Warfare Wallpaper Contest 2009

by Dan Landis on September 30, 2009 at 11:03 pm

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With Modern Warfare 2 coming out in a month, we here at Ripten thought it might be just a tiny bit cooler to run around with an actual gun in real life instead of just in a game. I mean, right? That would be cooler, right? Okay, well we can’t actually do that for several reasons, not the least of which is that we just don’t trust ourselves not to shoot people in the face. That’s what gamers do, right?

Echo1 has us covered with the next best thing: an airsoft rifle. If you don’t know what that means, it’s essentially a BB gun that shoots “harmless” plastic pellets. This one we have here should look familiar to you if you’ve played pretty much any shooter in the last 15 years, and it’s full scale and made of metal. How about you peoples show us some lovin’ and maybe you can get yourself one of these bad boys for FREE!

All you have to do is send your best warfare-themed artwork to warfarecontest@echo1usa.com and you’ll get a chance to win one of three Echo1 MS-2s (full-metal automatic electric guns). Visit the echo1 contest page to find out more info, check out the Echo1 catalog, or download the rules and details (also listed below).

The Ripten.com & Echo1USA Warfare Wallpaper Contest 2009

Official Rules, Terms, & Conditions

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

ELIGIBILITY:

Employees of Ripten.com and Echo1USA, their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and internet agencies and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited by law. Eligibility is expressly conditioned on the acceptance of the Official Rules at time of submission.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:

Create an original work (image or design) showcasing your creative talents. NOTE: Works must NOT contain or depict anything in a manner that is inappropriate as outlined in the Entry Requirements (Below). At the conclusion of the entry period, judges will determine 3 separate winners who will be notified and awarded one prize package each.

HERE’S HOW TO ENTER:

Step #1: Beginning 12:00 AM PST on October 1^st, 2009, visit Ripten.com to read the complete rules as well a description of the contest theme.

Step #2: Email your entry as an attachment or link to:

warfarecontest@echo1usa.com

Please keep submissions in jpg, bmp, gif, or png format.
YOU MUST READ AND AGREE TO THE RULES STIPULATED.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE YOUR OWN ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED WORK AND CANNOT CONTAIN, INCORPORATE OR REFERENCE ANYTHING THAT IS OWNED BY ANY THIRD PARTY OR ENTITY OR WOULD REQUIRE THE CONSENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY OR ENTITY IN ANY JURISDICTION.

Submissions must not contain defamatory words/statements (including words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of any race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic group); they must not include threats to any person, place, business, or group; they must not disparage persons or organizations associated with the Sponsor; they must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm, entity, and they must not in any other way contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to all applicable federal, state, or local laws and regulations the laws or regulations in any state where video is created. Except as specifically noted herein, the submission cannot contain any unacceptable clothing or adornments, or display any commercial/corporate advertising (including but not limited to corporate logos, brand names, trademarks, slogans, political, personal and religious statements) as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. Submissions must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age. Submissions may not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent (including but not limited to nudity or pornography), profane, obscene, hateful, tortuous, slanderous or libelous and may not in any way reference persons or organizations without their written permission. The submission must not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement. Sponsor/judges reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any entry that, in their sole opinion, refers, depicts or in any way reflects negatively upon the Sponsor, the Contest or any other person or entity, or does not comply with these requirements or these Official Rules. Submissions must be suitable for presentation in a public forum, in sole determination of judges and/or Sponsor.

If the submission contains any person(s) other than the entrant, by entering this contest, entrant must receive prior written permission from other person(s) featured in the work (or from parent/legal guardian if other person(s) featured are considered minors in their state of residence) for Sponsor to use their likenesses for publicity including posting on website(s) and can make written copies of such permissions available to the Sponsor upon request. In addition, entrant must also receive prior written permission from the photographer of their image if the entry was photographed by someone other than the entrant himself.

Entries should not include any personally identifiable information (i.e. last name, address, place of work etc.) of yourself or any other person(s) appearing in the entry.

The work cannot have been submitted previously in a contest of any kind.

By submitting entry,

entrant certifies that the entry he submitted is his own original work and he holds all rights to the submission, that the submission has not been previously published, has not won a previous prize or award and that he has followed the Official Rules of the Contest,
if entrant is a minor, entrant certifies he has received parental permission to enter this contest and
entrant hereby grants Sponsor the right to post submission online for public viewing.

Entries must be received by 11:59 PM PST on November 1^st 2009

JUDGING TO DETERMINE THE WINNERS: All eligible entries received will be judged by a panel of Sponsor representatives to determine 3 winners.

