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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Entrants age 13 and over are eligible to participate. Contestants who are minors, however, must have a parent/legal guardian submit written authorization. Employees and agents of contest sponsors, including, but not limited to 3D Buzz, Inc., Epic Games, 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 Tennessee. This contest is void where prohibited. Contestants are responsible for compliance with applicable laws in jurisdictions where they reside.
Contestants must create a Deathmatch type level using only those assets found within the various content packages included with the retail version of Unreal Tournament 3. No external assets whatsoever may be included with the level. This includes, but is not limited to static meshes, skeletal meshes, textures, UnrealScripts, or any other element that is created from within or must be imported from any application external to the Unreal Editor software.
Contestants are allowed to make use of the tools within Unreal Editor to produce their own creations that are derived from those assets that are included with the retail version of Unreal Tournament 3, but only as long as those assets are used entirely within Unreal Editor and are not exported or altered in any form or fashion. Such creations include, but are not limited to materials, Kismet scripted sequences, UI scenes, SoundCues, and particle systems.
Throughout the duration of the contest, Contestants will be required to create a simple work-in-progress thread on the 3D Buzz web site, which will be part of the contest registration process outlined below. During the contest, this thread must be updated with a minimum of ten (10) posts that each include a brief overview of the current progress of the level, and at least one screen shot image per post. These posts are subject to the moderation rules of the 3D Buzz website and may not contain foul language or remarks that may be considered obscene, racist, hateful, or otherwise objectionable. The quality and informative nature of these updates will play a factor in the judging process.
All Submissions must be playable with the retail version of Unreal Tournament 3 patched to the latest officially released update. All submissions must be in compliance with the applicable Unreal Tournament End User License Agreement posted at www.unrealtournament3.com.
The closing date for submissions is June 30, 2008. Winners will be announced on the 3D Buzz web site.
Registration requires that Contestants are registered members of the 3D Buzz web site, which is a free service and requires no purchase.
To compete in the contest, Contestants must create a forum thread on the 3D Buzz web site within the UT3 Old School Contest forum. The thread must contain a subject line consisting of the official name of the Contest (Old School Unreal Contest) and the full and real name of the Contestant. For instance, if a Contestant's name was "Jane Doe" then the title of her thread would be "Old School Unreal Contest - Jane Doe." This naming convention is in place to simplify forum searches. No other words in the thread subject line are allowed.
Contestants must finish the Contest with a total of at least ten (10) update posts within this forum, each containing an overview of current progress at the time of the post and at least one screenshot of your work.
While contestants are required to produce regular work-in-progress forum posts regarding the process of their level's construction, we understand that certain contestants may be enticed to use this information to create works based upon other contestants' ideas. This is considered cheating. The work-in-progress posts are required in order to encourage interactivity in the Unreal mod development community, and are not intended for any other purpose.
If any Contestant feels that one of their peers has stolen their ideas to such a degree that their entry has been compromised or damaged, then they are to contact Zak Parrish by email or 3D Buzz PM and outline their claim privately. Under no circumstances should such claims be made in public via the 3D Buzz forum system and doing so may result in disqualification and other consequences pertaining to the 3D Buzz website www.3dbuzz.com including, but not limited to restriction of access to the website itself. 3D Buzz will investigate these claims and will satisfy, to its sole satisfaction, their extent and validity. This investigation may require that either or both parties provide certain information regarding the creation of their levels. In such cases, failure to cooperate may result in disqualification. The decisions from this investigation will be considered final, and 3D Buzz reserves the right to disqualify either or both parties.
By entering the Contest you agree to comply with all the rules and all decisions of the judges and agree to indemnify and hold harmless 3D Buzz, Inc., Epic Games, Inc., and other sponsors from any damages, liability or third party claim related to the Contest.
You warrant and represent:
- That you have not cheated or committed any fraud in your participation in the Contest, and have not violated any rules of the Contest as specified in the Contest rules posted on the Old School Contest Page;
- That you are of legal age and have every right to contract in your own name in this matter or that you have obtained the prior written authorization of your parent or legal guardian;
- That all conduct on the 3D Buzz website pertaining to the Contest, including, but not limited to the update posts completed as part of Contest participation will remain professional at all times and will fall within the moderation rules of the 3D Buzz website (www.3dbuzz.com);
- That upon request by 3D Buzz you will supply your name, address, email address, and telephone number;
- That your name, address, and other identification information provided with your entry submission are true and accurate;
- That your submissions to the Contest are original works using only those assets that are included with the retail version of Unreal Tournament 3;
- That your submissions to the Contest are constructed entirely within the Unreal Editor software included with Unreal Tournament 3 and have not made use of any external software applications including, but not limited to text editors 2D image editing or paint software, or 3D design software of any sort;
- That you have not violated the Unreal Tournament End User License Agreement posted at www.unrealtournament3.com.
- That your level does not contain pornographic, obscene, racist, hateful, or otherwise objectionable content.
Judging will be carried out by a panel comprised of representatives from 3D Buzz. 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. 3D Buzz reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify winners and to chose alternate winners if information contained in the registration thread or the update posts cannot be verified to 3D Buzz's sole satisfaction, if the winner refuses to abide by the contest terms or if the selection of a particular entrant would, in 3D Buzz's sole discretion, harm 3D Buzz or any sponsor's reputation.
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 3D Buzz, 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 3D Buzz, Inc.
An entrant's submission of entry constitutes permission for 3D Buzz and, in 3D Buzz'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, 3D Buzz, Inc., Epic Games, Inc. 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.
3D Buzz 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 Tennessee and the sole venue for resolving all questions related to the rights of the Entrants and winners in this Contest shall be the courts located in Dickson County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Entries must be easy to install. In order to be considered for the contest, the entry must be installable using the installation methods specified at www.makesomethingunreal.com.
To update and revise the Contest rules and submission dates at the Old School Contest Page.
In the event any entry is deemed ineligible, 3D Buzz may award its prizes to alternate entries as it deems suitable.
Hardware prizes will be delivered via post from 3D Buzz, Inc headquarters in the United States. Winners may be required to pay customs, duty charges and/or taxes.
All cash prizes will be delivered via PayPal. 3D Buzz is not responsible for any taxes or transfer fees.
Within 60 calendar days of prize announcements, winners must claim their prize and provide 3D Buzz with any required information and correspondence. Failure do so will result in forfeiture of all prizes. Prize announcement will be made on the 3D Buzz web site.
Winners will be notified through email using the email address supplied at the time of their registration on 3D Buzz. We will also attempt to notify winners via the Personal Messaging (PM) system on the 3D Buzz website.
Epic, Epic Games, the Epic Games logo, Unreal, Unreal Engine, Unreal Editor, Kismet, Unreal Script, Unreal Tournament and the Unreal Tournament 3 logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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