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Halloween Adena Art Contest Official Rules and Conditions

This contest is organized by NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited, who are identified in more detail in Section 9 of this document (the "Sponsors").

1. ENTRY

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. IF YOU ARE ENTERING THIS CONTEST AS A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS CONTEST SHALL BE VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY UNITED STATES LAW.

This is a skill-based contest based on the creativity, difficulty, and overall presentation of the entry (the "Contest").

Participants must follow this method of entry:

  1. Send an e-mail to l2submissions@ncsoft.com with the subject heading "Halloween Adena Art Contest." Include the following information in English in the body of the e-mail:

    1. Your first and last name
    2. Your age
    3. Your location, including city, state/province, and country
    4. A contact phone number (only to be used if we cannot contact you by e-mail regarding this Contest)
    5. Your full mailing address
    6. The title of your entry
    7. The sentence: I accept the Halloween Adena Art Contest Official Rules and Conditions as displayed on the Lineage II website.
  2. Attach a screenshot of the adena art that you have created in any resolution to the e-mail. The screenshot must be in JPEG (.jpg) format.

    • The screenshot must be of a picture of Halloween- or Autumn-themed adena art.
    • You may use adena and other in-game items to create the art.

By submitting an entry to the Contest, you accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and Conditions.

The use of copyrighted material or trademarks NOT owned by the Sponsors or yourself is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Your submission must not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity, or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene, or otherwise contrary to law.

Any personal information given to the Sponsors when you enter this Contest will only be used to contact you in relation to this Contest. All information concerning nonwinning entries will be deleted after the end of the Contest. The personal information concerning the winning entries will be only used in the context of this Contest and use of your entry as agreed between you and the Sponsor. This information will not be disclosed to any third party or used for any other purpose. You may exercise your rights of access and rectification of this information by writing to: l2submissions@ncsoft.com.

If you are a winner you hereby give Sponsors and their respective divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, and agencies full permission, right, and authority to use your likeness, photograph, name, hometown, and any comments that you may make/answers to questions that Sponsors may provide, or any other information that you provide about yourself, the prize, the Contest, or Lineage II, for the purposes of advertising and promotion (in any media, including but not limited to in print media, television, film, video, radio, internet, or otherwise) related to the Contest, Lineage II, or each of the Sponsors, without any further notification or compensation to you other than that set out herein. Winner waives all rights of inspection and approval in relation to the foregoing.

All entries must be received via e-mail prior to 11:59 p.m. CST, Saturday, October 31, 2009 (the "Contest Conclusion") and must be in English. Entries that do not conform to these Official Rules and Conditions will not be accepted. The Contest is limited to one entry per person.

The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible, or misdirected entries, which will be void. Use of a false name, mailing address, or e-mail account will disqualify an entry and the individual who submitted the entry. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful, or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor's judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor is not responsible for hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections, server unavailability due to technical, capacity constraints, or other issues, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled, or delayed electronic or other communications. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify from this Contest and/or any other contest conducted by Sponsor any person who, in Sponsor's reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process or the operation of the website. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend, or modify this Contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if in Sponsor's judgment, the Contest is altered, corrupted, or cannot be completed as planned due to computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or other conditions beyond Sponsor's control, or at Sponsor's reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.

2. ELIGIBILITY

To enter the contest, as of October 12, 2009 (a) you must be 13 years of age or older, (b) you must have Internet access, an e-mail account, and access to a personal computer, and (c) you must be a resident of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec), or the European Union. Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prizes. If you are a minor in your country of residence, you must provide the entry as set forth under Section 1 with your legal guardian's approval, and you must provide written approval of your entry to the Contest and consent to these Official Rules and Conditions by your legal guardian. This written approval shall be provided within 14 days after the receipt of request by the Sponsor.

Employees of Sponsor, and Sponsor's respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies, and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings, and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible to enter the Contest.

3. DURATION

The contest period begins at 9:00 a.m. CST on Thursday, October 12, 2009 and ends at 11:59 p.m. CST on Saturday, October 31, 2009.

