Final 08.14.07 2007 EA SPORTS™ Madden Challenge Regional
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Final 08.14.07 2007 EA SPORTS™ Madden Challenge Regional Tournament 2007 Official Rules VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. 1. Entry. PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY A FIFTEEN-DOLLAR ($15.00) ENTRY FEE IN ORDER TO COMPETE (EXCEPT PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF OR REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE IN A REGIONAL TOURNAMENT OCCURRING IN THE STATES OF AZ, CO, CT, FL, IA, LA, MD, NJ, TN, VT, AND PUERTO RICO, GUAM AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS). To enter either the Xbox 360 divisions or PlayStation 2 (“PS2”) divisions for any one of the Seventeen (17) regional tournaments (each a “Regional Tournament”) in the 2007 EA SPORTS™ Madden Challenge Regional Tournament (the “Tournament”), please visit the www.maddenchallenge.com website (the “Site”) to register online, or you can alternatively register onsite at any Regional Tournament venue by submitting a completed entry form to the onsite Sponsor representative(s) (the “Tournament Director”) as directed, during the entry periods identified in the Online Registration Entry Periods and Regional Tournament Schedule described further below (the “Schedule”). Each eligible online and onsite Tournament registrant (except registrants who are residents of or who register to participate in a Regional Tournament occurring in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Vermont, and Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) will be required to pay a non-refundable fifteen-dollar ($15.00) entry fee in order to participate. BOTH ONLINE AND ONSITE REGISTRANTS MUST PRESENT A VALID PHOTO ID UPON ARRIVAL AT THE ONSITE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT IN ORDER TO CONFIRM REGISTRATION. All Regional Tournament venues will host separate “Xbox 360” divisions and “PS2” divisions. The “Xbox 360” division is reserved for Xbox 360 Challenge participants and the “PS2” division is reserved for PlayStation 2 participants. Entrants should register for the appropriate division (Xbox 360 or PS2) based on his or her preference. Participants registering for either the “Xbox 360” or “PS2” divisions will only be eligible to receive prizes designated for that particular division, regardless of skill level. Registration slots for each Regional Tournament will be first available for general online registration. Once the general online registration period ends, all remaining registration slots, if any, will be available for onsite registration until all slots are filled. The number of available onsite registration slots for any Regional Tournament may be limited and will depend on the number of slots filled during general online registration. ONLINE Regional Tournament Registration (Xbox 360 Divisions and PS2 Divisions). General online registration will open on August 14, 2007, and remain open until three or four days before each Regional Tournament as provided on the Schedule (the “General Online Registration Entry Period”). See Schedule below for exact deadlines. To register online, you must have an EA online account (free) and be 18 years of age or the age of majority for your particular state, whichever is greater, or older at the time of entry or, if you are a minor who is thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of entry, your parent or legal guardian who is at least the age of majority in your particular state and who has an EA online account can register you online. Simply visit www.maddenchallenge.com, and follow the directions to register by logging-in to your EA online account and submitting your first and last name and credit card information (for payment of online entry fee(s)) and the first and last name of any persons you are registering. Limit: One (1) registration/entry per person, per Regional Tournament. A single EA online account may register up to ten (10) different persons, per Regional Tournament, including minors thirteen (13) years of age or older of whom the EA account holder is the parent or legal guardian. Only the individual initiating online registration is required to have an EA online account. Completed online entries (including any required parental consent form if Participant is under 18, or under the age of majority for his/her particular state, whichever is greater) must be sent during the relevant Regional Tournament Online Registration Entry Period (see Schedule below) and received by 11:59 p.m. PST on the last day of the relevant Regional Tournament Online Registration Entry Period. Upon validation of credit card payment and eligibility, online registrants for each Regional Tournament will be notified of their acceptance into the applicable Regional Tournament via an email verification message sent to the email address specified in the EA online account profile used for online registration. Online registrants (and/or any Participants they may have registered) must present a