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Agreed. Yea, the reason I am bringing this up myself is because its become a hidden form of racism. This is what I am being told by my WORLD WIDE friends that I play MC with. Well as an american, I am NOT a racist. Which is why I am so adimat about getting the facts straight here. I want to see people all over the world have the same chance and have the same fun. No one excluded. And this contest is no exception. In fact its down right rude in how Curse has handled this. So for me to do my part and ask my government to change laws, I need to know what laws I am to ask to be changed.

I try to enter and it keeps bugging me about a new nickname and I can't get it to go away, could it be because I have an ad-blocker active? I also tried it on my internet explorer and it gives me the same thing even when I try to tell it I don't want to change or when I put in something new to change it. It keeps thinking the field is empty either time even with something in it.

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I try to enter and it keeps bugging me about a new nickname and I can't get it to go away, could it be because I have an ad-blocker active? I also tried it on my internet explorer and it gives me the same thing even when I try to tell it I don't want to change or when I put in something new to change it. It keeps thinking the field is empty either time even with something in it.

If your speaking about this contest, In the rules it states you need a premium curse account. I had one for three months. I canceled it.

The Ad blocker has nothing to do with it. I too have one.

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If your speaking about this contest, In the rules it states you need a premium curse account. I had one for three months. I canceled it.

I also know for a fact that an Ad blocker has nothing to do with it. I too have one.

Ah thanks for the help must have missed that part of the rules, oh well. I guess I'd just spend my money at the shop then, basically the same as having a premium account

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Ah thanks for the help must have missed that part of the rules, oh well. I guess I'd just spend my money at the shop then, basically the same as having a premium account

Haha, you ninja'd me. anyhow.. no problem.

By the way, if you live in canada and USA.. make sure you read the rules..

The first part says this...

"Residents of Massachusetts and the province of Quebec, Canada are ineligible to enter or win. "

So not all of the USA and not all of Canada can enter.

It also says this ..

"Canadian residents must correctly answer the following question: “What is 4+4+8?” Failure to submit the correct answer at time of online entry shall render the entry null and void."

I can't believe that is in the rules. Is it implying that Canadians can't do math ?

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If your speaking about this contest, In the rules it states you need a premium curse account.

I'm afraid you're mistaken...

You must be a registered member of Curse.com the “Site” during the Sweepstakes Period described above (including a new user that registers during the Sweepstakes Period) to enter online. No paid subscription is required to enter.

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I'm afraid you're mistaken...

Your correct. I misread that. Thanks for the clarification.

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Your correct. I misread that. Thanks for the clarification.

No problem, thanks understanding the friendly tone of the message and not flipping out at me.

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No problem, thanks understanding the friendly tone of the message and not flipping out at me.

Not a problem. I also posted info about this give away on reddit. In case you were interested.

I'm not giving out the link here.. do to the rules of this forum. But I'm sure you can find it.

Hopei get something

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Looks good, maybe I should enter the giveawa--



...Oh.

I´m sad :C

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By the way, if you live in canada and USA.. make sure you read the rules..

The first part says this...

"Residents of Massachusetts and the province of Quebec, Canada are ineligible to enter or win. "

So not all of the USA and not all of Canada can enter.

It also says this ..

"Canadian residents must correctly answer the following question: “What is 4+4+8?” Failure to submit the correct answer at time of online entry shall render the entry null and void."

I can't believe that is in the rules. Is it implying that Canadians can't do math ?

This is because of a rule in Canada where all sweepstakes must be a "test of skill" and the common loophole has become to ask a simple math question.

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This is because of a rule in Canada where all sweepstakes must be a "test of skill" and the common loophole has become to ask a simple math question.

Your kidding ? WOW.

This clearly sets Curse in the clear. I am beside myself here. It would have been nice if Curse could have clearly explained this instead of just telling us to talk to our governments. Would have solved a lot of frustrations.

Curse, you have my apologies for any frustrations from my part.

Good luck everyone!

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I try to enter and it keeps bugging me about a new nickname and I can't get it to go away, could it be because I have an ad-blocker active? I also tried it on my internet explorer and it gives me the same thing even when I try to tell it I don't want to change or when I put in something new to change it. It keeps thinking the field is empty either time even with something in it.

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If your speaking about this contest, In the rules it states you need a premium curse account. I had one for three months. I canceled it.

The Ad blocker has nothing to do with it. I too have one.

Not true:

You must be a registered member of Curse.com the “Site” during the Sweepstakes Period described above (including a new user that registers during the Sweepstakes Period) to enter online. No paid subscription is required to enter.

I really feel bad for the staff here at the Curse Network. The ONLY thing people seem to read is "US and Canada only" and fail to read everything else. Also it is not reasonable to ask a forum moderator to list the specific laws that tie Curse's hands in this issue. You will need to contact Curse's legal department for things like that.

As far as it asking for nickname etc., that is due to the Curse migration where multiple Curse Network sites were integrated into the same login, There is no need to change your nickname, it is just an option Curse was giving it's members a chance to do so if they wished since some members used different nicks' on the different websites and now your nickname is the same accross all of the Curse network.

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Not true:



I really feel bad for the staff here at the Curse Network. The ONLY thing people seem to read is "US and Canada only" and fail to read everything else. Also it is not reasonable to ask a forum moderator to list the specific laws that tie Curse's hands in this issue. You will need to contact Curse's legal department for things like that.

As far as it asking for nickname etc., that is due to the Curse migration where multiple Curse Network sites were integrated into the same login, There is no need to change your nickname, it is just an option Curse was giving it's members a chance to do so if they wished since some members used different nicks' on the different websites and now your nickname is the same accross all of the Curse network.

Read this.. this was already explained to me already. : http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1976386-minecraft-giveaway-by-gamepedia/page__st__80#entry24344711

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Stop and take a look at how many sovereign nations there are on Earth sometime, and consider for a moment how many laws and regulations we would have to reference to meet your request.

This is why I dont reply to you. Your just rude. Wynthyst already sent me a PM and it made a lot of sense. Your reply is just to be antagonistic. Not helpful at all.

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Your kidding ? WOW.

This clearly sets Curse in the clear. I am beside myself here. It would have been nice if Curse could have clearly explained this instead of just telling us to talk to our governments. Would have solved a lot of frustrations.

Curse, you have my apologies for any frustrations from my part.

Thanks for letting us redeem ourselves. As the Community Manager for Gamepedia, I'm mostly in charge of the contests and I will be trying to be a little more proactive about being available to answer questions directly.

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As a blanket reply to those frustrated with the US/Canada-only aspect of this contest (and many/most of our other contests):
You have to believe me/us when we say we truly wish it were possible to just allow people from anywhere in the world to enter. We are very appreciative of all our users regardless of location. I am currently working with our legal team now to develop a system for at least a few other regions, but in the end my hands are tied based on what guidelines and legal text is given to me by our lawyers.

One other clarification based on other posts:

• You absolutely DO NOT need a Curse premium account to enter the contest