About the EU campaign for maid outfit and fat chocobo

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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

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Why do we have to send a selfie on top of spending 27€ on a magazine nobody reads? This is ridiculous.

***EDIT 13/July***
To summarize everyone's complains
1. Privacy concerns regarding the use of email and attaching a selfie to 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]

Yeah I'm not sending some random magazine a picture of myself. O_o

Couldn't they have made a special (trial) subscription offer or something that automatically awards the chocobo code? Seems less cumbersome and less privacy-invading.

Agreed. We also have to wait three months for all the items. The NA players got them all in a single $20 purchase. We're having to pay more and wait longer for the items. The NA players were also able to buy any of a number of things they actually wanted as well. We're being forced to buy a magazine subscription we have no interest in. There is no parity here at all...

It's more than a little disappointing. They really should have simply added the items to the Mog Station for players outside of Japan. It's not fair to expect players in different regions to have to jump through all sorts of different hoops in order to acquire the items; especially when the cost ends up differing. Plus, unless I'm mistaken, UK players have to wait three months to get all of the items...whilst US and Japanese players could acquire them all immediately. I'm not fond of the 'selfie' aspect either. I value my privacy but I'll bite the bullet and do it anyway I suppose - yet I know many players won't want to do it themselves and so will miss out.

In fairness, though, it's likely clunky due to EU/UK law.

There is one other little 'note'... which has a few people I know rather... annoyed...

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Note: Separate campaigns offering the same in-game items are currently being planned for those residing in: France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and Nordic territories. Further details on these campaigns will be posted at a later date.

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So while Japan, the US and the UK can get these items... the rest of the world has to wait even longer. This is getting to be absurd now...

I was really looking forward to being able to use these glamour attires...

Looks like that's never happening now. Don't see why i have to fork out over £25 for 3 magazines i have zero interest in reading, on top of having to send a selfie for the mount? Hell no.

I would imagine so the magazine can run an article publishing said pictures, as such I would personally recommend caution until they verify what it is they wish to use them for.
I have not purchased print games media in some years and during the time I did I long stopped purchasing Games Master Magazine.

As such I would like to know if these items can instead just be directly purchased instead as I myself have no desire to purchase what is required or give my picture to a 3rd party print publication for them to potentially make public.

I haven't followed the previous promotions but I do understand there was some user issues with them, however this seems far from ideal. If nothing else you should make clear to those in the promotion what the magazine intends to do with your images and how they will be stored, while of course people giving 3rd parties access to images of themselves is nothing new all parties should be aware of exactly what is intended.

UK = Europe, ok seems good.

Like I will order 3 magazines from UK to Finland because of some promotional items, fucking ridiculous.

I'm not massively comfortable sending photos of myself out to randoms either, the need to wait when all other regions got their codes immediately is disgraceful. Not to mention we have been waiting for months just for news on this promotion for EU and we get this? I'm beyond disgusted. :mad:

Also, if it were like the Amazon deal, my bf and I could've gotten two different items we could use. As it stands, we're now going to have to buy two sets of magazine copies that will gather dust, they're not even different magazines! I don't think anybody thought this through.

I highly doubt anyone from the staff will even read this thread but this promo is utterly ridiculous. Why not just go with the Amazon one again, which was actually good? There are too many reasons to list why I'm not okay with sending my picture to some magazine I've never even heard of before.

I'm disappointed that SE went with this approach. Having to buy a magazine I'm not even interested in, wait 3 months to get all the codes AND then having to take a photo of myself and send it to them for the chocobo?

Well, I wasn't looking forward to dealing with a promotion thing to begin with, when (if they really want to sell the stuff over other means of getting it) the process could be made simpler via... oh, I don't know, the CASH SHOP! However, I was willing to drop a $20 (converted to £) exchange to get all this stuff.

