Enjoy Mountain Dew to Unlock a Free Mount

Aetherica · April 26

.... but only when you live in the US.

Doesn't feel good, to be left out, every time there is a 'promotion' that does NOT apply to anyone else but players from the US.
Would it be too much to ask, for the ESO devs to find a way to be more inclusive??

fizl101 · April 26

I cant access the montain dew website it is blocked for me and I’ve no idea why, but thanks for letting me know its NA only. I did see on reddit its xbox only too, is that correct?

Grizzbeorn · April 26

For the umpteenth time, it's not up to any company as to whether or not a promotion can happen in a certain locale.
These things are governed by your local laws. The company can't do anything if your local laws prohibit promotions.

fizl101 · April 26

Local laws in the UK dont prohibit these promotions. I’m just trying to understand if this is a US specific event (I cant access the mountain dew website so I’ve no idea if its codes on bottles of drink only printed on the US bottles or something else)

Edit -it looks like the article now mentions (or it was in invisible ink when I read earlier) that it is only available for those who live in North America

reazea · April 26

So it's a green mount that runs faster than any other mount, then randomly flops over and passes out when the sugar rush wears off?

Seriously though, thanks for bringing up this promotion on the forum. Why these things aren't announced by ZOS in some formalized way will forever be a mystery.

Tommy_The_Gun · April 26

fizl101 wrote: »

I’m just trying to understand if this is a US specific event (I cant access the mountain dew website so I’ve no idea if its codes on bottles of drink only printed on the US bottles or something else)

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/65855
"Note that this promotion is available only for those who reside in North America."

It would seem so. Can't access the website too & I have the same message, so it is probably IP blocked (accepts only US IP's). I would guess that using VPN could do the trick, but even if, then you will probably have some other errors as apparently it only works for US ESO players.

fizl101 · April 26

reazea wrote: »

So it's a green mount that runs faster than any other mount, then randomly flops over and passes out when the sugar rush wears off?

Seriously though, thanks for bringing up this promotion on the forum. Why these things aren't announced by ZOS in some formalized way will forever be a mystery.

There is an article, which is where I got the link that is blocked

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/65855

OtarTheMad · April 26

Meh, it’s just a mount. Cool that they have this promotion but I don’t need a 70th mount for my 17 characters lol.

Necrotech_Master · April 26

would almost be tempting to bother with, but they require you to create an acct with the mtn dew website, i hate giving my information out unnecessary, even if its just an email because thats where all the spam comes from lol

Aetherica · April 26

reazea wrote: »

So it's a green mount that runs faster than any other mount, then randomly flops over and passes out when the sugar rush wears off?

Seriously though, thanks for bringing up this promotion on the forum. Why these things aren't announced by ZOS in some formalized way will forever be a mystery.

They did announce it. You can read it on the ESO launcher, under the NEWS section. It has been published roughly two hours ago. Perhaps that's why you haven't seen it yet.

Grizzbeorn · April 26

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

would almost be tempting to bother with, but they require you to create an acct with the mtn dew website, i hate giving my information out unnecessary, even if its just an email because thats where all the spam comes from lol

It looks like it's also limited to XBox...

Dragonnord · April 26

Grizzbeorn wrote: »

For the umpteenth time, it's not up to any company as to whether or not a promotion can happen in a certain locale.
These things are governed by your local laws. The company can't do anything if your local laws prohibit promotions.

It's not like that, I have received promotions from several other games, platforms, websites, etc. where I can participate with no restrictions at all.

Even from other Bethesda games, also even during TESO Live streams you can earn physical stuff and we ALL in chat can participate, no restrictions, and TESO ships it to you (regardless your country).

heaven13 · April 26

Didn’t they just do this promotion, same mount and everything, with a different company? Alienware, I’m pretty sure. And it’s been in previous promotions too.

robbybobby82 · April 26

If it was actually a *new* mount with completely new assets and not the trillionth reskin of a wolf or horse then I'd care more. If it was a giant mountain dew bottle or even a green dragon or something I'd be into it but nope.

fizl101 · April 26

Aetherica wrote: »

reazea wrote: »

So it's a green mount that runs faster than any other mount, then randomly flops over and passes out when the sugar rush wears off?

