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****************************The contest has now ended. Thank you to all participants, we will be announcing the winners on the website and the forums as soon as we have reviewed all entries and contacted all winners. Thank you! *********************************************













Please note: You must be 13 years of age or older to participate and a legal resident of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec) or the European Union, as of Monday, November 29th, 2010 to participate in this contest.

Submissions open from 11:00 p.m. CT (5:00 a.m. British Time / 6:00 Central European Time) Monday, November 29th, 2010 (Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 in Europe) until 11:59 p.m. CT (5:59 a.m. British Time / 6:59 Central European Time) Monday, January 24th, 2011 (Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 in Europe) .

2010 is nearing its end, but before it’s over, have we got a contest for you! Let’s end the year with one of the most exciting contests we've ever thrown at you—your best opportunity yet to get your artwork into the actual game.

How do we do that, you ask?

Well, imagine that a new business is setting up shop in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, and that you’ve been hired to create their signage. Your task is to invent a brand-new ad campaign—displayed on a billboard—to promote a product, retailer, restaurant chain, in-lore political candidate, or service of your own devising (or based on lore) that you've always wanted to see in the game!

Whether you do it with a drawing, a painting, or a screenshot, we are offering you the opportunity to create your own billboard for the delight of the denizens of Paragon city and/or the Rogue Isles. Make it clever, funny (or punny!), make it deep and contemplative, make it dramatic and histrionic—it is up to you as long as it fits into the City of Heroes universe AND doesn't infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law.

Remember, the use of copyrighted material or trademarks NOT owned by the Sponsors or yourself is indeed STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

Now, how do you go about designing a billboard? We'll try and keep it as simple as possible but make sure you familiarize yourselves with the following requirements for your entry to be valid!

• The resolution for each entry is set at 1024 x 768 exactly.
• You must submit your entries in .PSD format ONLY (there is a free Photoshop Elements trial available here if needed).
• please create your artwork using layers (so we have the ability to make adjustments).
• Use Sendspace.com or https://www.yousendit.com/ to send us your unflattened image in .PSD format.
• If you are using in-game screenshots in your submission, please use the highest Ultra Mode settings that your computer allows (e.g.: shadows, water, ambient occlusion, texture quality, anti-aliasing have to be turned up; environment reflections must be turned up where applicable).

And a little art direction to help you hit just the right note:

• Unlike the Praetorian propaganda/graffiti contest, no particular artistic style or method of presentation is required to succeed in this contest.
• Look at real-world advertisements for inspiration.
• Be clever. “Up-N-Away Burger” is one of our favorite existing billboards, to give you an example. Not everything needs to be a pop-culture reference or funny necessarily, but the best ad campaigns have a certain wittiness that hooks in viewers.
• Match the art style to the thing you’re advertising. Not everything needs to be clean and sharp; if you’re advertising something seedy, maybe grunge and splatter is more appropriate for your campaign).
• Because we’ll likely make more than one billboard out of your original art, please include uncropped artwork on your layers (example: even if you’re only showing half a character on your billboard, please include the full figure on the actual layer. This gives us the option to use your artwork more easily in a vertical format).

Your submission will be judged on originality, creativity, and visual appearance. Feel free to submit as many entries as you want, but you may only place once as a Contest Winner. We reserved the right to make alterations to the winning entries.

Do NOT post your submission publicly! Enter only through email or through one of the above mentioned sites. We will share the winning entries with you when the contest concludes.

Here's how to enter:

1) Between 11:00 p.m. CT (5:00 a.m. British Time / 6:00 Central European Time) Monday, November 29th, 2010 (Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 in Europe) and 11:59 p.m. CT (5:59 a.m. British Time / 6:59 Central European Time) Monday, January 24th, 2011 (Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 in Europe) send an email to cohcontests@ncsoft.com with the subject heading "City of Heroes Billboards Contest." Include the following information in the body of the email (please send each submission individually!):


A. Your first and last name
B. Your age
C. Your location -- city, state/province, country
D. A contact phone number (this will only be used as an additional method of contacting you regarding this Contest if we need to reach you)
E. Your full mailing address
F. The sentences: "I permit NC Interactive, Inc. et NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown and any comments which I may make about myself, this competition I provide for advertising and promotional activities. By submitting an entry to this competition, I accept and agree to be bound by the Official Terms and Conditions"


2) Include your Billboard file as an attachment if its size doesn't exceed 5MB or use Sendspace.com or https://www.yousendit.com/ if you have several files or the total file size exceeds 5MB.

