Grant a Wish Contest (EU) - Discussion Thread

[ArkAurelius]

I posted my entry in the EU section, however, Im from an US territory. Can i null my post from EU and post in the US instead?

[Eziona]

I forgot to quote the user above me ( also someone posted before I did) Do I have to redo my post because the rules says that the first post is the only valid one.

[Mobius_Rogue]

Slightly concerned that a fair number of us forgot the exact wording we were supposed to use and went with "your wish is granted..." or other variants rather than "Your wish was granted...".

Not really worried about getting a prize (knowing that someone that may have some influence has read my wish that I be able to summon my mounts as companions is good enough =P), but I hope others read this before posting and remember the rules state "was", not "is".

[Crystalloluminescence]

On a more random and less useful note, I need to put a few things I considered saying but didn't for various reasons.

"I wish Lightning would stop Returning".
So tempting, but I would be lying as I love Lightning :P

The other one:

"I wish for your freedom, Genie".

[Crystalloluminescence]

Not really worried about getting a prize (knowing that someone that may have some influence has read my wish that I be able to summon my mounts as companions is good enough =P)

I'm sort of the opposite xD. I'm not worried about winning or losing, I just really want that 1st prize! If winning comes before the prize, that's just a bonus, but you can be damn sure I will be trying to win it!

(and crying out to the skies "Why hast thou forsaken me, Halone, WHY??" when I lose ;_; )

[Enkidoh]

I forgot to quote the user above me

I was the same, except I was going to put the quote in after due to the 1000 character limit (which quoting the post before me would have exceeded), only to find that you can't edit your post in that thread sadly (although I presume that's to stop members changing their submission to something else to try and manipulate the outcome). It was the post directly above mine that I was quoting in any event.

Ah well, it's a fun competition anyway.

[Sasunaich]

Greetings adventurers,

Thank you for all your contest entries so far ! In regards to the first participant not finding a wish he could respond to, I already addressed this in the entries thread.

I'll take a hit for the team I guess... go wild guys



Your wish was granted. However the fight took so long you completely missed the Moonfire Faire!

I wish I had the power to make all Chocobo in Eorzea obey only me!

Hello Yelsha42,

We are sorry to hear you had trouble participating in the contest as the first wish wasn't displayed properly and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please feel free to participate a second time (in that case your first post won't count).

If you reply to a post and you notice that the same wish has been granted by another good fairy just moments before you waved your magic wand (read: hit "enter"), your entry counts anyway, so please don't worry.

In regards to US participants: currently this is an EU event. Of course you are free to participate and have fun, but please be aware that due to the contest rules users living in the US won't be able to win a prize.

For all those bilingual geniuses among you, please only participate in one language.


Alright guys, less talking, more writing ! Knock yourselves out and enjoy the contest. Happy magic wand waving !

[JTribal]

Just curious, why is it so hard to provide US participants with a prize? Are we going to get our own specific event that excludes other territiories as well?

[Laiferr]

Just curious, why is it so hard to provide US participants with a prize? Are we going to get our own specific event that excludes other territiories as well?

I only learnt this when I wanted to hold a giveaway for a company I work for - there are a lot of laws around running prize draws and competitions. You would think it is simple and you can do what you want where you want, but you can't. I'm sure SE would love to open their competitions to be worldwide. Likewise, sometime you guys in the US get things that we in the EU do not. You may well get something similar at a later date, hopefully.

[Narissa]

Why do people not read the rules of the actual contest? xD

It clearly says:

"Contestants cannot reply to their own post of the wish that they’d like to be granted."

Yet you see loads of people quoting themselves and replying to their own wish xD