Contest!

[lazarus]

I'm not entirely sure about this, but in a previous US based MMOG I played we in the UK were excluded from contests and the same point was made. The answer was because of the different laws regarding online contests/gambling/whatever made it a bit of a legal minefield for companies with global customers.

This is the trouble with the internet right now - the whole world has equal access, but not equal laws. Personally I'd hate to work in the legal department of a global company, must be a nightmare.

Seems odd that Holland would be excluded though. Holland is part of the EU so I'd have thought any relevant laws would be the same as in France.

[mieksz]

Its not discrimination. THey have to watch out for legal responsibilities. If you want to know why Holland isn't in the list I'm sure a GM could find out for you.

I know it is not discrimination ...
was just exaggerating a bit
But i wondered if it was true, will ask a gm about it

[lawrence]

There are in fact legal issues involved here. Nevrax is looking into this problem at the moment.

[grimjim]

Could be technological import/export, taxation of 'gifts' or a thousand other things.

It is a nightmare.

[blogie]

Maby he ppl who whon can get an other form of "reward".

[kaetemi]

if a company buys something they have to be able to prove they actually bought it.. if it's given away for a contest then..

[vin99]

They (@ peeps in klients) sayd to me it would be no problem.

I asked this becouse otherwise i would change my adress to Xorte's adress in england.
And yes im Dutch and living in the Netherlands atm.

[hans1976]

When I read the first post on this forum, I thought:
1. That wraps it up for me, I am Dutch. Must be cause the French hate hash so much or something.
2. Wasnt Kaboom dutch too? I hope no-one is paying attention and nobody gives him away. And then there is Sxar....

Grtz

[dazman76]

if a company buys something they have to be able to prove they actually bought it.. if it's given away for a contest then..

It's not against the law to lose something you paid for, you just end up paying more taxes on it Companies keep records of what they buy so they can reduce their apparent profits, and thus their tax requirement at the end of the financial year... Plus nVidia may well have provided the cards for the contest, or some nVidia distributor in France maybe - that's usually the way with competitions, rather than a company buying stuff to give away.

[sx4rlet]

2. Wasnt Kaboom dutch too? I hope no-one is paying attention and nobody gives him away. And then there is Sxar....

Grtz

Nobody is paying attention to me, so that wont be a problem

Sxarlet