PRIZES: Winners will receive an Echo1USA Master Series 2 automatic electric gun.

GENERAL RULES: Potential Winners (or parent/legal guardian if potential Winner is deemed a minor in his state of residence) will be required to complete an Affidavit certifying that the entry submitted is his own original work and he holds all rights to the work and all elements therein, that the work has not been previously published, has not won a previous prize or award and that he has followed the Official Rules of the Contest. Additionally, potential Winner (or parent/legal guardian if potential Winner is deemed a minor) will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability, Prize Acceptance Form and, if legally permissible, a Publicity Release. If entry depicts persons other than the entrant and/or if the image was photographed by someone other than the entrant, the entrant must also submit a completed and signed Publicity Release Permission Form for each additional person depicted in the entrant’s submission and/or photographer. All documents must be completed and returned within (5) days of attempted delivery of same. Noncompliance within this time period or return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and an alternate Winner may be selected, time permitting. Winners will be notified by mail/phone/email. No substitution or transfer of prize by winner permitted. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize of equal or greater value. All applicable taxes are the sole responsibility of winner. By accepting prize, winner (or parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor) agree to release and hold Sponsor, its respective directors, officers, employees and assigns, harmless from and against any and all claims and liability arising out of use of prize in connection therewith. Winner (or parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor) assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this promotion or use or redemption of any prize. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its agencies to use winner’s name and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. Entrants (or parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor) agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Sponsor, its respective directors, officers, employees and assigns, harmless from and against any and all liability and damages. By participating in this promotion, entrants (or parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor) agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the judges’ decisions which are final. In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any contest materials and the terms and conditions of the Official Rules, the Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control. All material submitted becomes the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor/judges reserve the right to reproduce the submissions in full or edit and enhance the submissions at its discretion. Sponsor is authorized to use submissions as it sees fit, including usage in advertising and online without compensation. Sponsor not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the contest or in the announcement of the prize. In no event will more than the stated number of prizes be awarded. NOTICE TO ONLINE ENTRANTS: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Not responsible for faulty, incorrect or mistranscribed phone/e-mail transmissions, incorrect announcements of any kind, technical hardware or software failures of any kind including any injury or damage to any person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in or experiencing any materials in connection with the promotion, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission that may limit a user’s ability to participate in the promotion. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for undeliverable e-mails resulting from any form of active or passive e-mail filtering by a user’s Internet service provider and/or e-mail client or for insufficient space in user’s e-mail account to receive e-mail. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the promotion if fraud, misconduct or technical failures destroy the integrity of the program; or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration or security of the program as determined by Sponsor/judging agency/administrator, in their sole discretion. If technical malfunctions or suspect voting/irregularities corrupt the voting process, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to award prizes based solely on the Winners Judging scores or non-suspect votes. In the event of termination, a notice will be posted online and all eligible entries received prior to termination will be judged, per these official rules. In the event a dispute arises regarding specific individual entitled to receive prize, entry made by Internet will be declared made by the “authorized e-mail account holder.” “Authorized e-mail account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Participant may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that the participant is the authorized e-mail account holder of the e-mail address associated with the account/submission. Any damage made to the Web Site will be the responsibility of the authorized e-mail account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. Proof of submitting entries/votes will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor/YouTube. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or the like methods of participation/voting will void all such submissions/votes by such methods. Sponsor reserves the right to freeze or close an account or to prohibit the participation/voting of an individual/account holder if fraud or tampering is suspected or if the account holder fails to comply with any requirement of participation as stated herein or with any provision in these Official Rules.

WINNERS: For the names of the winners, available beginning on/about November 10^th, 2009 through December 31^st, 2009, visit http://www.ripten.com

SPONSOR(S):

Ripten.com, 18 Perry Street Apt #2 Danvers, MA 01923

Echo1USA, PMB811 745 E. Valley Blvd. San Gabriel, CA 91766

DISPUTE:

All disputes will be undertaken by law under the State of California.

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Cam
on October 1, 2009 4:58 pm

Is this comp open to Australians as well or just U.S. citizens?
Rookey
on October 2, 2009 1:10 am

If this gun cannot injure small animals or make children cry, then it’s not worth the effort of participation. If you want to promote this contest, sell the prize better! A picture of a kid with a welt on his forehead would make this thing hot.
Dan Landis
on October 2, 2009 12:11 pm

The contest is open to all countries, depending on local laws, of course.

And yeah, I thought about going out a shooting some kids in the face, but I don’t have my MS-2 yet. Sorry!

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