- Eligibility. To be able to compete as a “Player,” in the Tournament, you must:
1. be in good standing with respect to any Activision, Gamerswage.com and PlayStation Network accounts (“Player Accounts”), with no undisclosed violations of Activision’s End User License Agreement;
2. be over the age of twenty one (21) prior to participating in any Tournament
3. Reside and compete in the region associated with their Gamerswage.com Account:
North America: United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico;
Europe: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Faroe Islands (the), Fiji, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova (the Republic of), Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Ireland, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the), Holy See (the);
Asia Pacific: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam;
4. not be on the Roster of more than one squad at the same time;
5. agree to be bound by these Official Rules, Activision’s End User License Agreement, and the decisions of Activision and the Administration;
6. hold a valid passport and any necessary visa or other governmental authorization required for your travel and participation (as necessary); and
7. ensure that your participation in the Tournament is compliant with all laws of the jurisdiction in which you are resident, as well as the region you are competing, and represent and warrant that you will take all steps necessary to ensure such compliance. You must also obtain any necessary visa or other governmental authorization required for your participation in the Tournament, whether online or in-person (including any travel required to or from any venue for the tournaments). The Administration does not take responsibility for your compliance with local laws and visa requirements.
- Potential winners (“Potential Winners”) must comply with these official rules and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. Potential Winners shall have no right to any prize unless the conditions set forth in these and any other applicable rules are satisfied. Potential Winners will be notified via Email and/or Private Message (PM) on the gamerswage site within approximately seven (7) days after the end of the Tournament. Each Potential Winner is required to follow the instructions in the email and/or PM within five (5) days of notification. Each Potential Winner of a prize will be required to fill out and sign via Right Signature, within seven(7) days of receipt, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release Form, applicable Parental Consent Form, as well as applicable Tax Forms in order to be eligible to claim a prize. Following the Sponsor’s verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these rules, the Potential Winner will be declared the winner of the prize. If a Potential Winner cannot be contacted, does not respond, or fails to sign and return the required documentation within fourteen (14) days of the first notification attempt, the Potential Winner forfeits his or her eligibility to claim a prize. Potential Winners are limited to one prize package per Tournament. A description of the potential prizes, if any, will be provided foreach individual Tournament. Prizes are non-transferable and not exchangeable for any other prize. In the case of unavailability of prize, gamerswage reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. All taxes, gratuities and unspecified expenses are the sole responsibility of winner. Potential Winners who are eligible for award of a prize assume all liability for use of the prize
- Individuals are prohibited from sharing account information stored on gamerswage with another person for any reason. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: usernames, passwords, gamertags, email accounts, etc. Individuals may not use another Player’s Account in a Game. Individuals may not allow another Player to use their Account in a Game. Players who break this rule may be disqualified from the Tournament.
- All Gamertags and Activision IDs on a team’s roster must be valid. Each user on the Roster must legitimately own their Gamertag and Activision ID. Gamertags may not contain foul language, disparaging remarks, hateful or racist names. Any changes to a team roster after the tournament has been seeded is at the discretion of tournament staff. Players may only be added to a roster (username and gamertag) up until the end of that team's first match.
- If for any reason, any Tournament, in GAMERSWAGE.COM or the GW's opinion, is not capable of running as planned, including, but not limited to, by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of GAMERSWAGE.COM or the GW which, in their judgment, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of any Tournament, GAMERSWAGE.COM or the GW reserve the right in their discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Tournament and proceed in such a manner as may be deemed fair and equitable by GAMERSWAGE.COM or the GW in their discretion.
- Players must utilize their own unique Username for competing on Gamerswage. This unique Username must have been registered on Gamerswage personally by the user. The registered Username must contain the correct and complete Name, Address, and Email of the user. If a false Name, Address, or Email was entered, the user voids the privilege to participate in this Tournament and/or receive any prizes. As a user, you are personally responsible for accepting any invitation to a game. Any advertising of, or attempts to buy, sell, trade, or exchange any aforementioned item is strictly prohibited. This also includes offering to forfeit matches in exchange for any item or service. Violators will be removed from all gamerswage online properties and all related accounts terminated. Furthermore, GW reserves the right to deactivate, reset or temporarily suspend any account or team, without notice, that violates our terms.
- Notwithstanding the parties' decision to resolve all disputes through arbitration, either party may bring an action in state or federal court that only asserts claims for patent infringement or invalidity, copyright infringement, moral rights violations, trademark infringement, and/or trade secret misappropriation, but not, for clarity, claims related to the license granted to Participant for the GAMERSWAGE.COM Service under these Terms.
- This Section applies to and governs any dispute that arises out of or relates to a Tournament or these Official Rules. This Section is in addition to GAMERSWAGE.COM Terms, which likewise provides for Binding Arbitration and Class Action waiver. If any difference between Section 3 of the GAMERSWAGE.COM terms of service and these Rules exists, these Official Rules govern as to disputes related to a Tournament, and the GAMERSWAGE.COM agreement will apply to disputes related to use of GAMERSWAGE.COM accounts outside of a Tournament.
- The rules may be updated and modified at any time, for any reason. Rulings may be made outside the scope of these rules in order to preserve fair play and tournament integrity. Participation in this Tournament constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Rules, the Official Rules on the Rules & Instructions tab, and Tournament Official decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to this tournament. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
- By participating, all Participants and Potential Winner(s)grant GAMERSWAGE.COM, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, Tournament GWs and their respective licensees, designees and assigns, a royalty free, fully paid-up, perpetual , irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license (with the right to grant sublicenses), throughout the universe, in any and all manner and media now or hereafter devised, to: (i) use their names, nick-names, pseudonym, persona, gamer-tags, characters, photographs, voices, biographical material and likenesses and to use the same in any manner or media now or hereafter known, in connection with the Tournament, other tournaments, GAMERSWAGE.COM’s services and the advertising and promotion thereof, including, without limitation, in all forms of television, online, radio and other advertisements, promotions and publicity for GAMERSWAGE.COM, the Tournament, other tournaments and other audio-visual works (collectively “Materials”); (ii)broadcast, reproduce, distribute and exhibit such photographs, films and/or recordings, the Tournament and/or the Materials, in any manner whatsoever, by any and all means, media, devices, processes and technology now or hereafter known or devised anywhere in the universe in perpetuity; (iii) edit, modify, adapt, make derivative works from, copyright and otherwise exploit any of the foregoing;(iv) use and display their names and all derivatives thereof (including all professional names, team names, gamer tags, nicknames or aliases), images, likenesses, biographical material, logos, trademarks and designs, in and in connection with the exploitation of the Tournament, the Materials, GAMERSWAGE.COM and any derivative works, including the marketing and promotion thereof; and(v) use and display any name, trademarks and logos of any GW of a team(hereinafter, a “Team GW”), in and in connection with the exploitation of the Tournament, the Materials, GAMERSWAGE.COM and any derivative works, including the marketing and promotion thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the rights granted herein include any and all necessary rights and licenses GAMERSWAGE.COM may need to effectuate the terms of the rights granted. Participant acknowledges that his/her appearance or participation in the Tournament or any event related thereto shall not constitute a performance and that Participant shall not be entitled to any compensation for such appearance, nor to any guild or union payments for use or reuse of such appearance. If Participant is a Team Owner, Participant acknowledges that he/she has obtained all necessary permissions and clearances with respect to the trademarks and logos of any Team GW and GAMERSWAGE.COM’s exploitation of the Tournament, Materials and/or any trademarks and logos of any Team GW, as set forth in these Official Rules, shall not violate any such permissions or clearances nor the rights of any Team GW
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