Dr. Aeon's Third Challenge
City of Heroes® Mission Architect Contest Official Rules and Conditions
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 based on the following criteria: how closely you follow the challenge, creativity, difficulty, and overall presentation. (the “Contest”). We reserve the right to select no winner, if the submissions do not meet the following criteria.
Participants must follow this method of entry:
(1) Send an email to
AECommunityContest@ncsoft.com with the subject heading “@Global Name - Arc ID - Arc” Include the following information in English in the body of the email:
(a) The sentence: I accept the City of Heroes® Mission Architect Contest Official Terms and Conditions as displayed on the City of Heroes website.
If I am a winner, you permit NC Interactive, Inc., and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown and any comments which I may make about myself, this contest and/or I provide for advertising and promotional activities
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b) Your registered message board display name (if you are a member of the official forum)
(c) Your account name
(d) Your first and last name
(e) Your age
(f) Your location – city, state/province, country
(g) A contact phone number (This number will not be shared with anyone and only used in the event we need an alternative method of contacting you.)
(2) The challenge is to write and design an arc revolving around heroes falling from grace or villains redeeming themselves.
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 trade marks 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:
AECommunityContest@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 PM (Central Time), Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 (the “
Contest Conclusion”) and must be in English. Entries which do not conform to these Official Rules and Conditions will not be accepted. The Contest is limited to one entry per person.
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 Tuesday, September 21st, 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, (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 AM (Central Time) on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 and ends at 11:59 PM (Central Time) on Wednesday, October 20, 2010.
4. SELECTION OF WINNING ENTRIES
The winning entries will be selected based on the following criteria: how closely the follow the challenge, creativity, difficulty, and overall presentation. We reserve the right to select no winner, if the submissions do not meet the following criteria. Winners will be notified via e-mail and announced on the City of Heroes® Official Message Forum on or about
Wednesday, November 3, 2010. 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) Winner Will Receive:
• One Permanent Title on a character of his/her choice so long as the account is in good standing (Estimated retail value: $0.00)
• At our discretion, the winning arc could receive a Developer’s Choice (Estimated retail value: $0.00)
Estimated Total Prize package value: $0.00
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 does not:
(i) 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)
(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 runner-ups 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 City of Heroes® web site (
http://www.cityofheroes.com). 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.
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. 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 entry on the Official City of Heroes® Web Site (
http://www.cityofheroes.com) 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 even 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
http://boards.cityofheroes.com no later than Wednesday, November 3, 2010. A list of winners can also be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to City of Heroes Mission Architect Contest, NC Interactive, Inc., 1501 4th Ave. Floor 20. Seattle, WA 98101, USA. Residents of Canada 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, Moccatta House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4DU, England (Company No: 05165702)
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