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Even as the shadow of the Enemy lengthens across Middle-earth and the dark winter nights send a deep chill through the great halls there is still a light of joy and happiness to be found in the hearts of the Free Peoples for Yule is here!

Show us your seasonal cheer and help us dispel the darkness by participating in our screenshot contest. Start off the New Year with some new attire, and perhaps some Turbine Points to boot!

How to participate:
Send a screenshot of your character or your kinship and add an appropriate festive caption or message to it. Be festive: Dress up for the occasion! Why not wear your finest Yule attire! Now find the perfect spot and, most importantly, think of a suitable message to add on the screenshot! Impress the judges with your creativity! You can submit entries in any category, but please use a unique screenshot and caption for each entry.

Entries are accepted for the following categories:

• Most Festive Individual
• Most Festive Couple
• Most Festive Kinship
• Best Caption Individual
• Best Caption Couple
• Best Caption Kinship

Send a link to your image via PM to Sapience by the January 1 at 5:59 PM Eastern Time. When sending your PM, please add “Solo”, “Couples” or “Kinship” to the following subject “Yuletide contest - ” (for instance, if you are entering this contest as a couple, the title will be “Yuletide contest - Couples”).

Don’t forget to include your name (and that of others included in the screenshot), the name of your kinship (if applicable), as well as the server on which you play. If you are participating as a kinship or as a couple, please select a representative that you trust and have him or her send the screenshot.

Prizes!
Winners will be chosen by the members of the Community Team.
The following prizes will be sent out by forum Private Message on the 2^nd of January (or shortly after, depending on how much ale our post-dwarves drank the night before).
The prizes are:

Solo:
1st place: 1000 Turbine Points
2nd Place: 500 Turbine Points
3rd place: 250 Turbine Points

Couples (max of 2 people… obviously)
1st place: 1000 Turbine Points
2nd Place: 500 Turbine Points
3rd place: 250 Turbine Points

Kinships: (Max of 25 characters)
1st place: 500 Turbine Points per participating member of the Kinship (Those shown in the screen shot)
2nd & 3rd Place: 250 Turbine Points per participating member of the Kinship (Those shown in the screen shot)

Winning screenshots will be posted in the forum and our Facebook page, but feel free to spread the Holiday cheer by sharing your masterpiece with your friends and family on Twitter, Facebook,your kinship forums and other places!

Disclaimer: Rewards sent to winners of the kinship category will be entrusted to the participating representative of the kinship, who will then distribute it to his or her companions. We may not be held responsible if, despite our good faith, your representative disappears to the farthest reaches of Mirkwood with a bundle of Turbine Points. Please choose a trustworthy person.

The following conditions apply to this contest:
- Only submissions via private message in the official LOTRO forums will be accepted.
- Your participation must be original and should depict one of your player characters or genuine members of your kinship.
- Entries submitted after the cut-off date of the 1^st of January at 5:59 PM Eastern Time will be disqualified. Additionally, entries made with the wrong PM title will also be disqualified.
- The prize is a digital code that may be redeemed and used in-game. These will be sent to the winners by Private Message in the forum.
- Only one submission per person is allowed regardless of language (e.g. if you participate in the English event, you may not participate in the German one). It is however allowed to participate in all three categories: Solo, Couple and Kinship.

That’s it. Above all, be creative and have fun! We look forward to opening our inboxes on the 2^nd.

Happy holidays everyone!

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RULES
Lord of the Rings Online Yuletide Competition
(“Competition”)


