Assault Heroes 100,000 Microsoft Points Giveaway


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i hope it aint another USA only thing, getting sick of them, Europe and UK always missin out :(

... grr just read it and it is :angry:

MS no love for Europe. Just like Sony.

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i hope it aint another USA only thing, getting sick of them, Europe and UK always missin out :(

... grr just read it and it is :angry:

MS no love for Europe. Just like Sony.

:(

No purchase necessary. *Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States (incl. DC) 13 and older. Game ends 01/31/07. For full rules click here.

Thanks for the heads up. Signed up. That would be sweet no doubt.

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i hope it aint another USA only thing, getting sick of them, Europe and UK always missin out :(

... grr just read it and it is :angry:

MS no love for Europe. Just like Sony.

Don't forget us Canadians we feel the pain as well :angry:

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"No purchase necessary. *Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States (incl. DC) 13 and older. Game ends 01/31/07. For full rules click here."

i think we're starting to see maybe why the 360 isn't so successful in, oh, JAPAN.

heh heh.

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oh god and I signed up, im from UK idiot. I didn't read that lol.

I almost made the same mistake, I thought to myself "this is too good to be true". So I checked the thread again, and lone behold, American residents only :angry:

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why not tell your giant companies there to create some sponsorships for just EU, AU, JP, or whatever countries you guys are from. MS didn't tell them "only do it for US peoples" but the company did. Granted they must have their reasons for only getting 100,000s instead of millions of emails so i dunno... maybe it's just a way to manage the size of the participation. I't s 100,000 points so that's say 400 per person. That would equal 2,500 winners max. I'm sure with all the people that prolly already signed up it's waaay above 2,500 people already.

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first of all, i didnt fall into the blame MS trap...go me :p

second...did i mis-read yours post? this is one prize of 100,800 not split between the many

Prizes. Grand Prize: One (1) qualified entrant (?Prize Winner?) shall win One Hundred Thousand Eight Hundred (100,800)

thridly...why does the T&C say 100,800 and the main page say 100,000

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first of all, i didnt fall into the blame MS trap...go me :p

second...did i mis-read yours post? this is one prize of 100,800 not split between the many

thridly...why does the T&C say 100,800 and the main page say 100,000

Because it would sound stupid if they wrote 100,800 in the promos for the contest?

And why's everyone blaming MS for this?

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. SIERRA ONLINE, A DIVISION OF VIVENDI GAMES, INC., (“SPONSOR”) IS THE SPONSOR OF THIS ASSAULT HEROES SWEEPSTAKES (“SWEEPSTAKES”).

MS has nothing to do with the decision of location.

-Spenser

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i hope it aint another USA only thing, getting sick of them, Europe and UK always missin out :(

... grr just read it and it is :angry:

MS no love for Europe. Just like Sony.

I feel you, It's really beginning to **** me off too.

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This is not a Microsoft US Problem. Each division of Microsoft (ie Microsoft Europe, Microsoft Aust. or Microsoft Japan) has their own 'president' and their own marketing group. That means that the Microsoft USA dosn't have a say in what promo's happen in each area. They can 'suggest' it happen, but that dosn't mean it does.

it's just like McDonalds Monopoly, last year, both Canada and USA ran the contest at the same time, BUT the codes from Canada weren't useable in the US game and vice versa. Also, the "Win an ____ an hour" with Pepsi, that is regional as well, Pepsi International will say to each division " We have xxx amount of _____, you can have xx. make a contest." which is why the usa will be a .com addy, canada will be .ca, Europe .eu etc etc.

Stop blaming Microsoft HQ because the country you live in's division of Microsoft dosn't run a bloody contest. It's not the HQ 's fault !!!.

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I know why they didn't do it for Canada (something to do with the way the law dictates free givaways), but that sucks. I signed up before I read the rules. Oh well.

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This is not a Microsoft US Problem. Each division of Microsoft (ie Microsoft Europe, Microsoft Aust. or Microsoft Japan) has their own 'president' and their own marketing group. That means that the Microsoft USA dosn't have a say in what promo's happen in each area. They can 'suggest' it happen, but that dosn't mean it does.

it's just like McDonalds Monopoly, last year, both Canada and USA ran the contest at the same time, BUT the codes from Canada weren't useable in the US game and vice versa. Also, the "Win an ____ an hour" with Pepsi, that is regional as well, Pepsi International will say to each division " We have xxx amount of _____, you can have xx. make a contest." which is why the usa will be a .com addy, canada will be .ca, Europe .eu etc etc.

Stop blaming Microsoft HQ because the country you live in's division of Microsoft dosn't run a bloody contest. It's not the HQ 's fault !!!.

okies then, the MS president or whatever for Europe SUCKS BIGTIME!, i cant remember the last time there was an xbox360/xbox/Microsoft/Windows Promotion in UK. I mean look even when the 360 launched there were promotions like every 10mins or something, UK got nothing, STINGY presidents! MS is based in the US so it just seems logical that all promos end up there first.

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okies then, the MS president or whatever for Europe SUCKS BIGTIME!, i cant remember the last time there was an xbox360/xbox/Microsoft/Windows Promotion in UK. I mean look even when the 360 launched there were promotions like every 10mins or something, UK got nothing, STINGY presidents! MS is based in the US so it just seems logical that all promos end up there first.

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Call Microsoft Europe and bitch at them... they are the ones who can change tings.
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you guys can't be that naive...you think the HQ in WA can't TELL those guys in London/Tokyo/Sydney wherever to get off their rear ends? give me a break! they're SUBSIDIARIES. they get instructions from HQ. otherwise why would they even bother selling the same product? how would they enforce XBL, standards etc?

i agree that it's mostly a legal issue: laws vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and getting involved in all of them is a huge headache. MS is just minimizing its headaches. they figure home turf and Last Fortress is the US. everywhere else is gravy and will take time to nurture anyway, so what's the rush?

of course i don't see it like that...i'm a true believer in a global market and understand the harm this limited scope of theirs is doing to a fine product.

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