OFFICIAL RULES
Sponsors: Game Informer 724 North First Street, 4th Floor – Minneapolis, MN 55401
NO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIPTION NECESSARY TO
ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
Eligibility: No purchase necessary to enter or to win. Purchase will not
increase odds of winning. Forgetting Sarah Marshall Sweepstakes open
only to legal residents of the United States age 17 and older. Employees of
Game Informer its parent company and their subsidiaries, affiliates,
distributors, retailers, advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate
family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not
eligible to enter or win. Sweepstakes governed by U.S. law. Sweepstakes is subject
to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Disclaimer: Sponsor and its
affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, professional advisors, employees
and agencies will not be responsible for: (a) any late, lost, misrouted, garbled
or distorted or damaged transmissions or entries; (b) telephone, electronic,
hardware, software, network, Internet, or other computer- or
communications-related malfunctions or failures; (c) any Promotion disruptions,
injuries, losses or damages caused by events beyond the control of Sponsor; or
(d) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the
Promotion.
How to enter: To enter, visit www.gameinformer.com/sarahmarshall
and follow all entry instructions to enter if you are a member. If you are not
a member of www.gameinformer.com, you can become a member by signing up for a
free account. To sign-up for a free account, visit
www.gameinformer.com/login.aspx and follow all instructions to open a free
account. All entries must be received between 12:01 AM Central Time (CST) on 9/5/08
and 11:59 pm (CST) on 10/1/08. Entrants subject to all notices posted
online including but not limited to Sponsors' privacy policies. Limit: One
online entry per person or e-mail address per day. Proof of sending or
submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsors. By entering,
participants acknowledge compliance with the Official Rules, including
eligibility requirements and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the
decisions of the Sponsors and independent judging organization shall be final
and binding. The use of any device to automate the entry process is prohibited.
Illegible or mechanically reproduced entries are not eligible. All entries and
requests become the Sponsors' property and will not be returned or
acknowledged. The Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, damaged, or
misdirected entries.
Winner Selection/Notification: Potential winners will be selected in a
random drawing from all eligible entries received. Winners will be notified
by email and/or mail and will be required to follow the instructions in such
notification in order to verify eligibility. This may include the requirement
to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability and a Publicity
Release ("Affidavit/Release"). A response to the notification must be
received within 3 business days or prize will be forfeited and an
alternate winner will be selected. If the notification email or the
Affidavit/Release is returned as undeliverable, it will result in
disqualification, and the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner in a
separate random drawing. If winner is otherwise eligible under these Official
Rules, but is nevertheless deemed a minor in his or her state of primary residence,
all required documents must be signed by the winner's parent or legal guardian on
behalf of the minor. If prize is forfeited for any reason whatsoever, the prize
will be awarded to an alternate winner in a separate random drawing. No
substitution of prize offered is permitted, no transfer of prize to a third
party is permitted and prize may not be redeemed for cash value, except that
Sponsors (due to circumstances beyond its control), reserve the right at their
sole discretion to substitute the prize for one of comparable or greater value.
Prize awarded within ninety (90) days from winner verification. Entry and
acceptance of prize constitutes permission to use winner's name, prize won,
hometown, likeness, video tape, and statements for promotional purposes,
including but not limited to online posting, radio, print and TV media, without
further compensation, except where prohibited by law.
Prize/Odds: Grand Prize (10 Winners) – Fifteen (15) Grand Prize
winners will receive Forgetting Sarah Marshall Unrated on DVD valued at $34.98.
Odds
of winning the prize are determined by the total number of eligible entries
received.
General: Participating entrants agree to these Official Rules
and the decisions of the judges and the Sponsors, which shall be without legal
or other recourse and final in all aspects, and release the Sponsors and their
affiliated companies, and all other businesses involved in this Sweepstakes, as
well as the employees, officers, directors and agents of each, from all
liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever, including the unauthorized
or illegal access to personally identifiable or sensitive information and for
injuries, damages or losses of any kind to persons (including death) and
property which may be sustained in connection with either directly or
indirectly, 1) the awarding, receipt, ownership use or misuse of a prize
awarded here; or 2) participation in the Sweepstakes or any prize related
activities, including but not limited to traveling to or from any prize related
activity. The Sponsors are not responsible for any typographical or other error
in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the
announcement of the prize.
Winners List: For winner's names, available after 10/31/08, please mail a self
addressed envelope to Game Informer Magazine – Attention: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Sweepstakes – 724 North First Street, 3rd Floor – Minneapolis, MN 55401.
NOTICE TO ONLINE ENTRANTS
In the event of a dispute over the identity of an online entrant, entry will be
deemed submitted by the "Authorized Account Holder" of the e-mail
address submitted at time of entry. Authorized Account Holder means the natural
person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider,
online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for
assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail
address. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered, or mass
entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices are
void. The Sponsors are not responsible for: (i) lost, late, misdirected,
damaged, illegible or postage due mail/entries; or (ii) error, omission,
interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or
destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for
technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or
software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to
receive entry information by Sponsors on account of technical problems or
traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or any combination
thereof; or (iii) any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's
computer related to or resulting from participating in the sweepstakes. By participating
in the Sweepstakes, you (i) agree to be bound by these official rules,
including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) agree to be bound by the
decisions of Sponsors and the independent judging organization, which are final
and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Failure to comply with
these official rules may result in disqualification from the Sweepstakes.
Sponsors reserves the right to: (i) permanently disqualify from any sweepstakes
it sponsors any person it believes has intentionally violated these official
rules; and (ii) withdraw the online method of entry if it becomes technically
corrupted, (including if a computer virus or system malfunction inalterably
impairs its ability to conduct the sweepstakes), and to select winner from
among all eligible entries received prior to withdrawal.
LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT,
TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THIS WEB SITE OR INTERFERE
WITH THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL
LAWS AND THE SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE
ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW.