Curse

Vermilion Okeanos · Sep 30, 2006, 06:08 AM // 06:08

I will just have to say... Enjoy your party, I hope I see some of you in the bonus DVD of "Making of Nightfall" from collector edition... YOU BETTER LOOK PRETTY IN THE VIDEO! j/k no pressure (who would take pressure from a random person in an online forum anyway?)

Hmm, 5 days before my birthday O.o too bad.

Btw, who here actually live in washington state anyway? I am also under the impression that taxes there aren't so bad.

KoalaMeatPie · Sep 30, 2006, 06:13 AM // 06:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vermilion Okeanos

I will just have to say... Enjoy your party, I hope I see some of you in the bonus DVD of "Making of Nightfall" from collector edition... YOU BETTER LOOK PRETTY IN THE VIDEO! j/k no pressure (who would take pressure from a random person in an online forum anyway?)

Hmm, 5 days before my birthday O.o too bad.

Btw, who here actually live in washington state anyway? I am also under the impression that taxes there aren't so bad.

You're thinking Washington D.C.

Wrath Of Dragons · Sep 30, 2006, 06:15 AM // 06:15

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Originally Posted by KoalaMeatPie (who then deleted post after realizing it was a silly question

Anyways, the contest is not held by Canadians, why would the Canadian *laws* be implicated?

Its there, but not inforced. Like that law in Calgary where each Bar must have a rail to tie your horses to.

Because the Canadian laws affect canadian citizens, and this allows Anet to reach out to other countries besides america

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Originally Posted by KoalaMeatPie

You're thinking Washington D.C.

Actually, a few states up in that corner of the country have no sales tax. I know montana is one, and theres another to the west of it, and it may be washington

or maybe im confused and its only montana

there go Koala

I always forget to say who posts these things. The "quote" botton was acting up

Gaile Gray · Sep 30, 2006, 06:38 AM // 06:38

Our Sales Taxes are in the Top 5 in the nation. I think it's 8.8% or 8.9% now.

Not that that has anything to do with the contest! Boy, you guys, way to highjack a thread!

Roshi_ikkyu · Sep 30, 2006, 07:03 AM // 07:03

Can Gaile get kicked for derailing a thread XD

Shanaeri Rynale · Sep 30, 2006, 07:06 AM // 07:06

In the UK it's 17.5% and in some scandinavian countries it's 25%.

Back on topic, pleeese can we have some contests that are open to the rest of the world. Guild Emblems, Design a Weapon, greatest GW fan and even the random acts of Kindness(no lawyers in Tyria, Shiro employed them all) are all American region only.

Kinda getting to the point where people think you dont like us Europeans/west of world

Alberic · Sep 30, 2006, 07:16 AM // 07:16

D'oh, that's a couple of months shy of my 21st birthday. Drat.

vinegrower · Sep 30, 2006, 07:32 AM // 07:32

hehe, I live about 30 min north of Seattle, so I may just have to give this a go.

Raziel665 · Sep 30, 2006, 07:37 AM // 07:37

American only.... was to expected I guess.

Feminist Terrorist · Sep 30, 2006, 07:39 AM // 07:39

I mightcould hop a flight. It's not that far, really. That'd be cool if we could take a guest. I know just who I'd invite, and she'd have a ball, though she might wear the Anet employees out.

KoalaMeatPie · Sep 30, 2006, 04:03 PM // 16:03

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Originally Posted by Shanaeri Rynale

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Kinda getting to the point where people think you dont like us Europeans/west of world

Eccept for the fact that you guys get a lot more bonus materials in your Packages. Fair trade off if you ask me.

Spellforge · Sep 30, 2006, 05:37 PM // 17:37

I'm in europe - so I can't enter , never mind , not going to moan

Any ETA for a Grey Giant for Europe ?

Mr_T_bot · Sep 30, 2006, 05:42 PM // 17:42

21? BS. The end.

Ron vo · Sep 30, 2006, 07:04 PM // 19:04

...Age 21 required...Excuse me a moment *grabs a blow torch* you guys might want to NOT go to the fan site now

SPIRIT OF THE SEA · Sep 30, 2006, 07:16 PM // 19:16

im like a hour away im gonna enter pray i win

btw gaile i got few questions and hope u can answer them.

1) will u be there?
2) Will it be a normal party or like LAn party for all GW?
3) How long will it be?

ty for ur time and i hope u can answer them gaile

also gaile wanna say sumthing U RULE!!!!!

Racthoh · Sep 30, 2006, 07:19 PM // 19:19

http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...kstagepass.php

It was 21 for that contest, why would this one be any different?

Could the next one be in Canada though, like Toronto to be specific... and after my birthday next year?

Manic Smile · Sep 30, 2006, 07:58 PM // 19:58

now if I can just find 1000 dollars for that damn plain ticket...

I'll just fly in a day before and sleep in my car then fly out.

Quid Pro Quo · Sep 30, 2006, 09:31 PM // 21:31

God damnit, I practically live next door to Anet and have been tempted to knock on the door and see if they would let me in but that age restriction won't let me enter this contest.

Very dissapointing.

Rydier · Sep 30, 2006, 09:32 PM // 21:32

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

I guess that's why this is limited. We don't know if someone in Belize, Belgium, or Barbados is eligible to receive the party ticket, if he/she would need to pay taxes on the value of the beverages and food, etc. I know it sounds silly, but I am speculating that this is the reason for the regional boundaries of this contest. I have to tell you, if someone were able to afford to travel to attend from outside the region, and they were a winner, I'd try very hard to get them clearance to come to the event!

