Start racing for your chance to win a Alienware Laptop!

Submitted by NFSDrew on Fri, 2010-07-30 10:57

Yesterday we announced the Need for Speed World Launch Community Event.  Today we are very pleased to say that the community event is now open and you can start racing for a chance to win an Alienware M11x laptop.

Remember that all you need to do to enter the event is race (and complete) the Rosewood College race event in either Single Player, Multiplayer or Private Match mode - you can find the event in the North East corner of the map, near the large circle.

Below are the Official Rules and Regulations for this event.  Please note that you can also find these Rules and Regulations on the NFS World forum.

Need for Speed World Launch Community Event

2010 Official Rules

To enter the Need for Speed World Launch Community Event Contest (the, "Contest") beginning 12:00:01 a.m. PST on July 27, 2010 through 11:59:59 p.m. PST on August 27, 2010 (the "Contest Period"), while in the Need for Speed World game, enter and complete the Rosewood College race event in either Single Player, Multiplayer or Private Match mode.  By completing the event you are eligible for the Grand Prize or prizes.. No other methods of entry will be accepted.

1. Contest - General

The Need for Speed World Launch Community Event is a random draw contest where entrants race an event in Need for Speed World.  While in the Need for Speed World game, enter and complete the Rosewood College race event in either Single Player, Multiplayer or Private Match mode.  By completing the event you are eligible for the Grand Prize or prizes.. No other methods of entry will be accepted.

The Contest will open 12:00:01 a.m. PST on July 27, 2010 through 11:59:59 p.m. PST on August 27, 2010 (the "Contest Period"),
 
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ENTRANTS: ENTRANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE APPLICABLE CONTEST ENTRY PERIOD TIMES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TIME ZONES.

2. Restrictions on Eligibility to Participate in Contest

The Contest is only open to residents of the following countries who are at least the minimum age identified for the country or older:  Austria (16 years), Australia (13 years), Belgium (18 years), Brazil (13 years), Bulgaria (16 years), Canada (13 years), China (age 13), Czech Republic (16 years), Denmark (16 years), Finland (18 years), , Germany (18 years), Hungary (14 years), Italy (18 years), Korea (14 years), Mexico (18 years), New Zealand (age 13), Norway (18 years), Poland (13 years), Portugal (16 years), Russia (18 years), Singapore (13 years), Spain (14 years), Sweden (16 years), The Netherlands (16 years), Turkey (18 years), United Kingdom (16 years), and the fifty United States and the District of Columbia except residents of AZ, CO, MD, ND, TN, and VT (13 years) provided that, where an entrant has not attained the age of legal majority in her or her state, province, or country of residence, the entrant has obtained the consent of his or her parent or legal guardian to participation in the Contest.  Electronic Arts Inc. ("EA") or its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotional agencies, as well as members of their immediate families, are not eligible to participate in the Contest.

You must also: (a) be an EA member (you can register for an EA Account as an EA member free of charge at www.ea.com); (b) have agreed to the EA Online Terms and Conditions when you created your EA account.

3.  How to participate

Entrants must have a Need for Speed World account
Entrants must race the designated race event (Rosewood College) during the Contest Period.

By entering and completing the Rosewood College race event in either Single Player, Multiplayer or Private Match mode you are eligible for the Grand Prize or prizes

All participants must enter and complete the designated race event (Rosewood College) by 11:59:59 p.m. PST on August 27, 2010. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any submission containing racial or ethnic slurs, explicit language or sexual content or otherwise offensive or illegal material. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, further reserves the right to disqualify any person who tampers with the entry process or the operation of the Site, or who otherwise violates these Official Rules. By entering, entrants accept and agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules.


4.  Cheating, Abuse and Disorderly Behavior

Any entrant may be disqualified immediately from this Contest and, at the discretion of the Sponsor or its designees from further EA Online Contests, for any failure to comply with the EA Online Terms or for any cheating, including:

a.  using any cheats, hacks or other 3rd party "helper" applications in playing games;
    
b.  intentionally disconnecting from the Internet during any game;

c.  colluding with other players in playing games; or
    
d.  taking advantage of known exploits in the game (it is the responsibility of players to understand and avoid all current illegal exploits).

