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[Eleinehmm]

Well, It is epic. EPIC FAIL ! ;-)

[the_one_54321]

Emperor Mars wrote...
Oh. My. God.
[Begin Rant]

Do you all really think that Bioware wanted to make this a US only thing? Their own company works in canada. This is not because Bioware hates its fans, its because most of their fans most likely do live in the US. EA is the parent company of Bioware, meaning that most of the money to pay for the swag is most likely coming from EA in some form or another. There are LAWS and shipping practices that make over seas shipping a royal pain in the ass, the cost of shipping a computer from California (where is most of this stuff most likely is) to Virginia is cheaper then shipping it to another nation.

At the same time, alot of bureaucratic BS gets in the way. Most contests I see online for other game companies, like Blizzard for example (a company with a strong online/international community but based in California) their contests are similar in nature, only to the US or North America, and a handful of other countries here is an example http://www.worldofwa...test-rules.html
"THIS CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND, WHICH ARE: (i) OVER THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE ON THE DATE REFERENCED BELOW AS THE START DATE FOR THE CONTEST; AND (ii) WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE STATES OF NORTH DAKOTA, VERMONT, CONNECTICUT, OR MARYLYAND IN THE UNITED STATES; THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, CANADA; OR RESIDENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN STATES OF VICTORIA, QUEENSLAND OR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY"

As you can see, this contest has a larger base, but still cuts out europe. Basically what I am trying to say with all of this, is that countries, nations, entire continents are usually cut out of contests for various reasons, so stop taking it so personally.

Yes it sucks that Bioware hyped up the most likely EA sponsored event to all international fans, only to have it US only.
Yes it sucks that it is open only to US fans.
Yes it sucks it general, but **** like this is ALWAYS HAPPENING.


[End Rant, prepare flame shield]

*joins the ranks*
If you flame him, you flame me.

[Laurens84]

Next time please just tell us we are excluded and everything will be ok. Not great but ok.

Modifié par Laurens84, 29 mars 2010 - 05:54 .

[Sloth Of Doom]

Godak wrote...

This just seems so...stupid. Bash me for unoriginiality, but...what the hell were they thinking?

They were taking "How to ****** off your fanbase" tips from Ubisoft.

[Wet_Panda]

They are not racist, they are just retarded © Yatzee

[Emperor Mars]

DraCZeQQ wrote...

Emperor Mars wrote...
At the same time, alot of bureaucratic BS gets in the way. Most contests I see online for other game companies, like Blizzard for example (a company with a strong online/international community but based in California) their contests are similar in nature, only to the US or North America, and a handful of other countries here is an example http://www.worldofwa...test-rules.html
"THIS CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND, WHICH ARE: (i) OVER THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE ON THE DATE REFERENCED BELOW AS THE START DATE FOR THE CONTEST; AND (ii) WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE STATES OF NORTH DAKOTA, VERMONT, CONNECTICUT, OR MARYLYAND IN THE UNITED STATES; THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, CANADA; OR RESIDENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN STATES OF VICTORIA, QUEENSLAND OR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY"

cool story bro, but isnt US WoW and EU WoW kinda separated so they each have their own events, servers etc. ?

Thats an excellent point, but like I said, Blizzard is a heavily international company, and their US contests are not open to Europe.

But no, they are not seperate, I can log on WoW right not and go into a european and south american server. Both are run by the same.

And BEHOLD I found a Blizzard contest, only open to European countries.
http://www.wow-europ...nware-2010.html

At the same time there is a similar blizzard contest for north america, but to is not open europeans, blizzard simply has the funds to create two contests like that.

The point I am trying to make, is that most companies, Can Not, create a large contest that is completely international. Yes it is a problem, but not one that can be fixed easily.

Modifié par Emperor Mars, 29 mars 2010 - 05:56 .

[addiction21]

Godak wrote...

This just seems so...stupid. Bash me for unoriginiality, but...what the hell were they thinking?

I suspect they were thinking about waffles. I know when I am thinking about waffles I make a mess of what ever I am doing at the time.

[FelixZay]

addiction21 wrote...

Godak wrote...

This just seems so...stupid. Bash me for unoriginiality, but...what the hell were they thinking?

I suspect they were thinking about waffles. I know when I am thinking about waffles I make a mess of what ever I am doing at the time.

Waffles are badass, yo

[Zoso Fan]

LOL



People are hilarious.



No matter what country, people will bring the pitch forks and slay their loved one's for free ****.



The amount of "personal betrayal" being posted here is laughable. Do you like their games? That is all that matters. Not FREE ****.