Trip for october 16. - 18. (from where I live): About 2.5k $
Same trip for december 16. - 18. : About 1.1k $

Morale: If you were really serious about considering people from outside the region despite what the rules say, please announce such competitions a bit earlier

Cjlr · Sep 30, 2006, 11:03 PM // 23:03

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Secondly, that "Canadian bit." Well, it seems that a certain province in Canada has a restriction that people cannot win on the basis of a submitted and judged entry. Or maybe they can and the attorney who reviewed this contest--yep, lawyer reviewed and attorney approved!--didn't realize this wasn't a random drawing. Anyway, we'll do a math question if someone from that province enters, and if they win. (It's rather far away, so it's not real likely that there will be that many who enter from there.)

I believe I may be able to clarify that somewhat - presenting, from the Criminal Code of Canada:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Part VII of the Criminal Code of Canada

197. (1) In this Part,
“game” means a game of chance or mixed chance and skill;

202. (1) Every one commits an offence who

(b) imports, makes, buys, sells, rents, leases, hires or keeps, exhibits, employs or knowingly allows to be kept, exhibited or employed in any place under his control any device or apparatus for the purpose of recording or registering bets or selling a pool, or any machine or device for gambling or betting;
(c) has under his control any money or other property relating to a transaction that is an offence under this section;
(g) imports or brings into Canada any information or writing that is intended or is likely to promote or be of use in gambling, book-making, pool-selling or betting on a horse-race, fight, game or sport, and where this paragraph applies it is immaterial
(h) advertises, prints, publishes, exhibits, posts up, or otherwise gives notice of any offer, invitation or inducement to bet on, to guess or to foretell the result of a contest, or a result of or contingency relating to any contest;
(i) wilfully and knowingly sends, transmits, delivers or receives any message by radio, telegraph, telephone, mail or express that conveys any information relating to book-making, pool-selling, betting or wagering, or that is intended to assist in book-making, pool-selling, betting or wagering; or
(j) aids or assists in any manner in anything that is an offence under this section.

204. (1) Sections 201 and 202 do not apply to

(a) any person or association by reason of his or their becoming the custodian or depository of any money, property or valuable thing staked, to be paid to
(i) the winner of a lawful race, sport, game or exercise,
(ii) the owner of a horse engaged in a lawful race, or
(iii) the winner of any bets between not more than ten individuals;

206. (1) Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years who

(a) makes, prints, advertises or publishes, or causes or procures to be made, printed, advertised or published, any proposal, scheme or plan for advancing, lending, giving, selling or in any way disposing of any property by lots, cards, tickets or any mode of chance whatever;
(b) sells, barters, exchanges or otherwise disposes of, or causes or procures, or aids or assists in, the sale, barter, exchange or other disposal of, or offers for sale, barter or exchange, any lot, card, ticket or other means or device for advancing, lending, giving, selling or otherwise disposing of any property by lots, tickets or any mode of chance whatever;
(d) conducts or manages any scheme, contrivance or operation of any kind for the purpose of determining who, or the holders of what lots, tickets, numbers or chances, are the winners of any property so proposed to be advanced, lent, given, sold or disposed of;

(5) Every sale, loan, gift, barter or exchange of any property, by any lottery, ticket, card or other mode of chance depending on or to be determined by chance or lot, is void, and all property so sold, lent, given, bartered or exchanged is forfeited to Her Majesty.

(7) This section applies to the printing or publishing, or causing to be printed or published, of any advertisement, scheme, proposal or plan of any foreign lottery, and the sale or offer for sale of any ticket, chance or share, in any such lottery, or the advertisement for sale of such ticket, chance or share, and the conducting or managing of any such scheme, contrivance or operation for determining the winners in any such lottery.

207. (1) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Part relating to gaming and betting, it is lawful

(a) for the government of a province, either alone or in conjunction with the government of another province, to conduct and manage a lottery scheme in that province, or in that and the other province, in accordance with any law enacted by the legislature of that province;
(b) for a charitable or religious organization, pursuant to a licence issued by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province or by such other person or authority in the province as may be specified by the Lieutenant Governor in Council thereof, to conduct and manage a lottery scheme in that province if the proceeds from the lottery scheme are used for a charitable or religious object or purpose;
(d) for any person, pursuant to a licence issued by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province or by such other person or authority in the province as may be specified by the Lieutenant Governor in Council thereof, to conduct and manage a lottery scheme at a public place of amusement in that province if
(i) the amount or value of each prize awarded does not exceed five hundred dollars, and
(ii) the money or other valuable consideration paid to secure a chance to win a prize does not exceed two dollars;
(f) for any person, pursuant to a licence issued by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province or such other person or authority in the province as may be designated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council thereof, to conduct and manage in the province a lottery scheme that is authorized to be conducted and managed in one or more other provinces where the authority by which the lottery scheme was first authorized to be conducted and managed consents thereto;

And that's the national stuff. Quebec is much more complicated.

Anyway, the end result is that in order to claim a prize from anyone not mentioned in section 207, the contest must not be one of chance but one of skill. Therefore we have our skill-testing question (which, by law, must have at least three operations). You don't win a prize; you win the opportunity to win by correctly answering a skill-testing question.

I think.

I'm no law-talking guy.