But this? This, is way way beyond that - Not only is this more expensive than the way simpler and less scummy NA promotion, but it's also locked beyond a time period as well as needing a photo of myself!? Nope, not a chance, I can pass on the items if this is the only way a UK player can get them - I have no idea why this was given the go-ahead, it's beyond stupid and is essentially a massive middle finger to UK players when such a thing as the NA promotion exists... in fact, even if it didn't this would still be a pretty firm one along with a complete display of lack of familiarity with EU regions (magazines are dead, btw, SE).

You should feel ashamed.

TL;DR - Pass! Will hope that these become available via simpler and less obnoxious means.

Good day.

Why would I send a picture of myself to some publiciation that hasn't been stocked in stores for a decade now?

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Originally Posted by Imsoangry

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Don't forget the recent Live Letter. They didn't even mention the European playerbase at all, instead referring to the English speaking audience as 'American'. Aside from the numerous European players on the actual EU servers I and many other Europeans play on the NA servers. I imagine quite a few Europeans also play on the Japanese servers too.

Just adding my voice to the "not impressed" crowd :(

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Originally Posted by Theodric

Don't forget the recent Live Letter. They didn't even mention the European playerbase at all, instead referring to the English speaking audience as 'American'. Aside from the numerous European players on the actual EU servers I and many other Europeans play on the NA servers. I imagine quite a few Europeans also play on the Japanese servers too.

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Yeah can you move to an EU server already and Lauront too :P <3

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Originally Posted by Pomelo

Yeah can you move to an EU server already and Lauront too :P <3

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I would if Balmung wasn't the unofficial RP server. Plus I've a house and a lot of friends who would be sad if I left. :p

This is just a slap in the face after the amazon/american promotion. Completely outrageous.

Im glad im not the only one who thinks this promotion deal is a complete farce -_-

I don't post much in forums, I'm usually the guy that is just minding their own business playing the game, but this is absolutely not okay.

There is simply no excuse for how much EU got absolutely looked down upon and screwed on this matter. So, Japan gets to go to a convenience store and buy drinks and they imediately get the rewards. NA gets to buy whatever they want and they, also imediately get the rewards.

EU not only has to go through a super convuluted method that involves spending more cash than NA, but also requires you to post a picture of YOURSELF holding the 3 codes, and gets basically nothing besides the items? NA basically got them for free, we have to pay more than them and we basically just get the items.

Not to mention how most other territories in the EU get extra screwed by, ya know, having to wait even more! If they even get the campaign. Portugal sure ain't. Thanks a bunch Square.

I honestly don't understand why not just add this to the cash shop. It certainly would get them more revenue than this absolute disaster of a campaign...

Also don't pay for the quarterly subscription, they just updated the website with this little gem:

***Please Note - FFXIV giveaway offer: It is too late to subscribe and receive issues 306 and 307. Subscribe below before 02/08/2016 to receive issue 308. Issues 306, 307 & 308 will be available to buy individually here when they go on sale. Issue 306 on sale date is 14.07.2016

This is like a bad joke.

I really don't post much on this forum but seriously...
Can't you just add it to the mogstation for 20€ at this point?
This is getting ridiculous and I'm definitely not spending that much money on useless magazines..

Honestly I don't even mind that it's a little more expensive than the NA and Japanese version of the promotion. Obviously equality in payment would be ideal but...what gets me is how awkward it all is. I just wanted to throw money at something, get the codes and then redeem them instantaneously. It's bizarre that UK players don't get immediate access to the items. Amazon is a very well known and trusted company, too - and considered 'safe'. I don't know a single thing about this magazine...so I'm wary about giving real life details to them.

let me just sum it up in one word: NOPE!!

Also, as an aside, if people do decide to avoid this promotion I fear that the organisers are out of touch enough that they may decide it isn't worth doing future promotions for UK/EU players. :(

Hopefully we get some sort of official statement regarding this matter to alleviate concerns.

