SoE - Showing Their True Colours - Page 2

Sonorod · 12-19-2007, 05:00 PM

As far as the LoN EULA, it is manadatory to accept it just like EQ2 if you are playing the stand-alone client. But aggreed, it should be visible and accessible if you are running it from inside EQ2.

Tesar · 12-19-2007, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Flight

The only mention of this is hidden in the EULA. Seven US States can't play for legal reasons; Europe and the rest of the World are just told to fuck off, we aren't letting you play, without giving any reason. There is no legal restriction; SoE for whatever reason refuse to comment on, acknowledge or even discuss this. It should be said you don't ever see the EULA, especially if you play from within EQ2. Its a hidden away text file, that even says -click here to accept - but has nothing to click, as its just a text file. You see and get spammed with phat loot adds for entering and winning tournies. You play the game, you go to the Sony Store and buy hundreds of dollars worth of cards - you never see the EULA or find out you can't enter until you try to do so. Lots of pissed off people when they find this out, after spending massive sums of money.

Care to enlighten those of us who are too lazy and don't want to dig it out as to which states are excluded? If we're going to rant about it maybe dropping a warning to those who would be fucked would be prudent as well...

Flight · 12-20-2007, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Tesar

Care to enlighten those of us who are too lazy and don't want to dig it out as to which states are excluded? If we're going to rant about it maybe dropping a warning to those who would be fucked would be prudent as well...

2.1(a) Eligibility (United States). In addition to the above requirements, to participate in a tournament offered through the Game Service, you must be physically located in a U.S. state in which participation in such tournaments is unrestricted by law. Rules governing sweepstakes, contests, and tournaments with entry fees and/or prizes are established by individual states. Based on these fifty (50) sets of laws,

we cannot offer fee-based tournaments with prizes to residents of the States of Arizona, Connecticut, Iowa, Maryland, Nevada, Tennessee and Vermont. Non-U.S. citizens are not eligible to participate in any tournament offered through the Game Service.

2.1(b) Eligibility (Non-U.S.). Non-U.S. citizens are not eligible to participate in any tournament offered through the Game Service.

Nocte · 12-20-2007, 06:18 PM

You cannot tax a non-US citizen for their winnings, so they are not allowed to play. This complaint is the equivalent of bitching about how shitty the lottery is that an Italian can't turn in a scratch-it ticket here in the States.

It has nothing to do with the system running the event, and every bit to do with the US wanting (what they consider to be) their share in your winnings.