2022 World of Tanks APAC Fan Art Awards!

RULES OF WORLD OF TANKS FAN ART AWARDS IN APAC

PREAMBLE

1. These CONTEST Rules (“RULES”) establish the general terms and conditions for WORLD OF TANKS FAN ART SKILL CONTEST IN APAC AMONG WARGAMING USERS REGISTERED IN THE APAC GAME CLUSTER (asia.wargaming.net) AND RESIDING IN Asia Pacific Region (excluding Russia, Mainland China, hong kong, and Vietnam). The RULES consist of general Rules (Part A) and specific Rules (Part B).
2. NO ADDITIONAL PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
3. THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OF THE AGE OF MAJORITY UNDER THE LAW OF THEIR STATE OF RESIDENCE. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNDER THIS AGE MAY PARTICIPATE ONLY IF THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF THIS INDIVIDUAL CONSENT TO HIS/HER PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST ON THE TERMS ESTABLISHED BY THESE RULES.

GENERAL RULES

Part A

1.           The Organizer

This World of Tanks Fan Art Award in APAC (“Contest”) is organized by Wargaming Group Limited, 105 Agion Omologiton Avenue Nicosia 1080 Cyprus (the “Organizer”).

2.           Eligibility

(a)     Participation in this Contest is open only to individuals who enter in accordance with these Rules and are residents of the following region: Asia Pacific Region (excluding Russia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam)

(b)     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following persons are NOT ELIGIBLE to participate in this Campaign: (i) employees of the Organizer who directly participate in the Campaign organization, its directors and agents (jointly, the “Involved Persons”); (ii) parents, spouses, children, brothers and sisters of Involved Persons; and (iii) individuals living in the same household as Involved Persons.

(c)      Each participant is responsible for providing accurate information as to his/her name, age, and email or physical address. Individuals that provide information that is incomplete, false or deceptive, will be ineligible to participate or (if they have already participated) to win the Contest.

(d)     If an individual is under the age of majority under the law of his/her state of residence, this individual may participate in the Contest only if the parents or guardians of this individual consent to his/her participation in the Contest on the terms established by these Rules. The Organizer can request written confirmation of such consent at any time. If such confirmation is not presented upon the Organizer’s request by the individual participating/wishing to participate in the Contest, the Organizer has the right to disqualify this individual.

3.           Claiming a Prize

The Prize winners will be notified through the e-mail and/or in the Game client. Regulations for granting the prizes are set out in the specific part of these Rules, Part B.

The Organizer reserves the right to substitute a prize or any part thereof with a prize or element of equal or greater value in its sole discretion. The Winner may be disqualified if he or she is not in compliance with these Rules.

4.           Grant of Rights by Participants

By accepting these Rules, each Participant grants the Organizer and its licensees the right to use the Participant’s name, image, likeness, photograph and/or Prize information, and/or any portion of any of the foregoing, for promotional, advertising and/or publicity purposes with respect to the Contest in any media, throughout the world and in perpetuity, without compensation or notice to, or with further consent of, the Participant.

The Participant warrants and represents that the submitted artworks are original works of art. The Participants must ensure that the artworks and their submission do not violate any rights of the Organizer or any third party. By submitting the artwork, the Participant grants the Organizer and its licenses the right to use, reproduce, distribute, and modify the artwork as required to hold the Contest as well as for promotional, advertising and/or publicity purposes in any media throughout the world without compensation or notice to, or with further consent of, the Participant:

• for 3 years from their submission to the Organizer in case of the Winners, and
• for 3 months from their submission to the Organizer in case of other Participants.

Artworks must be original creations that have not been published in Asia Pacific Region or abroad. The Winner status and the Prize will be revoked if the following occurs:

• the artwork is recognized as an imitation or plagiarism; or
• in case of other legal issues such as intellectual property rights.

