Discussion: City of Heroes Facebook Facepalm Promotion
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Posted on: 2011-07-21 13:56 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Don't try to Upgrade Account. Click the User Serial Code link at the top of the far right-hand box. This is on the first page after logging in. It is in the same location on the page after clicking on your game account.|
Originally Posted by Jasra
Got a code, entered it, got this message...
"The supplied serial code is valid, but it can not be used to create a new account and it can not be applied to any accounts you already have." Got that both from attempting to apply from the NC master account screen, and from the "Upgrade Account" option for my CoH account. |
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Above, after first logging in. Below, on the Game Account page.
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Please note that this promotion is limited to residents of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec), or the European Union.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Have you tried to use a code?
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What part of phnglui mglw'nafl Cthulhu r'lyeh w'gah nagl fhtagn don't you understand?
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Actually, thought the same thing when I saw this. I don't have a facebook page. But my game account now does. Facebook still knows less about me than they do about D.B. Cooper.
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Who said you had to give them YOUR details?
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I suggest trying to use one |
Originally Posted by Ithryn_Incarnate
Please note that this promotion is limited to residents of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec), or the European Union.
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Yeah, Facebook has no way to verify your personal information. I have one account for friends and family (still with very limitied actual personal information) and another for the character I play across pretty much every game.
Still waiting for an answer on this already used code thing tho so maybe there's something to that...
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No change, same result.
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Originally Posted by Texas Justice
*snip of helpful suggestions*
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I'm in Rhode Island and got a code. Though I didn't tell Facebook I'm in Rhode Island... :P
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Originally Posted by biggreenogre
I just want to know whats with the excluding RI residents. My gf and i live in RI and would love to have this. We can buy from the store and play the game and whatnot but why not this contest?
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My understanding is that Rhode Island has a law requiring the registration of sweepstakes where the total prize value exceeds $500, and that registration comes with a fee of $150. The codes have a stated theoretical cumulative value of $5000 according to the Official Rules and Conditions page, which means if the offer was good in Rhode Island they would have to register the sweepstakes and pay a fee. If the value exceeded $5000 they would have to do the same thing in Florida and New York. I doubt its a coincidence the total value of the promotion is exactly $5000.
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Originally Posted by DarkGob
I would guess that Rhode Island has some sort of law about contests like this (which means it's out of the devs' hands), although the irony is really pretty hilarious.
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Woo, I actually got a promotion code for something!
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I'm getting this message as well.
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Originally Posted by Jasra
Got a code, entered it, got this message...
"The supplied serial code is valid, but it can not be used to create a new account and it can not be applied to any accounts you already have." |
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Ok, so after remembering the defining principle of Ingsoc, doublethink- I get|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I suggest trying to use one
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'you can't use the supplied serial code'...
What part of phnglui mglw'nafl Cthulhu r'lyeh w'gah nagl fhtagn don't you understand?
I suspect i've found the problem. On the fb page, click the small american flag icon in the bottom right corner and try again. Seems to have done the trick
What part of phnglui mglw'nafl Cthulhu r'lyeh w'gah nagl fhtagn don't you understand?
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Ok, let me be more direct then - go get a euro code and apply it - now |
Originally Posted by Ithryn_Incarnate
Ok, so after remembering the defining principle of Ingsoc, doublethink- I get
'you can't use the supplied serial code'... |
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Got off work, went to get food opened my laptop, saw the page, went to facebook, got my code, now i have a new emote. I must just be special.
Quick technical note:
Apparently players in South America are unable to use either the US or EU codes to add the facepalm emote to the game.
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Why should NCSoft ignore Facebook just because some of their players do?
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Originally Posted by DarkGob
I guess players who aren't Facebook members don't matter (but then, why would they matter to this transparent attempt at marketing).
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That worked for me too. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Ithryn_Incarnate
I suspect i've found the problem. On the fb page, click the small american flag icon in the bottom right corner and try again. Seems to have done the trick
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I do not have/use Facebook, nor will I create a fake/pretend account. Aside from moral reasons, I'm here for the superhero MMO, not Facebook games.
Devs, will this be given out in other ways at a later date? Say, in a way that ISN'T a contest of some kind, and isn't linked to anything OUTSIDE of the game?
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Since my characters got the emote and not me (I've had that emote for years), my characters signed up for the Facebook account. They did so under an alias, but that apparently was consistent with their ethical standards as masked vigilantes who have saved the Earth and most of the dimensional plane of its existence numerous times.|
Originally Posted by Rabid_M
I do not have/use Facebook, nor will I create a fake/pretend account. Aside from moral reasons, I'm here for the superhero MMO, not Facebook games.
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I tried to explain to them that this might contravene Facebook's terms and conditions, but they just slapped their foreheads and walked away.
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The promotions page won't load for me. Have been trying repeatedly. On different browsers. On my cell phone.
Oh well. I guess it'll be in the store?
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"Shadow banned?"|
Originally Posted by fallenz
This look like fun but too bad I can't take part due the fact you guys shadow banned me. :/
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Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
Why should NCSoft ignore Facebook just because some of their players do?
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I'm not morally opposed to stamp collecting. I don't have a deep seated hate for stamp collectors, or people who don't collect stamps. I just don't care about stamp collecting.
In the same vein, I don't care about FaceBook. I was asking if there were going to be any giveaway alternatives.
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They shouldn't, but they shouldn't ignore some of their players either. At least previous code giveaways on Twitter and Facebook were open to everyone (Twitter and Facebook members did have a bit of an advantage, though, but that's fair).|
Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
Why should NCSoft ignore Facebook just because some of their players do?
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Anyway, I remembered that I already had a Fakebook account, so Mr. ***** *. ***** was able to snag a code for me. Funny though, I thought I was the only one who had thought to do this.
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Which is why I won't make a "not-me" account. I know a lot of people do it, but from what I understand it IS against the rules, yes?
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
I tried to explain to them that this might contravene Facebook's terms and conditions,
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