There will be three (3) Winners and their prizes are:

One (1) First Place Winner Will Receive:

• One (1) 6 Months Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $90.00 / £53.94 / €77.94)
• Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Mini Booster: Temporary 30 Day Jetpack (Estimated retail value $4.99 / £3.99 / €4.99)
• Wedding Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Mac Special Edition In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Good Versus Evil In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Party Pack (Estimated retail value $7.99 / £4.99 / €5.99)
• Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Meat Doctor Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Rikti Mentalist Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Police Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Ghoul Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Freakshow Boss Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadow Harlequin Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• PPD Hardsuit Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Clockwork Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Knives of Artemis Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $192.89 / £125.83 / €169.83

One (1) Second Place Winner Will Receive:

• One (1) 3 Months Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $45.00 / £26.97 / €38.97)
• Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Party Pack (Estimated retail value $7.99 / £4.99 / €5.99)
• Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Meat Doctor Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Rikti Mentalist Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Police Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Ghoul Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Freakshow Boss Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadow Harlequin Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• PPD Hardsuit Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Clockwork Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Knives of Artemis Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $112.93 / £73.90 / €98.90

One (1) Third Place Winner Will Receive:

• One (1) 1 Month Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $15.00 / £8.99 / €12.99)
• Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Party Pack (Estimated retail value $7.99 / £4.99 / €5.99)
• Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Freakshow Boss Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadow Harlequin Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• PPD Hardsuit Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $82.93 / £55.92 / €72.92

We reserve the right to award prizes to further Winners (Runner-ups) if their submission is selected to be used as a billboard in the game but don't place in the top 3 Winners, in which case their prize would be:

• One (1) 1 Month Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $15.00 / £8.99 / €12.99)
• two (2) of the following packs:
  • Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Wedding Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Mac Special Edition In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Good Versus Evil In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $34.98 / £22.97 / €30.97


And last but certainly not least, make sure you read the official City of Heroes Billboards Contest Rules and Conditions before entering the contest!

We're looking forward to admiring your creations!

****************************The contest has now ended. Thank you to all participants, we will be announcing the winners on the website and the forums as soon as we have reviewed all entries and contacted all winners. Thank you! *********************************************






Please note: You must be 13 years of age or older to participate and a legal resident of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec) or the European Union, as of Monday, November 29th, 2010 to participate in this contest.

Submissions open from 11:00 p.m. CT (5:00 a.m. British Time / 6:00 Central European Time) Monday, November 29th, 2010 (Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 in Europe) until 11:59 p.m. CT (5:59 a.m. British Time / 6:59 Central European Time) Monday, January 24th, 2011 (Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 in Europe) .

2010 is nearing its end, but before it’s over, have we got a contest for you! Let’s end the year with one of the most exciting contests we've ever thrown at you—your best opportunity yet to get your artwork into the actual game.

How do we do that, you ask?

Well, imagine that a new business is setting up shop in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, and that you’ve been hired to create their signage. Your task is to invent a brand-new ad campaign—displayed on a billboard—to promote a product, retailer, restaurant chain, in-lore political candidate, or service of your own devising (or based on lore) that you've always wanted to see in the game!

Whether you do it with a drawing, a painting, or a screenshot, we are offering you the opportunity to create your own billboard for the delight of the denizens of Paragon city and/or the Rogue Isles. Make it clever, funny (or punny!), make it deep and contemplative, make it dramatic and histrionic—it is up to you as long as it fits into the City of Heroes universe AND doesn't infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law.

Remember, the use of copyrighted material or trademarks NOT owned by the Sponsors or yourself is indeed STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

Now, how do you go about designing a billboard? We'll try and keep it as simple as possible but make sure you familiarize yourselves with the following requirements for your entry to be valid!

• The resolution for each entry is set at 1024 x 768 exactly.
• You must submit your entries in .PSD format ONLY (there is a free Photoshop Elements trial available here if needed).
• please create your artwork using layers (so we have the ability to make adjustments).
• Use Sendspace.com or https://www.yousendit.com/ to send us your unflattened image in .PSD format.
• If you are using in-game screenshots in your submission, please use the highest Ultra Mode settings that your computer allows (e.g.: shadows, water, ambient occlusion, texture quality, anti-aliasing have to be turned up; environment reflections must be turned up where applicable).

And a little art direction to help you hit just the right note:

• Unlike the Praetorian propaganda/graffiti contest, no particular artistic style or method of presentation is required to succeed in this contest.
• Look at real-world advertisements for inspiration.
• Be clever. “Up-N-Away Burger” is one of our favorite existing billboards, to give you an example. Not everything needs to be a pop-culture reference or funny necessarily, but the best ad campaigns have a certain wittiness that hooks in viewers.
• Match the art style to the thing you’re advertising. Not everything needs to be clean and sharp; if you’re advertising something seedy, maybe grunge and splatter is more appropriate for your campaign).
• Because we’ll likely make more than one billboard out of your original art, please include uncropped artwork on your layers (example: even if you’re only showing half a character on your billboard, please include the full figure on the actual layer. This gives us the option to use your artwork more easily in a vertical format).

Your submission will be judged on originality, creativity, and visual appearance. Feel free to submit as many entries as you want, but you may only place once as a Contest Winner. We reserved the right to make alterations to the winning entries.

Do NOT post your submission publicly! Enter only through email or through one of the above mentioned sites. We will share the winning entries with you when the contest concludes.