4. SELECTION OF WINNING ENTRIES

The winning entries will be determined by representatives of each Sponsor and will be judged equally on the following criteria: creativity, difficulty, and overall presentation. Representatives of the Sponsor will select the winning entries. Winners will be notified via e-mail and announced on the Lineage II website on or about Monday, November 23, 2009. Any and all decisions of the judges shall be final and binding in all respects.

5. PRIZES

5.1 Prize List

One (1) first place winner will receive:

  • One (1) Halloween Hat in-game hair accessory granted to one of the winner's characters (No Retail Value).
  • Five (5) Revita Pops granted to one of the winner's characters (No Retail Value).
  • One (1) Agathion (Devil or Angel; winner picks) (No Retail Value).

One (1) second place winner will receive:

  • One (1) Halloween Hat in-game hair accessory granted to one of the winner's characters (No Retil Value).
  • Two (2) Revita Pops granted to one of the winner's characters (No Retail Value).

Three (3) runners-ups will receive:

  • One (1) Halloween Hat in-game hair accessory granted to one of the winner's characters (No Retail Value).

5.2 Prize Awarding Process

If a winner cannot be contacted via the e-mail address he/she submitted with his/her entry to the Contest, or is successfully contacted by Sponsor and does not:

  1. sign and return to Sponsors within the time indicated, a Contract of Assignment in the form reproduced in Section 10 (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules)
  2. refuses or is ineligible to accept the prize

then Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize to the next highest ranking entrant (a "Substitute Winner").

The Substitute Winner will be contacted as mentioned above and required to comply with the prizes awarding process described in this Section 5.2.

In the event the Substitute Winner cannot be contacted as mentioned above or does not comply with the prize awarding process described in this Section 5.2 for a given prize, any such prize will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of the prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income taxes), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

6. GENERAL CONDITIONS

By entering into the Contest, you:

(a) warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party (including, without limitation, any patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity, or publishing rights of any third party, or is libelous, obscene, or otherwise contrary to law); (b) agree to assign to Sponsor all rights, title, and interest, including without limitation, copyright, if transferable, in or to your entry in the case that your entry is one of the winning entries; (c) agree to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail, or e-mail; and (d) agree to sign the documentation set forth in Section 5 above (and have your parent or guardian sign such documentation where applicable or requested by Sponsor), in the case that your entry is one of the winning entries.

Entries will not be returned. If your entry is a winning entry, you agree that Sponsor may post your screenshot on the official Lineage II website (http://www.lineage2.com) at anytime during or after the Contest along with your user or forum name (or real name) and city/state or province/country of residence if you are 18 years of age or older or if your legal guardians have confirmed your participation.

Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting.

You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor's decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the Rules are final.

In the event that you are a resident in the European Union, nothing in these Official Rules and Conditions shall limit or exclude Sponsor's liability for death or personal injury from Sponsor's negligence or fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsors shall not be responsible for any liability, loss, damage, cost or expense sustained by you arising out of, or in connection, with your entry into this Contest or use of the prize unless caused by the Sponsors due to gross negligence or intent.

7. WINNERS LIST

The winners of this Contest will be posted on http://www.lineage2.com no later than Monday, November 23, 2009. A list of winners can also be obtained by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Lineage II Halloween Adena Art Contest, NC Interactive, Inc., 1501 4th Ave. Floor 20. Seattle, WA 98101, USA. Residents of Canada may omit return postage.

8. SEVERABILITY

Should any condition contained in this Contract prove unenforceable, void, or incomplete, the validity of the other conditions will remain unaffected.

9. SPONSOR

This contest is sponsored by NC Interactive, Inc., 1501 4th Ave. Floor 20. Seattle, WA 98101, USA 1501 4th Avenue, Suite 2050, Seattle, WA 98101 and NCsoft Europe Limited, Moccatta House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4DU, England (Company No: 05165702).

© 2009 NC Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. NCsoft, the Interlocking NC Logo, Lineage II, and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated.

10. ANNEXES

Contest Winner Assignment and Release