Win Prizes with the STO Architect

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We've partnered with Intel to create the Star Trek Online Architect (http://www.startrekonline.com/architect/), a web-based ship building game, hosted here on the Star Trek Online website. Head over to the Architect section (http://www.startrekonline.com/architect/) of the site, create and assemble your own ship, and enter a sweepstakes to win a replica TOS captain's chair, Intel processors and copies of Star Trek Online!


Link to the news article. (http://www.startrekonline.com/node/1898)

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awesome! TY :)

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Huzzah! I want that chair! :D

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i have needed a new desk chair anyways :)

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That's pretty cool. Hope it generates some interest in the game.

And I see you guys found a use for that Star Warsy music that we rejected during closed beta! :p

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Great!

Next time you do something like this make sure that your customers outside the US can participate in it.

This action very very customer unfriendly. Especialy to those who do not live in the US.

Is that penalization for not being a US citizen gonna stop any time soon?

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Sweet! I entered and played the game a bit. interesting, and good i'm not building ships. They would all fall apart! :D

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if I win that chair I’m so bringing it to the office

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And I see you guys found a use for that Star Warsy music that we rejected during closed beta! :p

Hehe, to me it sound like they meshed Star Wars with the theme music in the movie Galaxy Quest. XD

Check it out for yourself at about 0:18 seconds in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4n-CiwIZcY

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is that a chair for STO...or thats a REAL chair :D

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omg thank you for saying that about Galaxy Quest i thought i was going nuts when i heard that

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That floating up-and-down motion is rather irritating, IMO.

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Great!

Next time you do something like this make sure that your customers outside the US can participate in it.

This action very very customer unfriendly. Especialy to those who do not live in the US.

Is that penalization for not being a US citizen gonna stop any time soon?
It's standard practice.

You know how long it took for them to add any other time zone to their messages other than PDT?
A really long time.


But anyways... The news should have a message about it only being for people in the US.
I always default directly to the rules before even bothering to check what it was all about... Then closed the tab. :)

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We've partnered with Intel to create the Star Trek Online Architect (http://www.startrekonline.com/architect/), a web-based ship building game, hosted here on the Star Trek Online website. Head over to the Architect section (http://www.startrekonline.com/architect/) of the site, create and assemble your own ship, and enter a sweepstakes to win a replica TOS captain's chair, Intel processors and copies of Star Trek Online!

Or to be more accurate “Win prizes with STO Architect but only if you live within the 50 states we always put up competitions for”

Whatever happened to “We hope to offer contest to users outside the states” the usual place cryptic puts stuff they ‘want’ to do, but decide not to at the last minute?

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Classic Cryptic. Add one more thing to the list of fun stuff Klingons can't do in STO.

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We've partnered with Intel to create the Star Trek Online Architect (http://www.startrekonline.com/architect/), a web-based ship building game, hosted here on the Star Trek Online website. Head over to the Architect section (http://www.startrekonline.com/architect/) of the site, create and assemble your own ship, and enter a sweepstakes to win a replica TOS captain's chair, Intel processors and copies of Star Trek Online!


Link to the news article. (http://www.startrekonline.com/node/1898)

Shouldn't this be called "Shipwright"? Last I checked, Architects designed buildings, not ships...

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Shouldn't this be called "Shipwright"? Last I checked, Architects designed buildings, not ships...

Last I checked, naval architecture is a field of human inquiry for thousands of years. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_architecture)

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is that a chair for STO...or thats a REAL chair :D

Depends whether or not you can sit in it.

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You can sit in it.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=DMC11068&mode=retail
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/out/large/DMC11068.jpg
Google. It's your friend :p
N.B. Woman does not come with chair. :p

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So I put in a ship name and it says I still need a ship name, even though I've filled in the field. Lame :/

Edit: OK, so Nigh****ch didn't work, but Blackwatch did? Is the Intellectual Property filter that touchy?