5.           Waiver and Release of Liability by Participant

• The liability of the Organizer and/or the Organizer Parties is unlimited for damages arising out of death, injury to body or health based as well as for damages that arouse from the lack of a guaranteed characteristic or in case of fraudulent intent.
• The liability of the Organizer and/or the Organizer Parties is unlimited for damages caused by the Organizer or the Organizer Parties by intent or gross negligence.
• In case of a slight negligent breach of a contractual core duty the Organizer and/or the Organizer Parties shall, except in the cases pursuant to clause 5 (a) and 5 (d), only be liable to the amount of the typically foreseeable damage. Contractual core duties abstractly are such duties whose accomplishment enables proper fulfilment of the contract in the first place and whose fulfilment a contractual party regularly may rely on.
• Liability stipulated by applicable law remains unaffected.
• The limitation period for claims for damages shall be one (1) year, except in case of clause 5 (a), 5 (b) and 5 (d) where the statutory statute of limitations shall apply.

6.           Tampering

• The Organizer reserves the right to disqualify and prohibit from participating any person, who is or is attempting to: (i) tamper with the Organizer’s website and/or any part of the Contest; (ii) attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices, (iii) intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Participants or the Organizer’s Parties; and/or (iv) otherwise violating these Rules or the End User License Agreement (the “EULA”) of the Organizer, if applicable.
• ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE ORGANIZER’S WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE ORGANIZER’S GAMES (OR ANY PART OF EITHER) OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD ANY SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE ORGANIZER AND ITS LICENSEES (IF ANY) RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND ANY OTHER AVAILABLE REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SUCH ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH PARTICIPANT (OR, IF THE PARTICIPANT IS NOT OF AGE OF MAJORITY IN HIS/HER STATE OF RESIDENCE, THE LEGAL GUARDIANS THEREOF) AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE ORGANIZER, THE ORGANIZER PARTIES AND AFFILIATES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES AND/OR LIABILITIES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES) THAT MAY BE ASSERTED AGAINST OR INCURRED BY ANY OF THEM AT ANY TIME, IN CONNECTION WITH PARTICIPANT’S ENTRY MATERIALS, OR THE USE THEREOF, AND/OR BY PARTICIPANT’S BREACHES OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST.

7.           The Organizer’s Right to Terminate this Contest

If there is any actual evidence of fraud, electronic or non-electronic tampering or unauthorized intervention with any portion of this Contest, or if fraud or technical difficulties of any sort (e.g., computer viruses, bugs, server errors) compromise the integrity of the Contest, the Organizer reserves the right to terminate the Contest and award the Prizes based of the Participant’s results as of the moment of termination. The use of any automated launching or entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that permits the Participant to automatically enter or participate repeatedly is prohibited. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a Participant based on an email address, the Participant may be disqualified.

8.           General Terms

• This Contest is subject to these Rules and is governed by the laws of the Republic of Cyprus. To the extent that the law of the Republic of Cyprus deprives the Participant of the protection afforded to him/her by provisions that cannot be derogated by virtue of the law of the country where the Participant has his/her habitual residence, the law of that country applies. The provisions of these Rules do not exclude, limit or otherwise restrict the rights vested with the consumers upon relevant provisions of the applicable law nor may be construed by anyone in this way. By entering, each Participant agrees (or if under the age of majority in his/her state of residence – his/her parent and/or legal guardian agrees) to comply with these Rules, the EULA of the Organizer, if applicable.
• In order to validly enter and in order to claim the Prize, Participants may be required to provide the Organizer with certain personally identifiable information such as name, in-game nickname, residential address, email address and/or other contact and/or tax information. Such information may be used for the purposes specifically described in these Rules.
• The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
• All taxes, fees and surcharges on the Prize are the sole responsibility of the Winner.
• In the event that the selected winner of the Prize is ineligible or does not accept the Prize, the Prize will be forfeited and the Organizer, in its sole discretion, may choose to award the Prize to another Participant in the Contest. Participants agree to comply with the Organizer’s demand to return the Prize in such cases.

SPECIFIC RULES

Part B

1.     Content of the Contest

Participants of the Contest will create original fan arts about World of Tanks (the “Game”). The fan arts will be evaluated by the Organizer and players. Three winners will receive prizes.