printout of this verification message confirming the registrant’s and Participant’s name, along with a valid photo id, upon arrival onsite and at least thirty (30) minutes prior to the official start time designated in the verification message for the applicable day’s Regional Tournament play in order to participate. ONSITE Regional Tournament Registration (Xbox 360 Divisions and PS2 Divisions). Onsite registration will open two (2) hours (local time) before the official start of Tournament play at each Regional Tournament location (note that Regional Tournament start times vary by site -see Schedule below for exact start times) and will remain open until all available registration slots are filled or until two hours after the official start of the day’s Regional Tournament play, whichever is earlier (the “Onsite Registration Window”). To register onsite, arrive at the applicable Regional Tournament site during the Onsite Registration Window, visit the Sponsor’s set-up or tent location, located at each Regional Tournament site, and submit a completed registration entry form, along with a valid photo ID and a parental consent form (if under 18, or under the age of majority for your particular state), to the Tournament Director, as directed. Limit: One (1) registration/entry per person, per Regional Tournament. Completed onsite entries (including any required parental consent form if Participant is under 18, or under the age of majority for his/her particular state, whichever is greater) must be received by the Tournament Director at the time of registration and no later than two (2) hours after the official start of the applicable day’s Regional Tournament play. Eligible onsite Regional Tournament Participants will be notified of their acceptance by the Tournament Director no later than two (2) hours after the official start of the applicable day’s Regional Tournament play. No other methods of entry will be accepted. Regardless of method or time of submission of registration entry, first to come, first to play. Because space and time are limited, Sponsor cannot guarantee that all persons attempting to register, either online or onsite, will be able to participate. Winners in any Regional Tournament occurring earlier on the Regional Tournament Schedule are not eligible to compete in any later Regional Tournaments on the Regional Tournament Schedule. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Use of a false email account will disqualify an entry. Sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled, lost, illegible, altered, defaced, mutilated, misdirected, ineligible or delayed entries or other communications or other technical problems related to website entries. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person who tampers with the entry process or the operation of the Site, or who otherwise violates these Official Rules. By entering, all Xbox 360 and PS2 entrants, registrants, contestants, and winners (each a “Participant” or “Participants”) accept and agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules, the decisions of the Sponsor (the Judge of the Tournament), and to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by email, mail and/or telephone regarding this Tournament. 2. Eligibility. Tournament registration and play is only open to residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are thirteen (13) years of age or older at time of entry and who had Internet access as of August 14, 2007. Any Participant who is a minor must be registered online or onsite by a parent or legal guardian and accompanied during any travel, including prize travel, by at least one adult (parent or guardian) 21 years of age or older (or the age of majority for his/her particular state, whichever is greater). Employees of Electronic Arts Inc. (“Sponsor”), Game Live Events, Best Buy Stores, L.P., Microsoft and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, parents, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies (“Sponsor and its agents”) and the immediate family members and persons living in the same household of each are not eligible. Void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. 3. Online Registration Entry Periods and Regional Tournament Schedule (XBOX 360 or PS2 Division): General Online Number of Slots For Competition Registration Opens Available Regional Regional PS2“ALL Xbox Tournament # # Tournament From To ” 360 In On At “ALL” 1. 8/14/06 9/12/07 256 256 Dallas, TX September 15,2007 8:00am 2. 8/14/06 9/12/07 256 256 Houston, TX September 16, 2007 9:00am 3. 8/14/06 9/19/07 256 256 Phoenix, AZ September 22, 2007 8:00am 4. 8/14/06 9/19/07 256 256 San Diego, CA September 23, 2007 9:00am 5. 8/14/06 9/26/07 256 256 Denver, CO September 28, 2007 4:00pm 6. 8/14/06 9/26/07 256 256 San Francisco, CA September 30, 2007 9:00am 7. 8/14/06 10/3/07 256 256 Seattle, WA October 5, 2007 4:00pm General Online Number of Slots For Competition Registration Opens Available Regional Regional PS2“ALL Xbox Tournament # # Tournament From To ” 360 In On At “ALL” 8.