So stop being a bunch of emo's because you don't get a chance to win a hat.

[Feraele]

Godak wrote...

This just seems so...stupid. Bash me for unoriginiality, but...what the hell were they thinking?

Obviously..they ...weren't....thinking...at all

[Sad Dragon]

Emperor Mars wrote...
But no, they are not seperate, I can log on WoW right not and go into a european and south american server. Both are run by the same.

Actualy you would need a European account to log into the EU servers and vice versa. Also need a European Client to play on the European server (however a US Client can become a EU client if you go into some ini fils and change a few settings - like servers to connect to).

/TSD

[Nechromia]

Really? A mysterious timer for... Prizes no normal person will ever get...?

No big DLCs? Sequals? Bigger expansions? New games? Anything we CARE about?

Nah, prizes.

[Sloth Of Doom]

Zoso Fan wrote...

LOL

People are hilarious.

No matter what country, people will bring the pitch forks and slay their loved one's for free ****.

The amount of "personal betrayal" being posted here is laughable. Do you like their games? That is all that matters. Not FREE ****.

So stop being a bunch of emo's because you don't get a chance to win a hat.

You miss the point.

I would elaborate but your are obviously some sort of moronic troll without any registered games.

[Eleinehmm]

Emperor Mars - We are mostly complaining about misinformation and hype, actually. Not about the contest itself..

Modifié par Eleinehmm, 29 mars 2010 - 05:56 .

[mini-ninja]

Emperor Mars wrote...

Oh. My. God.
[Begin Rant]

Do you all really think that Bioware wanted to make this a US only thing? Their own company works in canada. This is not because Bioware hates its fans, its because most of their fans most likely do live in the US. EA is the parent company of Bioware, meaning that most of the money to pay for the swag is most likely coming from EA in some form or another. There are LAWS and shipping practices that make over seas shipping a royal pain in the ass, the cost of shipping a computer from California (where is most of this stuff most likely is) to Virginia is cheaper then shipping it to another nation.

At the same time, alot of bureaucratic BS gets in the way. Most contests I see online for other game companies, like Blizzard for example (a company with a strong online/international community but based in California) their contests are similar in nature, only to the US or North America, and a handful of other countries here is an example http://www.worldofwa...test-rules.html
"THIS CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND, WHICH ARE: (i) OVER THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE ON THE DATE REFERENCED BELOW AS THE START DATE FOR THE CONTEST; AND (ii) WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE STATES OF NORTH DAKOTA, VERMONT, CONNECTICUT, OR MARYLYAND IN THE UNITED STATES; THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, CANADA; OR RESIDENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN STATES OF VICTORIA, QUEENSLAND OR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY"

As you can see, this contest has a larger base, but still cuts out europe. Basically what I am trying to say with all of this, is that countries, nations, entire continents are usually cut out of contests for various reasons, so stop taking it so personally.

Yes it sucks that Bioware hyped up the most likely EA sponsored event to all international fans, only to have it US only.
Yes it sucks that it is open only to US fans.
Yes it sucks it general, but **** like this is ALWAYS HAPPENING.


[End Rant, prepare flame shield]

And... what? Yes, all is correct. But to fans it became better not. It is better not to spend similar things if they do not mention more half of community. And so Bioware receive only negative responses and respect for them falls.

Modifié par mini-ninja, 29 mars 2010 - 05:56 .

[crimzontearz]

Zoso Fan wrote...

LOL

People are hilarious.

No matter what country, people will bring the pitch forks and slay their loved one's for free ****.

The amount of "personal betrayal" being posted here is laughable. Do you like their games? That is all that matters. Not FREE ****.

So stop being a bunch of emo's because you don't get a chance to win a hat.

moronic answer at best, people are complaining that this was hyped on a global site while being only a regional contest....

also...the futility of the contest as compared to what these energy and funds could have gone toward pisses a lot of people off

[Halofel]

My question is - what on earth can the people in NY and FL use our tokens for? *Anything*?

[chiliztri]

crimzontearz wrote...

Zoso Fan wrote...

LOL

People are hilarious.

No matter what country, people will bring the pitch forks and slay their loved one's for free ****.

The amount of "personal betrayal" being posted here is laughable. Do you like their games? That is all that matters. Not FREE ****.

So stop being a bunch of emo's because you don't get a chance to win a hat.

moronic answer at best, people are complaining that this was hyped on a global site while being only a regional contest....

also...the futility of the contest as compared to what these energy and funds could have gone toward pisses a lot of people off

Meh, don't feed the trolls using an account without any registered games.

