Posted June 22nd, 2007 by Ethec
1. HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST:
Members of Ten Ton Hammer may enter the contest by confirming their email address on the BlizzCon Raffle form, accessed through the Ten Ton Hammer Online Store. Entries must be received by 9am (US Eastern Time) on Monday, July 2nd, 2007. Non-members may not access the form, and entries will be checked against the confirmed list of Ten Ton Hammer members.
This contest is run pursuant to Blizzard Entertainment's generous offer of five BlizzCon 2007 event passes, stipulated as follows:
[Blizzard Entertainment] is happy to let you know that we will be able to make five [5]
BlizzCon exhibit tickets available to you and your site. You may
provide these to staff or to fans of your site but will need to keep some
points in mind.These tickets are to be used as follows:
[Blizzard Entertainment] must have all attendee names no later than July 6, 2007. Any tickets
we do not have names for will be forfeit. Tickets will be available to
attendees at the VIP ticket booth.
2. ELIGIBILITY:
(a) The contest is open only to residents of the United States or Canada. The contest is open only to adults 18 years of age or older, and participants must be members in good standing with Ten Ton Hammer's membership program.
(b) Master Games International, Inc. employees, its affiliated advertising/public relations agencies, participating sponsors/promotional partners, and the members of their immediate families are ineligible to enter or win.
3. SELECTING THE WINNERs:
A random draw of eligible email addresses collected will occur during the morning of Monday, July 2nd, 2007. All entrants have an equal chance at the grand prize, while the next four addresses drawn will win the runner-up prize.
The random drawing will be held on Monday, July 2nd, 2007 and winners will be notified by confirmed email. Any prizes unclaimed by July 5th, 2007 at 12:01 AM EST are null and void.
4. PRIZES:
The Grand Prize winners will receive a BlizzCon event pass in their name, three nights lodging at a reputable hotel within walking distance of the venue, roundtrip flight tickets from within the contiguous United States and Canada to Los Angeles airport (LAX), plus USD200 for ground transport and meals. Runners up will receive a BlizzCon event pass in their name. Prizes are non-transferable.
5. CONDITIONS:
(a) Membership required, but 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. and will not be returned.
(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, the winner and their guests agree to have their names, voices, 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 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 winners 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 jeff@tentonhammer.com or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
TenTonHammer.Com
866 River Trail
Pipe Creek, Texas