Abusive or disorderly behavior, including any use of harassing, negative, or profane language online, will not be tolerated and will also constitute grounds for immediate disqualification.

5. Winner Selection

On or about August 27th, 2010, Sponsor or its designee will determine the winner through a random draw. Entries based on the following criteria: by entering and completing the Rosewood College race event in either Single Player, Multiplayer or Private Match mode you are eligible for the Grand Prize or prizes.

6. Prizes

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

There is one [1] grand prize. The prize will be an Alienware M11x laptop (Approximate retail value is $1500.00). There will be ten [10] first prizes. The prizes will be Alienware apparel (Approximate retail value is $50.00) or Need for Speed apparel (Approximate retail value is $50.00).
    
Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal or greater value if the advertised prize becomes unavailable.  If a minor wins a prize, it will be awarded in the name of the minor's parent or legal guardian, who will also be responsible for signing any necessary releases, consents, or affidavits.   

All other expenses not specified herein are the responsibility of the winner.  All expenses not specified above, including, without limitation, all national, federal, state, provincial, and local taxes, and international tariffs, are the sole responsibility of the winner.  EXCEPT FOR INCOME TAXES WITHHELD PURSUANT TO PORTUGUESE LAW, ALL TAXES AND ANY APPLICABLE WITHHOLDING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, IF ANY, ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER.  
 
By accepting his/her prize, each winner expressly authorizes Sponsor and its subsidiaries, the company by which it is controlled, its successors in title, licensees and assignees, and present and future subcontractors, to determine, use, publish and exploit all or any of the information provided on the entry form and with the entry, including the Submission and his or her surname and forenames and user-name, in the list of winners, for advertising, commercial, marketing or promotional purposes relating directly or indirectly to the Contest and/or Sponsor (including all forms of promotion, particularly public relations operations, interviews, press kits, articles and press releases and cross promotions) using any existing media, including paper, audiovisual, electrical, electronic or magnetic media. Such use of personal data will not give rise to any rights of winner other than the prize won.  For Portuguese Winners: If this consent is revoked pursuant to Portuguese right of publicity law, but Sponsor has not abusively used Winner’s image and likeness, then Winner shall indemnify Sponsor for any and all costs, fees, and liabilities that are reasonably related to the revocation of this consent  

7. Winner Notification.

The prize winner will be notified via email at the end of the Contest on or about August 28, 2010.  Email will be sent to the email addresses recorded for players' EA online accounts.  If winner cannot be contacted at this email address, is contacted and does not respond as directed within fourteen (14) days of attempted notification, refuses the prize or is ineligible to accept the prize (including for lack of parental consent for minors, for lack of proof of identity, or any other reason of ineligibility under these Official Rules), the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Potential prize winner(s), and/or their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), may be required to sign and return an Affidavit or Declaration of Eligibility, and Liability/Publicity Release within 30 days following the date of first attempted notification. Failure to comply within this time period may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.  Only the advertised number of prizes, and those claimed in accordance with these Official Rules, will be delivered.  You agree that as a condition to being awarded any prize, you may be required to take part in marketing and publicity initiatives without further consent or payment. Such publicity and marketing may include your name and/or likeness and city, or alternatively your user-name and city.

8. Data protection.    

In becoming a member of EA Online, you agreed to the terms of EA's Privacy Policy. Any personal information collected from or about you in connection with this Contest will be subject to the terms of EA's Privacy Policy.  All of your personal information will be stored in the USA only. Though EA may share your personal information with EA affiliates in countries with varying personal data protection laws, account data is always protected by EA’s Privacy Policy. EA and EA affiliates use account data to administer accounts, provide information of interest, administer Contests and promotions, and to communicate with account holders. Account holders may opt out of receiving marketing materials by changing their account preferences at any time. More information about how EA uses account data and account holder related rights can be found in the EA Online Privacy Policy at http://www.ea.com/global/legal/privacy_noseal.jsp or localized policy.

For Residents of EU and other European Countries: You are informed that the personal data collected in connection with the Contest will be collected by the Sponsor's servers and computer systems which are based in the USA. Upon request, you will be provided with access to your personal data. You also have a right of opposition to the data collection, and to oppose the collection of such personal data under certain circumstances. The data controller and the data recipients is EA. To exercise such right, you may write to EA at the address appearing below.

