PC Gamer & 2K Games "Across the Ages" Sweepstakes

[Laurana Kanan]

The PC Gamer "Across the Ages" Sweepstakes

Win a custom-built PC from PC Gamer and Sid Meier's Civilization VII.

www.pcgamer.com

With the newest iteration of the Civilization series around the corner, PC Gamer wants to help you take one more turn in style. To celebrate the release of Sid Meier’s Civilization VII on February 11, we’re partnering with 2K Games to give away a custom-modded PC, along with a $2500 travel voucher to send you to see the civilization of your choice. This PC will be built to represent one of the three Ages featured in Civ VII gameplay.

 

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Some interesting small print

1) Open to all residents of Canada and the US (excluding residents of Quebec, Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. military installations in foreign countries, or any other U.S. territory where prohibited or restricted by law) aged 18 years and over

2) SPECIAL NOTICE TO CANADIAN ENTRANTS: THE PERSON SELECTED RANDOMLY WILL BE REQUIRED TO CORRECTLY ANSWER A MATHEMATICAL QUESTION INVOLVING AT LEAST FOUR OPERATIONS THAT INVOLVE AT LEAST TWO DIGIT NUMBERS.

 

[Nikolai II]

2) SPECIAL NOTICE TO CANADIAN ENTRANTS: THE PERSON SELECTED RANDOMLY WILL BE REQUIRED TO CORRECTLY ANSWER A MATHEMATICAL QUESTION INVOLVING AT LEAST FOUR OPERATIONS THAT INVOLVE AT LEAST TWO DIGIT NUMBERS.

Is this some kind of inside joke?

 

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Is this some kind of inside joke?

My assumption is that it has to be some quirk of Canadian contest laws

 

[Naokaukodem]

My assumption is that it has to be some quirk of Canadian contest laws

WTH, it means illiterate people can't participate ? Not enough Civ playing, if there is illiterate people in your country it's YOUR fault, not their.

 

[Evolena]

Rhode Island

? I'm curious now, what is special about this particular state?

 

[Verified_Confection_Being]

I hope the winner gets that all expenses paid trip to St Louis, MO that they've always wanted.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Scrolling down and down and down for my birth year...

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

? I'm curious now, what is special about this particular state?

It has specifically restrictive laws on raffles and sweepstakes.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I hope the winner gets that all expenses paid trip to St Louis, MO that they've always wanted.

Or better yet, Chillicothe, Ohio.

 

[Nikolai II]

My assumption is that it has to be some quirk of Canadian contest laws

A disgrace, trampling on people with disabilities, like dyscalculia. I have a family member who once had to be told one 200 bill was the same as 2x 100 bill, not less. People like this is smart like anyone else, but numbers elude them. Good to know the Canadians are ready to discriminate anyone, even the worse off.

 

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For those interested - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...ts-require-a-skill-testing-question-1.7084888

 

[Mort_Q]

It's an old rule that is intended to keep lotteries under government oversite, that is the skill testing question means it's not a lottery.

I've seen people assist the person claiming their prize with determining the answer.

It would be bad PR for PC Gamer to refuse someone their prize and redraw in any case.

 

[AriochIV]

A disgrace, trampling on people with disabilities, like dyscalculia. I have a family member who once had to be told one 200 bill was the same as 2x 100 bill, not less. People like this is smart like anyone else, but numbers elude them. Good to know the Canadians are ready to discriminate anyone, even the worse off.

I'm not sure that disqualifying someone from winning a free gaming PC qualifies as "trampling" on them. Winning free gaming PC's is not a human right.

I like to think that the passage in question is a joke, but I could be wrong -- Canada is a pretty strange place.

 

[Aeon221]

A disgrace, trampling on people with disabilities, like dyscalculia. I have a family member who once had to be told one 200 bill was the same as 2x 100 bill, not less. People like this is smart like anyone else, but numbers elude them. Good to know the Canadians are ready to discriminate anyone, even the worse off.

It’s extremely likely to be a “compliance question” with very easy numbers and a lot of hand holding if they get someone who can’t work it out. 10x(11/11)x(12/12) satisfies the requirement without asking people to think particularly hard for example because it resolves to 10 (all numbers other than 10 are of course divided by themselves and therefore 1) while containing the requisite number of digits and operations.

Sometimes governments ask for wacky stuff for reasons that don’t make any sense just because they can…

… and in Civ7 we get to be that source of arbitrary authority for our pops! Wonderful!

 

[Evolena]

It has specifically restrictive laws on raffles and sweepstakes.

Thank you, I've even learnt 2 more words today!