By entering the Competition each Entrant (as defined below) unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with these terms and conditions (“Rules”), and agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Promoter in respect of the interpretation of these Rules and otherwise in relation to the Competition. Entrants who do not comply with the Rules will not be eligible to win the Prizes (as defined below). These Rules apply to Entrants (defined below) from the United Kingdom (“Territory”).
Please read the Rules carefully:
1. Eligibility Requirements
The Competition is open to individuals who are reidents of Germany, France, the United Kingdom or the United States of America and who are aged thirteen (13) years old and above (the “Entrants”).
The Competition begins at 17:00 GMT on December 23rd 2013 and ends at 22:59 GMT on January 1st 2014 (the “Competition Period”).
2. How to Enter
No purchase is necessary to take part in this Competition.
• Entrants may enter the Competition by:
- Obtaining an in-game screenshot of the Entrant’s character alone or in the company of a second participant or of their kinship;
- Modifying this screenshot to include a message of the Entrant’s choice;
- Visiting the Lord of the Rings Online forum at the following URK: https://www.lotro.com/forums/ ;
- Sending this modified screenshot via Private Message to “Sapience”;
- Providing a title for the screenshot by adding “Solo”, “Couples” or “Kinship” (each a “Category”) to the following subject: “Yuletide contest – [insert Category]” (for instance, if you are entering this contest as a couple, the title will be “Yuletide contest - Couples”); and
- Pressing the “Submit” message to send the private message to the Lord of The Rings Online community manager.

(An “Entry”)

No other forms of entry will be accepted. One entry per Category per person.
After the conclusion of the Competition Period, a team of judges selected by the Promoter (as defined in paragraph 6) shall review and judge all entries in the Competition and select the best three (3) entries for each Category (the “Competition Winners”). The selection of the Competition Winners will be based on which Entries creatively depict a festive scene from Lord of the Rings Online (“Selection Criteria”). The Competition Winners will be ranked in order, according to which Entry best meets the Selection Criteria and will be awarded a Prize (defined below) according to such rank.
Subject to the above, the Promoter‘s decision concerning the determination of the Competition Winners shall be final and binding.

3. Prizes
The following prizes shall be awarded for each Category:

Solo:
1st place: 1000 Turbine Points
2nd Place: 500 Turbine Points
3rd place: 250 Turbine Points

Couples (max of 2 characters)
1st place: 1000 Turbine Points
2nd Place: 500 Turbine Points
3rd place: 250 Turbine Points

Kinships: (Max of 25 characters)
1st place: 500 Turbine Points per member of the Kinship
2nd & 3rd Place: 250 Turbine Points per member of the Kinship


