Official Skill Contest Rules
OFFICIAL RULES
PAX Your Bags – Win a Trip to PAX East 2015!
PREAMBLE
- NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SKILL CONTEST. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS SKILL CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. THIS SKILL CONTEST IS VALID IN THE 48 STATES OF THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES AND D.C. AND IT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALASKA, HAWAII, OR ANY OTHER US TERRITORIES.
- THIS SKILL CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO INDIVIDUALS (1) WHO ARE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 48 CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES & D.C. AND (2) WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. PARTICIPANTS MUST ALSO MEET THE OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 4.
- BY ENTERING THIS SKILL CONTEST, EACH ENTRANT CERTIFIES THAT HE/SHE MEETS ALL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND AGREES TO ACCEPT AND BE BOUND BY ALL TERMS OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES (“OFFICIAL RULES”). If you do not agree to be bound by the official rules, you may not participate in this skill contest.
- PRIOR TO RECEIVING ANY PRIZE OR AWARD WORTH MORE THAN $600, WINNERS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A COMPLETED W9 FORM AND CERTAIN OTHER PAPERWORK DETAILED BELOW.
- THE TOTAL VALUE OF ALL PRIZES TO BE AWARDED IN THIS skill contest IS US$1,500.
CONTEST RULES
1. Sponsor
This Skill Contest – PAX Your Bags! Win a Trip to PAX East 2015 (the “Skill Contest”) is sponsored by Wargaming America, Inc. (the “Sponsor”), PO Box 8250, Emeryville, CA 94662.
2. Contest Dates
ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM 12:00PM PST JANUARY 15th, 2015 THROUGH 12:00PM PST JANUARY 31st, 2015 (the “Entry Period”). In these Official Rules, all times are Pacific times in the USA. The Prize listed below will be awarded between February 1st, 2015 and February 28th, 2015.
3. Description of the Prize
The Sponsor anticipates awarding one (1) prize.
Subject to these Official Rules, the winning participant will receive:
- Tickets to PAX East 2015 (Boston MA, March 6-8, 2015).
- Roundtrip, coach class airfare, flying in on March 5th or 6th (depending on timing) and returning on March 8th. If winner lives within 250 miles of Boston, MA, then Sponsor may provide ground transportation in lieu of airfare.
- One (1) single occupancy hotel room in Boston MA for 2-3 nights depending on flight schedule.
(b) No other items are included in the prize except for those stated herein and Sponsor is not responsible for any additional costs such as baggage fees, ground transportation, food, etc.
(c) In the event Winner engages in behavior that, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, is obnoxious or threatening, illegal or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, or is otherwise in violation of event rules, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Prize trip or other applicable experience early, in whole or in part, and send the winner home with no further compensation.
4. Eligibility
(a) Participation in this Skill Contest is open only to individuals who enter in accordance with Section 5 of these Rules. This Skill Contest is only offered in the 48 states of the contiguous United States & D.C. and is not available in Alaska, Hawaii, or any other US territories. All entrants must be 18 years old or older at the time of entry.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following are NOT ELIGIBLE to participate in this Skill Contest: (i) employees, officers, directors and agents of Sponsor, Sponsor’s licensees and their respective affiliates and agents (the “Sponsor Parties”); (ii) parents, spouses, children, brothers and sisters of Sponsor Parties; and (iii) individuals living in the same household as Sponsor Parties.
(c) Each Entrant is responsible for providing accurate information as to his/her name, age, and email address. Individuals that provide information reasonably determined by Sponsor (in its sole discretion) to be incomplete, false or deceptive, will be ineligible to participate or (if they have already participated) to win the Skill Contest.
(d) To be eligible to receive the Prize for winning the Skill Contest, you will have to complete a W9 form and return the completed form to the Sponsor. You do not need to complete a W9 to participate in this Skill Contest, only to receive a prize with cash value over $600.
5. How to Enter
To enter, an eligible individual must send to wga_contests@wargaming.net (subject line “PAX EAST 2015 CONTEST”) a written response, 300 - 400 words in length, on why we should send him/her to PAX East 2015. Entries may be supplemented with photos, video, etc. for bonus points. Entries must be sent by the end of the Entry Period.
Any submissions that do not fulfill the criteria listed above will be automatically rejected.
6. Entrant’s Certification as to His/Her Entry
By entering, each Entrant represents and warrants that his/her entry (and each element thereof): (i) complies with these Official Rules; and (ii) are true, accurate and correct.
7. Judging of the Skill Contest
After the Entry Period, all entries will be judged by the Wargaming staff based on the entries’ quality, originality, and humor.