Oh, is that the problem then? I can type Night Watch but not Nigh****ch? Seriously? :confused:

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Hehe, to me it sound like they meshed Star Wars with the theme music in the movie Galaxy Quest. XD

Check it out for yourself at about 0:18 seconds in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4n-CiwIZcY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4n-CiwIZcY

lol i thought of that too... but in direct comparison... the Galaxy Quest one is a lot better :)



...i hope Cryptic didn't waste precious DEV hours on this horribly unprecise minigame?
I thought it was who can come up with the coolest Ship design contest thingy... but this is more like Tetris or something similar... and only Tier 1 Ships :-/

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Tier 2 actually :p
Though yeah... I think looking at it, Intel did most of the work. That being said. I haven't played IT Manager III: Hidden Forces since STO came out... BYE! :D

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Great I thought this was a great competition, until I saw that it was for the US only.

Once again, great pity that the European players are excluded.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4n-CiwIZcY
...i hope Cryptic didn't waste precious DEV hours on this horribly unprecise minigame?
I thought it was who can come up with the coolest Ship design contest thingy... but this is more like Tetris or something similar... and only Tier 1 Ships :-/
Yeah, because we all know the same guys who program the web page are the same guys who build ship models, create new powers, and work on game code :rolleyes:

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damn ...now i want to watch Galaxy Quest again :D

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Either way I already have an i5 and that chair looks breakable... plus I'm a lifer... xD

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I'm currently the clear leader with a massive margin!!!! :D

Btw cryptic, your sweepstakes are once again a failure.
Once again you completely ignore your european fanbase.

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I'm currently the clear leader with a massive margin!!!! :D

Shame Sweden isn't one for the 50 states this contest is being offered to, Welcome to the EU Void buddy

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So I put in a ship name and it says I still need a ship name, even though I've filled in the field. Lame :/

Edit: OK, so Nigh****ch didn't work, but Blackwatch did? Is the Intellectual Property filter that touchy?

Oh, is that the problem then? I can type Night Watch but not Nigh****ch? Seriously? :confused:



Its not the Intellectual Property filter, its the profanity filter, take the last letter of Night and the first three letters of Watch, what do you get?

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Say hello to our future c-store items

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Say hello to our future c-store items

You mean they are going to be selling real physical items in the C-Store now? :p

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Nice work on excluding people outside of the US, what about Australia...

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Shame its US only!

understand why though, shipping costs etc - would be nice for something outside US - ingame items or something would be a simple solution to shipping costs.


EDIT: For those that havn't seen the chair -> http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/9565059/Star-Trek-Captain-Kirk-Life-Size-Chair/Product.html

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Cool.

One question, how does one rotate the ship model?

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There is a bug when submitting a ship build in the email field, it does not accept _ in the email. Guess I can't submit until it's fixed.

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Canada is part of the US

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Ah to be a gamer in the UK:

1/ Getting Shafted by currancy exchange on subscriptions
2/ Haveing downtime in the middle of the day
3/ Being excluded from competitions.

Isnt life grand.

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Damn it, USA only!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why dont you guys stop alienating your subscribers outside of the US and host a prize competition that we can enter! If you held a Europe only completion on here there would be an outrage on the forums complaining about it.

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First thought that came to mind when the music started: Galaxy Quest

Brings back old memories of closed beta.

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I'm currently the clear leader with a massive margin!!!! :D

Btw cryptic, your sweepstakes are once again a failure.
Once again you completely ignore your european fanbase.

Did you ever stop to consider that iperhaps it's Intel who specified the 'U.S. Only' clause for the contest?

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Why "Architect?" Architects design houses. Shipwrights and Engineers design and build ships.

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Cryptic should compensate those not living in the US with C-store points instead of screwing us europeans over again.

These business practices are not correct.

If they continue to srew us over with these sweepstakes I can and will not support this company any further!

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Ah, um. I didn't realise it was US only. Is there anyway I can cancel my sweepstake entry so it goes to someone who can legitimately recieve it? ^_^;;

Edit: Personally, considering the chair's probably from CBS, I'm pretty sure they're the reason that it's US only. I wouldn't blame Cryptic for it.

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Cryptic should compensate those not living in the US with C-store points instead of screwing us europeans over again.

