Vir-Con Trivia Challenge Official Rules

Vir-Con Trivia Challenge

Official Rules

Vir-Con Trivia Challenge is brought you by The Official US Star Trek Fan Club. By clicking on Play on your PADD, you agree to the following Official Rules. If you do not agree to the Official Rules, you may not play.

I. Eligibility.

You must be 18 years of ageor older as of August 1, 2002. Employees, directors, officers and agents ofvirtual-conventions, llc, Why Communications, Paramount Pictures Corporation,and their respective parents, sisters, subsidiaries and affiliates, and anyother person or entity directly associated with this Trivia Challenge(collectively, “Sponsor”), and all immediate family members and/or personsliving in the same households as such persons, are not eligible. This Contestof skill is void where restricted or prohibited.

II. The TriviaChallenge.

1. First Round. A Trivia Challenge will be played eachday, August 2, 3, 4, 2002 starting at 10:00 AM. Each Trivia Challenge has threerounds, 10:00 AM PST, 12:00 PM PST and 3:00 PM PST. Each round consists of five (5) questions with four (4)multiple choices answers.

2. Players are timed as they answer questions based onthe server clock and measured to one millisecond. When players Submit their answers, they are ranked by thefollowing criteria:

A) Number of correct answers.

B) The official time it took to answer the questions andpost the answers.

Donot click on Start unless you are ready. Clicking on Start will begin the clock and it cannot be stopped, thereis no disputing the official clock for any reason.

3. Final Round. The daily Trivia Challenges will endeach day at 4:00 PM PST. The top six (6) players from each day will be eligible to participate in the final three-round Trivia Challenge playoff at 5:30 PM PST Sunday August 4, 2002

4. The standings will be posted in your PADD and can beviewed by clicking on Trivia Challenge.

III. How To Play.

Step1: Click on TriviaChallenge on your PADD to review standings.

Step2: Click on Play on your PADD, read instructions and indicate your acceptance of the Official Rules and click on Start.

Step3: Answer the questions asquickly as you can and click on Submit to enter your answers.

Step4: Click on Play on your PADD any time after the published Trivia Challenge round times when you are ready and repeat the steps 2 & 3.

2. Trivia Challenge Period. Participate beginning 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) August 2, 2002 until 6:00 p.m. PST on August 4, 2002 (“Trivia Challenge Period”). Your entry is deemed received when click on Submit on your PADD.

3. Other Entry Information. Entries will be deemed madeby the authorized account holder logged into Vir-Con based on compliance withthe rules. The authorized accountholder is deemed to be the natural person who has activated his/her account atwww.vir-con.net. Sponsor assumesno responsibility for lost, late, mis-delivered, mis-directed or incompleteentries, or for any computer, online or technical malfunctions that may occur.You may only play once each dayduring the First Round and during the Final Round, and only one person mayenter per each authorized e-mail account.

IV.Winner Notification.

Winnerswill be notified by email or by phone at the Sponsor’s discretion on or aboutAugust 10, 2002, unless later selected as an alternate winner. Winners will be requested to confirmreceipt of notification within two business days of notice via email to anemail address that will be supplied in the notification of winning, or theywill be disqualified, and alternate winner will be selected from the nexthighest player not already chosen as a winner.

V. Prizes.

Daily

One (1) first prize winnerwill receive one Activision Bridge Commander PC game and other official StarTrek merchandise of approximate retail value: $200. See QuickHelp from the Vir-Con 2002 home page or your PADD for a complete listing.

Five (5) second prize winners will each receive official Star Trek merchandise of approximate retail value: $75. See Quick Help from theVir-Con 2002 home page or your PADD for a complete listing.

Ten (10) third prize winners will each receive official Star Trek merchandise of approximate retail value: $45. See Quick Help from theVir-Con 2002 home page or your PADD for a complete listing.

Grand Prize

One (1) grand prize winnerwill receive one developer–signed Activision Bridge Commander PC game and otherofficial Star Trek merchandise of approximate retail value: $400. See Quick Help from theVir-Con 2002 home page or your PADD for a complete listing.

Approximate Total Value ofAll Prizes: $1,050.

No requests for substitutiontransfer or cash equivalent of prize permitted. All prizes will beawarded. Sponsor reserves theright to substitute a prize of equal or greater value should a prize comeunavailable. All taxes on prizesare the sole responsibility of the winners.

The winners may be requiredto provide Sponsor with complete winner information, including social securitynumber. Winners may bedisqualified and/or an alternate winner selected if: the notified winner doesnot respond to the winner notification within five (5) business days afterSponsor sends it, any prize notification is undeliverable or any prize isreturned. Acceptance of a prizeconstitutes permission for Sponsor to use a winner’s name, biographicalinformation, address (city and state only), statements, photograph, voiceand/or likeness for advertising and promotional purposes without compensation,unless prohibited by law, in all media, now known or hereafter devised, inperpetuity, throughout the universe. This provision is void where prohibited.

VI. Conditions ofEntry.

If for any reason the TriviaContest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computervirus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures orany other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect theadministration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of thisSweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, Sponsorreserves the right to terminate, cancel or modify the Trivia Contest and theseOfficial Rules, and/or to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entryprocess. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission,interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission,communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, oralteration of, entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems ortechnical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer onlinesystems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of anyemail or entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems ortraffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, or any combinationthereof, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’scomputer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materialsin this Trivia Contest. CAUTION:ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THELEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVILLAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEKDAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. By entering this Trivia Contest youagree to release Sponsor from any and all liability arising from yourparticipation in the Trivia Contest and/or use or possession of any Prize.

VII. Official Rules/Winner’s List.

For a copy of these OfficialRules, send your request by along with a self-addressed stamped envelop to“Official Rules, Vir-Con Trivia Challenge” c/o Why Communications, 8 Avenue 3,Suite 302, Venice, CA 90291. For a list of the prize winners after August 31,2002 send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Winners List Countdown toVir-Con Sweepstakes”, c/o Why Communications, 8 Avenue 3, Suite 302, Venice, CA90291.

VIII. Other.

The Trivia Challenge is governedby our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy for Vir-Con 2002 andby the laws of the State of California, U.S.A. If any provision of theseOfficial Rules is inconsistent with the Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy,these Official rules shall govern. Any dispute arising hereunder shall be brought in Los Angeles County,California.