By participating in the Contest, you expressly consent to having your personal information collected by the Sponsor.  Furthermore, as a result of your EA membership account, you have already expressly consented to this collection of information.

9. EA Online Terms and Conditions  

Your participation in the Contest is also governed by the EA Online Terms and Conditions found at http://legal.ea.com/legal/legal.jsp?language=en. You agreed to the EA Online Terms and Conditions when you created your EA Account.  

Remember that when you track your statistics and rankings in the Contest, you’re automatically granting EA the right to publish and otherwise use your statistics and rankings for the Contest, and for other related purposes (such as for marketing and promotional purposes) without further consent from or payment to you.  

If there is any conflict between these Official Rules and the EA Online Terms and Conditions, then the EA Online Terms and Conditions will take precedence to the extent of that conflict.

10. Representations and Warranties.  By participating in the Contest, participants affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: (i) they own the necessary rights, consents, and written permissions to use and authorize Sponsor to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all Submissions to enable inclusion and use of the Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Sponsor and these Official Rules; and (ii) their Submission is not copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless participant is the owner of such rights or otherwise has permission from the rightful owner(s) to participate in the Contest and to make such Submission for the purposes intended by Sponsor.  All participants further agree that they will not (i) publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage Sponsor or any related third party; (ii) submit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise inappropriate; (iii) post advertisements or solicitations of business: (iv) impersonate another person.

11.  Limitations of Liability.  Sponsor,  is not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process of the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; (5) any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like, which may be transmitted to or through the Website by any third party; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from a person’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize.  If for any reason a participant’s Submission is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, the participant’s sole remedy is another Submission in the Contest.

By participating in the Contest, participants agree to indemnify and hold Sponsor, its  affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) all matters related to participation in the Contest; (ii) participant’s violation of any provision of these Official Rules; (iii) participant’s violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; and (iv) any claim that participant’s  Submission caused damage to a third party.

12.  General Conditions  

By participating in the Contest, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by any other requirements set out in the promotional material, which may be amended or varied at any time by EA, and you reaffirm you agreement to be bound by EA Online Terms and Conditions.  If you are a resident of Austria and you do not wish to agree to these Official Rules, you have seven (7) calendar days from your date of registration to inform EA that you withdraw from the Contest.  If no such communication is received, you will be bound by these Official Rules.

In the event of a dispute concerning the Contest Contest, EA’s decision shall be final and legally binding. No correspondence will be entered into.  To the extent permitted by law, entrants and winners assume sole liability and accept all risk of loss for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this Contest Contest or the acceptance, possession, shipping and handling, loss, use or misuse of, or travel in connection with the Contest Contest or any prize awarded.  If there is a dispute regarding the identity of an entrant, the entry will be deemed submitted by the person in whose name the entrant’s email account is registered. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate or amend the Contest at any time for any or no reason.  Any amendments to the Contest shall be effective when we make the notification available to you.  Your continued participation in the Contest shall constitute your continued acceptance to be bound by the Official Rules and any modifications thereof.

Sponsor is not responsible for electronic transmission errors including those affecting the Contest web sites, resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission.  Sponsor is not responsible for theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entries, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind.  Sponsor is not responsible for inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or any combination thereof.  If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest.  Sponsor reserves the right to select winners from eligible entries as of the termination date.  Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry or game play process.  

If any part(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.

13.  Winners List. A full list of the prize winners will be available at World.NeedforSpeed.com by no later than 12 days after the Prize Winner has been determined and verified, available for a period of up to 365 days.  

14.  Sponsor.  The Sponsor for this Contest is Electronic Arts Inc. 209 Redwood Shores Parkway. Redwood City, CA 94065 ("EA" or "Sponsor").  The Contest is governed by and is in accordance with the laws of the state of California in the United States of America.

A copy of these Official Rules will be mailed free of charge to anyone requesting them.  Postage for the request will be refunded at the economic postage rate, upon request made simultaneously with the request for the Rules.  In order to request a copy of these Rules, please contact the Sponsor in writing at the above address.

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