These business practices are not correct.

If they continue to srew us over with these sweepstakes I can and will not support this company any further!

You can always do what i did.

Move to the U.S.A.

Yet an other reason America is the land of opportunity. We can win chairs.

Gads.

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You can always do what i did.

Move to the U.S.A.

Yet an other reason America is the land of opportunity. We can win chairs.

Gads.

You make it sound so easy to get a greencard and to build a life over there from nothing.

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*reading rules/regulations* Well, at least I'm gonna be 17 before the contest ends. I'll just have to hold off entering until then. :p *waits until October*

Loving the site and the sweepstakes. I hope more tiers will be added eventually.

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It doesn't come up when I click on it. What gives?*

*Nevermind, I got in

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Did you ever stop to consider that iperhaps it's Intel who specified the 'U.S. Only' clause for the contest?

No, because it's so much easier just to blame Cryptic for absolutely everything that gets up people's backsides in regards to STO. It's just how a large portion of the community rolls around here.

Don't get me wrong; it sucks that the non-US players can't get a chance at this, but need we take yet another stroll down "Cryptic Sucks because x" Lane?

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Must......have.....chair!

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Cryptic should compensate those not living in the US with C-store points instead of screwing us europeans over again.

These business practices are not correct.

If they continue to srew us over with these sweepstakes I can and will not support this company any further!

Don't forget the rest of North America and South America.

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Ah, um. I didn't realise it was US only. Is there anyway I can cancel my sweepstake entry so it goes to someone who can legitimately recieve it? ^_^;;

Edit: Personally, considering the chair's probably from CBS, I'm pretty sure they're the reason that it's US only. I wouldn't blame Cryptic for it.

More liky the reason it is US only is be other countries do not play well with others on taxation rules and laws on contests and prizes.

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I would agree that the shipping, taxation would make it unviable to run THIS competition, but being from the UK, it does suck that ALL of them so far have been US only. Why not run a parallel competition for EU/UK members only? with different/ in-game prizes?

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I would agree that the shipping, taxation would make it unviable to run THIS competition, but being from the UK, it does suck that ALL of them so far have been US only. Why not run a parallel competition for EU/UK members only? with different/ in-game prizes?

It would be a good idea but I think in order to do that they would have to have offices in the EU/UK

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Cryptic should compensate those not living in the US with C-store points instead of screwing us europeans over again.

These business practices are not correct.

If they continue to srew us over with these sweepstakes I can and will not support this company any further!

You could also write to your Parliament/Congress/equivalent body and get them to change your country's laws about contests and the like. Because it's the plethora of crazy laws about contests that generally prevent companies from holding them outside the U.S., rather than the company's desire to screw people over.

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Cryptic should compensate those not living in the US with C-store points instead of screwing us europeans over again.

These business practices are not correct.

If they continue to srew us over with these sweepstakes I can and will not support this company any further!

Well........bye! Leave your stuff on the Exchange so the more tolerant among us can enjoy it.

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It would be a good idea but I think in order to do that they would have to have offices in the EU/UK

Atari Europe could, though it would probably have to be a question-based contest instead of a straight sweepstakes.

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um excuse me but there was a competition in the UK around launch for the guinness book of records where several lifetime subscriptions were awarded. I don't remember seeing a bunch of americans all but hurt over it. You people across the pond have nothing to complain about except short memories. here's a link to refresh
http://www.startrekonline.com/node/1007 What a silly stance to be demanding cryptic points because you can't participate and are "screwed over" because of it. entitlement for the loss

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Actually thats not really a valid example.
The contest was set on location in UK, but as far as i know it was never restricted to UK residents only. :rolleyes:

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How many contests has STO had so far? two? One exclusively for the US. and one for everyone held in UK. still not seeing the discrimination pattern here. Personally I know its impossible to please all the people all the time so why even bother? As someone mentioned above im sure shipping has alot to do with the contest rules. How much does it cost to ship a 329 lb chair that already costs over $2000? I think the price is higher than any amount that could be lost by loosing a whiney foreign customer as a subscriber over it. Besides that's one less complainer next time (if) they hold another us only contest. Not only that but when there is a contest for everyone that's one less person to compete with. Don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you on your way out.