Here's how to enter:

1) Between 11:00 p.m. CT (5:00 a.m. British Time / 6:00 Central European Time) Monday, November 29th, 2010 (Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 in Europe) and 11:59 p.m. CT (5:59 a.m. British Time / 6:59 Central European Time) Monday, January 24th, 2011 (Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 in Europe) send an email to cohcontests@ncsoft.com with the subject heading "City of Heroes Billboards Contest." Include the following information in the body of the email (please send each submission individually!):


A. Your first and last name
B. Your age
C. Your location -- city, state/province, country
D. A contact phone number (this will only be used as an additional method of contacting you regarding this Contest if we need to reach you)
E. Your full mailing address
F. The sentences: "I permit NC Interactive, Inc. et NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown and any comments which I may make about myself, this competition I provide for advertising and promotional activities. By submitting an entry to this competition, I accept and agree to be bound by the Official Terms and Conditions"


2) Include your Billboard file as an attachment if its size doesn't exceed 5MB or use Sendspace.com or https://www.yousendit.com/ if you have several files or the total file size exceeds 5MB.

There will be three (3) Winners and their prizes are:

One (1) First Place Winner Will Receive:

• One (1) 6 Months Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $90.00 / £53.94 / €77.94)
• Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Mini Booster: Temporary 30 Day Jetpack (Estimated retail value $4.99 / £3.99 / €4.99)
• Wedding Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Mac Special Edition In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Good Versus Evil In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Party Pack (Estimated retail value $7.99 / £4.99 / €5.99)
• Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Meat Doctor Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Rikti Mentalist Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Police Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Ghoul Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Freakshow Boss Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadow Harlequin Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• PPD Hardsuit Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Clockwork Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Knives of Artemis Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $192.89 / £125.83 / €169.83

One (1) Second Place Winner Will Receive:

• One (1) 3 Months Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $45.00 / £26.97 / €38.97)
• Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Party Pack (Estimated retail value $7.99 / £4.99 / €5.99)
• Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Meat Doctor Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Rikti Mentalist Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Police Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Ghoul Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Freakshow Boss Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadow Harlequin Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• PPD Hardsuit Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Clockwork Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Knives of Artemis Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $112.93 / £73.90 / €98.90

One (1) Third Place Winner Will Receive:

• One (1) 1 Month Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $15.00 / £8.99 / €12.99)
• Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Party Pack (Estimated retail value $7.99 / £4.99 / €5.99)
• Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Freakshow Boss Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadow Harlequin Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• PPD Hardsuit Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $82.93 / £55.92 / €72.92

We reserve the right to award prizes to further Winners (Runner-ups) if their submission is selected to be used as a billboard in the game but don't place in the top 3 Winners, in which case their prize would be:

• One (1) 1 Month Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $15.00 / £8.99 / €12.99)
• two (2) of the following packs:
  • Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Wedding Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Mac Special Edition In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Good Versus Evil In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $34.98 / £22.97 / €30.97


And last but certainly not least, make sure you read the official City of Heroes Billboards Contest Rules and Conditions before entering the contest!

We're looking forward to admiring your creations!


Join in the Community discussion here!

Happy Thanksgiving all! I hope most of you at least are spending it with the people you love and have yummy food on the table!

We definitely appreciate that this was not conducive to an optimal test environment for you all. We usually manage to make it available for European betas but on this occasion, specifically because of the data centre move, we have not been able to and I don't believe we will be able to this week, I'm really sorry about that.

This contest is organized by NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited, who are identified in more detail in Section 9 of this document (the "Sponsors").

1. ENTRY

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. IF YOU ARE ENTERING THIS CONTEST AS A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS CONTEST SHALL BE VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY UNITED STATES LAW.

This is a skill based contest (the "Contest") based on originality, creativity and visual appearance.

To enter, send an email to cohcontests@ncsoft.com with the subject heading "City of Heroes Billboard Contest". Use Sendspace.com or https://www.yousendit.com/ to send us your unflattened image in .PSD format. Make sure that your entry is 1024 x 768 pixels in size.

Include the following information in English in the body of the email:

A. Your first and last name
B. Your age
C. Your location -- city, state/province, country
D. A contact phone number (this will only be used if we cannot contact you by email regarding this Contest)
E. Your full mailing address
F. The sentences: "I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown and any comments which I may make about myself, and/or this Contest I provide for advertising and promotional activities. By submitting an entry to this Contest, I accept and agree to be bound by the Official Terms and Conditions"

By submitting an entry to the Contest, you accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and Conditions.

The use of copyrighted material or trademarks NOT owned by the Sponsors or yourself is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Your submission must not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law.

Any personal information given to the Sponsors when you enter this Contest will only be used to contact you in relation to this Contest. All information concerning non-winning entries will be deleted after the end of the Contest. The personal information concerning the winning entries will be only used in the context of this Contest and use of your entry as agreed between you and the Sponsor. This information will not be disclosed to any third party or used for any other purpose. You may exercise your rights of access and rectification of this information by writing to: cohcontests@ncsoft.com.

If you are a winner you hereby give Sponsors and their respective divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, and agencies full permission, right and authority to use your likeness, photograph, name, hometown, and any comments that you may make/answer to questions Sponsors may provide, or any other information that you provide about yourself, the prize, the Contest, or City of Heroes®, for the purposes of advertising and promotion (in any media, including but not limited to in print media, television, film, video, radio, internet or otherwise) related to the Contest, City of Heroes® or each of the Sponsors, without any further notification or compensation to you other than that set out herein. Winner waives all rights of inspection and approval in relation to the foregoing.

