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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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?
We've partnered with Intel to create the Star Trek Online Architect, a web-based ship building game, hosted here on the Star Trek Online website. Head over to the Architect section 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!