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Why would they do a blatant ripoff the the Galaxy Quest music for this? I was expecting to hear some one-liners in there like:

Never give up. Never surrender.

By Grabthar's Hammer... what a savings.

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Great!

Next time you do something like this make sure that your customers outside the US can participate in it.

This action very very customer unfriendly. Especialy to those who do not live in the US.

Is that penalization for not being a US citizen gonna stop any time soon?

LOL, next time there is a contest, make sure that you live inside the us so you can participate.
There are LAWS that do not allow foreign trading. It costs OUT THE ROOF!

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I'd like to hear that music in game.

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Rekhan how bout mentioning in the news post that the comp is open to USA only

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Actually thats not really a valid example.
The contest was set on location in UK, but as far as i know it was never restricted to UK residents only. :rolleyes:

Again, Europe.

I used to live in Germany, Now i live in Ohio.

Sure i miss Ork-Con in Wuerzburg, There are some minis that are only available in Europe. The Big STO bash was on the other side of the pond. But hey, i could win a chair.

Know what, enter the contest. Fly to the U.S. and pick it up. You can ship it to my house.

See there, you can play as well.

Gads.

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Just read the rules more carefully... looks like people in Hawaii, Alaska, and Rhode Island are SOL. So don't feel too bad, it's not even the whole U.S.

Also, in case people didn't notice, the contest is 1 entry per person per day... until December 14th. That's a long time to remember to enter your name and e mail address every day.

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Good job at alienating ur customers cryptic :D

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Cryptic please change the title to "US customers win prizes with the STO Arhitect" so we don't bother with it.

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Seems the guys at Criptic learned nothing from the previous marketing desasters, and here is the next one.
Cryptic continues its very good work at alienating its customers.

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Funny that the email adress field doesn't allow hyphens. :mad:

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Classic Cryptic. Add one more thing to the list of fun stuff Klingons can't do in STO.

Yeah ! The first thing I went to do was create a new Qo'noS class ship based off something like Laneth's ship or maybe Goroth but alas, no Klingon templates :mad:

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Great!

Next time you do something like this make sure that your customers outside the US can participate in it.

This action very very customer unfriendly. Especialy to those who do not live in the US.

Is that penalization for not being a US citizen gonna stop any time soon?

Wooow, I didnt even read the Fine Print? YOu have to be IN the US To Enter?

Well Screw That, and Screw Building Ships...... God I hate these contests I cannot enter.

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Great, another useless feature for the website.... the time and money should be used to implement more features to the game.

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Change the frakking title of the article to say it only allow US customers! :mad:

also the whole tax deal is all B.S.

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We've partnered with Intel to create the Star Trek Online Architect (http://www.startrekonline.com/architect/), a web-based ship building game, hosted here on the Star Trek Online website. Head over to the Architect section (http://www.startrekonline.com/architect/) of the site, create and assemble your own ship, and enter a sweepstakes to win a replica TOS captain's chair, Intel processors and copies of Star Trek Online!


Link to the news article. (http://www.startrekonline.com/node/1898)


Under the Gallery section: "Capitain" name? Might want to correct that.

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Canada is part of the US

That's North Montana to you!

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To Everybody complaining about cross nationality "unfairness". Haven't you EVER seen this before? Rarely does a contest apply outside of a company's native country as tarrifs, shipping, customs inspections, import laws, etc, etc, etc are very messy to deal with. There just isnt enough budgeting for trivial contest like this to cover those costs.

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To Everybody complaining about cross nationality "unfairness". Haven't you EVER seen this before? Rarely does a contest apply outside of a company's native country as tarrifs, shipping, customs inspections, import laws, etc, etc, etc are very messy to deal with. There just isnt enough budgeting for trivial contest like this to cover those costs.

Doesn't mean people shouldn't still be disappointed. The fact that even Canada gets excluded is kind of silly, as most North American Contests simply void Quebec as the rest of Canada conforms to the majority of the American regulations.

