of the contest
-Depositing security money equal to the value of the prize with the government
-Display odds of winnings
-Time restrictions on how long the contest can run before prizes must be given

I'm sure there are a lot more laws, but these are just some of the few that I can think of off the top of my head. Each countries have their own unique set of laws, and if SE is only able to hold contests in countries where they have offices (though I don't know if this is the case since I didn't read the entry restrictions yet), that's most likely due to those offices being able to get permission or a license from their host countries to hold the contest and is not because SE is biased against other countries. The legal fees and resources to get licenses in every country that SE sells their games would be quite large I'd imagine, so I can understand if they choose to reserve their resources for other things, like making games. Big corporations don't have unlimited money (unless you're a big bank with your government gauranteeing to bail you out of any bad financial deals you make).

A contest like this cosplay contest that requires a submission of your picture would probably be considered an entry fee of detriment because one can argue the time and money spent on materials for the costume is detrimental to the contestants. I hope this clear things up, though being the internet, I'm sure this rational explanation would be forgotten or lost a few pages into the thread and more complaints about the region restriction will continue to crop up in the future.

But you didn't state any facts at all, only assumptions.

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But you didn't state any facts at all, only assumptions.

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I'm sorry, but I don't feel like looking up the exact laws for EVERY country that SE sells product in and posting them all. The few rules that I did post up are indeed real and do exist in many countries, so they are not assumptions but are laws that exist in many countries. The legal challenge to detrimental entry fee is indeed real, and easily arguable in a court of law, so that too is a fact.

You asking me to post "facts" is actually a near impossible request as the only way I can post something that would satisfy your definition of "facts" in this case is to research every gambling laws in existance and either post or link them here. Instead, I posted a general guideline and a few restrictive laws that do exist, to illustrates the barrier that is common to most organization holding international contests.

If you believe that your country is wrongfully excluded, feel free to look up your own gambling laws and provide an action plan to SE as to how they can implement the contest in your country while still abiding by the governing regulations. (See what I did there? I responded to your near impossible request for "facts" with my own near impossible request.) :)

P.S. I will no longer be responding to posts here as I feel my presentation is concise and easily understood, and those who choose not to understand them are simply being willfully ignorant.

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Ugh again with the ridiculous region limitations. How many years do we need to complain about this before it finally gets fixed?!

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how many time do people have to complain before they understand that it's your region that does not allow SE to do this type of contest if you have issue with it blame w/e law does not allow them to do it in your area.

Strange only SE has problems with those regions.

SE only supports countries they have their offices and and gives a shit about the rest, not the first time and they will never change. There are at least a handfull of countries in the EU where contests like this one are no problem.

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Strange only SE has problems with those regions.

SE only supports countries they have their offices and and gives a shit about the rest, not the first time and they will never change. There are at least a handfull of countries in the EU where contests like this one are no problem.

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Will that could be true they still have to request in that countries if they could do that contest if they say no what else you think they can do? Sure the area they have offices make it easy because they have people in that area to do all the work to make sure it be allow.

Look at the 1.0 CE did you wonder why NA got the dumbest item and EU/JP got the cub and so on? because how i remember was that there a Law in USA that you can't sell cups that would provoke drinking -.- i got so piss about that but what can we do about it noting really laws are made and take years to fight just to take it off so it's pointless for the most part when it come to something law as why contest not allow in your area.

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Originally Posted by KumaAkuma

There are no such laws.

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Then you don't know your country's law very well. Every country has rules and regulations governing contests and competitions. Many more restrictive than others, and many contain provisions which dratsically increase the cost of running a contest in that country, effectively but not explcitly prohibiting it.

Like it or not, it is no simple task running contests, especially those with physical/monetary prizes, in many different countries at once.

So this is the new "I didn't get into alpha boo~hoo" thread?

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Then you don't know your country's law very well. Every country has rules and regulations governing contests and competitions. Many more restrictive than others, and many contain provisions which dratsically increase the cost of running a contest in that country, effectively but not explcitly prohibiting it.

Like it or not, it is no simple task running contests, especially those with physical/monetary prizes, in many different countries at once.

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What I meant was that people need to stop throwing up walls of text with assumptions of what it might be that is holding SE back and concluding it's the countries fault based on those assumptions.

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What I meant was that people need to stop throwing up walls of text with assumptions of what it might be that is holding SE back and concluding it's the countries fault based on those assumptions.

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Seeing as how SE got in a mess before for a contest, I don't think this assumption is out of line.

Woo! Cosplay contest. Can't wait to see the results.

I was bummed I couldn't enter (US player), but I was gonna do an ARR cosplay anyway for the cons this year. Perhaps multiple outfits depending on how many of my friends I can coerce er, persuade to join me. Can't wait for the game to come out so I can see all my options.

...and the playing bit. That'll be fun too.

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What I meant was that people need to stop throwing up walls of text with assumptions of what it might be that is holding SE back and concluding it's the countries fault based on those assumptions.

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If the contest is not being held in your country, perhaps you should contact your local government or SE directly.

The walls of text and 'assumptions' were posted in reply to you posting on a forum for players. Players then responded. If your gripe is with the company holding the contest and the country in which the contest is NOT being held, then your complaint does not belong here.

***Cosplay Contest Update***

In order to give contestants more time to perfect their costumes, we will be extending the Cosplay Contest deadline to 30 June 2013 00:00am (GMT).

This means that there is still some time for those that haven't started making their costumes.

Remember - the grand prize is a trip to Japan!

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/cosplay/

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june 30 now...
it's ok...
/comfort community_team

They planned on having a NA contest of some sort, but still no word. I want a trip to Japan so I can eat authentic Japanese, Sumo wrestle, and Tokyo Drift.. drift.. drift.. drift!

I really wish this was open to NA. Working on my own XIV costume for A Kon here in Dallas ; ;

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***Cosplay Contest Update***

In order to give contestants more time to perfect their costumes, we will be extending the Cosplay Contest deadline to 30 June 2013 00:00am (GMT).

This means that there is still some time for those that haven't started making their costumes.

Remember - the grand prize is a trip to Japan!

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/cosplay/

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Hi there,

I accidentally submitted my entry incorrectly so it's just one photo instead of the required 3 + description. I would hate to be disqualified over such a mistake, and it won't let me edit the entry and there is no point of contact for the competition. Please, if you could provide me some way to send the additional pictures + description? I submitted under the user name 'Laiferr'

Thank you so much!

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Originally Posted by Laiferr

Hi there,

I accidentally submitted my entry incorrectly so it's just one photo instead of the required 3 + description. I would hate to be disqualified over such a mistake, and it won't let me edit the entry and there is no point of contact for the competition. Please, if you could provide me some way to send the additional pictures + description? I submitted under the user name 'Laiferr'

Thank you so much!

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Hi Laiferr

Thanks for taking part in the contest. We noticed you weren't the only one to submit only one photo and unfortunately we won't be accepting any more submissions. Having said that your entry may still be considered so best of luck!

Not worth entering - the Dragoon girl can't be beaten :p She deserves it.

'Dragoon girl' can't enter because of country restrictions on the competition.

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'Dragoon girl' can't enter because of country restrictions on the competition.

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Oh come on,really? If SE has any interest in fans they'll invite her to Japan as well.

Esumi said to me that she dont wanna win the first price anyways because she dont wanna fly to japan alone

why would she have to travel by herself couldn't she travel with her bf?...........see where im going with this? Also how would she transport her DRG gear I mean bring a giant polearm onto a airplan even if its styrofoam or w/e it is security guard checks out whats in her suitcase and its a giant freakin polearm............... yeah, cavity search time XD