So I was about to sign up for the competition, and when reading the requirements, I saw that we could only apply from certain places... Why? I’m assuming it’s for communication reasons but, if I can speak/write prefect English, I don’t understand why I couldn’t. Quebec is a French speaking province, but that dosent mean its inhabitants are only patriotic Lumberjacks. Some of us speak it as a first language.
The competition itself looks really neat though, and I (was...) super excited to participate in it.
Since DDB is not owned by WOTC, I doubt anyone here can answer your question definitively. When I read the description and noticed the exclusion of Quebec, I assumed it had to do with Quebec’s laws about contests or something else related to the contest.
Hi Sergeant_Garlic! D&D Beyond is a separate entity from Wizards of the Coast, and has no governance over the Dungeon Master Challenge. For that, you'll have to contact WotC specifically.
That being said, there's a lot more to it that I won't pretend to understand, but rules for contests and sweepstakes in Quebec are often the reason why many competitions are unfortunately exclusive of the province.
So I was about to sign up for the competition, and when reading the requirements, I saw that we could only apply from certain places... Why? I’m assuming it’s for communication reasons but, if I can speak/write prefect English, I don’t understand why I couldn’t. Quebec is a French speaking province, but that dosent mean its inhabitants are only patriotic Lumberjacks. Some of us speak it as a first language.
The competition itself looks really neat though, and I (was...) super excited to participate in it.
Aside from D&D Beyond not being the same company as WotC aside, you might find this interesting as to why so many giveaways, contests and competitions exclude Quebec
Not disagreeing with the Quebec argumentation, but I'd be surprised if all but four EU countries have the same issue. A whole lot of countries are excluded (the greater majority, actually), and it seems a little arbitrary. I know DDB is an innocent bystander in all this, but if we're discussing this topic I'd like to point that out.
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Not disagreeing with the Quebec argumentation, but I'd be surprised if all but four EU countries have the same issue. A whole lot of countries are excluded (the greater majority, actually), and it seems a little arbitrary. I know DDB is an innocent bystander in all this, but if we're discussing this topic I'd like to point that out.
It isn't arbitrary. There are are different legal requirements that are deemed more tedious (or possibly completely impractical) to jump through. Did you read the link in the earlier post?
He did that was just quebec did you read the link in the previous post,or did you just skim through it to make a crappy insult that could easily be deflected.Plus they mentioned they knew exactly about in the first sentence perhaps you should learn to read a little deeper.
Not disagreeing with the Quebec argumentation, but I'd be surprised if all but four EU countries have the same issue. A whole lot of countries are excluded (the greater majority, actually), and it seems a little arbitrary. I know DDB is an innocent bystander in all this, but if we're discussing this topic I'd like to point that out.
It isn't arbitrary. There are are different legal requirements that are deemed more tedious (or possibly completely impractical) to jump through. Did you read the link in the earlier post?
All of Africa, Asia and South-America is excluded. It could be something to do with English being a major language in the countries where you're eligible from, but then it's strange that Germany, France and Spain are on the list but the rest of Europe isn't (nothing against my fellow Europeans across the border, but English is not more prevalent in France or Spain than in the Nordic countries or the Benelux, for instance). I really doubt those three (as well as the UK and Ireland) have legal requirements that fit the contest but no other European country does. So, again, seems arbitrary.
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Not disagreeing with the Quebec argumentation, but I'd be surprised if all but four EU countries have the same issue. A whole lot of countries are excluded (the greater majority, actually), and it seems a little arbitrary. I know DDB is an innocent bystander in all this, but if we're discussing this topic I'd like to point that out.
It isn't arbitrary. There are are different legal requirements that are deemed more tedious (or possibly completely impractical) to jump through. Did you read the link in the earlier post?
All of Africa, Asia and South-America is excluded. It could be something to do with English being a major language in the countries where you're eligible from, but then it's strange that Germany, France and Spain are on the list but the rest of Europe isn't (nothing against my fellow Europeans across the border, but English is not more prevalent in France or Spain than in the Nordic countries or the Benelux, for instance). I really doubt those three (as well as the UK and Ireland) have legal requirements that fit the contest but no other European country does. So, again, seems arbitrary.
Well within Europe, stricter laws are not uncommon and sometimes arbitrary. However part of it may be it is harder to find out what the laws even are in countries will less English support. There may also be political reasons for avoiding parts of the world.
Many things feel arbitrary when one does no actual investigation whatsoever as to the actual reasons.