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Doesn't mean people shouldn't still be disappointed. The fact that even Canada gets excluded is kind of silly, as most North American Contests simply void Quebec as the rest of Canada conforms to the majority of the American regulations.

Now if you guys would just declare your independence from the Quebecois, y'all might amount to something. :rolleyes:

THE STO Architect thingy is pretty much useless. I have more ability to change things in game than on that page. I got a better ship under constrcution via my Google Sketch program

Kinda based on that thing over there
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Okay, I understand everyone's gripe...I really do....

But I think I may win this one...


...I live in Rhode Island (the first state in the union to declare war on the British, the birth of the Industrial Revolution in America, the first state to abolish slavery... you get where I'm going with this) and I can not enter. What???:mad:

Any response would be greatly appreciated devs!

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Hehe, to me it sound like they meshed Star Wars with the theme music in the movie Galaxy Quest. XD

Check it out for yourself at about 0:18 seconds in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4n-CiwIZcY
THIS

I imediatly thought of Galaxy Quest when I heard that... I was like "Am I in the wrong IP here? Or am I just imagining it?"

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To Everybody complaining about cross nationality "unfairness". Haven't you EVER seen this before? Rarely does a contest apply outside of a company's native country as tarrifs, shipping, customs inspections, import laws, etc, etc, etc are very messy to deal with. There just isnt enough budgeting for trivial contest like this to cover those costs.

So a company like Intel that has distribution points all over the world and makes millions of dollars in profit, and Atari with Offices in other countries with subscribers outside of the US or even inside the US that would of liked to participated should be excluded because of costs. How much would all of these prizes cost? Less that $1000US I'm taking a guess at...

If you have a company like Intel that is to cheap to take one of their stock items from an import into a country (which is then covered by all import taxes and charges etc) which is sent to the closest Atari office by Courier, to then be sent to the Winner by Courier or sent to the Winner direct in enough packaging to cover transport, then we have some big problems with logistics in either Intel's or Atari's Marketing departments.

People sent plenty of items around the world everyday without getting hit with a import tax - in most countries you can send items without a tax if the product is under a specific value and it is declared on the package.

Everyone needs to start looking at the world for what it is - one big community. The world does not revolve around the US, no matter what anyone else thinks.

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Everyone needs to start looking at the world for what it is - one big community. The world just does not revolve around the US, no matter what anyone else thinks.
Would have been funny in an ironic way if it had said:

Everyone needs to start looking at the world for what it is - one big community. The world just does not revolve around the US, no matter what the US thinks.

No need for sarcastic pity applauds.
Going back to reading a book now. Tata.

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it is not import tax the problem it is the laws governing contests and lotteries and the issueing of prizes of value that are the problem with the different countries in the world.

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it is not import tax the problem it is the laws governing contests and lotteries and the issueing of prizes of value that are the problem with the different countries in the world.

It's amazing how many people do not know this.

If a contest doesn't extend to your country ... blame your own country!

The legal requirements to ensure a competition is run according to the laws of multiple countries is difficult bordering on ridiculous. Canada for example will not allow contests that primarily involve luck, such as this one which is just pulling a name out of a hat. Contests have to have a level of skill involved in order for prizes to be given.

e.g.

http://contests.about.com/od/sweepstakes101/f/caskillquestion.htm

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How about focusing more on completing the game?
I mean really: How many more subscribers do you need to lose before you realise that maybe you should finish what you've started?

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And the *****in about " It's only for the U.S." has turned me off this little game.
Good luck and enjoy everybody else.

We want pictures of whom ever wins the chair.:)

On a side note:
Its the laws of your own countries, not the U.S.A.that keeps these contests from being global.

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Great!

Next time you do something like this make sure that your customers outside the US can participate in it.

This action very very customer unfriendly. Especialy to those who do not live in the US.

Is that penalization for not being a US citizen gonna stop any time soon?


This is almost always a problem with the laws outside of the U.S. Cryptic isn't penalizing you for living where you do... your own government is. :eek:

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Okay, I understand everyone's gripe...I really do....

