About the EU campaign for maid outfit and fat chocobo

[EU_Community_Team]

Greetings,
Thank you for all your feedback. We would like to take this opportunity to clarify some points about the in-game item campaign with GamesMaster magazine.

• Sending in a photo of yourself in order to obtain the Original Fat Chocobo Mount
  
  First and foremost, you do not need to send a selfie to be eligible. Photos will be needed solely to verify that you own all three copies of the magazine as part of this campaign.
  While your photo must feature yourself holding the printed bonus item codes, you do not need to feature your face. As long as the player submitting the photo is visible in the image in some way, and the team can verify that you possess the item code print-outs from all 3 magazines, you will be awarded the in-game item mount.
  
  In addition, GamesMaster will not use the photos provided for anything other than verification for the in-game mount item code. They will not, under any circumstances, be used in any public way or form and will be destroyed after being confirmed by the GamesMaster team.
  
  
  
• Campaigns planned for other territories
  
  In the Lodestone post, it was stated that:
  

  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.
  The campaigns for other countries will be independent and won’t be tied to GamesMaster magazine. Distribution methods and campaign content will vary per country/campaign, but the same range of in-game items will be available through these campaigns. We will follow up with further announcements on promotions for other territories as soon as information is available.
  
  Although GamesMaster is a UK-based magazine, non-UK residents can take part in this campaign by ordering the printed magazines online as they can be shipped to over 100 countries globally (a list of these 100 countries can be found here).
  If you possess a European service account and would like to take part in the campaign, you can order printed copies of the magazine to obtain the in-game item codes.
  
  
  
• Magazine subscription
  
  You do not need to subscribe to GamesMaster magazine in order to take part in this campaign; you can purchase each issue separately and still acquire the Original Fat Chocobo Mount.
  The first issue with FFXIV in-game item codes will be available here from Thursday 14th July. We will update the Lodestone post accordingly to make that clearer, and update when each issue becomes available for purchase through the coming months.

[Odessium]

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So you're sticking with 3 months...okay. That will apply to the rest of Europe aswell even if we get domestic campaigns. Otherwise people will just ignore that magazine. GG.

[Stumble]

Greetings,
Thank you for all your feedback. We would like to take this opportunity to clarify some points about the in-game item campaign with GamesMaster magazine.

Wow, I wasn't expecting a Team member to respond to this with all the negative feedback they're getting. Just because you're clarifying things in this post doesn't mean that this promotion isn't still awful, just put them on the mogstation and stop beating around the bush. (◕‿◕✿)

[Kling-Klang]

(DEVPOST)

Its like you are just repeating what mirta000 was replying all the time to anyone who was angry at this whole deal.
The issue is the way the promotion is being handled in EU (in this case UK). JP and NA had a much simpler and easier time doing this whole thing, and EU (UK) has to bend over and do all the things nobody wants to do just to get the items. And wait 3! whole months, while JP and NA got them in about 24 hours.
I dont understand.

[Stumble]

Its like you are just repeating what mirta000 was replying all the time to anyone who was angry at this whole deal.
The issue is the way the promotion is being handled in EU (in this case UK). JP and NA had a much simpler and easier time doing this whole thing, and EU (UK) has to bend over and do all the things nobody wants to do just to get the items. And wait 3! whole months, while JP and NA got them in about 24 hours.
I dont understand.

Yes! This is 100% accurate!

[niathecake]

I know I probably just sum everything up again but I really need to get this out.
I was looking so much forward for the maid outfit and even though we are the last of the 3 regions. I just put that aside. Waiting impatient because I knew we would eventually get our own promotion for it.
We already waited longer than the other regions and now we are supposed to wait 3 more months for the full set while NA and JP could get the whole deal immediately if they wanted to. Further we are getting pushed in buying a magazine, which probably most of us are not even interested in, while NA and JP could buy more needed things with their promotions. I was looking for a similiar handeling like the NA promotion over amazon.

Also for a person that is not even from the UK I am quite frustrated that I am getting pushed in purchasing these magazines oversea or waiting even longer for a campaign which I don't know when it is even happening.

I really hope that this gets a overthinking in some way.

[Sayori]

Its like you are just repeating what mirta000 was replying all the time to anyone who was angry at this whole deal.
The issue is the way the promotion is being handled in EU (in this case UK). JP and NA had a much simpler and easier time doing this whole thing, and EU (UK) has to bend over and do all the things nobody wants to do just to get the items. And wait 3! whole months, while JP and NA got them in about 24 hours.
I dont understand.

Amen.

/10char

[DeliriumTrigger]

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I don't get why we have to send an email to verify the 3 codes for Fat Chocobo when the single codes don't need any verification. Can you guarantee that Games Master won't be using our email addresses to send unwanted spam to our inboxes (which I likely doubt it)? Furthermore, what about the SEA countries? FFXIV copies sold in Malaysia and Singapore are EU IIRC.

[Rhyku]

I don't get why we have to send an email to verify the 3 codes for Fat Chocobo when the single codes don't need any verification. Can you guarantee that Games Master won't be using our email addresses to send unwanted spam to our inboxes (which I likely doubt it)? Furthermore, what about the SEA countries? FFXIV copies sold in Malaysia and Singapore are EU IIRC.

The magazines ship to M'sia and SG, so I guess we'll have to go that path if we want the items.

[Lalafallen]

Yeah, well, no thank you. Definitely not gonna take part in this campaign and maybe even let my sub run out, 'cause this is getting absolutely ridiculous.