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 WildStar: Cosplay Contest at PAX Prime
 Official Rules
 NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE ONE’S CHANCES OF WINNING.
 1. Eligibility : Except where prohibited or restricted by law, the WildStar: Cosplay Contest at PAX Prime (the “Contest”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of entry. Employees, contractors, directors, and officers of the sponsor, Carbine, LLC (“Sponsor”), and its subsidiary and affiliated companies, distributors and licensees, advertising or promotion agencies, and their immediate family members (parent, child, sibling, and spouse of each), and those living in the same household of each are not eligible to enter or win. Other eligibility requirements and conditions of participation are set forth below in these official rules forthe Sweepstakes (“Official Rules”). All federal, state, municipal, and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
 2. Entry Period: The Contest has two parts: (a) a WildStar Cosplay giveaway on the show floor (“Show Floor Giveaway”); and (b) WildStar Cosplay during thePAX Prime Community Meetup party (“Community Party Contest”). The Show Floor Giveaway begins at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (“ PDT”) on August 29, 2014 and ends at 8:00 p.m. PDT on August 29, 2014 (the “Giveaway Period”). The Community Party Contest takes place during the PAX Prime Community Meetup, which begins at 7:00 p.m. PDT on August 29, 2014 and ends at 11:00 p.m. PDT on August 29, 2014.
 3. How to Enter: For the Show Floor Giveaway, eligible participants must dress like a character from WildStar and be spotted on the PAX Prime show floor by a representative from the Sponsor during the Giveaway Period (“Show Floor Entrant”). Entry is accomplished whether the Sponsor representative spots the entrant first or the entrant engages the Sponsor representative first. Each Sponsor representative will be wearing a green WildStar shirt for easy identification. To enter the Community Party Contest, eligible participants must dress like a character from WildStar and attend the Community Party onAugust 29, 2014 (“Community Party Entrant”). There is no cost to attend the Community Party. Any fans in the area may attend. 
 4. Winner Selection: For the Show Floor Giveaway, all Show Floor Entrants who are spotted by the Sponsor’s representative on the Show Floor during the Giveaway Period willautomatically receive a Show Floor Prize (defined below). The winners of the Community Party Contest will be determined by a panel of judges (“ Judges”) appointed by the Sponsor. The Judges will review each of the Community Party Entrants dressed in WildStar cosplay and rank the entrants based upon the following criteria: (a) creativity (50%); and (b) craftsmanship (50%). The Community Party Entrant who receives the highest score from the Judges will be the winner of the Community Party Contest (“Community Party First-Place Winner”). The Community Party Entrants whoreceive the next two highest scores from the Judges will be the runner-up winners (“Community Party First Runner-up Winner” and “ Community Party Second Runner-up Winner”).
 5. Prizes and Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): For the Show Floor Giveaway, each Show Floor Entrant who is dressed in WildStar cosplay on the Show Floor (upon being spotted by a representative of the Sponsor) will receive a random prize (“Show Floor Prize”). The random Show Floor Prize will be one of the following: (a) a Rowsdower phone cleaner keychain, with an ARV of $2.00; (b) a WildStar t-shirt, with an ARV of $10.00; or © a Rowsdower Plushie, with an ARV of $12.00. The specific Show Floor Prize to be awarded to an individual Show Floor Entrant will be based upon availability and shall be determined by the Sponsor representative in the representative’s sole discretion.
 For the Community Party Contest, the Community Party First-Place Winner will receive a prize consisting of $500.00, payable by check, a WildStar t-shirt (ARV of $10.00), and a Rowsdower Plushie (ARV of $12.00). The Community Party First Runner-up Winner will receive a prize consisting of $100.00, payable by check, a WildStar t-shirt (ARV of $10.00), and a Rowsdower Plushie (ARV of $12.00). The Community Party Second Runner-up Winner will receive a prize consisting of $50.00, payable by check, a WildStar t-shirt (ARV of $10.00), and a Rowsdower Plushie (ARV of $12.00). The Show Floor Prizes and Community Party Prizes are hereinafter referred to, individually, as “Prize” and collectively as “Prizes.”
 6. Prize Conditions: All federal, state, and local taxes, and all other costs associated with acceptance or use of the Prize, are the sole responsibility of the winner. The winner may waive his/her right to receive a Prize. A Prize is non-transferable, non-exchangeable, and non-refundable, and must be accepted by the winner as awarded. A Prize may not be upgraded, and no substitutions by the winner will be allowed, except that Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a Prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated Prize should be unavailable for any reason. LIMIT ONE (1) SHOW FLOOR PRIZE PER SHOW FLOOR ENTRANT.
