Guild Wars 2

Hello,

Is it a violation of GW2 TOS to advertise (in-game or on the forums) a drawing for a chance to win a Gem Card

Might depend on the terms but it sounds iffy. Why don’t you contact support and let them tell you.

Searching for an answer, I’ve seen sites like IGN advertise Gem Card giveaways. Just dont want to get in trouble posting anything like that here trying to recruit or promote a site.

Well support is still the best place to ask. Go to the support tab at the top of the page and then go to ‘ask a question’ and fill out a ticket.

IGN can do that because they aren’t advertising ingame or on the forum. That’s where it gets tricky. You will have to give support all the details. As a general statement, if it involves money (them giving you money) then I doubt it’s allowable.

Gaile, can you clarify a little on this rule? I can’t find anything in the Rules of Conduct (https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/guild-wars-2-rules-of-conduct/) or at the top of this forum which states raffles are disallowed in-game. I can’t even find language which closely resembles it.

50/50 raffles are a great and fun way for guilds to build up their bank.

Thanks Gaile. Sounds like we’re fine with our straight give-away then.

I’m disappointed about the raffles & lottery tickets though. I know a lot of guilds do that sort of thing. It’s fun to win stuff and get/give congratulations to the winner.
First of all, I think it would be pretty crappy of a guild to cheat their members but I’m sure someone has already and will again…
Second, opening a ticket with anet support about it wouldn’t even cross my mind if that happened to me though.
Last, I think streaming a drawing and using something simple like The Hat is an easy way to help everyone feel the contest was honest.

A 50/50 is where the ‘house’ gets half and the winner gets the other half.
Different topic though.

Gaile Gray.6029:

Thedenofsin.7340:

Gaile, can you clarify a little on this rule? I can’t find anything in the Rules of Conduct (https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/guild-wars-2-rules-of-conduct/) or at the top of this forum which states raffles are disallowed in-game. I can’t even find language which closely resembles it.

50/50 raffles are a great and fun way for guilds to build up their bank.

Please describe a 50/50 raffle to me. Thanks.

Players would submit gold to the player running the raffle. The winner of the raffle would get 50% of the total gold (in the form of gems) while the organizers would keep the other 50% of the gold

Errant Venture.9371:

Gaile Gray.6029:

Thedenofsin.7340:

Gaile, can you clarify a little on this rule? I can’t find anything in the Rules of Conduct (https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/guild-wars-2-rules-of-conduct/) or at the top of this forum which states raffles are disallowed in-game. I can’t even find language which closely resembles it.

50/50 raffles are a great and fun way for guilds to build up their bank.

Please describe a 50/50 raffle to me. Thanks.

Players would submit gold to the player running the raffle. The winner of the raffle would get 50% of the total gold (in the form of gems) while the organizers would keep the other 50% of the gold

Popular fundraiser technique. Only requires tickets and a coffee can or two when done in the real world.

I’d be fine with ‘strongly discouraged’. My guild is a bunch of old farts who have better things to do than try to scam guildies out of a few copper.

I remember /roll

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Gaile Gray.6029:

Rajani Isa.6294:

Errant Venture.9371:

Gaile Gray.6029:

Thedenofsin.7340:

Gaile, can you clarify a little on this rule? I can’t find anything in the Rules of Conduct (https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/guild-wars-2-rules-of-conduct/) or at the top of this forum which states raffles are disallowed in-game. I can’t even find language which closely resembles it.

50/50 raffles are a great and fun way for guilds to build up their bank.

Please describe a 50/50 raffle to me. Thanks.

Players would submit gold to the player running the raffle. The winner of the raffle would get 50% of the total gold (in the form of gems) while the organizers would keep the other 50% of the gold

Popular fundraiser technique. Only requires tickets and a coffee can or two when done in the real world.

I’ve seen it done in RL, yes. In fact, I attended an event this month where they did a 50/50. But when I have seen it, it’s always for a charity, not for personal gain. (The one in which I participated this month was for cancer research.) That doesn’t seem to be the case in the one’s mentioned here — it’s not “one’s favorite charity” but “one’s wallet,” I surmise?

My guild has done it but for the guild’s wallet..

Basically everyone mails the organizers (strictly in-guild) a sum of money, with a chance for every X money sent (1 chance every 50s for example), then the winners are selected, half of the gold received is split equally between the winners, the other half goes to the guild bank for any guild related expenses.

Just to clarify a bit here, the drawings http://northernshiverpeaks.org hold are purely of the donated gem card type. While it’s absolutely true there could be a chance that the whole thing is a sham, I’ve given away several codes over the course of the game and have never had any issue. I’ve also done raffles where players buy tickets, fronted the money to the guild bank and any overage goes into guild influence or the like. But in the current scenario, just a couple rules and you’re entered.