New contest - again only for a small amount of player

[yukikaze_yanagi]

and they'll do again, and again, and again, and again. And they explained why : LAWS

[Mug]

and they'll do again, and again, and again, and again. And they explained why : LAWS

Then they should only make contests where they can include most countries. Like this one:

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cfd590eb99f445

[syntaxlies]

Then they should only make contests where they can include most countries. Like this one:

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cfd590eb99f445

no, once again thats the "something for everyone" mentality. Its nice that SE have contest with IRL items that you can touch with your actual hands, and it really sucks that some people cant participate. Taking it away from everyone because some people cant play is just dumb. People should write letters to there government instead of complaining to SE.

[Mug]

no, once again thats the "something for everyone" mentality. Its nice that SE have contest with IRL items that you can touch with your actual hands, and it really sucks that some people cant participate. Taking it away from everyone because some people cant play is just dumb. People should write letters to there government instead of complaining to SE.

A solution could be to have one competition where these four countries can participate with a physical item, and one for the rest of the countries with a virtual item.

That said, I find it hard to believe that 46/50 European countries won't allow competitions like this. I think it's more a matter of it being more convenient for SE to do it the way they're doing it now.

[syntaxlies]

A solution could be to have one competition where these four countries can participate with a physical item, and one for the rest of the countries with a virtual item.

That said, I find it hard to believe that 46/50 European countries won't allow competitions like this. I think it's more a matter of it being more convenient for SE to do it the way they're doing it now.

even here in the us certain states have weird laws with contest prizes and stuff.

[Nero]

A solution could be to have one competition where these four countries can participate with a physical item, and one for the rest of the countries with a virtual item.

That said, I find it hard to believe that 46/50 European countries won't allow competitions like this. I think it's more a matter of it being more convenient for SE to do it the way they're doing it now.

Like it or not, its a known fact for european people.

[Abriael]

A solution could be to have one competition where these four countries can participate with a physical item, and one for the rest of the countries with a virtual item.

The laws of many countries don't differentiate *at all* between physical and digital prizes.

SE is actually doing well at spreading contests around between regions. Most devs just chose one (normaly the US) and always go with that, ignoring the others.

[Mug]

The laws of many countries don't differentiate *at all* between physical and digital prizes.

And yet they were able to pull off this competition (which I already posted about earlier in the thread):

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cfd590eb99f445

[Abriael]

And yet they were able to pull off this competition (which I already posted about earlier in the thread):

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cfd590eb99f445

That's not because the prizes are digital. That's simply because that's a big contest, so Square Enix could justify dedicating the legal and monetary resources (that aren't small) necessary to accomodate the legislation of every nation in every region.

Smaller, on-the-fly contests organized by local marketing teams don't justify that expense.

[Vilhem]

And yet they were able to pull off this competition (which I already posted about earlier in the thread):

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...cfd590eb99f445

Pay close attention to the prizes of the link:

Prizes
Grand Prize Winner: Self-designed item and an exclusive in-game item (no monetary value) (1 winner)
Runners-up: Self-designed item (no monetary value) (2 winners)
Honorable Mention: Exclusive in-game item (no monetary value) (7 winners)

This latest contest is giving out Yoshi-p signed posters...which has SOME real world value, and thus can be seen as gambling or other raffle type.