Modifié par chiliztri, 29 mars 2010 - 05:58 .

[crimzontearz]

chiliztri wrote...

crimzontearz wrote...

Zoso Fan wrote...

LOL

People are hilarious.

No matter what country, people will bring the pitch forks and slay their loved one's for free ****.

The amount of "personal betrayal" being posted here is laughable. Do you like their games? That is all that matters. Not FREE ****.

So stop being a bunch of emo's because you don't get a chance to win a hat.

moronic answer at best, people are complaining that this was hyped on a global site while being only a regional contest....

also...the futility of the contest as compared to what these energy and funds could have gone toward pisses a lot of people off

Meh, don't feed the trolls using an account without any registered games.

hehe sorry, I am just that disappointed by it all

[DraCZeQQ]

Emperor Mars wrote...
And BEHOLD I found a Blizzard contest, only open to European countries.
http://www.wow-europ...nware-2010.html

try to notice the difference

http://www.wow-europe.com
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com

maybe even check realm status page

if you have american copy of WoW you cant play on EU servers and vice verse, therefore US servers have US events and EU servers have EU events ... 

[Abriael_CG]

To the ones stupidly defending Bioware's moronic idea to make a "community celebration" available only for the ones that happen to live on a specific side of a pond (and not even all of them), I'm sorry, but you need to shut the hell up, you're being nonsensical.

Given the hype they put on this event, they should have used the money and resources to create something that could have been enjoyed by all their fans. A celebrative collector's DLC? Possibilities are endless when you have the internet and a solid DLC system at your disposal.

But looks like Bioware decided to be akin to Sega, and found their marketing team in a ptato chips bag. good job.

Sorry Bioware, but your fans on this side of the Atlantic paid your salaries for 15 years just as much as the american ones. Looks like having to wait longer to play your games almost every single time isn't enough of a slight, though, what about just putting a nice label on the european boxed with "2nd rate customers edition"?

Modifié par Abriael_CG, 29 mars 2010 - 06:03 .

[Emperor Mars]

Eleinehmm wrote...

Emperor Mars - We are mostly complaining about misinformation and hype, actually. Not about the contest itself..

Not from what I am seeing/reading, and I so agree with the hype crap, but as someone else said, had they only pitched to US dwellers, then the forums would be alight with more "bioware perfers america" stuff.


I am not for biowares exclusion or failure to create an equal contest for non-US residents, I am simply stating that there are fairly logical reasons for it.


edit--forgot to include the Not, sorry if that came out wrong.

Modifié par Emperor Mars, 29 mars 2010 - 06:02 .

[Mr.Skar]

I am very nearly speechless. Here I thought something cool and interesting would be coming in the form of, you know, a game. I'm having a hard time caring about this Bazaar deal. I have to have a twitter account? I only get points for one of the versions of DA:O I have registered? That and it's a contest online, with a crazy huge amount of people fighting for the cool stuff. With my past "success" at these things as any indicator, it just seems like a waste of time.

[Loerwyn]

Sad Dragon wrote...

Emperor Mars wrote...
But no, they are not seperate, I can log on WoW right not and go into a european and south american server. Both are run by the same.

Actualy you would need a European account to log into the EU servers and vice versa. Also need a European Client to play on the European server (however a US Client can become a EU client if you go into some ini fils and change a few settings - like servers to connect to).

/TSD

Indeed. And rarely some quests are different on either region. There was a Brewfest quest that was disabled on EU servers but was available on US servers.
We have our own GMs, own servers, own website (as in wow-europe), our own patches... They really are seperate games.

[Zoso Fan]

Sloth Of Doom wrote...

Zoso Fan wrote...

LOL

People are hilarious.

No matter what country, people will bring the pitch forks and slay their loved one's for free ****.

The amount of "personal betrayal" being posted here is laughable. Do you like their games? That is all that matters. Not FREE ****.

So stop being a bunch of emo's because you don't get a chance to win a hat.

You miss the point.

I would elaborate but your are obviously some sort of moronic troll without any registered games.

LOL Moronic Troll with no registered games? Are you serious man? Because i haven't registered my games makes me less of a person?

And you call me moronic?

All i was saying is that if you are a fan of bioware, acting like a bunch of little kids who didn't get to put a quarter in the ****ing plastic ring deposit is just gross.

I mean, a bet a lot of you guys here have posted on the forums A LOT and shown tons of support for the games and developer, and this is the changing point? Not getting free ****?

Grow the **** up. Life isn't fair, for all you know there will be an auction next week for your home town.

So just chill the **** out, And if defending the Developers for which this community is based on makes me a troll, so be it. <3<3<3