All entries must be received via email prior to 11:59 p.m. CST (5:59 a.m. GMT; 6:59 CET), Monday, January 24th, 2011 (Tuesday, January 25th 2011 in Europe) (the "Contest Conclusion") and must be in English. Entries which do not conform to these Official Rules and Conditions will not be accepted.

The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible or misdirected entries, which will be void. Use of a false name, mailing address, or email account will disqualify an entry and the individual who submitted the entry. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor's judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor is not responsible for hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections, server unavailability due to technical, capacity constraints or other issues, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled or delayed electronic or other communications. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify, from this Contest and/or any other contest conducted by Sponsor, any person who, in Sponsor's reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this Contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor's judgment, the Contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or other conditions beyond Sponsor's control, or at Sponsor's reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.

2. ELIGIBILITY

To enter the contest, as of Monday, November 29th, 2010 (a) you must be 13 years of age or older, (b) if you are a minor in your country of residence, you must provide the entry as set forth under 1.1 with your legal guardian's approval and you must provide written approval of your entry to the Contest, and consent to these Official Rules and Conditions by your legal guardian (this written approval shall be provided within 14 days after the receipt of request by the Sponsor), (c) you must have Internet access, an email account and access to a personal computer, and (d) you must be a resident of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec) (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prizes), or the European Union.

Employees of Sponsor, and Sponsor's respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible to enter the Contest.

3. DURATION

The contest period begins at 11:00 p.m. CT (5:00 a.m. British Time / 6:00 Central European Time) Monday, November 29th, 2010 (Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 in Europe) and ends at 11:59 p.m. CST (5:59 a.m. British Time / 6:59 Central European Time) on Monday, January 24th, 2011 (Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 in Europe).

4. SELECTION OF WINNING ENTRIES

The winning entries will be determined by representatives of each Sponsor and will be judged equally on the following criteria: creativity, originality and visual appearance and their ranking may be determined based on the number of entries that will make it . Winners will be notified via e-mail and announced on the City of Heroes® web site (www.cityofheroes.com; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/en/; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/fr/; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/de/) on or about Friday, February 25th, 2011. Any and all decisions of the judges shall be final and binding in all respects.

5. PRIZES

1) Prizes description

The prize breakdown is as follows:

One (1) First Place Winner Will Receive:

• One (1) 6 Months Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $90.00 / £53.94 / €77.94)
• Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Mini Booster: Temporary 30 Day Jetpack (Estimated retail value $4.99 / £3.99 / €4.99)
• Wedding Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Mac Special Edition In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Good Versus Evil In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Party Pack (Estimated retail value $7.99 / £4.99 / €5.99)
• Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Meat Doctor Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Rikti Mentalist Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Police Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Ghoul Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Freakshow Boss Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadow Harlequin Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• PPD Hardsuit Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Clockwork Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Knives of Artemis Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $192.89 / £125.83 / €169.83

One (1) Second Place Winner Will Receive:

• One (1) 3 Months Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $45.00 / £26.97 / €38.97)
• Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Party Pack (Estimated retail value $7.99 / £4.99 / €5.99)
• Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Meat Doctor Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Rikti Mentalist Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Police Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Ghoul Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Freakshow Boss Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadow Harlequin Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• PPD Hardsuit Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Praetorian Clockwork Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Knives of Artemis Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $112.93 / £73.90 / €98.90

One (1) Third Place Winner Will Receive:

• One (1) 1 Month Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $15.00 / £8.99 / €12.99)
• Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Party Pack (Estimated retail value $7.99 / £4.99 / €5.99)
• Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
• Freakshow Boss Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• Carnival of Shadow Harlequin Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• PPD Hardsuit Costume Power (Estimated retail value $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00)
• *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $82.93 / £55.92 / €72.92

*Please note that NCsoft Inc. and Paragon Studios reserve the right to consider including any entry submitted for this contest in the City of Heroes® game (not just the winning entries). Likewise, NCsoft Inc. and Paragon Studios reserve the right to not include any entry in the game. All submissions and the intellectual property embodied therein shall be owned by NCsoft and you agree to assign all of your rights in such submission to NCsoft. Upon NCsoft's request, you agree to assist NCsoft in memorializing such assignment. In addition, you agree to waive any moral rights that you may have in such submission.

All Runners-up Would Receive:

• One (1) 1 Month Subscription to City of Heroes® (Estimated retail value $15.00 / £8.99 / €12.99)
• two (2) of the following packs:
  • Super Booster V: Mutant (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster IV: Martial Arts (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster III: Superscience (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster II: Magic (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Super Booster I: Cyborg (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Wedding Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Mac Special Edition In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Good Versus Evil In-Game Item Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • Origins Pack (Estimated retail value $9.99 / £6.99 / €8.99)
  • *Possible entry inclusion in the City of Heroes® game (No retail value)

Estimated Total Prize package value: $34.98 / £22.97 / €30.97


2) Prizes awarding process

If a winner cannot be contacted via the email address he/she submitted with their entry to the Contest, or is successfully contacted by Sponsor and:

(i) does not sign and return to Sponsors within the time indicated, a Contract of Assignment in the form reproduced in Section 10 (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules); or

(ii) refuses or is ineligible to accept the prize, then Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize to the next highest ranking entrant (a "Substitute Winner").