 7. Prize Delivery: The Show Floor Prizes will be delivered to the Show Floor Entrants upon being spotted by the Sponsor representative on the PAX Prime Show Floor. The Community Prizes will be awarded to the winners of the Community Prizes immediately upon completion of the judging phase of the Community Party Contest, when the Community Party winners are announced. The list of winners will be posted on the official WildStar Facebook Page and WildStar forums. In the event that a winner rejects a Prize, the Prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected. At the sole discretion of the Sponsor, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any non-compliance with the Official Rules. In the event of a prize forfeiture, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, award or not award the forfeited prize to an alternate winner.
 8. Odds of Winning: Each Show Floor Entrant who is spotted by a Sponsor representative on the Show Floor during the Giveaway Period will automatically receive a Show FloorPrize. The odds of winning a Community Party Prize depend upon the number of eligible Community Party Entrants and the quality of the WildStar costumes. 
 9. Conditions, Disclaimers, and License: By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees that: (a) he or she will abide by and be bound by these Official Rules; (b) Sponsor or any of its affiliated companies or the advertising and promotional agencies affiliated with Sponsor or those affiliated companies, or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, Sponsor’s “Affiliates”) are not responsible for claims, injuries, death, losses or damages of any kind resulting from participation or inability to participate in the Contest, or the awarding, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of a Prize; © Sponsor is not responsible for any inability of a winner to accept a Prize for any reason; and (d) by entering the Contest, all entrants further agree that Sponsor has the sole right to decide all matters relating to the Contest, including fact, interpretation, eligibility, procedure, fulfillment, and disputes from the Contest.
 Although Sponsor attempts to ensure the integrity of the Contest, neither Sponsor nor any of the Affiliates are responsible for the actions of entrants or other individuals in connection with the Contest, including attempts by entrants or other individuals to circumvent these Official Rules or otherwise interfere with the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of damage by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical limitations or failures, strikes, industry conditions, bankruptcy or liquidation, marketplace demands, applicable law, unforeseen obstacles, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, could corrupt, compromise, undermine, or otherwise affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, viability, or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to modify these Official Rules, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend all or any part of the Contest. If the Contest is terminated by Sponsor as set forth above, Sponsor will post notice of such termination at the official WildStar Facebook Page.
 10. Limitations On Liability: Sponsor and its Affiliates shall not be liable to any winner or any other person for failure to supply a Prize or any part thereof, by reason of any acts of God, any action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not the action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) prove(s) to be invalid), equipment failure, terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any other cause beyond Sponsor’s or its Affiliates’ sole control.
 11. Release and Indemnification: BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANTS RELEASE AND HOLD THE SPONSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, RIGHT, CLAIMS, AND ACTIONS OF ANY KIND ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THE CONTEST OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY CONTEST-RELATED ACTIVITY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACCESS TO ANY MATERIALS, OR RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE AWARDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEST, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, AS WELL AS CLAIMS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION, AND/OR INVASION OF PRIVACY.
 12. Miscellaneous:
 (a) Privacy: Information submitted in connection with the Contest will be treated in accordance with these Official Rules and Sponsor’sPrivacy Policy (as may be amended from time to time), currently available at http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/legal/privacy-policy/; provided, that in the event of any conflict between these Official Rules and such Privacy Policy, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail.
 (b) Publicity Release: Except where prohibited, by accepting a Prize, each Community Party Contest winner grants permission for Sponsor and its agents to use his/her name, voice and/or likeness, for advertising, merchandising, promotion and/or publicity purposes in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented without territorial or time limitations and without additional compensation.
 © Applicable Law: The Contest, and any disputes that may arise hereunder, shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the state of Washington without regard to the conflicts of laws principles of any jurisdiction. Venue with respect to any such disputes shall be had in the state and federal courts of the state of Washington.
 13. Official Rules: By participating in the Contest, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. The Contest will be run in accordance with the Official Rules, subject to amendment by Sponsor. Each entrant must comply with the Official Rules and will be deemed to have received and understood the Official Rules by participating in the Contest. The terms of the Contest, as set out in the Official Rules, are not subject to amendment or counteroffer, except as set out herein. If any provisions of the Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision.
 14. Sponsor: The Contest is sponsored by Carbine, LLC, 95 Enterprise Suite 100, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656.
 15. Winner List: For a list of Community Party Contest winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (except residents of Vermont) to: Carbine, LLC, Attn: Winner List WildStar: Cosplay Contest at PAX Prime, 95 Enterprise Suite 100, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 by November 2, 2014. A list of the Community Party Contest winners also will be posted on the official WildStar Facebook Page and the WildStar forums.	
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