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How come this contest doesn't have the standard legal rules "only in 48 US states" and "at least 18 years of age"? Every contest I see has those, though I'm curious why.

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Well, our lawyer said not to bother basically. We're not randomly selecting a winner (in which case you have to jump through all sorts of legal hoops). It's a skill game with no buy-in.

Sweet, I'm sure my friends in Quebec will be very excited.

So if I was to sign up (and somehow learn enough about your so-called "football") then you'd ship it 12,643km to me? Cool!

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/distanceresult.html?p1...

Hmm, on second thought, we should probably fix that, but if it's you personally then what the hell. Any other Aussie will just be S.O.L.

I strongly suspect that they sell TVs in Australia. So, perhaps no need to ship it from US. If somebody in, say, Zimbabwe wins and you have to go through some hassle to have it delivered, the PR opportunity will be well worth it.

Well, you're assuming we're going to have to purchase the TV, and don't already have it or won't be getting it free or something.

Correct about Zimbabwe though.

Well I signed up. (Although I can't see myself winning)

(and if you want bug reports on here - when I tried to skip inviting my friends it took me to: http://apps.new.facebook.com/survivor_pool/invitations/send_... and gave the following error message: "There are still a few kinks Facebook and the makers of Football Survivor Pool are trying to iron out. We appreciate your patience as we try to fix these issues. Your problem has been logged - if it persists, please come back in a few days. Thanks!"

Thanks.

Fixed. Thanks for finding the bug.

According to how HN does timestamps - that took 2 minutes! (1 hour --> 58 min) I'm impressed!

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