CitizenCon 2948 Emote Contest Contest Rules
These rules (“Rules”) apply to the CitizenCon 2948 Emote Contest Contest (“Contest”) carried out by Roberts Space Industries LLC and/or Roberts Space Industries International Limited (individually and collectively “RSI”) and their affiliates. Please read these Rules carefully. By submitting a Contest Entry, you accept and agree to these Rules. If you do not agree to these Rules, any Contest Entry submitted by you will be invalid and you will not be eligible to participate in the Contest or win a prize.
- Eligibility – To participate in the Contest you must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and reside in a jurisdiction where the Contest and your participation is legally permitted. You must have an account at RSI and have agreed to the RSI Terms of Service (see: www.robertspaceindustries.com/tos – the “RSI Terms”), and be a ticket-holding attendee of CitizenCon 2948 at the Long Center for the Performing Arts on October 10, 2018. Employees of RSI and of their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, officers, directors, agents, representatives, partner of the Contest (if any) and each of their immediate family members and individuals living in the same households of each of these individuals, whether related or not, of the above are not eligible to enter or win.
- Duration – Unless otherwise specified, Contest entries must be submitted beginning August 31, 2018 at 12:00AM PDT and ending September 16, 2018 at 11:59PM PDT as indicated by these Contest Rules and any follow-up announcements related thereto (the “Announcement”).
- Participation and Entry – To submit a Contest Entry, you must submit a video in which you act out, demonstrate, or otherwise describe or specify your proposed emote to the Contest receiving email address at EmoteContest@cloudimperiumgames.com. The content of a Contest Entry must abide by the Terms including Sections III (Rules of Conduct) and XII (Intellectual property) (see https://robertsspaceindustries.com/tos#rules_of_conduct— https://robertsspaceindustries.com/tos#intellectual_property) . Each Contest Entry is associated with the Participant who submitted it. Group submissions on behalf of more than one person (including player organizations) are not permitted and will not be considered. A Contest Entry must be submitted by the individual who created it; submitting a Contest Entry that was created by another person is grounds for disqualification (see below). A Contest Entry is deemed received on the date and time it arrives in RSI’s email inbox, and is invalid if its date or time of submission falls outside the Contest Duration. Contest Entries are UGC submitted to the RSI Services under Section XII of the Terms and may be published and used by RSI without further notice, attribution, or compensation to you (see https://robertsspaceindustries.com/tos#license_grants ).
- Entry Requirements
a. the entry must be submitted to the receiving email address indicated above; submissions made to other channels or by other means will not be considered or reviewed
b. your RSI account credential (your login email or username, but not your password, please) within the body of your submission email
c. the video submission may be directly attached to the email, or can be a link to a private YouTube upload that the judges can access
d. the video submission may include an introductory section of up to 30 seconds explaining the emote
e. the play/run time of the emote may not exceed 15 seconds
f. physical demonstration of the emote must show the entire body (including legs and feet); no part of the intended character emote can be off-screen from the submission
g. Suggest a “/command” for use with the emote
h. props are not allowed, but sitting and standing emotes are allowed (e.g. cockpit/bench/bar seat)
- No Lottery – No purchase, payment or other obligation is necessary to enter or win.
- Conditions of Participation – By entering any Contest, you agree to be bound by these Rules, including all eligibility requirements, and to abide by RSI’s decisions relating to the Contest which are final and binding. If a winner accepts a prize, the winner consents to the use of his or her name, image, likeness, photograph, voice, and biographical material for advertising, publicity, and promotional purposes by RSI, in perpetuity and in any and all media now or hereafter devised without any further compensation, notification, or permission, to the extent admissible by applicable law.
- Determination of Winner – On or by September 28, 2018, RSI staff (the “Judges”) will select up to four (4) winning Entries for the Contest from among the eligible Contest Entries and the winner(s) will be the respective Participant(s) submitting said Entry. While a Participant may make multiple independent entries, any given Participant may have at most one winning Entry during the entire Contest as a whole, and the entries must stand on their own and not be part of a “series”. Pledging on the RSI website does not affect or increase the chances of winning.
- Prizes – Eligible Participants who submit the winning Contest Entry as determined by the Judges will have the opportunity to personally direct the recording of their winning emote in motion capture at the Event on October 10, 2018. Limit one per winner. A Winner must have a ticket to and personally attend CitizenCon 2948 in order to enjoy or collect his or her Prize; if a Winner is unable to attend the event, he or she forfeits the Prize.
- Notification – Winners will be notified and their Accounts identified to the public via the RSI Site after the Contests has ended and the Winners selected, on or by September 28, 2018.
- Claims and Forfeiture – Winners will be notified via the RSI account or email listed in their RSI account as soon as determined. To receive their respective prize(s), winners will be required to sign an affidavit or otherwise provide affirmative consent regarding their eligibility, liability release (including for travel risks if the prize includes traveling), a publicity release approving the use of their name and likeness for publicity and marketing purposes, payment of applicable federal, and state tax releases, which release needs to be returned via email to RSI within 48 hours of notification, or else forfeit their Prize. A winner must respond to any such notices sent and provide the information needed to be owed any such Prize; failure to so respond will result in forfeiture of the Prize and, at RSI’s discretion, disqualification of the winner and allocating any limited quantity Prize, if applicable, to an alternate winner. A winner must provide a mailing address for shipping within a jurisdiction where the Contest and his or participation are legally valid. RSI will cover the cost of shipping or delivery required for prizes that are not Virtual Goods, but a Winner must cover any customs or import duties and clearance fees for delivery. Failure by a Winner to cover said duties or fees will result in forfeiture.
- Disqualification – Any breach of the RSI Terms or these Rules by you will disqualify you from participation in any Contest or receiving prizes. RSI may, at its option, disqualify you from participation if you have previously won a prize from any contest, sweepstakes, competition, or other promotional offering held by RSI. Any Participant who submits a Contest Entry that they themselves did not create may be disqualified from the Contest. Submissions that contain material or content in violation of the RSI Terms may also be disqualified. The disqualification of one Contest Entry by a Participant may result in the disqualification of any or all other Contest Entries submitted by that Participant.
- Alternate Winners – In the event of the disqualification of a winner from Contest, RSI may, at its option, select an alternate winner from the remaining eligible entries submitted to the Contest during its duration.
- Valuation – Unless otherwise stated in the Contest announcements or communications, prizes are digital Virtual Goods as indicated in the RSI Terms of, Section XI., Virtual Goods. Prizes are non-negotiable, non-transferable, and do not add, contribute, or otherwise represent any monetary value to your account. If a winner chooses to accept only portions of a prize, no compensation shall be awarded for the portion(s) not accepted and no substitutions, cash equivalents, or transfers are permitted except at the sole discretion of RSI. In jurisdictions where the law requires the disclosure of the retail value of a prize, the retail value of the non-transferable Digital Good as a prize is zero unless otherwise indicated.
- Governing Law – The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and void where prohibited.
- No Right to Sue – To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, by participating in any Contests you agree that you will not commence any legal action or lawsuit or assert any claim seeking relief against RSI or its affiliates arising from, relating to, or connected in any way with the Contests, including but not limited to, the awarding, redemption, delivery, credit of any kind, or fulfillment of any prizes, the determination of winners or eligibility, or disqualification.
- Miscellaneous – Except as not set forth herein otherwise, all terms of the RSI Terms apply, including (without limitation) XX. Indemnification, XXI. Disputes and XXIII. Miscellaneous.