The Substitute Winner will be contacted as mentioned above and required to comply with the prizes awarding process described in this Section 5(2).
In the event the Substitute Winner cannot be contacted as mentioned above or does not comply with the prizes awarding process described in this Section 5(2) for a given prize, any such prize will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of the prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income taxes), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

Winners and runners-up will have their entries and forum nickname (or real name in the absence of a subscription to the forum) and city/state or province/country of residence posted on the Official City of Heroes® Web Site (www.cityofheroes.com; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/en/; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/fr/; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/de/) To showcase the competition winners, those who have reached the age of 18 may be asked to answer some questions, provide certain personal information or to send Sponsor a personal headshot photo but such winners will also be given an opportunity to decline to give such information without affecting his/her eligibility of the prize.

6. GENERAL CONDITIONS

By entering into the Contest, you:

(a) warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party (including, without limitation, any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or is libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law);

(b) agree to assign to Sponsor all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, if transferable, in or to your entry in the case that your entry is one of the winning entries.

(c) agree to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail or e-mail; and

(d) agree to sign the documentation set forth in Section 5 above (and have your parent or guardian sign such documentation where applicable or requested by Sponsor), in the case that your entry is one of the winning entries.

Entries will not be returned. If your entry is a winning entry, you agree that Sponsor may post your submission on the Official City of Heroes® Web Site (www.cityofheroes.com; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/en/; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/fr/; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/de/) at anytime during or after the Contest along with your user or forum name (or real name) and city/state or province/country of residence if you are 18 years of age or older or if your legal guardians have confirmed your participation.

Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting.

You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor's decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the Rules are final.

In the event that you are resident in the European Union, nothing in these Official Rules and Conditions shall limit or exclude Sponsor's liability for death or personal injury from Sponsor's negligence or fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsors shall not be responsible for any liability, loss, damage, cost or expense sustained by you arising out of, or in connection, with your entry into this Contest or use of the prize unless caused by the Sponsors due to gross negligence or intent.

7. WINNERS LIST
The winners of this Contest will be posted on the Official City of Heroes® Web Site (www.cityofheroes.com; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/en/; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/fr/; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/de/) on or about Friday, February 25th, 2011. A list of winners can also be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to City of Heroes® Contest, NC Interactive, Inc., 1501 4th Ave. Floor 20. Seattle, WA 98101, USA for U.S. and Canadian residents and City of Heroes® Contest, NCsoft Europe Limited, Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4DU, England for European Residents. Residents of Canada and Europe may omit return postage.

8. SEVERABILITY

Should any condition contained in this Contract prove unenforceable, void or incomplete, the validity of the other conditions will remain unaffected.

9. SPONSOR

This contest is sponsored by NC Interactive, Inc., 1501 4th Ave. Floor 20. Seattle, WA 98101, USA 1501 4th Avenue, Suite 2050, Seattle, WA 98101 and NCsoft Europe Limited, Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4DU, England (Company No: 05165702)

© 2010 NC Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. NCSOFT, the Interlocking NC Logo, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Paragon Studios and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated.

10. ANNEXES


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CONTEST WINNER ASSIGNMENT AND RELEASE


This Contest Winner Assignment and Release is made and entered into on ____ ____ 20____, by and between NC Interactive, Inc. or NCsoft Europe Ltd., as applicable ("NCsoft")


and _________________________________________________(name of winner),


an individual residing at________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ("Winner").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, NCsoft conducted a contest titled the "City of Heroes® Billboard Contest" (the "Contest") in which entrants create an in-game billboard.

WHEREAS, NCsoft has selected Winner as a winner of the Contest.

WHEREAS, Subject to NCsoft’s ownership of its intellectual property rights, Winner owns all right, title and interest in and to the submission provided to NCsoft as part of Winner's Contest entry, as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively, the "Submission").

WHEREAS, Winner agreed as part of the Contest Rules to assign all of the right, title, and interest in and to the Submission to NCsoft.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of each which is hereby acknowledged, NCsoft and Winner do hereby agree as follows:

1. Publicity and Liability Release. Winner hereby gives NCsoft and its divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, and agencies full permission, right and authority to use Winner's likeness, photograph, name, hometown, and any comments Winner may make/answer to questions NCsoft may provide, or any other information that Winner provides about himself/herself, the prize, the Contest, or City of Heroes®, for the purposes of advertising and promotion (in any media, including but not limited to in print media, television, film, video, radio, internet or otherwise) related to the Contest, City of Heroes® or NCsoft itself, without any further notification or compensation to Winner other than that set out herein. Winner waives all rights of inspection and approval in relation to the foregoing. Winner hereby further releases NCsoft from any and all liability arising out of the exercise of the rights granted in this release, unless NCsoft itself caused the liability by gross negligence or intent. Winner warrants that he/she is fully authorized to grant the rights granted in this section. Winner understands that NCsoft will rely on the contents of this section. You may exercise your rights of access and rectification to your personal information by writing to cohcontests@ncsoft.com.

