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[Dethateer]

Littledoom wrote...

Harorrd wrote...

Dethateer wrote...

Nizzemancer wrote...






enjoy

Aren't sweeds, danes and norwegians europeans?

us between, they are plaing to take over the world 

 

AHA! So you are planning on using your mad guitar and/or black metal skillz to take over the world!

[MUFCFAN89]

[Fathis Munk]

Catt128 wrote...

Will work for a green card. I have 3700 tokens.

Pls. PM me.

I think green card is not enough. There was a sig about that in the general discussion forum

[Nachtritter76]

Thank you Bioware, I'm now gonna save a nice amount of money from not buying your games anymore. From now on, I'll either pirate your games, or buy them second-hand so you don't get money from me, ever again.

Ciao.

Modifié par Nachtritter76, 29 mars 2010 - 08:45 .

[Roflpie]

Am I the only one who thinks this would have ended better if the countdown had ended with "We're no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I!"

[brunomalta]

Banhammer my ass. If they do this, it will only further destroy their image.

[the_one_54321]

NebulaY wrote...
but they said "epic community event" and not "epic community event for us (-ny/fl) residents because we weighed legal issues costs"

And what an awesome marketing manuver that everyone thought looked cool, enticing, and mysterious that would have been. Be reasonable here. That would have sounded stupid and people would have still complained.

[Fathis Munk]

Roflpie wrote...

Am I the only one who thinks this would have ended better if the countdown had ended with "We're no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I!"

A rick rolled ending would have been great !

[Dark_Caduceus]

I'm gonna win that ME2 360 contest to go to Bioware's headquarters and give them a piece of my mind.

[Hurrrr]

Roflpie wrote...

Am I the only one who thinks this would have ended better if the countdown had ended with "We're no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I!"

Sadly a rickroll would have been awesome compared to this.

Would have gotten a smile.

[wolfsite]

Darht Jayder wrote...

I wish people would stop letting Bioware off the hook all the time by blaming EA. I love Bioware's games too but come on...they have some say over their own marketing.

I can since all the noticable screw ups have happenned since EA took over. 

I'm just glad Bioware is still around since most developers assimilated by EA normally only last about 1 to 2 years before being disolved and there IP's taken to be turned into yearly garbage fest releases.

[Fathis Munk]

the_one_54321 wrote...

NebulaY wrote...
but they said "epic community event" and not "epic community event for us (-ny/fl) residents because we weighed legal issues costs"

And what an awesome marketing manuver that everyone thought looked cool, enticing, and mysterious that would have been. Be reasonable here. That would have sounded stupid and people would have still complained.

Yeah it's better to let us wait and to tell us afterward that we're not able to participate

[Zavox]

the_one_54321 wrote...

NebulaY wrote...
but they said "epic community event" and not "epic community event for us (-ny/fl) residents because we weighed legal issues costs"

And what an awesome marketing manuver that everyone thought looked cool, enticing, and mysterious that would have been. Be reasonable here. That would have sounded stupid and people would have still complained.

Less than now atleast, this isn't an epic community event anymore, not even for most americans.

[Frownyface]

Nachtritter76 wrote...

Thank you Bioware, I'm now gonna save a nice amount of money from not buying your games anymore. From now on, I'll either pirate your games, or buy them second-hand so you don't get money from me, ever again.

Ciao.

That's kind of harsh, don't you think?

[UHitMeInTheEar]

At least they were right about it being a huge community event, I havent' seen this much activity on the forums since ME2 came out! Come to think of it it was mostly negative then too....

[Kolos2]

if i would pick a job at Bioware , it would be Prieslys; the community menager;  oisting links, screwing with the fanbase, locking thread and not doint a thing for the community itself

[MyChemicalBromance]

Roflpie wrote...

Am I the only one who thinks this would have ended better if the countdown had ended with "We're no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I!"

Actually, Bioware commented on that...

[adriano_c]

Cat Lance wrote...

Guys, the countries and states that are excluded, I am fairly certain, are not participating due to their OWN laws regarding contests. No one at EA/BioWare decided that the only people that are a part of the community live in a mere 48 of the USA's states.

I mean the Warden's Quest event was not that long ago, and included teams made from all across the globe. In that case they did have control over it and consciously chose to include the entire world. That says a lot more than legal barriers on a single event.