2.     Prizes

The Organizer shall award the following prizes to the three winners in each region via internal audit:

• 1st place: USD 150
• 2nd place: USD 100
• 3rd place: USD 50

The Organizer shall award the following prizes to the three winners of all APAC regions via player’s online vote:

APAC Most loved artwork

• 1st~3rd place: USD 100 each

3.       Contest Dates

The Fan art award artwork submission period will start on 9 September 2022 and end on 23 October 2022 (the “Submission Period”). Fan arts submitted after 23 October 2022 will not be eligible for evaluation. The Organizer will assess the submissions from 24 October 2022 to 2 November (the “Internal Assessment Period”). After internal assessment, players will vote for the 3 best art works out of the 15 nomination artworks (whole APAC region) from 4 November 2022 to 14 November 2022 (“Players online Voting Period”). 15 Nominees will be announced from 4 November 2022 to 14 November 2022. Winners - 3 winners in each region and 3 winners of whole APAC region - will be announced on 17 November 2022. These dates are subject to change. The Organizer will properly notify the Participants of such change.

4.       How to participate

Players must meet the following requirements to participate in the Contest:

• the player must have an account on the website wargaming.net (i.e. must have a WargamingID in the APAC cluster) and reside in Asia Pacific Region (excluding Russia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam)
• the player must accept the EULA of the Game and meet all its requirements to the Game users.

In order to participate in the Contest, a person who meets the above requirements must submit his or her fan art to the Organizer by uploading it to [Google Drive link]. After the submission, such person will become a “Participant”.

Joint submission is possible as a team (3 people or less) is possible.

If there are less than 5 submitted art works of a region, there may be no winners.

The fan art must fulfill the following requirements:

• Participants are free to choose method or technique (painting, graphic art, concept art, etc.). Exception: in-game screenshots, signatures, and watermarks are not allowed.
• Free topic relating to World of Tanks. For example, illustrations featuring tanks and crew members, or cartoons based on World of Tanks. All vehicles, crews, and items from World of Tanks could be used for the fan art.
• The fan art must be “General audiences rated” (fan arts containing sexuality, violence, horror, inappropriate language, drugs, crime, gambling, etc. will be excluded from the evaluation process).
• Any artworks that have been published in the community sites, social media channels, any other public websites on a date prior to the announcement of the Contest announcement cannot be submitted.
• The file that contains the fan art must meet the following requirements:
  • File name structure: artwork name – in-game nickname.extension. Example: WoT Funny Story – Nickname.jpg
  • Dimensions: minimum 2500x1500 pixels
  • Resolution: minimum 150 (dpi), minimum 300ppi or more (when printing edition is presented)
  • Submission size: 100MB maximum for up to 3 combined files

Winners may be asked to submit original files of their fan arts at a later date. (Photoshop PSD files or as otherwise reasonably requested by the Organizer).

5.       Choosing the Winners

The winners will be chosen in two stages: internal evaluation of fan arts by the Organizer and online voting by players according to the schedule set out in section 3 “Contest Dates” of these Rules.

The winners in each region will be announced on the official game portal website https://worldoftanks.asia and through social media channels on the day specified in section 3 “Contest Dates” of these Rules.

Notification to winners will be sent via email, therefore, please make sure to fill the correct email address on the submission form.

Even if the fan art has been decided as a winner, if an objection or plagiarism dispute arises in the future, the award may be canceled according to the decision of Wargaming, and the paid prize money must be returned.

6.       How to receive the Prizes

Prizes will be delivered to the Winners no later than 6 months after the announcement of the Winners in the following ways:

• Money prizes will be transferred to the Winner’s bank account in USD specified by the Winner. To receive the money Prize, the Winner must have a USD bank account properly opened and maintained in the Winner’s name. The Organizer has a right not to award the Prize money to the Winner if the Winner is unable to specify such account within four (4) months from the day on which the Organizer has announced the Winner.
• In the case of a Japanese winner, to comply with Japanese law, a separate service provide contract should be signed and then the prize money can be paid to the winner.