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Second Annual Halloween Costume Contest
Join us for our second annual Halloween Costume Contest. Take out your sewing machine and scissors and get to work on some faction-inspired costumes. Whether you’ve got a crazy CHOTA mohawk or you want to look like a Lightbearer ninja, we’re looking for you!

From noon on October 7 through 5 p.m. on October 21, we will be accepting submissions for the 2009 Halloween Costume Contest. The top five (5) creative submissions of faction-related costumes to the Fallen Earth Costume Contest will receive a Fallen Earth prize pack consisting of a Fallen Earth t-shirt, messenger bag and poster autographed by the dev team. All submissions will appear on www.fallenearth.com on October 23.

Read about the rules and regulations below to submit your costume.

Good luck and Happy Halloween!

-The Fallen Earth Team

 Requirements and Regulations

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FALLEN EARTH, LLC (“Sponsor”) is the sponsor of this contest. This contest is open only to applicants which are eighteen (18) years of age or older on the date referenced as the start date for the contest (“Entrants”). If you are not eighteen (18) years of age or older you are not eligible to win a prize. To be eligible to win a prize, contest entrants must have a valid game account. Entries must be completed and received by Sponsor as outlined below. Employees and affiliates of Sponsor or Icarus Studios are not eligible to win prizes. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Offer void where prohibited. Limit one entry per household. In the event of any dispute, entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the owner of the e-mail address from which the e-mail was sent. Sponsor reserves the right to change contest eligibility and rules without notice.

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Sponsor and any respective affiliates will not be responsible for: any late, lost, misrouted, garbled or distorted or damaged transmissions or entries; telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or other computer- or communications-related malfunctions or failures; any contest disruptions, injuries, losses or damages caused by events beyond the control of the Sponsor; or any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the contest.

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The contest shall commence on October 7, 2009 at noon eastern time (GMT-4) and shall continue in duration until October 21, 2009 at 5 p.m. eastern time (the “Deadline”). All entries must be received by the Deadline to be eligible to win a prize.

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Five (5) qualified entrants will receive a prize package consisting of the following prizes: Fallen Earth t-shirt, messenger bag and poster autographed by the dev team. Winners will also have the costume that they submitted displayed on the Fallen Earth web site (www.fallenearth.com).

All federal, state and local taxes associated with the receipt or use of any prizes are the sole responsibility of the winner.

All prizes will be awarded. Winners must execute an affidavit of eligibility before they can receive their Prize. Prizes returned as undeliverable or otherwise not claimed within fifteen (15) days after delivery of notification will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Prizes are not transferable. No substitutions or exchanges (including for cash) of any prizes will be permitted, except that the Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for any prize. Limit one prize per household or address. All prizes are awarded “as is” and without warranty of any kind, express or implied (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose).

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In order to enter, entrants must submit real name, mailing address, city, state, zip/postal code, game account name, e-mail address, age and digital image (.jpeg format and no larger than 2 MB) to fecontest@fallenearth.com. All required information must be submitted in order to be eligible. Uploaded images may not contain nudity or profanity, as images will be posted on the Fallen Earth web site. In the event that you cannot enter the Promotion electronically, send a ‘hard copy’ of the ‘costume’ and include your first name, mailing address, city, state, zip/postal code and game account name, e-mail address and age to the following address:

“Fallen Earth Halloween Costume Contest”
c/o Fallen Earth Marketing
260 James Jackson Avenue
Cary, NC 27513

Hard copy entries must be received no later than the contest deadline above.

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Sponsor shall choose winners from all entrants who have submitted an entry and needed information prior to the end of the deadline. Winners shall be chosen by Sponsor at its sole discretion based upon which entrants displayed the most original, authentic and/or funny picture of a costume in a faction-oriented theme. The decision of the Sponsor is final. Prize winners will be notified by e-mail within fourteen (14) days thereafter. To claim a prize, winners should follow the instructions contained in their notification.

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All entries and materials submitted to Sponsor in connection with the Contest (collectively, “Entry Materials”) along with all copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights associated therewith, become the property of Sponsor upon submission, and Entry Materials will not be returned to any entrant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge that Sponsor will own all rights to use, modify, reproduce, publish, perform, display, distribute, make derivative works of and otherwise commercially and non-commercially exploit the Entry Materials in perpetuity and throughout the universe, in any manner or medium now existing or hereafter developed, without separate compensation to you or any other person or entity. You agree to take, at Sponsor’s expense, any further action (including, without limitation, execution of affidavits and other documents) reasonably requested by Sponsor to effect, perfect or confirm Sponsor’s ownership rights as set forth above in this paragraph.

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You hereby warranty and represent that (a) you own all rights to all Entry Materials submitted by you; and (b) all such Entry Materials are original works of authorship on your part and have not been copied, in whole or in part, from any other work and do not violate, misappropriate or infringe any copyright, trademark or other proprietary right of any other person or entity.

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The Entry Materials include required name, mailing address, city, state, zip/postal code and game account name, e-mail address and age. This information will only be used to contact you in the event that you are chosen to receive a prize. Sponsor will not sell, rent or otherwise transfer this information to any third party, nor will Sponsor use this information for marketing purposes without your consent. As stated above, the contest is not open to entrants under the age of eighteen (18). In the event that you are under the age of eighteen (18) years and submit Entry Materials to Sponsor, Sponsor will delete, erase or destroy any and all personally identifiable information that is obtained from the Entry Materials.

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By entering the Contest, you release Sponsor and any of its affiliates (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any liability whatsoever, and waive any and all causes of action, related to any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Contest or delivery, misdelivery, acceptance, possession, use of or inability to use any prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or portrayal in a false light, whether intentional or unintentional), whether under a theory of contract, tort (including negligence), warranty or other theory.

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As a condition of being awarded any prize, winners will be required to execute and deliver to Sponsor a signed Affidavit of Eligibility, which includes an acceptance of these Official Rules and a release of liability.

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For a copy of the winners list, send a stamped, self-addressed, business-size envelope after October 31, 2009 and before May 31, 2010 to Sponsor at the following address: “Fallen Earth Halloween Costume Contest,” Winners List, c/o Fallen Earth Marketing, 260 James Jackson Avenue, Cary NC 27513. To obtain a copy of these rules, send a stamped, self-addressed business-size envelope to Sponsor at the following address: “Fallen Earth Halloween Costume Contest,” Rules Request, c/o Fallen Earth Marketing, 260 James Jackson Avenue, Cary NC 27513.

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The Contest and all accompanying materials are copyright © 2009 Fallen Earth, LLC. All rights reserved.

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The Contest and these Official Rules will be governed, construed and interpreted under the laws of the United States. Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor reserves the right to change these Official Rules at any time, in its sole discretion, and to suspend or cancel the Contest or any entrant’s participation in the Contest should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control affect the administration, security or proper play of the Contest or Sponsor otherwise becomes (as determined in its sole discretion) incapable of running the Contest as planned. Entrants who violate these Official Rules, tamper with the operation of the Contest or engage in any conduct that is detrimental or unfair to Sponsor, the Contest or any other entrant (in each case as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion) are subject to disqualification from entry into the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to lock out persons whose eligibility is in question or who have been disqualified or are otherwise ineligible to enter the Contest. If you have any questions about these Official Rules or the Contest, please e-mail them to fecontest@fallenearth.com or send written questions to Fallen Earth, “Fallen Earth Halloween Costume Contest,” c/o Fallen Earth Marketing, 260 James Jackson Avenue, Cary NC 27513.

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The sponsor of the Contest is Fallen Earth, LLC.

Author: johnherr
Publish Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:05:15 +0000
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