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Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Fatalis Combine

W/Mo

27 Feb 2006 at 23:15 - 1

Heres a quote from the website about the Backstage Pass Event at http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...kstagepass.php:

Quote:

Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from residents of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Puerto Rico) and Canada (excluding Quebec) (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prizes).

Read the last brackets.

I'm confused. Why do Canadian people need to answer a maths question to be able to clain their prizes?

I shouldn't really care since i'm from England but I don't see the point. Is it a Canadian law or something? I dunno.

Thats my 2p.

Yup. Pence not cents.

Sekkira

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

27 Feb 2006 at 23:17 - 2

!

XD!

Funniest thing I've seen.

xRustyx

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2006

Bermuda Triangle

W/

27 Feb 2006 at 23:20 - 3

Lol U R So Funnies

David Lionmaster

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

above the floor and below the celing

Fortunes Favored

27 Feb 2006 at 23:21 - 4

haha, thats funny, and really random. why would canadians have to answer math questions? are the americans not confident in the canadians ability to sovle them? and what does a math question have to do with this contest???

good thing im an american (and not from rhode island). i probably wont enter it anyway.

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Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Fatalis Combine

W/Mo

27 Feb 2006 at 23:21 - 5

Heh, even ANet hates Canadians

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

27 Feb 2006 at 23:22 - 6

http://www.gaminglawmasters.com/juri...nceOct2004.htm

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Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Fatalis Combine

W/Mo

27 Feb 2006 at 23:27 - 7

Hold on, they can be procecuted?!

I'm bad at spelling

dbgtboy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

irl

i quit playing

27 Feb 2006 at 23:53 - 8

here in canada, its kind of a way to get around some weird law.

neighto

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Heart of Life is [Love]

27 Feb 2006 at 23:58 - 9

actually yes by law up here you do need to answer a skill testing question for anything you do win via a constest!

remember folk we dont get pinned for paying the taxes that may occur on said winnings.

by simply answering a skill testing question, the prize is not free as per the canadian laws that apply to goods and services.

an example of a skill testing question that you will see for prize winnings

18+14-5=_______

(this was taken from a coke i won from a grocery store)

so i hope that helps you americans out.

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

28 Feb 2006 at 00:55 - 10

Hmm, similar situation to the quizzes on our daytime tv shows:

Name the world's most popular CORPG

(1) Guild Wars
(2) Purple
(3) Banana

Just phone this premium rate line....

OK, so now we understand the Canadian gambling law/loophole, anyone care to comment on Rhode Island?

Or Puerto Rico?

Cjlr

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

SMS

E/Me

28 Feb 2006 at 01:03 - 11

What? You guys didn't know about Canada's law? There has to be a skill-testing question to claim your prize in a lottery/draw type contest. I think it has to do with some old stupid anti-gambling law (if you answer a skill-testing question, it's not gambling).

Oh, and Quebec has even more contorted contest laws. You see it all the time, "Contest valid for Canadian residents outside Quebec".