Irrelevant.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but PR campaigns like these are meant to build a favourable impression for a company, perhaps gaining them some tangible benefits.

Now, I honestly believe that the person responsible for spearheading this particularly "brilliant" initative should be sacked for the following...

S/he is clearly either a sadomasochist or is deliberately trying to do a poor job. Why? You don't ridiculously hype up a promotion with the foreknowledge that you will be excluding 2/3rds to 3/4ths of the very people you are targetting with your advertisement from the onset (yes, Bioware is well-aware of geographic breakdowns of their customers). What's the reasoning behind doing such? You excite and then disappoint. All that garners you is customer dissatisfaction and tarnishing the company's reputation which at the end of the day affects profits negatively.

Now, no doubt many companies look at most of their customers as idiots, that's a given, but to have a week-long countdown to an announcement...that you will be letting them do some advertising for you? That's just sheer arrogance right there, and a glorified slap in the face if we're to be perfectly honest. It's especially galling in light of its billing as an "epic community event". Yes, truly groundbreaking, waste your time for an insignificant chance at winning something that's probably available for sale anyway. At least with the lottery you aren't doing work beyond purchasing the ticket or annoying your friends online with Bioware spam.

What an unmitigated disaster.

-edit. Oh, and just how could they have avoided this backlash? Making the whole thing a simple thread in the announcements subforum, like any other. None of this hype was warranted to begin with.

Modifié par adriano_c, 29 mars 2010 - 08:48 .

[crysischaos]

Nachtritter76 wrote...

Thank you Bioware, I'm now gonna save a nice amount of money from not buying your games anymore. From now on, I'll either pirate your games, or buy them second-hand so you don't get money from me, ever again.

Ciao.

Piracy is not the answer for being excluded from a free contest.  The clock was overboard in this marketing bazaar they are having, but pirating because of it is a bad excuse.

[DanPman0317]

They should have been upfront that this event was for US in the beginning but the reactions about the LEGALITY of this contest is not BIOWARE'S fault. The length that the company would need to go in order to pull of a worldwide contest is is never going to happen.

[Nizzemancer]

binaryemperor wrote...

I need a "I used to be part of the community, now I'm just Alaskan" Banner.

[Fathis Munk]

http://social.biowar...774/polls/3918/

[MasLegio]

Cat Lance wrote...
 What I'm stating is that they didn't exclude anyone by choice. 

that is exactly what they did when they choose an event type that made them exclude a majority of the community.
They have deliberately chosen an event that excludes non US citizens when they could have done something else that everyone could be part of.

[Wonderllama4]

This is what I could find on the web

"In Florida and New York, games of chance with total prizes exceeding $5,000 must be registered and a bond must be posted. Once the winners are announced, a winners' list must be provided in order to release the bond.

For many Internet content sponsors, it is simpler to prohibit certain states' residents from participating in the contest than to comply with these extra, somewhat burdensome procedural requirements. This is the rationale behind the common limitation in many contest rules, 'void where prohibited,' or more specifically, 'void in Florida, New York and Rhode Island.
For many Internet content sponsors, it is simpler to prohibit
certain states' residents from participating in the contest than to
comply with these extra, somewhat burdensome procedural requirements.
This is the rationale behind the common limitation in many contest
rules, 'void where prohibited,' or more specifically, 'void in Florida[/b],
New[/b]
York[/b]
and Rhode Island.'

Since the Internet is accessible worldwide, Internet
sweepstakes sponsors may want to limit participation to United States
residents only. Alternatively, the sweepstakes must address each
country in which someone could access the promotion. The laws and
regulations of contests[/b] and sweepstakes vary widely from country to
country. For instance, certain countries (Belgium, Malaysia, Norway)
prohibit sweepstakes altogether, while other countries (including France
and Spain) require registration and payment of fees. Limiting contest
access can be done through legal notices or computer technology
capable of identifying the geographical local of the proposed
participant. Additionally, the duration of the contest, and especially
the deadline for entries, should be stated in terms of dates and
precise times in a specific time zone. "


...oh well. I really don't my information to be in some database anyway just because I won a cup. I really wish people would stop whining about free stuff. you'd think this was the only US-only contest in the history of mankind

Modifié par Wonderllama4, 29 mars 2010 - 08:51 .