2. Eligibility. To be eligible to win designated prize, Winner understands that he/she (a) must be 13 years of age or older, (b) if he/she is a minor in his/her country of residence, he/she must provide the entry as set forth under 1.1 with his/her legal guardian's approval and he/she must provide written approval of his/her entry to the Contest, and consent to these Official Rules and Conditions by his/her legal guardian (this written approval shall be provided within 14 days after the receipt of request by the Sponsor), (c) Winner must have Internet access, an email account and access to a personal computer, and (d) he/she must be a resident of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec) (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prizes), or the European Union. Winner hereby agrees to complete the form set forth as Exhibit B attached hereto.

3. Release. NCsoft and its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from Winner's participation in the Contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded as a result of Winner's participation in the Contest. Winner further agrees that in any cause of action, NCsoft's liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Contest, and in no event shall NCsoft be liable for attorney's fees. I waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Nothing in this Assignment shall limit or exclude NCsoft's liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law. If you are resident in Germany, nothing of the aforementioned shall limit NCsoft’s or any other parties’ liability for personal damages or such damages caused by gross negligence or intent.

4. Assignment. Subject to Section 6, Winner hereby assigns, transfer and convey unto NCsoft its entire right, title and interest in and to the Submission and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto to the fullest extent permitted by law. For the purposes of this Assignment, "Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean (i) patents, rights to inventions, copyright and related rights, trade marks, trade names and domain names, rights in get-up, rights in goodwill or to sue for passing off, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications (or rights to apply) for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which may now or in the future subsist in any part of the world; (ii) the right to display the Submission on any of NCsoft's websites, make it available for download and to modify the Submission; (iii) the Submission's language, its environment, its media storage or installation, comprising all economical rights of the Submission including, the reproduction right and its divisions, such as the right to use, adapt and transpose the Submission, the right of public performance and use of the Submission, the distribution, interfacing and integration of the Submission into NCsoft's own range of products or third parties' products, for any platform whatsoever, to produce and to market the Submission through various channels on any medium, including licensing or resale, including commercial use, distribution by downloading, or any distribution process that allows the Submission or its adaptations, in whatever form, to be delivered to the public, e.g. in any printed form (including magazines, newspapers, T-shirts or any other textiles, documentation, mugs), on any tangible storage (including diskette, hard disk, optical disc, Blu-Ray, DVD, CD-ROM, Flash memory cards, any electronic media).

5. Waiver of Moral Rights. Subject to Section 6, Winner hereby irrevocably waives all of his/her moral rights and rights of a similar nature whether now existing or hereafter conferred under the laws of any jurisdiction in the Submission, to the fullest extent permissible by law, and shall not institute, support or maintain any action on the ground that any use by NCsoft constitutes an infringement of any moral rights or similar rights.

6. To the extent any applicable legal system including but not limited to Germany, does not accept the concept of "work-made-for-hire", the transfer of the copyright itself and/or moral rights themselves, Winner hereby transfers, conveys and assigns to NCsoft any and all Intellectual Property Rights, aside from the copyright itself and the moral rights themselves, in and to the Submission, including but not limited to any and all derivative works, and the rights for the worldwide exploitation and utilization in all known and unknown types of media and for all known or unknown kinds of use. Insofar as the aforesaid transfer may not be feasible by law, Winner hereby grants to NCsoft at least an exclusive worldwide perpetual right and license in and to the aforesaid rights for any and all types of use whether known or yet to be determined for an overall exploitation and utilization in any modality, through any sales channel and in any technical specification. As far as the moral rights are concerned NCsoft may not make use of the moral rights of Winner in any way that is considered unreasonable.

7. Further Acts. Winner hereby undertakes to execute all documents and give all assistance and do all acts and things, at the expense of NCsoft as may, in the opinion of NCsoft, be necessary or desirable to vest the Intellectual Property Rights in and otherwise to protect and maintain the Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Submission. Such cooperation by the Winner shall include prompt production of pertinent facts and documents, giving of testimony, execution of petitions, oaths, specifications, declarations or other papers, and other assistance all to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by the parties for perfecting in NCsoft the right, title and interest herein conveyed.

8. Warranty. Winner represents and warrants to NCsoft that Winner (i) is the sole owner of all rights, title and interest in the Submission and the Intellectual Property Rights embodied therein, (ii) has not assigned, transferred, licensed, pledged or otherwise encumbered the Submission or any Intellectual Property Rights embodied therein or agreed to do so, (iii) has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to make the assignment as provided in Section 3, (iv) is not aware of any violation, infringement or misappropriation of any third party's rights (or any claim thereof) by the Submission or the expected use by NCsoft thereof, and (v) was not acting within the scope of employment by any third party when conceiving, creating or otherwise performing any activity with respect to anything purportedly assigned in Section 3.

9. No Amendment. This Assignment may not be varied, altered, amended or supplemented, nor may any of its provisions be waived, except by a writing duly executed by Winner and NCsoft.

10. Assignment. The terms and covenants of this Assignment shall inure to the benefit of NCsoft, its successors, assigns and other legal representatives, and shall be binding upon the Winner, its successors, assigns and other legal representatives.

