http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/contests/5year/index.html

Looks like blizz is throwing a pretty awesome contest for their 5 year anniversary. And there are 5 chances to win. Thing is, each chance depends on how long your account has been active(see link for more details.) And I'm just psyched that I created my account ON release day so I am eligible for all 5 prizes, woot! So how many prizes are you guys eligible for?

None. There doesn't appear to be a corresponding contest in the EU.

I'm only eligible for 3. December 05 here.

Most likely the EU contest will leave out like half the countries due to laws.

For instance, I can't use the Recruit-A-Friend function because Blizzard misinterpreted our laws. Yes, it's awesome.

If it doesn't involve bacon or Carlsberg I don't want to know... that's probably the same attitude Blizzard has to you too

Edit: Oh, and Lego, how on earth did I forget Lego!?

Edited, Nov 3rd 2009 3:53pm by MrCoco

Ohh the humanity! The prizes did not look that spectacular to me, it's not like they are giving away a percentage of that mountain of gold that Blizz HQ sits on. The $2500 laptop would be sweet but the rest is like a $200 dollar or less booby prize.

So you are one of millions of WoW subscribers chosen at random. Gluck with that.

Did you know McDonalds gives aways a million dollars on big macs?

I wonder how many people will get caugh in phishing scams related to this. I can see it now:

You have won the fabulous WoW frosted Muffin package! Please to respond by clicking this link and logging into www. giveusyouraccount.warcraft.sucker. reallyareyouthisdumb.cn

with your account, password, credit card, bloodtype and mother's maiden name. Congrats!

[ulr=http://www.warcraftpets.com/wow.pets/mythical/objects/jade_tiger.asp]Jade tigers[/url] anyone?

So I get a shot at three prizes.

Account Created:
July 16, 2006 4:12:42

McDonald's is a much bigger and more prosperous company than blizz. They can afford bigger prizes(last time I checked, only 2-3 people win the million dollars every year.)

Also, honestly, I don't know why your complaining about blizz doing something that they really don't even have to do. You weren't whining 2 weeks ago that "Wahhh, why isn't blizzard running a contest right now." As absurd as that sentence sounds, your complaints make just as much sense.

Apologies, as you said, I missed the intent.

Do I get extra elgibility for having been in the same guild since Nov 23, 2004?

No joke. I've been in Dark Legacy (of comic fame) since day freaking one. I knew the guild leader and a few other founding members from beta. (And yes, the guild leader is still the guild leader, although he mostly delegates the day-to-day affairs to the other officers.)



I wonder how many qualified entries there actually are at each level. It doesn't say the account has to be continuously active, or even currently active, since creation unless I missed something.

Edited, Nov 7th 2009 1:42pm by Azuarc

http://www.wowhead.com/?forums&topic=103073.2#p1164462

I realize this isn't quite related to the post I quoted above, but it's still pertinent. What many people don't realize is that it's very costly to have the laws of every country of interest researched to make sure contests/giveways adhere to such laws. Instead they just call the company hosting the giveaway greedy.

On a side note, I find it interesting that a few people have called this contest another "US only" one. It's not. This time other countries were included, but if yours wasn't you can blame one of these factors: Your country of residence is not supported by the North American client; or your country of residence has laws which prevented you from being eligible to take part in the giveaway.

Keep in mind this post was written by someone who's ineligible for many contests despite the fact he's a US resident.

Well, it's nice to know there's at least one person who's not misinformed on this subject. My only gripe about these contests is that there are loads of misinformed people who call the company hosting a giveaway/contest greedy because their country of residence is ineligible. And as I said in my last post, greed is hardly a factor. There are laws and procedures to which these companies must adhere.

In this contest, European residents were left out mainly because they celebrate their anniversary on a different than North American players. In my opinion that automatically dismisses the legitimacy of their complaints, because for all we know they could have an anniversary giveaway like North American players are currently having. As for people who live in ineligible countries like Australia, I can certainly sympathize—in fact, just click on the link in my signature and you can see that I'm ineligible from all ZAM contests—but the truth is you should be blaming your country's lawmakers, not the company hosting the giveaway or contest. Of course, if this is bothering to you, you can petition your government and suggest they revise their laws to allow more contests.

Sorry for carrying on my rant. This is my last one for this subject. I just wanted to get this out in the open.

Edited, Nov 7th 2009 12:56pm by Davejohnsan