Gamers: Sweepstakes May 3, 2008
OFFICIAL RULES
Sponsors: Monterey Media, Inc
566 St Charles Drive – Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Game Informer 724 North First Street – Minneapolis, MN 55401
NO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIPTION NECESSARY TO ENTER
OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
Eligibility: Gamers: Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of
the United States and the District of Columbia, age 15 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.
How to enter: To enter, visit www.gameinformer.com and follow all
entry instructions to enter if you are a member. If you are not a member of
Game Informer, 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 5/3/08 and 11:59 pm (CST) on 6/6/08.
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 may be required to complete and return an Affidavit of
Eligibility and Liability and a Publicity Release
("Affidavit/Release") within 3 days of date specified on
notification, or prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be
selected. If 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 (1 Winner) – One (1) Grand Prize
winners will receive the Gamers: DVD, Gamers T-shirt & bumper sticker and a
Game Informer Hoodie.
Second Place: Nine (9) winners will receive a copy of the Gamers DVD.
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 06/06/08, please mail a self
addressed envelope to Game Informer Magazine – Attention: Gamers: Sweepstakes
724 North First Street – 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.