Frankenline Contest Rules

MICROSOFT GROUNDED FRANKENLINE FAN ART CONTEST

OFFICIAL RULES

1. SPONSOR

These Official Rules (“Rules”) govern the operation of the Microsoft Grounded Frankenline Fan Art Contest (“Contest”). Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA, 98052, USA, is the Contest sponsor (“Sponsor”)

2. DEFINITIONS

In these Rules, “Microsoft,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Sponsor and “you” and “yourself” refers to a Contest participant, or the parent/legal guardian of any Contest entrant who has not reached the age of majority to contractually obligate themselves in their legal place of residence. “Event” refers to the final voting occurring on Saturday, April 23, 2022. By entering you (your parent/legal guardian if you are not the age of majority in your legal place of residence) agree to be bound by these Rules.

3. ENTRY PERIOD

The Contest starts at 9:01 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) on March 1, 2022, and ends at 5:00 p.m. PT on April 23, 2022 (“Entry Period”), and will consist of multiple phases as follows.

4. ELIGIBILITY

To enter, you must be fourteen (14) years of age or older. If you are fourteen (14) years of age or older but have not reached the age of majority in your legal place of residence, then you must have consent of a parent/legal guardian.

Employees and directors of Microsoft Corporation and its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising agencies, and Contest Parties are not eligible, nor are persons involved in the execution or administration of this promotion, or the family members of each above (parents, children, siblings, spouse/domestic partners, or individuals residing in the same household). Void in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Region of Crimea, and where otherwise prohibited by law.

5. HOW TO ENTER

To create an entry, draw your own fan art using the in-game Frankenline tool, from the video game Grounded.

To submit an entry, you must:

1. Create a new account or use an existing account on Twitter (“Twitter”); and
2. Post a publicly viewable message that includes a screenshot of your entry, the Contest hashtag #FrankenArtContest.

For doing this, you will receive one (1) Contest entry.

Entry Criteria and Terms: All elements must be included to be eligible. If your account is private, your entry will NOT be eligible; you must change the setting on your account from private to “public” or “unprotected”. The Twitter platform will be the official time clock for the Contest. Each entry must be received by 11:59 p.m. PT on the Monday of each Prize Period

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to the Sponsor and not to Twitter. The information you provide will only be used for administering the Promotion and to contact you if you are a winner.

The entry limit is one (1) per person. Entrants may submit an additional one (1) entry as part of a team.

Any attempt by you to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different accounts, email addresses, identities, registrations, logins, or any other methods will void your entries and you may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited.

We are not responsible for excess, lost, late, or incomplete entries. If disputed, entries will be deemed submitted by the “authorized account holder” of the email address, social media account, or other method used to enter. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned to an email address by an internet or online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses.

6. ELIGIBLE ENTRY

To be eligible, an entry must meet the following content/technical requirements:

• Your entry must be your own original work; and
• Your entry cannot have been selected as a winner in any other contest; and
• You must have obtained any and all consents, approvals, or licenses required for you to submit your entry, including the rights to any third-party intellectual property embodied in the ; and
• To the extent that entry requires the submission of user-generated content such as software, photos, videos, music, artwork, essays, etc., entrants warrant that their entry is their original work, has not been copied from others without permission or apparent rights, and does not violate the privacy, intellectual property rights, or other rights of any other person or entity. You may include Microsoft trademarks, logos, and designs, for which Microsoft grants you a limited license to use for the sole purposes of submitting an entry into this Contest; and
• Your entry may NOT contain, as determined by us in our sole and absolute discretion, any content that is obscene or offensive, violent, defamatory, disparaging or illegal, or that promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco or a particular political agenda, or that communicates messages that may reflect negatively on the goodwill of Microsoft.

7. USE OF YOUR ENTRY

We are not claiming ownership rights to your Submission. However, by submitting an entry, you grant us an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide right and license to use, review, assess, test and otherwise analyze your entry and all its content in connection with this Contest and use your entry in any media whatsoever now known or later invented for any non-commercial or commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, the marketing, sale or promotion of Microsoft products or services, without further permission from you. You will not receive any compensation or credit for use of your entry, other than what is described in these Official Rules.

By entering you acknowledge that we may have developed or commissioned materials similar or identical to your entry and you waive any claims resulting from any similarities to your entry. Further you understand that we will not restrict work assignments of representatives who have had access to your entry and you agree that use of information in our representatives’ unaided memories in the development or deployment of our products or services does not create liability for us under this agreement or copyright or trade secret law.

Your entry may be posted on a public website. We are not responsible for any unauthorized use of your entry by visitors to this website. We are not obligated to use your entry for any purpose, even if it has been selected as a winning entry.

8. VOTING FORMAT

Entrants and Teams will compete a single bracket competition to secure their spot in the Series Finale as described below. The Tournament will be split into two (2) categories, one for entries created by individual entrants and one for entries created by a Team.

6.1 Weekly Qualifiers

• Following each weekly submission phase, Microsoft, their Agent, or a qualified judging panel will select four (4) entries in each category to compete against each other from among all eligible entries received based on the following judging criteria:
• The selected entries will be displayed on our weekly Twitch Stream of Grounded for public viewing.
• The entries in each category will be pitted against each other in 1-on-1 voting. Individuals participate in the stream will be invited to cast their vote for their favorite design. The enry which gets the most votes will advance to the next round of voting and the entry that gets the fewest votes will be eliminated.
• The voting will end when there is a single entry left in each category. These entries will advance to the Series Finale, and all other entries will be eliminated.
  • 50% - Originality
  • 25% - Polish
  • 25% - Effort

6.2 Series Finale

• Eight (8) entrants competing in the Single Category.
• Eight (8) Teams competing in the Team Category.
• The finalists will be displayed during at our panel at the Event for public viewing. Microsoft reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to reschedule the Series Finale to a contemporaneous Twitch Stream.
• If the Series Finale is held at the Event, all individuals in the audience will be invited to cast their vote for their favorite design. If the final round of voting is hosted on Twitch, the stream viewers will be invited to cast their vote instead.
• The entries in each category will be pitted against each other in 1-on-1 voting. The winning design will advance to the next round of voting and the losing design will be eliminated.
• The voting will end when there is a single entry left in each category. Pending confirmation of eligibility, these entries will be declared winner of their respective categories.

9. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION

Pending confirmation of eligibility, potential prize winners will be selected by Microsoft or their Agent or a qualified judging panel from among all eligible entries received based on the following judging criteria:

• 50% - Originality
• 25% - Polish
• 25% - Effort

Winners will be selected from among all eligible entries received within seven (7) days following the Entry Period.

In the event of a tie between any eligible entries, an additional judge will break the tie based on the judging criteria described above. The decisions of the judges are final and binding. If we do not receive a sufficient number of entries meeting the entry requirements, we may, at our discretion, select fewer winners than the number of Contest Prizes described below. If public vote determines winners, it is prohibited for any person to obtain votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including offering prizes or other inducements in exchange for votes, automated programs or fraudulent i.d’s. Microsoft will void any questionable votes.

Winners will be notified via the contact information provided during entry no more than seven (7) days following judging with prize claim instructions, including submission deadlines. If a selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize or fails to return any forms, the selected winner will forfeit their prize and an alternate winner will be selected time allowing. If you are a potential winner and you are fourteen (14) years of age or older, but have not reached the age of majority in your legal place of residence, we may require your parent/legal guardian to sign all required forms on your behalf. Only three (3) alternate winners will be selected, after which unclaimed prizes will remain unawarded.

10. PRIZES

The following prizes will be awarded:

Two (2) Grand Prizes. Each Grand Prize winner will receive a Prize Package consisting of the following items:

Your Submission will be printed on a T-Shirt to be sold for charity. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $0.00 USD.

A Grounded Hoodie from Xbox Gear Shop. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $32.99 USD.
A Burg.l T-Shirt from Xbox Gear Shop. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $19.99 USD.
A Danger Dumpling Print. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $39.99 USD.
An Obsidian Logo T-Shirt. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $19.99 USD.
A Grounded Punch-O Mug. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $16.99 USD.

The total Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of this Package is $129.95 USD.

Eight (8) Runner-Up Prizes. Each entrant to participate in the Series Finale will receive a Prize Package consisting of the following items:

Three (3) months of Xbox GamePass Ultimate. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $44.99 USD.

A BURG.L T-shirt from Xbox Gear Shop. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $19.99 USD.

The total Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of this Package is $64.98 USD.

The ARV of electronic prizes is subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed. We will determine the value of the prize to be the fair market value at the time of prize award.

The total Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of all prizes: $779.74 USD.

We will only award one (1) prize per person/Team during the Entry Period. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. No substitution, transfer, or assignment of prize permitted, except that Microsoft reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event the offered prize is unavailable. Except for applicable manufacturer’s limited warranties and any rights you may have under your local laws, prizes are awarded “AS IS” and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied (including any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose); you assume the entire risk of quality and performance, and should the prizes prove defective, you assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing or repair. Microsoft’s limited warranty terms can be found at https://support.microsoft.com/warranty, and specifically the U.S. warranty is here. Prizes will be sent no later than twenty-eight (28) days after winner selection. Prize winners may be required to complete and return prize claim and/or tax forms (“Forms”) within the deadline stated in the winner notification. Taxes on the prize, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winner, who is advised to seek independent counsel regarding the tax implications of accepting a prize. By accepting a prize, you agree that Microsoft may use your entry, name, image and hometown online and in print, or in any other media, in connection with this Contest without payment or compensation to you, except where prohibited by law.

11. ODDS

The odds of winning are based on the number of eligible entries received.

12. GENERAL CONDITIONS AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY

To the extent allowed by law, by entering you agree to release and hold harmless Microsoft and its respective parents, partners, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, and agents from any and all liability or any injury, loss, or damage of any kind arising in connection with this Contest or any prize won.

All local laws apply. The decisions of Microsoft are final and binding.

We reserve the right to cancel, change, or suspend this Contest for any reason, including cheating, technology failure, catastrophe, war, or any other unforeseen or unexpected event that affects the integrity of this Contest, whether human or mechanical. If the integrity of the Contest cannot be restored, we may select winners from among all eligible entries received before we had to cancel, change or suspend the Contest.

If you attempt or we have strong reason to believe that you have compromised the integrity or the legitimate operation of this Contest by cheating, hacking, creating a bot or other automated program, or by committing fraud in any way, we may seek damages from you to the full extent of the law and you may be banned from participation in future Microsoft promotions.

13. USE OF YOUR ENTRY

Personal data you provide while entering this Contest will be used by Microsoft and/or its agents and prize fulfillers acting on Microsoft’s behalf only for the administration and operation of this Contest and in accordance with the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

14. GOVERNING LAW

This Contest will be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, and you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the State of Washington for any disputes arising out of this Contest.

15. WINNERS LIST

Send an email to jspeller@microsoft.com with the subject line “Grounded Frankenline Fan Art Contest winners” within thirty (30) days of April 23, 2022 to receive a list of winners that received a prize worth $25.00 USD or more.