Will your wishes come..."true"?

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

I said countries in EU REGION AS DEFINED BY SE

The little "&" symbol means "and." "Middle East" and "Africa" are as much a part of "Europe" as "Central & South America" and "Pacific Islands" are a part of "North America."

That's where "European" was wrong. As for "countries" and "excluded," French Guiana (among others) is neither.

[Dragon]

Paying customers, etc.

No, I mean altogether. I'd intentionally ask the ESRB to rate the game M+ just to get rid of the minors in legal terms.

[Taika]

...wait, what?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ries_in_Europe

[Antipika]

...wait, what?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ries_in_Europe

Yeah but for SE, it's EU + tons of countries.

[Taika]

Oh sorry, misunderstood in a really bad way.

You made a really good point.

[Anathiel]

Next question: if im in the us army, but stationed in germany. Technically im a resident of germany but on a military post. How does that work?

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Next question: if im in the us army, but stationed in germany.

Technically you're still a US resident; otherwise you'd lose your driver's license, voting rights, etc.

Your APO address lets you enter NA contests with no problem, though.

[Asiaine]

Next question: if im in the us army, but stationed in germany. Technically im a resident of germany but on a military post. How does that work?

Overseas soldiers (and to a lot of extent, diplomats/embassy workers/etc) retain their 'home nation' residency.

If you are not soldier/embassy/diplomat/etc, then your residence most likely will be that of where you live (or have spend 181 days of the year).

As for regions, generally its held:
NA - Canada, USA (often times Mexico left out ; ; )
JP - Japan
UK - United Kingdom (English Speaking EU target release)
EU - The 27 members of the EU

EU is not to be confused with EC, EEC, Europe, EurAsia, Eurozone, Schengen, NATO, UN, or League of Nations.

Since most people who are not involved with these concepts are not aware of what they are, the contest rules spells out the countries where this is permitted.

If you feel unhappy about the rules, please feel free to write to your local political representitive and request that all peoples of the world join together into one unified and global community. If only to save on legal fees.

(For those curious, Switzerland is not in the EU, but is in Schengen, and is in Europe, but not part of the EEC, yet is part of the UN, but not a member of NATO, nor allowed to participate in the contest. But they have good chocolate).

[Huginn]

If you feel unhappy about the rules, please feel free to write to your local political representitive and request that all peoples of the world join together into one unified and global community. If only to save on legal fees.

(For those curious, Switzerland is not in the EU, but is in Schengen, and is in Europe, but not part of the EEC, yet is part of the UN, but not a member of NATO, nor allowed to participate in the contest. But they have good chocolate).

^ this. thank you for posting what i was thinking. It is not SE's fault that the laws of certain sovereign nations preclude SE from letting you enter the contest.

as a side note, today was the first time i even looked at this thread because the thread title set off my automatic SPAM virus download chain email scam alert in my head.

[Roj]

I can enter this competition, its outrageous! Why am I being denied the right to be barred from entering this competition SE, its soo unfair! I blame SE they make all the laws in my country, how dare they!
None of you would have won anyway, now move along people.