8. Claiming a Prize
The potential Prize winner will be notified through the forums and/or e-mail. The potential Prize winner may be required to sign the following documents (the “Prize Claim Documents”) and return them via facsimile or email (by .pdf file attachment) within five (5) days of attempted notification (and subsequently return the original, unmodified, executed documents by mail to Sponsor’s address set forth above): (i) a W9 tax form; and (ii) a Waiver and Release of Liability. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize or any part thereof with a prize or element of equal or greater value in its sole discretion. If the Prize Claim Documents sent to the potential Prize winner by any means are returned as undeliverable, or if the potential Prize winner fails or refuses to properly sign and return all Prize Claim Documents within the above-stated time period, or if the potential Prize winner (and/or his/her entry content) is determined by Sponsor (in Sponsor’s sole discretion) to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, the potential Prize winner will be disqualified and alternative entry will be selected as the potential Prize winner.
At the end of the Skill Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, all Entry-related materials may remain posted and available for viewing on Sponsor’s website. If required, Entrant hereby grants to Sponsor a perpetual, irrevocable license to use and display the contents of any entry materials for commercial or non-commercial purposes.
9. Permissions
By entering this Skill Contest, each Entrant grants to Sponsor and its licensees (if any) the irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable and sublicenseable right and license to use, display, copy, edit, modify, create derivative works of, publish, distribute and otherwise exploit the content of, and elements embodied in, his/her entries in any and all media, including but not limited to digital and electronic media, audio and audiovisual media (whether now existing or hereafter devised), in any language, throughout the world, in any broadcast outlet and in any manner, for trade, advertising, promotional, commercial, or any other purposes without further approval or consideration.
10. Grant of Rights with respect to Entrants
By entering this Skill Contest, each Entrant grants Sponsor and its licensees the right to use the entrant’s name, image, likeness, voice, photograph, statements and/or Prize information, and/or any portion of any of the foregoing, for promotional, advertising and/or publicity purposes in any media, now or hereafter known, throughout the world and in perpetuity, without compensation or notice to, or with further consent of, the entrant, to the extent permitted by law. By entering into the Skill Contest, each Entrant hereby consents to any and all uses and displays by Sponsor, together with Sponsor’s Parties and affiliates, of Entrant’s name, voice, likeness, image, appearance, biographical information, and any information offered in response to the Skill Contest or in connection with any printed, electronic or digital materials, including any broadcasts, pictures, audio or video recordings, digital images, websites, television programs, movies, advertising, sales or marketing brochures, printed materials, computer media and any derivative works therefrom, throughout the world and at any time during or after Entrant’s participation in the Skill Contest for all legitimate business purposes of Sponsor. By entering into the Skill Contest, Entrants also agree to forever release, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor and its affiliates and agents, from any and all claims, actions, damages, losses, costs, expenses and liability of any kind arising from or relating to Sponsor’s use of Entrant’s name, voice, likeness, image, appearance, biographical information and any other information offered at any time during or after the period of participation in the Skill Contest including but not limited to claims of defamation, invasion of privacy, or rights of publicity or copyright infringement.
11. Waiver and Release of Liability by Entrants
(a) By entering this Skill Contest, each entrant, on behalf of himself/herself and his/her heirs, successors, assigns, agents and representatives, and without further compensation of any kind, waives and releases the Sponsor, Sponsor Parties, and each of their affiliates, successors and assigns, from any and all claims that he/she may now or hereafter have in any jurisdiction based on “moral rights” or unfair competition with respect to Sponsor’s and/or Sponsor’s licensees’ exploitation of Entries or entry materials, and each entrant agrees not to instigate, support, maintain, or authorize any action, claim, or lawsuit against Sponsor, any Sponsor Party, any of their affiliates, successors, assigns, agents and representatives, or any other person, in connection with this Skill Contest, the award, acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the Prize and/or on the grounds that any use of any user-generated content, or any derivative works thereof, infringes or violates any rights of Entrant therein.
(b) None of the Sponsor or Sponsor Parties shall have any obligation, responsibility, or liability with respect to: (i) notifications, communications, or materials sent from an entrant to Sponsor or from Sponsor to an entrant, that are lost, late, misdirected, garbled, inaccurate, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in part, due to computer, post office or technical error of any kind, (ii) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties, (iii) power-related or weather-related events of any kind, and/or to any events not under Sponsor’s direct control, (iv) entries or other communications from entrants that contain inaccurate information or do not comply with these Official Rules, (v) errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, delays in operation or transmissions, theft, destruction, unauthorized access or alterations by entrant or third parties, and/or (vi) any damage to entrant’s computer system that occurs in connection with accessing Sponsor’s website and/or submitting any entry materials.