11. Governing Law. This Assignment is entered into under, and shall be governed for all purposes by, the internal laws of the State of Washington as if made and entered into between two residents of that state. In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under this Assignment, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover costs and attorneys' fees.

12. Acknowledgment. The parties hereby acknowledge that they have read this Assignment and knowingly and willingly agree to be bound by its terms and conditions.

13. Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed simultaneously in several counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding upon the signing party.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The NCsoft and Winner have executed this Assignment as of the date set forth above.


WINNER


__________________________________________________(signature)


By: __________________________________________________ (full name in capital letters)



NC Interactive/NCsoft Europe Limited, NCSOFT Inc.


By:_________________________________________________


Its:_________________________________________________



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Exhibit A

(Contest Submission)












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Exhibit B

1. My real name is:

I am __________ years of age.

My street address is:

City:

State:

Zip:

Phone (for UPS shipping purposes only):

CANADIAN RESIDENTS NOT FROM QUEBEC! To claim your prize, you must be able to answer the following question correctly:
12 x 10 + 4 = (please provide answer)

Please send my City of Heroes® prizes to the address below: (Can be the same as your residence; no international alternative addresses or P.O. Boxes are allowed).

Name:

Street address:

City:

State:

Zip:

Phone (for UPS shipping purposes only):

2. Neither I, nor any member of my immediate family or household, is an employee of NCsoft or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, or promotional or publicity agencies.

3. I certify that the above information is true, and I accept the prize subject to all terms of the Contest Rules, which I have read in full. I represent that I have complied with all the rules and that I have perpetrated no fraud or deception in entering the Contest or in claiming the prize.

4. I grant NCsoft the worldwide right to use, publish and display my name on the Official City of Heroes® Web Site(www.cityofheroes.com; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/en/; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/fr/; http://eu.cityofheroes.com/de/) in connection with this contest without any further notification or compensation of any kind.

5. [ ] MARK THIS BOX WITH AN "X" to show you have read and agree to #'s 2, 3 4, above.

Sorry all. We're in touch with the relevant team to get it back up and running as soon as possible. The recent server move is requiring additional work before the copy tool can resurrect. I will keep you posted

Sorry all. We're in touch with the relevant team to get it back up and running as soon as possible. The recent server move is requiring additional work before the copy tool can resurrect. I will keep you posted in this thread: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...01#post3330401

Hmm, I'm not aware of any issue that could be causing your inability to log in.

If more of you are having that problem, please get in touch with the Customer Support team (via the support platform link in my signature below) so we can get an idea of how widespread this problem is. Make sure to include screenshots of the error messages you get. That would help us tremendously.

We'll get this fixed as soon as possible!

The European servers are indeed back online and the issues that popped up due to the downtime have now been resolved.

Please let us know if there are any remaining problems and thank you all for your patience with this matter!

Please be aware that the weekly maintenance scheduled for Thursday, November 11th, 2010 will be delayed by an hour and will start at 5:00 AM Pacific / 8:00 AM Eastern for a scheduled end at 7:00 AM Pacific / 10:00 AM Eastern.

We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience with this matter!

It is a well known fact that the success of any Hero (or Villain) is a well balanced breakfast every morning before they go about their noble (or dastardly) business.

What you don’t know is that there is a very particular brand of cereal we, at Paragon studios, have been sending to a few well known sites in order to promote City of Heroes Going Rogue.

Discover Utopios complete Breakfast! Recommended by the Praetorian Heart Association!

And remember, eat healthy and drink Enriche!

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It is a well known fact that the success of any Hero (or Villain) is a well balanced breakfast every morning before they go about their noble (or dastardly) business.

What you don’t know is that there is a very particular brand of cereal we, at Paragon studios, have been sending to a few well known sites in order to promote City of Heroes Going Rogue.

Discover Utopios complete Breakfast! Recommended by the Praetorian Heart Association!

And remember, eat healthy and drink Enriche!

Greetings all,

We have an important announcement for our EU players.

On 11th November 2010 we will be moving our four European servers to a new data centre in the United States. As part of this migration, we will be taking the servers down starting at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time (1:00 p.m. British Time / 14:00 Central European Time).This migration is expected to take approximately 6 hours, but it could end sooner or later. Check back for updates on the downtime.

This migration will help to centralize the City of Heroes servers allowing for higher quality and more efficient systems management. One location for all of the City of Heroes game servers will make it easier to support and upgrade the hardware. For example, as part of the migration, all of the EU game servers will be upgraded to brand new hardware. Also, it will improve our ability to respond to performance issues and streamline processes for keeping all servers up to date and online.

With the new data centre being located in the United States, it is possible that some of our European customers could experience additional lag when connecting to the game servers. However, the hardware is much newer, more efficient and our testing in most cases has shown no impact on performance. Additionally, customers in Europe will now consistently connect to the game servers through a more robust Internet pipeline. This means that our European players may actually notice improvements to their overall game experience.

This move does not impact your account, characters or game client. You existing account and user information will all be preserved. There is no work necessary on your part to prepare for this migration.