Seriously though, thanks for bringing up this promotion on the forum. Why these things aren't announced by ZOS in some formalized way will forever be a mystery.

They did announce it. You can read it on the ESO launcher, under the NEWS section. It has been published roughly two hours ago. Perhaps that's why you haven't seen it yet.

FYI Console doesn't get a launcher like PC with a news section

ArchMikem · April 26

Drink 80g of sugar and gives The Dew your personal information just for a free mount that's not technically free? Hard pass.

NordSwordnBoard · April 26

Be thankful, artificial colors and flavors in the dew are bad for you. Your country may not even let you choose to do the dew. Even if the dew finally removed the anti-flame chemicals from your beverage, its still very unhealthy.

Rishikesa108 · April 26

The same mount was in promotion with Alienware Arena about 2 weeks ago, for EU and NA. It was a little difficult to understand how to grab it, but I did it :-)

AcadianPaladin · April 26

'To get started, visit the Mountain Dew Gaming Rewards official website, select Enter Code, register an account, and follow the prompts.'

Lost me at the bolded part. No thanks.

Amottica · April 26

This is most likely due to local laws in some nations and regions, where raffles and other such activities have been limited.

It can also be based on what Pepsi agreed to.

I see that someone else has already mentioned that the government in various areas is likely restricting players' access to such promotions. Zenimax is not allowed to break the laws in our various nations.

reazea · April 26

Aetherica wrote: »

reazea wrote: »

So it's a green mount that runs faster than any other mount, then randomly flops over and passes out when the sugar rush wears off?

Seriously though, thanks for bringing up this promotion on the forum. Why these things aren't announced by ZOS in some formalized way will forever be a mystery.

They did announce it. You can read it on the ESO launcher, under the NEWS section. It has been published roughly two hours ago. Perhaps that's why you haven't seen it yet.

I use the 64 bit launcher. Only use the 32 bit launcher for updates. My point was there should be a section on the official forum where these announcements are made.

And like others have said, it's almost never worth it to sign up for data mining gimmicks like this. Never mind that I and many others trying to stay healthy don't drink soda.

sarahthes · April 26

reazea wrote: »

Aetherica wrote: »

reazea wrote: »

So it's a green mount that runs faster than any other mount, then randomly flops over and passes out when the sugar rush wears off?

Seriously though, thanks for bringing up this promotion on the forum. Why these things aren't announced by ZOS in some formalized way will forever be a mystery.

They did announce it. You can read it on the ESO launcher, under the NEWS section. It has been published roughly two hours ago. Perhaps that's why you haven't seen it yet.

I use the 64 bit launcher. Only use the 32 bit launcher for updates. My point was there should be a section on the official forum where these announcements are made.

And like others have said, it's almost never worth it to sign up for data mining gimmicks like this. Never mind that I and many others trying to stay healthy don't drink soda.

There is, and the article was just published there LOL.

Grizzbeorn · April 26

reazea wrote: »

My point was there should be a section on the official forum where these announcements are made.

There is.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/657658/official-discussion-thread-for-enjoy-mountain-dew-to-unlock-free-mount-experience-scrolls-more

reazea · April 26

sarahthes wrote: »

reazea wrote: »

Aetherica wrote: »

reazea wrote: »

So it's a green mount that runs faster than any other mount, then randomly flops over and passes out when the sugar rush wears off?

Seriously though, thanks for bringing up this promotion on the forum. Why these things aren't announced by ZOS in some formalized way will forever be a mystery.

They did announce it. You can read it on the ESO launcher, under the NEWS section. It has been published roughly two hours ago. Perhaps that's why you haven't seen it yet.

I use the 64 bit launcher. Only use the 32 bit launcher for updates. My point was there should be a section on the official forum where these announcements are made.