(c) BY ENTERING THE SKILL CONTEST, EACH ENTRANT, ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF/HERSELF AND HIS/HER HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES, RELEASES SPONSOR, SPONSOR PARTIES AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FROM AND OF ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION AND/OR ENTRY IN THIS SKILL CONTEST AND/OR THE AWARD, ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF THE PRIZE AWARDED IN THIS SKILL CONTEST.
(d) Waiver of California Civil Code Section 1542. Further, entrants are advised that California Civil Code § 1542 provides that: A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR. By entering this Skill Contest, each entrant, on behalf of himself/herself and his/her heirs, successors, assigns, agents and representatives, acknowledges that he/she understands the significance and consequences of California Civil Code § 1542 and, to the extent it may be applicable, elects to waive the benefits of its provisions, with the intent that this release and waiver of liability in these Skill Contest Rules shall include claims known or unknown, and unknown and unsuspected.
12. Tampering
(a) Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify and prohibit from participating any person, who Sponsor determines (in its sole discretion) is or is attempting to: (i) tamper with Sponsor’s website and/or any part of the Skill Contest; (ii) attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Skill Contest by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices, (iii) intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other participants or Sponsor’s Parties; and/or (iv) otherwise violating these Official Rules or the Terms of Use of Sponsor’s website.
(b) ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE SPONSOR’S WEBSITE OR ANY OF SPONSOR’S GAMES (OR ANY PART OF EITHER) OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THIS SKILL CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD ANY SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR AND ITS LICENSEES (IF ANY) RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND ANY OTHER AVAILABLE REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SUCH ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH ENTRANT (OR, IF THE ENTRANT IS NOT OF AGE OF MAJORITY IN HIS/HER STATE OF RESIDENCE, THE LEGAL GUARDIANS THEREOF) AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS SPONSOR, SPONSOR PARTIES AND AFFILIATES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES AND/OR LIABILITIES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES) THAT MAY BE ASSERTED AGAINST OR INCURRED BY ANY OF THEM AT ANY TIME, IN CONNECTION WITH ENTRANT’S ENTRY MATERIALS, OR THE USE THEREOF, AND/OR BY ENTRANT’S BREACHES OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SKILL CONTEST.
13. Sponsor’s Right to Void Entry Submission and Terminate this Skill Contest
If, in Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of fraud, electronic or non-electronic tampering or unauthorized intervention with any portion of this Skill Contest, or if fraud or technical difficulties of any sort (e.g., computer viruses, bugs, server errors) compromise the integrity of the Skill Contest, the Sponsor reserves the right to void suspect Entry-related submissions and/or evaluations and/or terminate the Skill Contest and award the Prize in its sole discretion. The use of any automated launching or entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that permits the participant to automatically enter or evaluate repeatedly is prohibited. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant based on an email address, the entry in question may be disqualified subject to the Judges’ discretion.
14. Identification of Winners
To the extent permitted or required by law, the Prize winner(s’) list may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope, sixty (60) days after the announcement of the Prize winner, to: PO Box 8250, Emeryville, CA 94662. Please specify “ATTN: WINNER REQUEST: PAX Your Bags - Win a Trip to PAX East 2015!” on the envelope. Only one request per envelope. Such information will be available only for one (1) year after the award of the Prize.
15. General Terms
(a) This Skill Contest is subject to these Official Rules and is governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its rules concerning conflict of law or jurisdiction. By entering, each entrant agrees (and if the entrant is a United States resident who is under eighteen (or under the age of majority in his/her state of residence), his/her parent and/or legal guardian agrees) to comply with these Official Rules, the Terms of Use of Sponsor’s website and the Sponsor’s Privacy Policies posted here. Any claims relating to this Skill Contest must be resolved in the state or federal courts of CALIFORNIA.
(b) BY ENTERING, ALL ENTRANTS AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SKILL CONTEST.
(c) In order to validly enter and in order to claim the Prize, entrants may be required to provide Sponsor with certain personally identifiable information such as name, residential address, telephone number, social security number, email address and/or other contact and/or tax information. Such information may be used for the purposes set forth in the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy in accordance with the terms set forth in that Privacy Policy or as specifically described in these Official Rules. Entrants (and, for entrants under 18 years of age, their parents or legal guardians) wishing that the Sponsor not contact them via postal mail, electronic mail and/or by telephone (except in connection with this Skill Contest and/or as otherwise set forth in the Privacy Policy) may elect to opt-out of such disclosures by following the procedure set forth in Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (except that contact shall be permitted in connection with this Skill Contest and as permitted or required by law).
(d) The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
(e) All taxes, fees and surcharges on the Prize are the sole responsibility of the Prize winner. In the event that the selected winner of the Prize is ineligible or refuses the Prize, the Prize will be forfeited and Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may choose whether to award the Prize to another entrant in the Skill Contest.
