City of Heroes Freedom Player Summit 2011 Raffle Contest Official Rules and Conditions

City of Heroes Freedom Player Summit 2011 Raffle Contest Official Rules and Conditions

This contest is organized by NC Interactive, Inc. who is identified in more detail in Section 9 of this document (the "Sponsor").

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 free prize draw (the "Contest") and you are not required to buy any product, or service from the Sponsor, or to be a subscriber to any of the Sponsor's games to enter the Contest.

Participants must follow this method of entry:

1) Accept a physical raffle ticket in person upon arrival at the City of Heroes Freedom™ Player Summit,
in Palo Alto, California at the Dinah's Garden Hotel on Saturday, November 19, 2011 (the "Event") between 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. PDT . This ticket is considered your "entry."

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

Any personal information given to the Sponsor 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 discarded 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@cityofheroes.ca

If you are a winner you hereby give Sponsor and its 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 Sponsor may provide, or any other information that you provide about yourself, the prize, the Contest, Sponsor or NCsoft 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, NCsoft or the Sponsor, 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 prior to 6:00 p.m. PDT, Saturday, November 19, 2011 (the "Contest Conclusion"). 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. 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. 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.

2. ELIGIBILITY

To enter the contest, as of Saturday, November 19, 2011(a) you must be 21 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) an email account, 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 parent company, 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 8:30 a.m. PDT on Saturday, November 19, 2011 and ends at 6:00 p.m. PDT on Saturday, November 19, 2011.

4. SELECTION OF WINNING ENTRIES

The winning entries will be drawn at random by representatives of the Sponsor. Tickets will be drawn from a raffle box sometime between the hours of 5:45 p.m. and 6:00 p.m . PDT on Saturday, November 19, 2011. You must be physically present at the Dinah's Garden Hotel, Palo Alto, California location to win. Any and all decisions of the judges or company representatives shall be final and binding in all respects.

5. PRIZES

1) Prizes description

The prize breakdown is as follows:

20 Winners will Receive One (1) of the Following 20 Prizes as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion:

  • One (1) Antec® Custom PC (Estimated retail value: $2000.00)
  • Two (2) NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 video cards (Estimated retail value: $169.99 each)
  • Two (2) AMD RADEON™ HD 6850 video cards (Estimated retail value: $169.99 each)
  • Two (2) One-year NCsoft Game Time (Estimated retail value: $180.00 each)
  • Two (2) 60-day NCsoft Game Time Cards (Estimated retail value: $30.00 each)
  • Six (6) 30-day NCsoft Game Time Cards (Estimated retail value: $15.00 each)
  • One (1) Razer™ Anansi keyboard (Estimated retail value: $99.99)
  • One (1) Razer™ Naga (Estimated retail value: $79.99)
  • One (1) set of Razer™ Orca Headphones (Estimated retail value: $59.99)
  • One (1) Razer™ Goliathus Extended Control mouse mat (Estimated retail value: $34.99)
  • One (1) Razer™ Mouse Bungee (Estimated retail value: $19.99)

Estimated Total Value of All Prizes: $3484.91

2) Prizes awarding process

Random drawings will occur at the event. Winner must be present to win. If a winner is not present at the time of drawing, or refuses or is ineligible to accept the prize then Sponsor reserves the right to conduct another random drawing to award the prize (a "Substitute Winner").

The Substitute Winner will be chosen as set forth above and is required to comply with the prizes awarding process described in this Section 5.2.

In the event the Substitute Winner is not present or otherwise 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 or may be awarded to another Substitute Winner at the sole discretion of Sponsor.

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 a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and/or documentation.

6. GENERAL CONDITIONS

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

A list of winners can also be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to City of Heroes Freedom Player Summit 2011 Raffle 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.

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