If I were to argue based on more investigation I'd bring up that Quebec's issue is mainly with sweepstakes, which this competition isn't. I might also bring up that your speculation isn't any more (or less) valid than mine, and that in general getting info out of WotC is like pulling teeth. I could bring up the competition that resulted in Keith Baker getting to develop Eberron for WotC, which I and tons of others from all over the world including many places not eligible for this DM competition participated in. I could bring up the value of the prize, but I know for a fact that that wouldn't be a problem in the Benelux both because it doesn't exceed legal limitations and because those limitations only apply to prize draws, not prize competitions. I could bring up the fact that many countries require competition rules to be publicized in the local language, but that too usually - and certainly for the Benelux - only applies to prize draws, not prize competitions; I also haven't been able to find the announcement with the rules in Spanish, French or German yet.
You'll have to take my word for it I guess, but I did do a little bit more than no actual investigation whatsoever. That aside, deciding it's too hard to find out what the laws are in countries with less English support is one thing but also deciding it's not too hard for a couple of those countries is, you know, arbitrary. I'm sure whoever made such a call will have had some kind of reasoning, like "we'll do the three with the largest populations among non-English EU countries" because commercially that makes sense, but that's still arbitrary (and would be wrong as justification for picking Spain since Italy has a larger population, but whatevs - speculation).
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I highly doubt it is as simple as this, if it was, they would just put in the language requirement, it is most likely something to do with the local laws but you would have to look deeper into that to figure out what exactly it’s about.
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So I was about to sign up for the competition, and when reading the requirements, I saw that we could only apply from certain places...
Why? I’m assuming it’s for communication reasons but, if I can speak/write prefect English, I don’t understand why I couldn’t. Quebec is a French speaking province, but that dosent mean its inhabitants are only patriotic Lumberjacks. Some of us speak it as a first language.
The competition itself looks really neat though, and I (was...) super excited to participate in it.
Since DDB is not owned by WOTC, I doubt anyone here can answer your question definitively. When I read the description and noticed the exclusion of Quebec, I assumed it had to do with Quebec’s laws about contests or something else related to the contest.
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AlumniHi Sergeant_Garlic! D&D Beyond is a separate entity from Wizards of the Coast, and has no governance over the Dungeon Master Challenge. For that, you'll have to contact WotC specifically.
That being said, there's a lot more to it that I won't pretend to understand, but rules for contests and sweepstakes in Quebec are often the reason why many competitions are unfortunately exclusive of the province.
Aside from D&D Beyond not being the same company as WotC aside, you might find this interesting as to why so many giveaways, contests and competitions exclude Quebec
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Not disagreeing with the Quebec argumentation, but I'd be surprised if all but four EU countries have the same issue. A whole lot of countries are excluded (the greater majority, actually), and it seems a little arbitrary. I know DDB is an innocent bystander in all this, but if we're discussing this topic I'd like to point that out.
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He did that was just quebec did you read the link in the previous post,or did you just skim through it to make a crappy insult that could easily be deflected.Plus they mentioned they knew exactly about in the first sentence perhaps you should learn to read a little deeper.
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All of Africa, Asia and South-America is excluded. It could be something to do with English being a major language in the countries where you're eligible from, but then it's strange that Germany, France and Spain are on the list but the rest of Europe isn't (nothing against my fellow Europeans across the border, but English is not more prevalent in France or Spain than in the Nordic countries or the Benelux, for instance). I really doubt those three (as well as the UK and Ireland) have legal requirements that fit the contest but no other European country does. So, again, seems arbitrary.
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If I were to argue based on more investigation I'd bring up that Quebec's issue is mainly with sweepstakes, which this competition isn't. I might also bring up that your speculation isn't any more (or less) valid than mine, and that in general getting info out of WotC is like pulling teeth. I could bring up the competition that resulted in Keith Baker getting to develop Eberron for WotC, which I and tons of others from all over the world including many places not eligible for this DM competition participated in. I could bring up the value of the prize, but I know for a fact that that wouldn't be a problem in the Benelux both because it doesn't exceed legal limitations and because those limitations only apply to prize draws, not prize competitions. I could bring up the fact that many countries require competition rules to be publicized in the local language, but that too usually - and certainly for the Benelux - only applies to prize draws, not prize competitions; I also haven't been able to find the announcement with the rules in Spanish, French or German yet.
You'll have to take my word for it I guess, but I did do a little bit more than no actual investigation whatsoever. That aside, deciding it's too hard to find out what the laws are in countries with less English support is one thing but also deciding it's not too hard for a couple of those countries is, you know, arbitrary. I'm sure whoever made such a call will have had some kind of reasoning, like "we'll do the three with the largest populations among non-English EU countries" because commercially that makes sense, but that's still arbitrary (and would be wrong as justification for picking Spain since Italy has a larger population, but whatevs - speculation).
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I highly doubt it is as simple as this, if it was, they would just put in the language requirement, it is most likely something to do with the local laws but you would have to look deeper into that to figure out what exactly it’s about.