4. Notifying the Competition Winner
The Competition Winners will be notified by via private message on Facebook by Promoter within 7 days from end of the Competition Period. The Promoter will inform the Competition Winner of any arrangement for the redemption of their Prize.
5. Winner(s)’ List
The name of each Competition Winner may be made available on the Website on conclusion of the Competition. The name of the Competition Winner(s) may be available upon request. Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Rick Heaton, 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 300, Needham Massachusetts 02494.
6. Promoter
The Competition is organised by Turbine, Inc. of 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 300, Needham Massachusetts 02494 (the “Promoter”).
In order to administer the Competition, the Promoter may make use of advertising and promotional agencies (“Promoter Agents”).
7. Prize Terms
7.1 Prizes are subject to availability. The Promoter takes reasonable care to ensure that the Prizes are as described in these Rules. However, events may occur that make the awarding of the Prize impractical or inappropriate due to unforeseen circumstances or reasons beyond the control of the Promoter. In this situation, the Promoter may vary or amend the Prize to provide a reasonable alternative as a result of which the Promoter or parties connected to the Promoter shall not be held liable.
7.2 No cash or credit alternative is available and the Prizes are not transferable.
8. Promotions on Social Networking Sites
In addition, if the Entrant accesses the Competition through a social networking site (including without limitation Facebook and Twitter), each Entrant agrees to comply with such site’s terms of use and privacy policy. Please note that any Competition organised by the Promoter is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, such third party social networking site.
9. Eligibility of Entries
9.1 Ineligible or fraudulent Entries are void. All Entrants will be deemed to have authorised the Promoter and the Promoter Agents to check the completeness and accuracy of the information they supply for purposes of participation. An Entrant who has supplied incomplete, inaccurate or fraudulent information will be automatically disqualified. Any Entry that uses offensive or inappropriate language will automatically be disqualified.
9.2 The Promoter and Promoter Agents are not responsible for lost, late, or misdirected Entries, for technical, hardware or software failures of any kind, for lost or unavailable network connections, or for failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions or any human error which may occur in the receipt or processing of the Entries.
9.3 Use of computer programs and other automatic means to enter the Competition is prohibited and may result in the disqualification of the Entrant.
9.4 The Competition is not open to employees or contractors of the Promoter, Promoter Agents, including each of their affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, or any person directly or indirectly involved in the organisation or running of the Competition or their direct family members.
9.5 In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an Entry, the Entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the email account is registered on the date the Entry is submitted. All Entries become property of the Promoters and will not be returned.
10 Post-Competition Publicity
The Competition Winner(s) may be invited and agree to take part in post-Competition publicity as may be requested by the Promoter. By accepting the Prizes, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Competition Winner(s) consent that the Promoter may use the his/her name and photograph, without further compensation or notice for the purpose of advertising, promotion, and merchandising, throughout the world in perpetuity.
11 Content Uploaded by Entrants
11.1 In addition to Clause 9 above, if the Competition involves Entrants uploading content, each Entrant agrees that his/her Entry meets the following criteria:
(i) The Entrant featured in the Entry must meet the minimum age requirements of the Competition;
(ii) The Entry must not contain any obscene, offensive, defamatory, threatening, illegal or otherwise inappropriate images or material and must be free from advertising;
(iii) The Entry must be original work and must not feature any images, material or rights belonging to any third party (including, without limitation, any copyright, trademarks or other intellectual property rights) and the Entrant hereby warrants they have the necessary rights to grant the licences set out herein.
(iv) The Entry must be of sufficient clarity and technical quality for inclusion in the Competition;
(v) Entries must not have been submitted previously in any competition of any kind or exhibited or displayed publicly (i.e. disclosed beyond Entrant’s immediate circle of friends and family) through any means; and
(vi) The Entry must be suitable for presentation in a public forum.
The Entrant hereby grants the Promoter a worldwide non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license to use distribute and otherwise exploit their Entry.
12. Use of Personal Information
12.1 Other than as set out in these Rules, any personal information collected as part of the Competition will be used by the Promoter solely for the purposes of administering the Competition.
12.2 In addition, the Warner Bros. Privacy Policy shall apply to all personal information provided by the Entrant. The Warner Bros. Privacy Policy can be found at:
(i) http://www.warnerbros.fr/utile/polit...nfidentialite/ if the Entrant is a resident of France;
(ii) http://wwws.ww.warnerbros.com/portal_de/#/privacy if the Entrant is a resident of Germany; and
(iii) http://wwws.ww.warnerbros.com/portal_uk/#/privacy if the Entrant is a resident of the UK.
12.3 The personal data which you provide to the Promoter (including as part of an Entry) will be stored on a server in the United States of America. Entry into the Competition constitutes your consent to the export of your personal data to the United States of America and its use there for the purpose of administering the Competition and associated processing (including but not limited to back-up and archiving). This server is controlled by the Promoter or a member of the Promoter’s group of companies, who have notified the US Department of Commerce that they adhere by the rules of the Safe Harbor Framework available under:
http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/eg_main_018236.asp.

13. Limitation of Liability
13.1 If, for any reason, the Competition is not capable of running as planned, including infection due to computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failure, human error or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Competition, the Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Competition and let the Promoter select the Winner(s) from all eligible Entries received prior to the cancellation or termination of the Competition.
13.2 If any court or competent authority decides that any of the provisions of these Rules are invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, the Rule will, to that extent only, be severed from the remaining Rules, which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
13.3 The Promoter does not exclude any liability for death or personal injury arising as a result of Promoter’s negligence in respect of the Competition.
13.4 These Rules, the conduct of the Competition and the interpretation and enforcement of these Rules will be exclusively governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Territory. Entrants irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of [insert relevant city of territory].
14. Contacting Us
If you have any queries about the manner in which the Competition is administered, how your data is used by the Promoter and/or should you require us to remove your email address from our systems, please contact: European Business and Legal Affairs, Warner Bros, Warner House, 98 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8WB, telephone: +(0)20 7984 5400, email: privacy@wb.com.

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