[22/10 - 4/11] Halloween Fan Art Contest!

Kerrrrrring, kerrrrrrring... ah, that’s Lilly sharpening her scythe. She’s keen not to miss out on the opportunity to spread fear and horrors at Halloween. Yet the other SoulWorkers could also have costumes to give off some real spooks! Doesn’t matter if vampire, witch, mummy or something completely different, give your imagination free roam and draw your own SoulWorker Halloween scenario. There’s prizes to be won, including some wonderful SoulWorker mugs!

Here’s how it works:

• Read and accept the Terms and Conditions.
• Pick up your tools and canvas of choice and create your SoulWorker Halloween impression (one submission per account).
• Submit your piece of art in *JPEG or *PNG format (a maximum of 5 MB) to the following email address: contest@soulworker.com
• Use the email address for your present SoulWorker account and add the following information to your submission:
  • Subject: SoulWorker Halloween Fan Art Contest
  • Name of your character
  • Name of your server

Final submission date: on 4th November 2018 at 11:59 PM CET.

Prizes

We will have 20 winners in total, that can look forward to a SoulWorker Mug and a spooky surprise set of four Halloween housing items for their character!

The SoulWorker Team

Terms OF PARTICIPATION

The following terms govern the course of the SOULWORKER Halloween Fan Art Contest (hereafter 'Contest') as organized by Gameforge 4D GmbH, Albert-Nestler-Strasse 8, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany (hereafter 'Gameforge').

1. Eligibility, Participants and Participation

(1) All users of full age resident in one of the countries mentioned on the following linked webpage [http://y.gfsrv.net/LT] with a personal, active account for soulworker.gameforge.com (hereafter 'Account') as per the General Terms & Conditions [http://y.gfsrv.net/QU] are entitled to participate in the Contest. Employees of Gameforge, of companies affiliated with Gameforge and any associates thereof are allowed to participate but are excluded from receipt of any prizes.

(2) A 'Participant' is anyone entitled to participate as per Para. 1 who participates as per Para. 3 between 22/10/2018, 16:00 and 04/11/2018, 23:59 CEST ('Participation Period').

(3) The object of participation is the independent creation of a hand-drawn or computer-aided graphic with recognisable reference to the online game SOULWORKER ('Work') and the submission thereof within the Participation Period in accordance with the following requirements ('Entry') :

a) The Work is submitted in .jpg or .png format with a maximum file size of five MB and is not covered by the rights of third parties.

b) The Entry is submitted via the email address belonging to the Account along with the subject "SOULWORKER Halloween Fan Art Contest" to contest@soulworker.com .

c) Further, this email must contain the game server and character name belonging to the Account of the Participant, and state whether and by which copyright notice the Winner (as per No. 2 Para. 1) in question should be named in the content of the Presentation as per No. 2 Para. 5 as the creator of the Work. If a Participant declines to state such copyright notice, the Participant hereby agrees that the character name provided should suffice accordingly. If the Winner declines to be named in the Presentation no such identifier will be placed along with the Presentation.

(4) Each Participant is permitted only one Entry. Entries submitted outside of the Participation Period as well as multiple Entries, including Entries linked to different Accounts will not be considered.

(5) Participation in the Contest is free and is not bound to the purchase of any goods or the subscription to a fee-based service.

2. Winners and Prizes

(1) Gameforge will select a total of 20 Works from amongst all eligible Entries based on their respective creativity and originality. The 'Winners' are those participants who created these selected Works.

(2) Gameforge will announce the Winners by 06/11/2018 on Gameforge’s internet sites (including the SOULWORKER Steam page) and on the social networks maintained by Gameforge (together the 'Gameforge Sites') using their character names and game servers or the chosen identifier as long as they have not declined to be named as per No. 1 Para. 3 lit. c and inform them of their win via an email send to the email address used for the Entry (hereafter 'Notification').

