Going Rogue Character Creation Contest Rules  

1. Description. No purchase is necessary to enter. All times mentioned hereafter are Pacific Time U.S (PT). The ZAM City of Heroes Character Creation Sweeps (Sweepstakes) will begin at 12:00 AM on Monday, August 2nd, 2010 and continue until 11:59 PM on Sunday, August 15th, 2010. The Contest is being sponsored by ZAM (Sponsor).
2. How to Enter. You must register for a ZAM account at https://secure.zam.com/login.html?action=new and be logged into your account. Prizes are awarded via drawing. The cutoff for entries for a particular drawing is 11:59 PM on the day prior to the drawing. There is only one entry per household. You accumulate entries as follows: The entrant must enter their First Name, Last Name, Address, E-mail address and Birthday into the sign up form on the contest page and submit their entry. Note that only those who submit a hand drawing of their City of Heroes character are eligible for the Grand Prize. The winners are chosen at random from all ZAM users who submit the completed form. ZAM assumes no responsibility for lost, misdirected or late entries or entries containing incorrect or incomplete information.
3. Disqualifications. ZAM reserves the right to disqualify anyone from the contest for any reason at their sole discretion. Those who are disqualified will not be allowed to post comments on the site and will be disqualified from all subsequent prize drawings. Those who spam in order to gain entries will be disqualified. Entries made by bots or other automatic means will be disqualified.
4. Eligibility. The contest is open to legal residents of all 48 contiguous states plus the District of Columbia of the United States of America who are over 18 years of age. Anyone who is, or has been within the last 6 months, an Employee or consultant of NC Soft, Dell/Alienware, Gunnar, Cyborg Gaming ZAM or any affiliated sites is not eligible to win. Immediate family and household members of such individuals are also not eligible to win. Moderators, Editors, or Bloggers for ZAM are not eligible to win. Prizes will only be shipped to addresses within the 48 contiguous U.S. states and if your name is drawn, you must provide a name and address within the U.S. for shipping or be disqualified. In order to be eligible for the Grand Prize, contestants must submit a picture of a super hero or villain of their choosing. The character should be an original of the contestant's own creation. The image must either be in jpg or png format.
5. Winner Selection. Raffle winners (Daily Prize winners) will be selected one per day for the first six (6) days of the contest. Raffle winners are based upon all correct entries received between 12:00 AM on the day before the drawing takes place and 11:59 PM the day before the drawing takes place. A First Prize winner will be selected at random from contestants submitting entries on the first Sunday of the contest after opening on Sunday, August 8th at 12:00 AM and after closing on Sunday, August 8th, at 11:59 PM. From the next day, Monday, August 9th until Saturday, August 14th, additional raffle winners (Daily Prize winners) will be selected one per day for those six (6) days of the contest. Raffle winners are based upon all correct entries received between 12:00 AM on the day before the drawing takes place and 11:59 PM the day before the drawing takes place. A Grand Prize winner will be chosen at random on the last day of the contest from all completed entries received throughout the duration of the contest. In order to be eligible for the Grand Prize, contestants must submit an image of a hero or villain. Winners of the daily raffle are no longer eligible to receive another daily prize, however, they are still eligible for the Grand Prize.
6. Winner Notification. When your name is drawn, notification will be posted http://www.zam.com/contests/goingrogue.html using your site user name. You will also be notified via e-mail at the e-mail address attached to your ZAM account. You will have until 5:00 PM one week from the date your name is drawn to respond with a copy of a drivers license or ID card to confirm that you are 18 years of age or older. Responses should be sent to feedback@wowhead.com. The ID must be from a valid location within the United States of America to receive the prize. If you fail to respond in the time allotted, you will forfeit the prize and the prize will be rewarded to another randomly drawn winner from the pool of entries.
7. Prizes. Grand Prize: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive One (1) Dell Alienware M11X Laptop, One (1) Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Mouse, One (1) pair of Gunnar PPK Gloss Onyx gamer glasses, and One (1) Designer Plaque awarded to their submitted avatar. Estimated retail value of the Grand Prize is $1400. First Prize: One (1) First Prize Winner will receive One (1) Dell Alienware M11X Laptop and One (1) Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Mouse. Estimated retail value of the First Prize is $1100. Daily Prize: Twelve (12) Daily Prize winners will receive One (1) Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Mouse. Estimated retail value of the Daily Prize is $100. Winners will be responsible for any and all federal, state and/or local taxes resulting from acceptance of the prize. The prize will be shipped to be delivered to the name and address provided by the winner. The order will be shipped within one month of when the proper information is provided to the Sponsor by the winner. Prize winners cannot assign or transfer the prize to another person. No cash or prize substitution is allowed except at the discretion of Sponsor. All prizes will be awarded. If a prize cannot be awarded due to circumstances beyond the control of Sponsor, a substitute prize of equal or lesser retail value will be awarded; provided, however, that if prizes are awarded but unclaimed/forfeited by recipient, prize may not be re-awarded, in Sponsor's sole discretion. Other restrictions may apply.
8. Odds of Winning. The odds of winning depend upon the number of entries received.
9. Conditions of Participation/Release. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and the decisions of the Sponsors and the Contest Administrator, which shall be final in all respects. Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. All posts, comments, edits and other materials added to Sponsor's website as a result of this contest become the sole property of the sponsor and entrants authorize sponsor to use said content in whatever manner it wishes. By participating in this Contest and/or by accepting any prize that they may win, entrants agree to release the Sponsors, their parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, units and divisions and advertising and promotional agencies and prize suppliers; each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees; and each of these companies and individuals' respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Contest and/or acceptance or use of the prize. The Released Parties shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, stolen, misdirected, postage-due, incomplete, unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible entries, communications or affidavits, regardless of the method of transmission; (ii) telephone system, telephone or computer hardware, software or other technical or computer malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, delays or transmission errors; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry or other materials; (iv) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by the prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of a prize, or from participation in the Contest; or (v) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Contest. Sponsors disclaim any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participating in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with this Contest, and reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest should a virus, bug, computer problem, unauthorized intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor's control, corrupt the administration, security or proper participation of the Contest. Sponsors may prohibit you from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in their sole discretion, they determine you are attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or any other unfair participation with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor representatives. This Contest will be governed by the internal laws of the State of California. Any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Contest must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within California and you hereby submit to jurisdiction in California. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
10. Sponsor. ZAM. 1850 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
11. Privacy Policy. All information provided by the winners of the contest will be used solely for the purposes of this contest and will not be sold or shared with any other entity except as needed to ship the prizes to the intended addressee, unless the entrant has not opted out to receive additional correspondence from Alienware/Dell and/or NC Soft.