TLS 10th anniversary shenanigans!

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PAL consoles can run NTSC games with a cartridge (the PS has a port and they're relatively easily obtained even now), it'll need a plug if the winner is outside the UK anyway (it has a three-pin plug). An AV lead IIRC causes the screen to display in black and white only but a scart lead will show in colour.
 
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This sounds like an awesome idea!

Can't believe TLS is almost 10 years old. So proud of you guys <3
 
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Right guys, now the new forum is up and running I want to get this competition on the go ASAP but I'm having a bit of difficulty with the rules. Originally I wanted to run it as a raffle with conditions (those being at least one month of membership and a minimum of ten posts in addition to an entry fee), but under UK law that is classed as a lottery and can only be done if the beneficiary is a charitable organisation (i.e., not TLS). Since the proceeds would be going into the TLS pot, it needs to be run as a competition which is fine but the structure of the competition would need to change to accommodate legislation.
More information here: http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.u...ns/Commercial-schemes/Prize-competitions.aspx
Definition of a lottery here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/14
The route we can do this legally here: http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.u...e-competitions-and-free-draws-quick-guide.pdf

I've been thinking about different methods of organising a competition and I keep going blank because my eyes have screen burn. Most straightforward one I can think of which doesn't discriminate but does include a skill test is 'In fifty/whatever words or less, tell TLS what FFVII means to you', or suchlikes.
 
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Also just realised that strategy guide is a tad blurred. Bollocks.
 
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I think we never knew about any rules, it's just a giveaway, :monster:. Pretty sure it'd fall under Dutch juristiction too, given how the site is hosted here and I'm the end responsible. I think we're too small for anyone to give a h*ck personally.

Also re: rules, is the organizer / are the staff exempt from participating?

Also also, if we want to do a BIG fundraiser, would we be allowed to do a lottery at KC? I'm probably reaching here, :monster:.
 
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Yop read the links dammit! A lottery (including raffles) can't be run for profit in the UK, it has to be for a charitable cause. If you're talking about selling raffle tickets at Pomathon, it can't be done (more to the point, worst case scenario from that is prosecution and I rather like not having a criminal record - don't try and kid yourself that the Gambling Commission wouldn't target small fry, that's exactly what they look for).

The whole point of the earlier post is that we can run a competition and charge an entry fee (this is optional ofc) but it must have a skill challenge - we can't pick a winner out of a hat because that is a game of chance and therefore classed as a lottery. Also if Dutch regulations are different then unlazy yourself and look them up dammit!

Do we have an exasperated smiley?
 
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I still think frick the rules, we'll see it when we get subpoena'd :monster:. We're also in violation of the GDPR and probably some other privacy laws too, and we don't check people's ages while hosting adult content.

WE'S GOING TO JAIL YO!

Anyway if adding a challenge makes it legal then sure :monster:. There's been some very basic quizzes that anyone could guess in Dutch raffles, I guess that's enough to cover it.
 
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Unfortunately if it's too easy of a quiz that anyone could guess then it's still illegal in the UK.

"Under the Gambling Act 2005, a competition will not be a lottery if it satisfies the "skill" test or if no payment is required to enter. If questions are too easy to deter a significant proportion of potential participants, or to eliminate a significant proportion of entrants, it will not satisfy the skill requirement."
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Although -

"Competitions that genuinely depend on skill, judgement or knowledge can continue to operate outside Gambling Act regulatory controls, for example crossword puzzles where entrants have to solve a large number of clues and only fully-completed entries are submitted."
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So maybe a quiz based on FFVII knowledge would be considered okay? As long as the questions aren't really, really easy to answer, that is.
 
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^ I need to see this! :awesome:

I mean a Kupocon-style quiz would rule out a number of the member base anyway. :lol: I think I'm going to propose a set of questions which aren't exactly obscure/difficult, and a tie-breaker which could be a creative submission (artistic stuff could go on the Instagram account too).

Also I think it would be fairest if staff didn't participate but I haven't added that in to the T&Cs yet. I'd actually like it if the staff judged the entries if everyone's on board with that.

Ideas? Comments?
 
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