What if Dalamud Contest Discussion Thread

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10-29-2012, 07:40 PM
Youmukon

What if Dalamud Contest Discussion Thread

Please post in this thread to hold discussions and ask questions related to the What if Dalamud Contest.

Please submit entries in the entry thread
10-29-2012, 08:40 PM
Catapult

Bah! I guess physical prize limitations means Aussies can't enter... oh well.

Nice contest idea though. I'm looking forward to laughing myself to choking point. :D
10-29-2012, 08:43 PM
Jinrya-Geki

Will developers/representatives post their own "what if"?
10-29-2012, 09:23 PM
mbncd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catapult

Bah! I guess physical prize limitations means Aussies can't enter... oh well.

Nice contest idea though. I'm looking forward to laughing myself to choking point. :D

I'm a Brisbanite so have the same problem :( Honestly, I don't really get why it would be a problem here as there are regular competitions in this country that have physical participation prizes o.o?
10-29-2012, 10:05 PM
Fadigre

No Scarf of Wonderous Wit? :(
10-29-2012, 10:45 PM
Antipika

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fadigre

No Scarf of Wonderous Wit? :(

Look at the contest timing. Final save is on Wednesday, impossible to give items after that (or they wouldn't be saved) ; ;
10-29-2012, 11:04 PM
Fadigre

I hoped really really hard that we could just log in with them in 2.0 :cool:
10-30-2012, 08:33 PM
Ralliare

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antipika

Look at the contest timing. Final save is on Wednesday, impossible to give items after that (or they wouldn't be saved) ; ;

Not hard to have it added manually to the final save state, or just have it added in 2.0.

the one thing i don't understand is why no meteor survivor t-shirt!
10-31-2012, 08:35 AM
Eirwen

It's a nice idea for us Europeans, but...
"Contestants must have a permanent residence in France, Germany, Spain or the United Kingdom."

There goes my chance with this limited rule... I'm in The Netherlands!
11-01-2012, 07:55 PM
Highwilds

Last time I read Geography, Europe doesn't consist of 4 countries. Why aren't rest countries in Europe included in the contest?
11-01-2012, 09:33 PM
mbncd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Highwilds

Last time I read Geography, Europe doesn't consist of 4 countries. Why aren't rest countries in Europe included in the contest?

Not just Europe either but Australia (where I'm from), New Zealand, etc, all the countries not covered by North America and Japan really... But the reason is the international laws between countries are complicated and so far they've only made the competitions fit the rules and guidelines of those 4 countries. Hopefully, eventually, they will increase the range to fit other countries. That remains to be seen though.
11-01-2012, 09:37 PM
mbncd

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbncd

Not just Europe either but Australia (where I'm from), New Zealand, etc, all the countries not covered by North America and Japan really... But the reason is the international laws between countries are complicated and so far they've only made the competitions fit the rules and regulations of those 4 countries. Hopefully, eventually, they will increase the range to fit other countries. That remains to be seen though.

Sorry for the double post but I'm not a regular forumer and seem to have lost track of the edit button... Just wanted to correct what I said to "rules and regulations".
11-02-2012, 08:55 AM
Huginn

my apologies to the devs and representatives, but i must make the following post.

Do you see this? This is me not complaining and whining and crying about being in a region that is not permitted to take part in this contest. I am however whining and crying about people incessantly posting about not being able to participate in the easter island moai only contest when they do not live on easter island and are in fact not moai.

Please, all who are able, have fun. This sounds like a delightful contest. That is all.
11-02-2012, 08:59 AM
Huginn

After thinking better of it, and since there were already complaints in the thread, i am trying to edit or delete my previous post, but i do not see the edit button anymore. attempting to invoke the edit button by posting again.
I did not mean my post as a direct attack on anyone who had previously posted
11-02-2012, 10:59 AM
mbncd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huginn

After thinking better of it, and since there were already complaints in the thread, i am trying to edit or delete my previous post, but i do not see the edit button anymore. attempting to invoke the edit button by posting again.
I did not mean my post as a direct attack on anyone who had previously posted

Yeah, the edit button seems to have disappeared with the recent Lodestone update :(

As for the region exclusivity though, your comparison is a little off. It's more like saying it's an Easter Island competition that anyone can enter so long as they live in this one building. EU to SE seems to mean everything not covered by North America and Japan, so restricting it to such a tiny area is frustrating, especially when it isn't just a matter of waiting our turn as it was with the cooking competition, where one region got its turn and then others got theirs. I do understand that the devs work incredibly hard on this game and I also realise that the laws regarding international competitions are complicated and rigorously regulated across every border, but that logical information does very little to alleviate the natural human emotion of exclusion, especially when those actually able to take part are so very few out of the originally stated "EU" pool.