Jynnan wrote:ke'la wrote:I just looked up a flight from Paris France to Las Vegas leaving Wendsday and returning Sunday(about what it would be going to Fan Fair), guess what? The prices started at $865 round trip toping out at $1813, seeing as this is the ONLY major expence that would be any differant between a US citizen and a Non-Citizen and that a previous poster already said it cost him almost $1200 I would say that your "Logistics" argument just got blown out of the water. And BTW, including layovers you can spend more time flying coast to coast in the US then you can flying from Europe to the US.
... and I still stand by my "exclusive" claim. The poster above you really knocks it on the head - it's all about money and so that still makes it exclusive. How can you say that spending $1813 is a trifling amount for people to pay,I didn't and I notice you glossed over the $865 wich is CHEAPER then what others who live in the US pay. and use it to justify your claim that it blows my argument out of the water? What I am blowing out of the water is this this agrument you gave "You can't tell me that it is more expensive for an internal flight in the US to get to Las Vegas, than a flight from outside of the US?" If you've got spare money to throw away like that, then good for you, but the numbers of non-US players who showed up at Fanfaire confirm that that is not a trifling amount.
Sheesh!
I see you skipped over the $865 lowest price, convinant. You are saying that they are excluding people from outside the US because it costs to much to get to the US. When I PROVED that it is the same price or CHEAPER to get to Vegas from outside the US you then change the "exclution" to cost. Yes, if you can't afford to Pre-Register and goto Fan Fair you don't get a cool cloak, but to say it excludes those outside the US is just flat wrong. It ONLY excludes those unwilling or unable to spend the money to go thier. Guess what there where people who LIVE IN VEGAS that did not want to spend the $80ish Dollars to go there and they are not getting the iteam either. The sad thing is you knew LONG befor now that if you did not goto Fan Fair(wich anyone that wants to go can goto) that you would not be getting an iteam in game that those that went did. It was your CHOICE not to spend the money to go. In order to be excluded from something there has to be NO POSSABLE WAY for you to join in, there was and therefor you where not excluded.