Please note that City of Heroes European game servers can only be accessed by European accounts, and City of Heroes North American game servers can only be accessed by North American accounts. There will be no server list merge or server merge as part of this migration.

Thank you very much for your patience with this matter; we appreciate your continued support of City of Heroes!

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Greetings all,

We have an important announcement for our EU players.

On 11th November 2010 we will be moving our four European servers to a new data centre in the United States. As part of this migration, we will be taking the servers down starting at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time (1:00 p.m. British Time / 14:00 Central European Time).This migration is expected to take approximately 6 hours, but it could end sooner or later. Check back for updates on the downtime.

This migration will help to centralize the City of Heroes servers allowing for higher quality and more efficient systems management. One location for all of the City of Heroes game servers will make it easier to support and upgrade the hardware. For example, as part of the migration, all of the EU game servers will be upgraded to brand new hardware. Also, it will improve our ability to respond to performance issues and streamline processes for keeping all servers up to date and online.

With the new data centre being located in the United States, it is possible that some of our European customers could experience additional lag when connecting to the game servers. However, the hardware is much newer, more efficient and our testing in most cases has shown no impact on performance. Additionally, customers in Europe will now consistently connect to the game servers through a more robust Internet pipeline. This means that our European players may actually notice improvements to their overall game experience.

This move does not impact your account, characters or game client. You existing account and user information will all be preserved. There is no work necessary on your part to prepare for this migration.

Please note that City of Heroes European game servers can only be accessed by European accounts, and City of Heroes North American game servers can only be accessed by North American accounts. There will be no server list merge or server merge as part of this migration.

Thank you very much for your patience with this matter; we appreciate your continued support of City of Heroes!

There has been a lot of excitement since we first announced the Incarnate systems and a lot of you must be champing at the bits wondering when, how and where your characters will be able to become almost as powerful as Statesman and Lord Recluse. Well, wait no longer for the Going Rogue website has just been updated with a ton of new information!

First off, discover what the Alpha Slot will encompass and learn about the return of Mender Ramiel as well as his warnings to the Ouroboros Menders. And last but not least, familiarize yourselves with the Alpha Slot tree and contemplate the future of your hero/villain/Praetorian!

Enjoy!

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There has been a lot of excitement since we first announced the Incarnate systems and a lot of you must be champing at the bits wondering when, how and where your characters will be able to become almost as powerful as Statesman and Lord Recluse. Well, wait no longer for the Going Rogue website has just been updated with a ton of new information!

First off, discover what the Alpha Slot will encompass and learn about the return of Mender Ramiel as well as his warnings to the Ouroboros Menders. And last but not least, familiarize yourselves with the Alpha Slot tree and contemplate the future of your hero/villain/Praetorian!

Enjoy!

There is quite a nice bunch of people being auctioned off here! I remember being a little apprehensive last year when I realised I was going to be PvP'ing with the winning gang but it turned out to be a lot of fun! Even for a hand-eye-coordination impaired player like me. Quite happy I took my tank out for the occasion though!

Bring it on Victory

On Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 we will be bringing all North American & European live servers down for a systems maintenance. The downtime is from 6:00 AM Pacific / 9:00 AM Eastern / 2:00 p.m. British / 15:00 Central European to 8:00 AM Pacific / 11:00 AM Eastern / 4:00 p.m. British / 17:00 Central European.
Patch notes for this publish will be available in the Patch Notes section after the downtime.
Thank you for your patience with this matter!

Greetings,

Given the magnitude of changes in Issue 19 with the fitness pool becoming inherent at level 2, we’ll be issuing one respec with the launch of issue 19 and a second respec exactly one week after launch. This means if you have dual builds you can respec both builds if you like, and if not you can use the first respec (if you like) to take advantage of the changes with I19 and bank the second respec for a later time.

Enjoy!

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Update: December 14th, 2010

Don't forget the 3rd Respec token will be given out tomorrow, December 15th!

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December 8th

Greetings,

Given the magnitude of changes in Issue 19 with the fitness pool becoming inherent at level 2, we’ll be issuing one respec with the launch of issue 19 and a second respec 8 days after launch on December 8th. This means if you have dual builds you can respec both builds if you like, and if not you can use the first respec (if you like) to take advantage of the changes with I19 and bank the second respec for a later time.

Enjoy!

Are you folks saying you're not seeing any Rikti about or that they're not being as feisty as they used to be?

Jump into the battle now as humanity endeavors to fight for its survival against an armada of Rikti!

Join your fellow Heroes and Villains on your home server now until 11:59 p.m. Pacific ( 1:59 a.m. Central / 2:59 a.m. Eastern / 7:59 a.m. British / 8:59 Central European Time), Sunday, November 7th, 2010!

Stay strong and watch out for those nasty bombs!

Join in the Community discussion here!

Jump into the battle now as humanity endeavors to fight for its survival against an armada of Rikti!

Join your fellow Heroes and Villains on your home server now until 11:59 p.m. Pacific ( 1:59 a.m. Central / 2:59 a.m. Eastern / 7:59 a.m. British / 8:59 Central European Time), Sunday, November 7th, 2010!

Stay strong and watch out for those nasty bombs!