[14 - 30/12/2018] Grutin Snowflake Competition: Win Fantastic Prizes

Take a look at all the pretty snowflakes that have flown into our offices:

But wait, what is that? They don’t seem to be melting and... they are made of lots of little Grutin heads? They aren’t made of ice, they’re paper!

Perhaps you have already seen our crafting guide on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram – maybe you have even made your own!

Decorate your room (not your in-game one!) with your home-made Grutin snowflakes and send us a picture of your festive scene. The 20 best entries will win some cool prizes!

Here’s how it works:

• Read and accept the Terms and Conditions.
• Make Grutin snowflakes with this crafting template and use them to decorate your own room (not the in-game one!). Use additional Christmas decorations to really bring the spirit of Christmas to life.
• Here is a video guide to the Grutin snowflake:
• Photograph your Grutin snowflake-decorated room* in its full festive flair (maximum of one entry per account).

*You can also only decorate a portion of your room, check this example:

• Submit your photo 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:

1. Subject: Christmas Decoration Contest
2. Name of your character
3. Name of your server

Final submission date: 30th December 2018 at 11:59 PM CET.

Prizes

A total of 20 winners can look forward to the “Happy Holidays” Costume for their character!

Enjoy!

The SoulWorker Team

Terms and Conditions

The following conditions govern the course of the SoulWorker Christmas Decoration Contest (hereafter ‘contest’) as organised by Gameforge 4D GmbH, Albert-Nestler-Strasse 8, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany (hereafter ‘Gameforge’).

1. Eligibility, Participants and Participation

(1) Participation in the contest is free. All users who are of age and are resident within the Licence Area, who comply with the requirements of the General Terms and Conditions, and who have an active personal account (hereafter ‘account’) for soulworker.gameforge.com are eligible to enter. Employees of Gameforge, of Gameforge associated companies 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 adheres to the participation requirements as per para 3 between 14/12/2018 and 30/12/2018, 11:59 PM CET (hereafter the ‘participation period’).

(3) The object of participation is the independent creation of a photograph of a Christmas decoration made by the user themselves which recognisably incorporates the ‘Grutin Pattern’ (hereafter ‘work’) and the submission thereof within the participation period in accordance with the following requirements (hereafter ‘entry’):

a) The work is submitted in .jpg or .png format with a maximum file size of five MB, is not covered by the rights of third parties, and must not show any people or any other protected elements. The work will be made smaller in order to conform to the required maximum file size. Any other edits are inadmissible.

b) The entry is submitted via the email address belonging to the account, along with the subject ‘SoulWorker Christmas Decoration Contest’ to contest@soulworker.com.

c) Further, the email should also contain the game server and the character name belonging to the account of the participant, and information should be provided concerning by which copyright identifier the participant should be named if they win, as in the content of the presentation as the creator of the work. If they decline to share any such identifier, the participant hereby categorically gives their consent that the character name and game server provided will be sufficient as copyright identifier. If a creator designation is to be completely forgone, then the participant can indicate this as part of the entry.

(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.

2. Winners and Prizes

(1) Gameforge will select a total of 20 works from amongst all eligible entries based on their respective creativity. The ‘winners’ are those participants who created these selected works.

(2) Gameforge will announce the winners by 4/1/2019 on the internet sites (including the SoulWorker Steam page) and social networks maintained by Gameforge (together the ‘Gameforge sites’) using their character names and game servers, and inform them of their win via an email sent to the email address used for the entry (hereafter ‘notification’).

(3) The winners will receive digital prizes as part of the contest announcement, which will be added to the compliant with no. 1 para. 3(c) stated account before 11/1/2019.

(4) 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(c) (hereafter the ‘presentation’).

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

3. Rights of Use and Indemnity

(1) To the extent necessary for the purpose of participation in the contest, Gameforge grants the participant the free-of-charge, non-exclusive right to make use of the required elements of the online game SoulWorker as per these Terms and Conditions.

(2) For the purposes of the presentation, the participant grants Gameforge the free-of-charge, non-exclusive and irreversible right to use the respective work without limitation of 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. Privacy

(1) Gameforge will retrieve, process and use the provided personal data of each participant (this includes the core data of the account, including but not exclusive to the associated character name, the email address plus the as per No. 1 para. 3(c) chosen copyright identifier) 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 the participation conditions, plus the as per No. 1 para. 3(c) chosen copyright identifier of the winners on the Gameforge sites).

(2) The personal data collected will initially be stored for the duration of the contest and then subsequently deleted. This excludes the as per No. 1 para. 3(c) chosen copyright identifiers publicised as part of the presentation on the Gameforge sites that are stored permanently primarily for reasons of transparency. To the extent that legal storage requirements stipulate more long-term storage, the affected data will be deleted at the latest following the expiry of such a storage obligation.

(3) Further information on the handling of personal data by Gameforge can be found within the Privacy Policy (see in particular point 3.9 for the holding of contests and the significant legal bases for the associated processing of this as well as point 6 on the rights of the affected person).

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 and Conditions by submitting their entry.

(2) In addition to these Terms and Conditions, the Standard Terms and Conditions also apply (together the ‘rules’).

(3) Should a participant infringe upon the rules during the implementation and execution of the contest, or such an infringement is 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 and Conditions become ineffective, the remaining provisions shall remain effective and binding. The unenforceable provision shall be substituted for the relevant statutory provision.