Make Something Unreal ContestLegal
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Eligibility
Entrants of all ages are eligible to participate. Contestants who are
minors, however, must have a parent/legal guardian submit written authorization.
Employees and agents of Epic Games, Scion Studios, Digital Extremes, Atari,
Nvidia, AMD, their respective agents, officers, parent companies, affiliates
and subsidiaries (collectively "Contest Sponsors"), and members
of their immediate families (parents, children, siblings, spouses) and/or
persons living in the same households as such persons, whether related or
not, are ineligible to enter the Contest and cannot win prizes. This contest
is governed by the laws of the United States of America and of the State
of North Carolina. This contest is void where prohibited. Contestants are
responsible for compliance with applicable laws in jurisdictions where they
reside.
Contest Rules
The contest will be conducted in three (3) consecutive phases. The closing
date for submissions for Phase I shall be July 15, 2003. The closing date
for submissions for Phase II shall be October 20, 2003 and the closing dates
for submissions for Phase III shall be February 15, 2004. Winners will be
announced on the official contest web site (http://www.makesomethingunreal.com).
The judges shall choose a total of five entries from either the Best FPS
game mod or the Best non-FPS game mod categories for Grand Prize consideration.
Those five nominees will have until March 15, 2004 to submit their final
version for Grand Prize judging. The Grand Prize will be announced at the
Game Developers' Conference in San Jose, California on Wednesday March 24,
2004 in the Nvidia booth.
Entrants are welcome to submit their mods for judging in any category and
they can submit their mods for all phases of the contest with the understanding
that if a mod was entered in a previous phase that mod will only be considered
for judging in subsequent phases, not counting grand prize judging, provided
that noticeable improvements were made to the mod.
Each submission must be the property of and an original work of the entrant.
Submissions must be available for free public download and playable with
the retail version of Unreal Tournament 2003 (patched to the 2225 update)
for Phase I and Phase II. For Phase III, and for grand prize consideration,
mods must be playable in Unreal Tournament 2004.
All submissions must be in compliance with the applicable Unreal Tournament
End User License Agreement that comes with the game.
Registration
An entry form will be provided at www.makesomethingunreal.com - you will
be required to fill in a Submission Release that verifies you represent
the creators of the mod and that you agree to comply with all the rules
and all decisions of the judges. You will be required to provide your name,
address, date of birth, email address, telephone number and URL where judges
and the public can download your mod.
All entries must be the original creations of the entrants, not contain
any intellectual property not owned by the entrant and must never have been
published or professionally developed unless written authorization from
the intellectual property owner is provided at the time of entry submission.
Entrants agree to indemnify and hold harmless sponsors from any copyright,
trademark or other intellectual property infringement claim or liability
with regard to their submissions.
Judging
Judging will be by a panel comprised of representatives from Nvidia, Digital
Extremes, Atari and Epic Games Inc. The decisions of the Panel will be final
and binding on all entrants.
All prizes listed herein, unless otherwise specifically noted, are cash
prizes in U.S. dollars. All costs, taxes, fees and expenses associated with
entry into this Contest and any prizes received shall be the sole responsibility
of the entrants and winners. To the extent required by law, sponsors reserve
the right to withhold a portion of winnings for applicable taxes.
Judges reserve the right to disqualify any entry which is, in any individual
judge's sole discretion, inappropriate. Epic reserves the right, in its
sole discretion, to disqualify winners and to chose alternate winners if
information contained in the registration from cannot be verified to Epic's
sole satisfaction, if the winner refuses to abide by the contest terms or
if the selection of a particular entrant would, in Epic's sole discretion,
harm Epic or any Sponsor's reputation.
Grand Prize winners will be required to review, agree to and execute Epic's
standard Unreal® Engine License prior to award of prize.
At the judges' discretion contest submissions may be judged in more categories
than the entrant designated. However, all entrants are asked to identify
the categories for which each mod submission is being offered.
General Rules
Entrants agree to accept and abide by the rules of this Contest and agree
that any dispute with regard to the conduct of the contest, rule interpretation,
or award of prizes, shall be submitted to Epic Games, whose decisions shall
be binding and final. Entries not satisfying this Official Rules will be
automatically disqualified.
By participating, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless sponsors
and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, service
agencies, independent contractors, and the officers, directors, employees,
investors, agents, and representatives of any of the above organizations
from any injury, loss, or damage to person, including death or property,
due in-whole or in-part, directly or indirectly, to the acceptance from
or use/misuse of a prize or participation in any promotion-related activity.
Sponsors are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the
printing of this offer, in the administration of the contest, or in the
announcement of prizes. In the event that sponsors are prevented from continuing
with the promotion, or the integrity and/or feasibility of the promotion
is severely undermined by any event beyond sponsors' control, including
but not limited to fire; flood; epidemic; earthquake; explosion; labor dispute;
strike; act of God; public enemy act; satellite or equipment failure; riot
or civil disturbance; war (declared or undeclared); terrorist threat or
activity; any federal, state, or local governmental law, order, or regulation;
order of any court or jurisdiction; or other cause not reasonably within
sponsors' control (each a "Force Majeure" event), sponsors will
have the right, in their sole discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend,
cancel, or terminate the promotion without further obligation.
If sponsors, in their sole discretion, elect to abbreviate the promotion
as a result of a Force Majeure event, sponsors reserve the right, but not
the obligation, to award the prize from among all eligible entries received
up to the date of such Force Majeure event. The administrator of the contest
is Epic Games.
An entrant's submission of entry constitutes permission for Epic and, in
Epic's sole discretion, such other Contest Sponsors to use entrant's name,
photograph, likeness and other material provided in the entry for any business
purpose, including for promotional purposes in any media. Contest sponsors
(including, but not limited to, Epic Games, Nvidia, Atari, Digital Extremes,
AMD and others who may be added from time to time) have the following rights
with respect to contest entries:
- The right to place links to the Mod's download URL on their web sites
and on the contest web site.
- The right to host the Mod on their web site(s) and on the contest web
site as well as provide copies of the entered Mods for use on magazine
cover discs, Unreal fan sites, download sites, and other web sites of
their choosing.
The overall Grand Prize winner will be required to review, agree to and
execute Epic's standard Unreal® Engine License prior to receiving the
right to use the license.
Epic will not knowingly provide any personally identifying information,
that is not already publicly available, of minors to any third party without
the written consent of entrant's parent/legal guardian.
This Contest shall be governed as to all matters, including validity, construction
and performance of the Contest General Rules, by and under the Laws of the
United States of America and the State of North Carolina and the sole venue
for resolving all questions related the rights of the Entrants and winners
in this Contest shall be the courts located in Wake County, North Carolina,
United States of America.
Epic reserves the following rights.
- In the event any entry is deemed ineligible, Epic may award its prizes
to alternate entries as it deems suitable.
- In the event the grand prize winner is unable to fulfill its requirement
to sign and Unreal Engine license, Epic reserves the right to award the
Unreal Engine license to the alternative entrant of its choosing however
this will not affect cash or hardware awards.
- Hardware prizes will be delivered by Nvidia Corporation through it's
offices in the USA and European Union. Winners may be required to pay
customs, duty charges and/or taxes.
Winner Notification
Winners will be notified through email and winning mods will be highlighted
on the official contest web site.