And like others have said, it's almost never worth it to sign up for data mining gimmicks like this. Never mind that I and many others trying to stay healthy don't drink soda.

There is, and the article was just published there LOL.

Check the time stamps on my posts and the announcement post.

Grizzbeorn · April 26

reazea wrote: »

sarahthes wrote: »

reazea wrote: »

Aetherica wrote: »

reazea wrote: »

So it's a green mount that runs faster than any other mount, then randomly flops over and passes out when the sugar rush wears off?

Seriously though, thanks for bringing up this promotion on the forum. Why these things aren't announced by ZOS in some formalized way will forever be a mystery.

They did announce it. You can read it on the ESO launcher, under the NEWS section. It has been published roughly two hours ago. Perhaps that's why you haven't seen it yet.

I use the 64 bit launcher. Only use the 32 bit launcher for updates. My point was there should be a section on the official forum where these announcements are made.

And like others have said, it's almost never worth it to sign up for data mining gimmicks like this. Never mind that I and many others trying to stay healthy don't drink soda.

There is, and the article was just published there LOL.

Check the time stamps on my posts and the announcement post.

But the section WHERE it was posted has been there for a long time...

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/categories/website-article-discussions

Desiato · April 26

I'm in NA and I'm gonna opt out of the Destroy Your Metabolism and WIn! promo. No poops given either.

Blood_again · April 26

heaven13 wrote: »

Didn’t they just do this promotion, same mount and everything, with a different company? Alienware, I’m pretty sure. And it’s been in previous promotions too.

Yes, it was available as Alienware event reward.
I got it there in the beginning of the Anniversary.

code65536 · April 26

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Karthwolf_Charger

Crown Store - August 14 / 28, 2017 - November 6, 2017 (Horns of the Reach Collector's Bundle)

Dragonscale Crates (Legendary-level reward)

Doritos + Rockstar Energy Xbox Promotion - 2022

Alienware Steam Promotion - April 3rd - 16th, 2024

They've certainly milked this poor wolf a lot.

licenturion · April 26

Blood_again wrote: »

heaven13 wrote: »

Didn’t they just do this promotion, same mount and everything, with a different company? Alienware, I’m pretty sure. And it’s been in previous promotions too.

Yes, it was available as Alienware event reward.
I got it there in the beginning of the Anniversary.

Yeah I got it there too

It was free for everyone, and was also communicated in the ESO launcher and the ESO website beforehand. Only thing needed was the community had the game for X amount of hours but with the event it was almost unlocked after a day.

Since it was free to play on Steam that week, the reward was just a click away.

Grizzbeorn · April 26

code65536 wrote: »

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Karthwolf_Charger

Crown Store - August 14 / 28, 2017 - November 6, 2017 (Horns of the Reach Collector's Bundle)

Dragonscale Crates (Legendary-level reward)

Doritos + Rockstar Energy Xbox Promotion - 2022

Alienware Steam Promotion - April 3rd - 16th, 2024

They've certainly milked this poor wolf a lot.

Yup. I've had it since 2019. Got it from a Dragonscale crate.

Aetherica · April 26

reazea wrote: »

Aetherica wrote: »

reazea wrote: »

So it's a green mount that runs faster than any other mount, then randomly flops over and passes out when the sugar rush wears off?

Seriously though, thanks for bringing up this promotion on the forum. Why these things aren't announced by ZOS in some formalized way will forever be a mystery.

They did announce it. You can read it on the ESO launcher, under the NEWS section. It has been published roughly two hours ago. Perhaps that's why you haven't seen it yet.

I use the 64 bit launcher. Only use the 32 bit launcher for updates. My point was there should be a section on the official forum where these announcements are made.

And like others have said, it's almost never worth it to sign up for data mining gimmicks like this. Never mind that I and many others trying to stay healthy don't drink soda.

Oh but I totally agree with you, and it's not about that silly mount. It's about the ESO club not being more inclusive. As I wrote in my OP, it just doesn't feel right. And it has nothing to do with restrictions. We have raffles all over the place.