Namely competitions like this -
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ition-%28PC%29!

That cater only to NA. This is the second comp I can recollect that offers real (as opposed to virtual ingame) prizes.
Either include everyone, or don't bother. It's incredibly rude to the rest of us to be left out of stuff like this.

Before anyone chimes in to defend this by stating its not squareenix that's running the comp, it clearly states they have collaborated to make this possible, so it's entirely feasible they could have done so with other parties to make this available to all regions.