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[drakicorn]

The terms of the sweepstakes say only US/Canadian people are eligible.

grrr.  Why can't us Aussies enter too?  We buy games too you know.

It's ironic that its supposed to be about celebrating warden's quest event, which is being held in London, but even UK residents aren't eligible!

[Khadroth]

maybe they just don't want to deal with legal issues in other countries or international shipping costs.

[PupSup]

Hmm sorry, I live about 10 minutes away from Bioware Edmonton, I'll just drive over there and take some pictures for you?

[drakicorn]

Shipping costs can hardly be the issue for a one-off promo - it'd be lost in the noise.

Legals I can imagine might be a hassle, but if they want to sell to an international audience, they should deal with it.  Or, find some other marketing gimmick that doesn't tell their international customer base that they're not really that important compared to the extra special people who live in north america.

PupSup - I'm not quite sure what pictures of Bioware Edmonton would do for me?  But if you could mosey on over and ask them to email me a free Warden's Keep DLC that'd be great.

[Jalem001]

The laws for this kinda stuff vary from places to place. I remember Aussies used to throw a fit over it back on the WoW boards. If its a major problem: Find out what law or regulation is preventing companies from including you, and then petition a lawmaker to change it.

[Critical Miss]

You have to be one of the chosen people, or live within the gravitational pull of their black hole to be eligible.

[Flamin Jesus]

Jalem001 wrote...

The laws for this kinda stuff vary from places to place. I remember Aussies used to throw a fit over it back on the WoW boards. If its a major problem: Find out what law or regulation is preventing companies from including you, and then petition a lawmaker to change it.

I doubt that the entire planet (Except North America) has laws against sweepstakes. The simple truth is that even nowadays when for example Europe has become at least a similarly profitable market as NA, we're still traditional second class customers when it comes to entertainment and new tech. I can understand why most companies don't bother, after all we buy and pay increased prices anyway, but changing local laws of any country is not going to change the problem that the vast majority of companies is simply not interested in making all their features globally accessible. Australia isn't some insane dictatorship that forbids lotteries, last I checked.

(This doesn't apply in all cases, naturally. For example it's obvious that M$ would love to make their XNA creators club paid memberships available everywhere, but that some countries -mine, for example- have laws making it hard or impractical to do so.)

Of course we support such behaviour by paying cranked up prices nonetheless.

[Mystikclaw]

OMG people for the millionth time. Contests are driven by legal issues. If it is not legal for them to include some countries they will not include them. Become a lawer and then you might understand it a bit better.



It is not because the company does not like you.

[Flamin Jesus]

Mystikclaw wrote...

OMG people for the millionth time. Contests are driven by legal issues. If it is not legal for them to include some countries they will not include them. Become a lawer and then you might understand it a bit better.

It is not because the company does not like you.

Again, that explains some cases (For example Quebec in this case), but these sweepstakes don't just 'not include some countries', they 'only include two countries, like, worldwide'.

[Curry Noodles]

I find it most hilarious that the only ones that can enter the sweepstakes to celebrate Warden's Quest are the people who can't actually watch the stream.

[carlosjuero]

Curry Noodles wrote...

I find it most hilarious that the only ones that can enter the sweepstakes to celebrate Warden's Quest are the people who can't actually watch the stream.

Huh? I am a US resident that apparently can enter to win... but I can watch the stream.

[Khadroth]

another simple reason could be that this was something they thought up last minute to generate a bit of extra publicity and they simply don't have the manpower behind it or the prizes to give out to make it a proper international sweepstakes.

[Death Breeze]

Can someone win the sweepstakes for me and then post them too?

Yeah, i dream a lot.

[Varenus Luckmann]

It's EA. I really hope you were expecting anything more than token appreciation.

[drakicorn]

Varenus Luckmann wrote...

It's EA. I really hope you were expecting anything more than token appreciation.

It's interesting that they're meeting my expectations of them, but nonetheless not creating customer satisfaction.

[MrGOH]

Yup. EA rigged the the domestic laws of nations all over the world so that foreign sweepstakes are considered by many countries to be illegal lotteries. Cagey of them.

[CanadianGuy1975]

MrGOH wrote...

Yup. EA rigged the the domestic laws of nations all over the world so that foreign sweepstakes are considered by many countries to be illegal lotteries. Cagey of them.

LOL heck Quebec (Canadian province) people can't enter... Gotta love politicians and lawyers....

[MrGOH]

Politicians and the people who vote for them make the laws - EA's lawyers (in this case) just gave EA good advice about what's legal.

[SnakeStrike8]

You're complaining that Australia doesn't get in on the sweeps? Pish! Neither does India!

[GhoXen]

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