And why exactly couldn't it be something similar to the NA promo? instead making us wait even longer to get the promo codes from some crappy *physical* magazine. SMH SE, legitimately pissed.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

Honestly I don't even mind that it's a little more expensive than the NA and Japanese version of the promotion. Obviously equality in payment would be ideal but...what gets me is how awkward it all is. I just wanted to throw money at something, get the codes and then redeem them instantaneously. It's bizarre that UK players don't get immediate access to the items. Amazon is a very well known and trusted company, too - and considered 'safe'. I don't know a single thing about this magazine...so I'm wary about giving real life details to them.

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Especially the picture thing as well, I mean I openly post my pics on the forum anyway, but not everyone likes sharing themselves online.

The only uncensored word I can master right now is NO....
So disappointed that I don't even want to play anymore

It's just a little over 2 hours since the campaing has been published and there's this much complaints about it already. It really has to be the worst campaign ever.

I need to second all of those complaints in this thread.
I think we've waited long enough for all those items but you guys just decided to make us wait even longer, pay more than NA and JP, fulfill ridiculously stupid tasks (sending a picture of ourselves to get the last item??) and make other countries in the EU (and AUS) wait even LONGER...

This is just not nice. And incredibly unfair. :(

I'm not a fan of the glamours and stuff, but I respect people wanted these items too.

All I can think is why... why not just put the items on mogstation? Why are you asking your community to buy trash material to get some glamours, and a chocobo? Sending them a picture of you? Why do they need your picture? lol.

I can't even... whoever came up with this in SE, must be getting a cut.

this is outrageous. my country not even listed in upcoming event. to SE, ASEAN countries not existed or something?

i rather buying it on mog station or FFXIV osts to get the items. u get direct profit from my purchases. how is that?

This is the worst campaign done for this game. The magazine is a waste for majority of folk, the 3 month wait is too long AND I have to experience a panic attack to get a mount? No. I don't want this.

Oh please, oh lord, don't let the New Zealand one be like this or worse.

I'm so sorry for all of you.

And it's funny because during the NA Amazon promotion people in my FC were arguing about whether preordering then cancelling the codes would have any repercussions (of which I was on the side that it would). If I hadn't left the FC I would very smugly rub the announcement for this in their faces.

I... Honestly don't mind. Everyone acts like the magazine has killed their mother, but really it's only like 15£ for the chocobo mount, the atires and the masks and it comes with a free magazine! I don't see how it's worse than buiying a million bottles of water. As for not being comfortable about posting your own picture? They don't need your face, they just need proof that you're a person and not just a copy-paste bot on the net. Just wear a mask, or end your picture at your neck. I don't think that anyone will object.

Adding my voice to the complaints, this is ridiculous.
I don't even understand how they could not have seen this backlash coming.. Just put them on Mogstation and we'll give you the money directly, nobody wants the stupid magazine. Nobody wants to wait 3 months. Nobody wants to send in a picture of themselves.

Note: Separate campaigns offering the same in-game items are currently being planned for those residing in: France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and Nordic territories. Further details on these campaigns will be posted at a later date.


sucks to be uk. Going to wait patiently for the nordic and and pray its not as horribble as this uk version

I am not european but on behalf of my european friends who were anxiously waiting for this promotion, this is beyond ridiculous.
Just add it to the Mogstation, how hard could it be?

Almost everyone in UK/EU who wants these is willing to pay SE directly for the items, but we're given a UK magazine. As someone who works in these stores, you always end up finding the magazine sleeve ripped open within days. Not only will people have to buy the magazine, but the code will not be guaranteed to work because people can just steal/jot the code down and place the magazine back, but IF we actually get all three codes, we have to send a picture of OURSELVES to strangers to complete the collection? Seriously? If I cover my face/identifiable features would my picture be void?

This is a seriously bad promotion that will backfire tremendously. You thought it was bad when people were buying the wrong things and not getting codes? How about buying the right thing and STILL not getting the codes.