But I think I may win this one...


...I live in Rhode Island (the first state in the union to declare war on the British, the birth of the Industrial Revolution in America, the first state to abolish slavery... you get where I'm going with this) and I can not enter. What???:mad:

Any response would be greatly appreciated devs!

Yeah, this is amusing to me. I think the various people around the world ought to stop griping and think about this one for a moment (or write their parliament/congress/whatever). Hawai'i and Alaska can't play either.

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nice to have a chance to create ships that will be kept on file,keep the good work going :D:

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Yeah. Really not impressed that it's only available to US residents. :mad:

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Yeah, this is amusing to me. I think the various people around the world ought to stop griping and think about this one for a moment (or write their parliament/congress/whatever). Hawai'i and Alaska can't play either.
Oh have thought about it.


Always end with some downward spiral about common courtesy being dead or whatever.

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Yeah. Really not impressed that it's only available to US residents. :mad:

Yeah...For some reason I have this slight feeling that the Lot of us got screwed by Cryptic.....again.

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Sorry but how stupid can you be as a company with world wide customers.
USA only might be cool for all my American friends but as a Euro i feel like a secondhand citizen of the world again.
Lucky the game gets better and better but some people never learn don't give me that law BS , in the hardest scenario it would be a split USA part / Euro part , this realy gives the impression that we are only good enough to pay to keep the game online and for the rest we are pesky aliens that can go to hell:mad:
I will not be like those that make an anti USA stand i love the USA but i wish the USA would give us Euro's a little bit love back , never forget where most off ya have the pre 250+ year roots ;)

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That's pretty cool. Hope it generates some interest in the game.

And I see you guys found a use for that Star Warsy music that we rejected during closed beta! :p

You guys complained about this music? This beats the hell out of harpsichord+operaman that we have now.

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Sorry but how stupid can you be as a company with world wide customers.
USA only might be cool for all my American friends but as a Euro i feel like a secondhand citizen of the world again.
Lucky the game gets better and better but some people never learn don't give me that law BS , in the hardest scenario it would be a split USA part / Euro part , this realy gives the impression that we are only good enough to pay to keep the game online and for the rest we are pesky aliens that can go to hell:mad:
I will not be like those that make an anti USA stand i love the USA but i wish the USA would give us Euro's a little bit love back , never forget where most off ya have the pre 250+ year roots ;)

International laws are an absolute nightmare for these contests. Each country has it's own laws on what can be done in a promotion, some are pretty damned draconian and Cryptic has chosen not to spend several million on lawyers figuring out how to run this contest internationally. Personally, I would rather the money went to in-game content than sorting out international advertising laws.

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what is this crap. build a ship. ohhh uhmmm what ship can i build. really. this is only to build lt commander ships. ONLY LT COMMADER SHIPS. not much of a choice in the game but i guess. STop making this sound great only to have them be nothing but a game for a 10 year old kid to play for about 2 minutes and then go away from.

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Oh wow a competition I cannot take part in because I am not American

woopty doo

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That music again. Going to be watching Galaxy Quest tonight because the music reminds me so much of it.

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I don't really need the chair. I did it for the Processor. >_>

Seriously would like to get rid of this old POS Dual-Core.

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If you cant run a competition that includes everyone then should not run it at all, anything else will simple cause a divide in the "community"
Next time you want to do something similar Cryptic think of a way that everyone can benefit from, maybe something in game, c-store points, title, cosmetic fluff that sort of thing,

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As a Klingon player I have to say only one thing. I AM NOT INTERESTED. There are no Klingon ships available for this contest.

Is this a coincidence, or related to the fact that Klingons do not get new ships with the Season 2 update, except the garbage carrier of course?

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Sorry but how stupid can you be as a company with world wide customers.



Not as stupid as it's customer base apparently.

When you find any global corporation (even on a scale of Sony, Microsoft, IBM, Shell, Toyota etc.) that runs competitions and sweepstakes internationally, then you might have a point.

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As a Klingon player I have to say only one thing. I AM NOT INTERESTED. There are no Klingon ships available for this contest.

