Sorry, but this isn't a flame war between Garrote and Cid2mizard.
This is rather a warning (logical and justified) to all potential contesters who live outside of France.
It's easy to talk and to accuse someone of ungrateful, when not we who had to fight for 4 months for us to receive a prize...
I feel like school, back when I was actually in school, was more entertaining though, because of how much I get to interact with people, hang out with friends, and other stuff like that. All I get to talk to at work is my boring coworkers lol