PRIZE UPDATE: Zero Punctuation Celebrates 100,000 Facebook Fans With ZP T-shirts Giveaway

[Not-here-anymore]

So many people complaining about being outside the US/Canada. And I'm going to join them - I want a t-shirt (or any of the other competition prizes), but can't win one, because I'm stuck in England.

 

[somekindawizard]

One thing that really bothers me. Yahtzee is an Englishman. He currently resides in Australia. And yet, this competition is, yet again, only open to people living in North America? Not only is that fairly silly and illogical anyway, but it's also completely unfair on everyone who isn't in North America. Normally I get annoyed when there are US-only contests on this site, but I shrug them off and forget about them. This one though? Completely unfair, and I'm exceptionally disappointed right now. It's always the same old story, every single time...

You took the angry comment right from my finger tips. I got so excited by the opportunity to enter only to read the fine print and be disappointed as usual.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Ugh, another Facebook-required event. Facebook should be paying you guys for the number of contests/giveaways you have that require an account.

Ironic, too, when you consider all the news articles posted on this site talking about how the founder of Facebook and, I'm pretty sure, current president, doesn't believe in respecting privacy. Last I checked signing up for a Facebook account required at the very least your full name. No way.

 

[f0re1gn]

I never win, but who cares.

Even I managed to show my gratitude to everything that had happened around ZP.

 

[AWDMANOUT]

Crap. Now I have to check my email frequently.

Well, I suppose this gives me an excuse to do something about those 300 unread messages...

 

[rescuer86]

So many people complaining about being outside the US/Canada. And I'm going to join them - I want a t-shirt (or any of the other competition prizes), but can't win one, because I'm stuck in England.

But you can win one! Just go to the link, submit an entry fee of $18.95 USD, select your size, and voila! Instant winner!

I know, I'm an asshole.

 

[Nivag the Owl]

So when exactly is this "Residents of elsewhere" promise coming to fruition?

 

[EMFCRACKSHOT]

I suppose the logic is that Yahtzee isn't personally making the T-Shirts in his flat in Australia.

As far as I can tell, Split Reason is an Canadian company, who produces all their T-Shirts in Canada, so the cost of shipping the T-Shirts to the UK or Australia would probably be disproportional compared to the value of the prize being offered.

I also suspect that some kind of American Customs laws regarding competitions and exporting prizes internationally has some bearing, and the Escapist being an American company probably already has to pay some levy or tax because they're offering a prize being being made by a Canadian company, rather than supporting the US T-Shirt industry.

but, split reason ship internationally and are perfectly fine with letting us brits win t-shirts from their own facebook competitions.
Right now it seems that people who don't live in the US or canada only get to take part in maybe 1 in 5 escapist competitions, and its really quite annoying. You get all excited and then you see "Open to residents of US and canada only" and feel a little bit rejected.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

So many people complaining about being outside the US/Canada. And I'm going to join them - I want a t-shirt (or any of the other competition prizes), but can't win one, because I'm stuck in England.

But you can win one! Just go to the link, submit an entry fee of $18.95 USD, select your size, and voila! Instant winner!

I know, I'm an asshole.

There's a variety of styles too, in case the normal ZP one doesn't take my fancy!

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

US only? pah. Yahtzee is a British reviewer working out of Australia.

Ah well, I've never exactly been one for internet merchandise anyway, much more interested in acquiring another gig t-shirt

 

[Jared]

Sweeet~ And! Thats alot of fans!! Epic work!

 

[Adecristo]

Of course, US and Canada only. This sucks so hard, there never are cool rewards for Europe.
:/

 

[CyNiC93]

damn it, i wanted to enter this too bad i dont live in north america........

 

[Paddin]

I'm just going to join the masses here saying:

Come on Escapist, it is heartbreaking to get excited about these competition and see, yet again, it is Americans and Canadians only. Don't we, your international fans, deserve some recognition?

 

[SimplyTheWest]

This is getting rather annoying...

As all the people before have stated, not allowing people in other countries apart from the US and Canada to enter is just frustrating.

Once again, I am disappointed.

 

[Charli]

America and Canada only, Escapist I think you need to get on this problem someday, you have far too many members outside of it.

 

[Jamash]

I suppose the logic is that Yahtzee isn't personally making the T-Shirts in his flat in Australia.

As far as I can tell, Split Reason is an Canadian company, who produces all their T-Shirts in Canada, so the cost of shipping the T-Shirts to the UK or Australia would probably be disproportional compared to the value of the prize being offered.

I also suspect that some kind of American Customs laws regarding competitions and exporting prizes internationally has some bearing, and the Escapist being an American company probably already has to pay some levy or tax because they're offering a prize being being made by a Canadian company, rather than supporting the US T-Shirt industry.

but, split reason ship internationally and are perfectly fine with letting us brits win t-shirts from their own facebook competitions.
Right now it seems that people who don't live in the US or canada only get to take part in maybe 1 in 5 escapist competitions, and its really quite annoying. You get all excited and then you see "Open to residents of US and canada only" and feel a little bit rejected.

I'll admit that I used to feel a little bit rejected, but America does have some damn strange and stringent laws regarding competitions and the transporting of goods... hell, the entire premise of Smokey & The Bandit was they were 'smuggling' Coors beer from one state to another.

I know it's not personal or racially motivate though, I mean 1812 was nearly 200 years ago, it's just the laws that Themis Media has to abide by, and I know better to let myself get annoyed by another country's laws.

Perhaps if Spinwhiz or someone else were to explain exactly why we can't enter and point out the exact laws regarding competitions for us to read, then it wouldn't seem so unfair...

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Eh, I'm not doing it, even if I live in America.

If I really wanted the shirt I'd buy it in the Escpaist store. Plus I'd have to go on Facebook... Ech.

 

[Stuntcrab]

Soon we can get 400,000