(3) The Winners will receive the prizes mentioned in the contest announcement. These will be dispatched by a delivery service provider ('Service Provider') commissioned by Gameforge from 16/11/2018 and requires a valid postal address ('Address') in one of the countries mentioned in No. 1 Para. 1. Gameforge will therefore ask the Winners in the Announcement to send in their Addresses in response to the respective Announcement up to the 08/11/2018 at the latest ('Response'). Responses that Gameforge receives too late or does not receive will lead to the loss of a claim on the respective prize. To the extent that the prizes concern the receipt of digital content, such digital content will be added to the Account of the respective Winner by 16/11/2018.

(4) The prizes are deemed to have been awarded to the Winners by Gameforge with the handover of the prizes to the Service Provider. If a prize cannot be delivered as the result of an erroneous Address supplied by the Winner, this will be at the expense of the affected Winner.

(5) Lastly, in recognition of the creative services of the Winners, Gameforge will present the Works they have submitted on the Gameforge Sites and label them as per No. 1 Para. 3 lit. c) ('Presentation').

(6) A cash payment or payment of the prizes in physical goods or rather the exchange and/or transference to a third party is not possible.

3. Rights of Use and indemnity

(1) For the purpose of participation in the Contest, Gameforge grants the Participant the free-of-charge, non-exclusive right to use the SOULWORKER logo, the SOULWORKER title and the SOULWORKER characters for the creation of the Work.

(2) For the purposes of the Presentation, the Participant grants Gameforge the free-of-charge, non-exclusive right to use the respective Work without limitation as to time and place. This includes the rights of exploitation and reproduction, as well as the right to make the Work publicly available and grant usage rights to third parties, in so far as this is necessary within the context of the Presentation.

(3) By submitting their Entry, the Participant provides assurance that they produced the Work themselves, guarantees that this does not infringe on the rights of third parties and indemnifies Gameforge against all claims from third parties based on the infringement of third party rights in connection with the Work.

4. Data Privacy

(1) Gameforge will collect, process and use the provided personal data of each Participant (this includes the core data of the account, including the associated character name, the email address and the Address provided by the Winners) within the scope of the applicable legal data protection requirements and exclusively for the purposes of holding the Contest (this includes the review of the right to participate and compliance with these Terms of Participation as well as potentially for the deliver of prizes and the associated transmission of the Address to the Service Provider, the delivery of the Announcement as well as the associated announcement of the character names of the Winners on the Gameforge Sites).

(2) The personal data collected will initially be stored for the duration of the Contest event and then subsequently deleted. This excludes character names publicised as part of the Announcement on the Gameforge Sites that are stored permanently primarily for reasons of transparency. To the extent that legal retention obligation stipulate more long-term storage, the affected data will be deleted at the latest following the expiry of such a retention period.

(3) Further information on the processing of personal data by Gameforge can be found within the Privacy Policy [http://y.gfsrv.net/QT] (see in particular No. 3.9 for the holding of contests and the significant legal bases for the associated processing of this as well as No. 6 on the rights of the data subjects).

5. Disclaimer

Gameforge, its bodies, employees, and subcontractors are liable exclusively for wilful intent and gross negligence, regardless of legal basis, and in cases of ordinary negligence, only for the violation of essential contractual obligations and limited to foreseeable damages, as far as not precluded by other compulsory statutory provisions. These limitations do not apply for the loss of life, personal injury or damage to health.

6. Final Provisions

(1) The Participant agrees to these Terms of Participation with their Entry.

(2) In addition to these Terms of Participation, the General Terms & Conditions also apply [http://y.gfsrv.net/QU] (together the 'Rules').

(3) Should a Participant infringe upon the Rules during the implementation and execution of the Contest, or such an infringement by proven thereafter, their eligibility may be revoked.

(4) Gameforge reserves the right to end the Contest before the end of the Participation Period, if for technical or legal reasons its proper execution cannot be guaranteed.

(5) In the event that any individual provisions of these Terms of Participation become ineffective, the remaining provisions shall remain effective and binding. The unenforceable provision shall be substituted for the relevant statutory provision.