Is this a coincidence, or related to the fact that Klingons do not get new ships with the Season 2 update, except the garbage carrier of course?

I think it's more to get publicity and new players in to the game, which is why it is geared towards people who know Star Trek as the story of Starfleet.

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once again USA only

*cries*

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I always hate it when competitions are US only :(

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Why would they do a blatant ripoff the the Galaxy Quest music for this? I was expecting to hear some one-liners in there like:

Never give up. Never surrender.

By Grabthar's Hammer... what a savings.

Because that WAS the theme-music for STO in EARLY closed beta. Everyone in beta pretty uch voiced their displeasure, so it was redone into what we have in game today.

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Because that WAS the theme-music for STO in EARLY closed beta. Everyone in beta pretty uch voiced their displeasure, so it was redone into what we have in game today.

The ingame music is great.

They did a good job making it very star trekish.

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So I read most of the posts here & did not find my answer.

From reading the rules I gather that we can enter our e-mails in this contest once per 24 hours?

Is that legitimate, will it get me disqualified, can it improve our chances of winning or does it make no difference at all?

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Cryptic should compensate those not living in the US with C-store points instead of screwing us europeans over again.

How would this be fair to the vast majority of Americans who enter and win NOTHING? It wouldn't be.

The fact is, this competition being USA only is probably for legal reasons, which would mean that if they tried to make it a global drawing, the lawyers fees would be so damned high, that they wouldn't be able to hold a drawing at all.

Also, life isn't fair, deal with it.

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How would this be fair to the vast majority of Americans who enter and win NOTHING? It wouldn't be.

The fact is, this competition being USA only is probably for legal reasons, which would mean that if they tried to make it a global drawing, the lawyers fees would be so damned high, that they wouldn't be able to hold a drawing at all.

Also, life isn't fair, deal with it.

Can't really blame the Europeans for being so upset about this.

Please keep your posts clean. ~GM Tiyshen

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IT's the Captain that makes the Chair.. But having one would tend to inspire one to greater things?

I read the list of Sweep.. swag with Glee.. any of these items would look nice..

[not a necro as its an open contest ending 10 Dec 2010 ]
^The Path to Kirk^

is thru a ninja bump


My Final Unity Special Addition is on the PC hutch is lonely and not speaking to the 25Th Anniversary edition right now.

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Was this contest forgotten? It did last a long time. Or did I miss the announcing of the winners? Why wouldn't such news be on the front page? Why is the Architect even still there? That architect was nice & had cool music but the interactivity rating is really low in my book, there were barely any options so only about the first 20-30 ships would have been unique, the next 10,000+ would have all been done before. I hope that winning didn't depend on the design you made because that would be a flawed system, you'd have to choose like 500 winners because if you choose one then 499 other people would be like "WTH I DESIGNED THE EXACT SAME SHIP! URRGGG"

lol anyways an update on what is going on with this contest would be nice, or if I missed it could someone please direct me to it? Even the listing for it on the Atari website seems to have expired...

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The architect itself was meaningless, just a way to draw people who hadn't played into STO. You weren't entered just by designing a ship - you were entered by clicking the "enter sweepstakes" tab and typing in your name and email once a day.

The winners have 15 days to verify their identity, and since the contest ended the 14th, and winners were chosen up to 3 days after that, there's still time for winners to verify (or not verify).

I do wish they would shut the site down though, I thought it ended the 31st and I've been entering every day for two weeks more than I had to.

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Yea, I entered. I also left a post way back when to ask if it was ok to enter more than once, then I could have entered once a day! I got no replies, I imagine because no one wanted competition! :p

As for where the winners are supposed to verify, I imagine they sent them e-mails? If that is the case than I did not win & am no longer interested XP

Whoever got that legendary chair replica, /salute!

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sucks they got rid of Star Trek Online Architect sounds like it was cool I'm trying to surtch the net for a star ship builder they should have never got rid of it bring it back for us to play

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Wow that was a big bump

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yeah but its the only thread about it so only way to say about bringing it back