Organizer

The Contest is announced and organized by BOHEMIA INTERACTIVE a.s., residing at Stříbrná Lhota 747, 252 10 Mníšek pod Brdy, Czech Republic, registered in the Commercial Register kept by the Municipal Court in Prague, section B, insert 9791 (Id.No.: 272 18 864, DIČ: CZ 272 18 864). Authorized representative of the Organizer: Korneel van 't Land, e-mail: korneel.vantland korneel.vantland@bistudio .com (further as the "Organizer").

Object of the Contest

  • The Object of this Contest is to create an original cinematic video using Arma 3 PC game graphics.
  • The Contest is announced as public and will be publicly announced at the official website of the Organizer (i.e. www.bistudio.com) and on the website of the PC game Arma 3 (www.arma3.com). After the final decision of the Jury, the results of the Contest will be announced on the above listed websites in the same manner as the launch of this Contest. Each winner will receive an official e-mail message with information about their placement and the prize at the e-mail address used for their submissions.

Terms of the Contest

  • The Contest is announced on 11th January 2017.
  • Entries must be submitted no later than on 13th February 2017 at 09:00 CET (GMT+1).
  • The Nominees will be selected on 28th February 2017 based on public voting which will start on 14th February 2017 and will end on 27th February 2017.
  • The Winners of the Contest will be announced on 7th March 2017.

Participants

  • The Contest can be entered by individuals provided that they comply with the following rules:
    • they did not participate in the defining of the object of this Contest or of its announcement,
    • they are not (ex-)employees or external developers of the Organizer,
    • they are not members of the Jury of this Contest,
    • they duly meet all the Contest Rules.

Submission

  • Entries must be submitted by e-mail to competition@bistudio.com.
  • By submitting of the Entry to e-mail address competition@bistudio.com the Participant:
    • declares that he fully understood and agreed with these Contest Rules and that he is fully capable to participate in this Contest.
    • represents and warrants, with respect to each Entry submitted by him in this Contest, that the Entry is the result of his own independent creation and does not contain any third-party works of authorship that have been used or copied without authorization or permission of their respective authors.
    • agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Organizer and its affiliates from and against any third-party claims arising from or as a result of (i) a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties by such entrant, or (ii) a breach or violation of any of the other provisions of these Official Rules by such entrant.
  • Any Entry that is in breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties or is otherwise in violation of these Contest Rules will be deemed void and automatically be disqualified from this Contest.
  • Submission e-mail shall contain a YouTube link to the Entry or Entries AND link to download Entries from a web-based repository.
  • All Participants may submit a maximum of three Entries of which each can be contained in a separate submission message. Only one Entry per participant can be included in the Nominees. This will automatically be the Entry which received the most votes.

Entry Requirements

  • Technical requirements: Entries must be submitted by providing a YouTube link and a download link to the Entry from a web-based repository. The video must have a minimum resolution of 720P.
  • Content Requirements:
    • The Entries must be directed cinematic videos which make use of Arma 3 PC game graphics. Entries may include first- or third-person Arma 3 gameplay footage, but should not be "Let's Play"/playthrough or tutorial videos.
    • For the purpose of creating of the Entry, Participants are free to exploit and expand the Arma 3 intellectual property.
    • The content of the Entries must not infract anyone's rights, including any intellectual property rights or licenses.
    • The content of the Entries must not contain advertising.
    • The Entries must not contain any obscene, offensive or derogatory elements, imagery or texts.
  • Handling and promotion of Entries: Participants can handle their Entries freely according to Arma 3 EULA and conditions stated in the Contest Rules. As such, submitted Entries can be made publicly available by the Participant at any time during the Contest, and Participants are free to publicly inform about their Entries and to promote them.

Evaluation of Entries and Selection of the Winners

  • From all the Participants 10 (ten) Nominees (creators of the Entries with most votes) will be selected.
  • The selection of Nominees will be handled via public voting at https://arma3.com/armachinima-contest
  • The selection of Winners from the Nominees and distribution of the prizes among the respective Winners will be held by the Jury consisting of Arma 3 development team members.
  • The awarding and placement of the Contest Entries will be determined at the sole discretion of the Jury based on free evaluation of the extent to which the individual Entries meet the Contest criteria.
  • The decision of the Organizer and the Jury is final and binding on all matters relating to the Contest.

Prizes

  • Following Prizes will be awarded to the respective Winners:
    • 1st Place: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Graphics Card + Arma 3 t-shirt
    • 2nd Place: NVIDIA GTX 1070 Graphics Card + Arma 3 t-shirt
    • 3rd Place: NVIDIA GTX 1070 Graphics Card + Arma 3 t-shirt
    • 4-10th Place: Arma 3 t-shirt
  • For purposes of delivery of the Prizes as described above the Participant undertakes to conclude, after being announced a Winner, a license agreement or any other agreement with the Organizer which may seem necessary for the Organizer to be able to incorporate the Entry or any part of it into its products or to be able to use them in any other way he finds sufficient.
  • Organizer reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute any Prize for one of equal or greater value or to award extra prizes to any Winner.
  • Obstacles on the part of the Winners concerning the delivery or acceptance of the Prizes as well as the rejection of the Prize by the Winner shall not constitute the Organizer’s responsibilities under these Contest Rules.
  • Rules for possible change of the method of the distribution of Prizes, or eventual non-awarding of some of the Prizes: In case of an inadequate quality of submitted Entries, the Organizer reserves the right to not to award all the Prizes specified in these Contest Rules.

Final Provisions

  • Reimbursement of the expenses related to the participation in the Contest: All Participants enter and participate in the Contest at their own expenses; the Organizer will not provide any reimbursements besides the Prizes.
  • Applicable law: The Contest is announced and governed by the laws of the Czech Republic, namely but not limitedly to respective provisions of the Act N°89/2012 Coll., Civil Code as well as by other provisions of relevant legislation.
  • Conflict resolution:
    • There may be no appeal against the decision of the Jury.
    • The Prizes are not judicially enforceable.
  • Withdrawal from the Contest:
    • The Contest can be withdrawn from only for substantial reasons.
    • Withdrawal from the Contest will be realized and announced in the same manner as the announcement of these Contest Rules.
    • The Organizer reserves the right, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to terminate, cancel, modify or suspend this Contest, in whole or in part, if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond the Organizer’s reasonable control impairs the integrity of this Contest as determined by the Organizer in its sole discretion. In addition, the Organizer reserves the right to take down and remove any Entry that becomes subject to a third-party claim for copyright infringement or for violation of any other right.
    • The Organizer reserves the right to modify the Contest Rules. In such event, the Organizer will announce the modification of the Contest Rules by means of notification on the Contest Website.
    • Approval of the Contest Rules: These Contest Rules were approved by the Organizer in their final version 10th January 2017.

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