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DDO @ TenTonHammer Create Your Character Contest

Put your imagination to work and win your pre-order of Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach. All you need do is invent your DDO character. But we're not talking about stats and the perfect build; we're talking about creating a description and history for your character that will make them come to life before they ever take shape in the online world of Eberron.

So, in anticipation of the first-quarter 2006 launch of DDO, it's time to get your creative wheels in gear. TWO lucky entrants will walk away with a free pre-order of DDO!

1. OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

The DDO @ TenTonHammer.com "Create Your Character" contest is operated by Master Games International, Inc.

Entrants acknowledge and agree that, by participating in the "Create Your Character" contest, they have read and understand the official contest rules, and that they will abide by the official contest rules.

Basic Rules and How to Enter:

(a)    Beyond what race and class your character will be we want to know what makes your character tick. This is essentially a contest in creativity. Your challenge is to write a description and history of your upcoming DDO character. What does he look like? Where did she come from? What events and circumstances in his past helped shape him? What are her goals?

(b)   You can be as inventive as you like, but you should remain true to the fantasy/DDO theme and setting; at least…if you want a chance at winning.

(c)    You can use whatever device you like to tell your character's tale, from a short story to a news article to anything else you can dream up. However, your entry must be written; no artwork, please.

(d)   Your entry should be a maximum of 1000 words long (excluding the title). Entries over 1000 words will be disqualified. Spelling and grammar do count for something, so listen to your friendly word processor when it tells you something's amiss.

(e)    To Submit Your Entry:

Send your entry along with your full name, address, and telephone number to: shayalyn@tentonhammer.com. Once you've mailed your entry, post a 50-word (or less) "snippet" from your entry in our forums

(f)    Snippets from entries should be posted on this thread in our forums. This thread is for official entries only. Comments and kudos may be posted here.

(g)   We will contact you via the email address you provided with your entry. In the event that winners fail to respond within one (1) week their prize will be forfeited.

Entry Deadline: January 15, 2006

2. ELIGIBILITY:

3. SELECTING THE WINNER:

Between January 15 and January 22, 2006, a panel of judges, appointed by Master Games International, Inc. in its sole discretion, will judge each qualifying entry and select TWO winners. Judging will be based on the creativity of the submissions, as determined by the judges in their sole discretion.

Selections of the judges will be final. The decisions of Master Games International, Inc. with respect to the contest are final and not subject to appeal. The winner will be contacted by email by a Master Games International, Inc. representative on or around the week of January 22, 2006. If the first winner cannot be located within 1 week, the prize will be forfeited and awarded to a runner-up.

The winner's names will be posted online at www.TenTonHammer.com and at ddo.tentonhammer.com on January 23, 2006.

4. PRIZE:

The winner will receive a Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach pre-order. Winners are responsible for fees associated with online game-play.

5. CONDITIONS:

(a) No purchase necessary.

(b) The contest is void where prohibited or where restricted by U.S., international, federal, state or local law.

(c) Entrants are required to provide truthful information. Master Games International, Inc. will reject and delete any entry (on-site, Internet, or mail-in) that it discovers to be false or fraudulent or to contain any incorrect statement.

(d) Contest entries become property of Master Games International, Inc.

(e) Entrants declare that the entry is submitted by them and not by a third person on their behalf.

(f) Master Games International, Inc. will be permitted to use the entry without further notice or approval of the contest winner.

(g) No royalties are payable to the contest winner for Master Games International, Inc.'s use of the entry (if any) and no further consideration will be provided to the contest winner (other than prizes).

(h) Entrants in the contest and the winner and their guests agree to have their names or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this contest, without additional financial or other compensation, and will sign a publicity release to that effect. Contest winner may be required to sign a liability/publicity release prior to acceptance of the prize. Pursuant to the liability/publicity release, the winner will agree to hold Master Games International, Inc., its affiliated companies and officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives of each of them harmless against any and all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from the prize or participation in the contest.

(i) Master Games International, Inc. is not responsible for technical, hardware, software or telephone failures of any kind, loss or delay of mail, lost or unavailable network connections, fraud or incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions, whether caused by the sponsors, users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the promotion or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submission which may damage a user's system or limit an entrant's ability to participate in the contest. Master Games International, Inc. reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or with the operation of the contest.

(j) Any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest, or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by arbitration. Any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this contest, but in no event attorney's fees.

(k) Master Games International, Inc. reserves the right, in its sole discretion, but shall in no event be obligated, to cancel, terminate or suspend part or all of this contest should viruses, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, loss by any cause of mailed-in entry forms or other causes corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the contest or for any other reason.

(l) Master Games International, Inc. reserves the right to make changes to the rules of the contest, including the substitution of a prize or prizes of equal or greater value, which will become effective upon announcement and Master Games International, Inc. shall incur no liability with respect to such changes.

(m) Failure to comply with the contest rules may result in an entrant's disqualification at the sole discretion of Master Games International, Inc.

(n) The DDO @ TenTonHammer.com "Create Your Character" contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, U.S.A. Entrants in the contest, the winner and their guests agree irrevocably to conform to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of such State and hereby waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens.

6. COPY OF OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES:

Copies of the official contest rules are available upon request by email to boomjack@tentonhammer.com or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:

TenTonHammer.Com
866 River Trail
Pipe Creek, Texas
USA 78063