Betting Pool for DarkOrbit Soccer Fans

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  1. ASTRAEA

    ASTRAEA User

    Greetings Space Pilots!

    Starting mid-June, all eyes will be on Brazil for almost one month during the FIFA World Cup. We too would like to use this opportunity and host a World Cup Betting Pool to say thanks to all our players for providing us with daily feedback. The betting pool will be held across all countries.

    Win Exclusive Referee Bot Jerseys

    Of course, there are also prizes to be won – in two different categories. Here's an overview of the category prizes available:

    Category 1: Ranking
    1st to 50th place: “Football Official“ title
    1st to 25th place: One soccer ship design for the Goliath
    1st to 15th place: One strictly limited jersey with a Referre Bot design

    Category 2: Drawing
    There are also another ten exclusive Referee Bot jerseys to be given away among all participants who stay on the ball until the end of the World Cup and who submit all bets. Perseverance will pay off even there's no chance of you taking one of the top spots.


    And Here's How It Works

    Bonus questions: In addition to having to place bets for every World Cup game, there will also be some bonus questions which you must answer up until five minutes before the kickoff of the first game on June 12, 2014. For every correct answer, you will be awarded four points.

    Bets on game results: For each individual game, you must place your bets on the final score after the regular playing time (90 minutes) in the group phase as well as on the final score after overtime in the knockout phase. Should your bets match the game results exactly, you will receive three points; if the the tendency and the goal difference are correct, you will also be rewarded two points. Should however only the tendency be correct, you will still receive one point. In the event that there is a tie, the goal difference is no longer valid. For ties, you can only get one point for correctly guessing the tendency or correctly guessing the final score. If your bet is completely off, you will get nothing. There will be a daily winner for every day of play (bonus questions are not included here). This daily winner will be given one point. Should there be multiple daily winners on a game day, these players will share this daily victory point.

    Compete against Your Community Manager

    In order to make this offer even more attractive for you, your DarkOrbit Community Mangers will also participate in the betting pool, so you can see how you measure up to them. Keep an eye out for DarkwingDang und Kerensky. DarkwingDang describes himself as a self-declared soccer expert and Kerensky is one of the few males in the universe who won't shy away from giving an offside ruling should push come to shove. Of course, both of them are excluded from the drawing and cannot win prizes.

    Register now and play!

    All you need to do to join in the fun is simply register at kicktipp.com. Upon registering, you will be asked to provide some data which is required for the distribution of prizes. Of course, all data will be handled confidentially. To register, please use the email address you used to verify your account and provide your corresponding User ID. Make sure to provide accurate information about yourself in order to qualify for prizes; otherwise you could be excluded. Every participant can only register for the betting pool once. Please note the following Terms & Conditions of Participation as well as the Prize Contest Rules.

    Do you have what it takes to be a “Football Official“?

    Your DarkOrbit Community Team
     
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  2. Solid_Eye

    Solid_Eye Board Administrator Team Darkorbit

    Terms & Conditions of Participation for the World Cup Betting Pool

    For all players and forum members of its game “DarkOrbit“, Bigpoint Sàrl and Co, SCS (“Bigpoint“) offers a free World Cup Betting Pool (“Betting Pool“) on the website http://www.kicktipp.com/darkorbit/as well as a free prize contest in the context of the betting pool. Participation in the World Cup Betting Pool and the prize contest as well as their implementation are subject to the following provisions.

    § 1 Contest Participation

    (1) The contest is organized and executed by Bigpoint. Prizes are offered exclusively by Bigpoint. Claims to prizes in court do not exist.

    (2) A participant automatically partakes in the contest by registering once on the portal kicktipp GmbH at http://www.kicktipp.com/darkorbit/ during the period from May 29, 2014 until July 13, 2014 as well as by participating in the betting pool with the account created (“Betting game account“). Participation is free and is not subject to the purchase of one of Bigpoint's or an affiliated company's products. The game rules found at http://www.kicktipp.com/darkorbit/spielregeln(“Game rules“) apply. Contest participation is only possible upon accepting the Terms & Conditions of Participation as well as the Game Rules.

    (3) The following contest prizes will be awarded:

    Participants who finish in first to fiftieth place will each be given the “Soccer Official“ title in their DarkOrbit game accounts which they used to register for the betting pool by providing their User ID (“Game account“).

    Players who finish in first to twenty-fifth place will also receive one of three soccer ship designs for the “Goliath“ ship which they can choose. Should a participant already have all three designs in his/her game account, the participant shall receive another ship design of equal value from the DarkOrbit Shop.

    Participants who finish in first to fifteenth place in the betting pool will also be given a limited DarkOrbit jersey with a Referee Bot design.

    In addition, from among all betting pool participants, a limited DarkOrbit jersey with a Referee Bot design will be raffled off to ten players who provided all the required information for the contest within the valid participation time period.

    § 2 Eligibility for Contest Participation

    (1) The contest is open to persons who have reached the full legal age and are legally competent as well as to those who have registered for the game DarkOrbit and the DarkOrbit forum using a valid User ID and verified email address. Minors and individuals who have a restricted capacity or who are legally incompetent must obtain the consent of their legal representative before being able to participate. Only individuals may participate in the contest; the contest is not open to betting associations.

    (2) In order to participate in the contest, the participant's User ID of the DarkOrbit game account and the corresponding e-mail address used for verification must be provided.

    (3) All personal and account information (first name, last name, address, email address, User ID) provided for participation in the prize contest must reflect the truth and all data for the distribution of prizes must be provided in full.

    (4) Residents of the following states in the United States of America are not entitled to participate in the prize contest and therefore excluded from the prize contest: Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee or Vermont.

    (5) A maximum of 10,000 participants are allowed to participate in the betting game and prize contest (i.e. a maximum of 10,000 betting game accounts can be registered).

    § 3 Contest Exclusion

    (1) Bigpoint employees as well as their relatives are not eligible to participate and therefore are not included in the distribution of prizes.

    (2) All persons who have access to the game's game ACP or any other access or viewing rights into gameplay are strictly excluded from participating in the prize contest.

    (3) Should a participant violate these rules of participation or use any illegal methods or manipulate the game in any way or form, Bigpoint reserves the right to disqualify the participant from the prize contest and to declare any prizes as invalid and recall them.

    (4) Any persons who provide false information about himself/herself or his/her account shall be excluded from the prize contest.

    (5) Should a person excluded from the prize contest participate in the betting pool and finish in a place relevant for the distribution of prizes, this person's placement shall be excluded from the distribution of prizes and all ranking placements following thereafter will move up one position. The next placed player will take the place of the eliminated person and so on (e.g. Should a DarkOrbit Community Manage finish in 24th place, his/her placement will not be factored into the prize distribution and the next placed player will move up in the ranking. The 25th placed player will move up to the 24th position and the participant in 26th place will also move up to 25th place).

    § 4 Contest Execution and Procedure

    (1) Upon registering for the betting pool, a “point account“ will be set up for each participant. This account is required for the Terms & Conditions of Participation as well as the Game Rules and is used to keep track of the current score. By participating in the betting pool, players can earn points which are then credited to the participant's point account. The number of points credited to this account are determined based on the game rules. Points earned cannot be transferred to third parties and/or any other participants.

    (2) After the participation period has ended, the winners of prizes for first to fiftieth place, first to the twenty-fifth place and first to the fifteenth place will be determined as based on the point accounts and, if necessary, in accordance with § 3 paragraph 5. In the case of a tie in total points, the number of days on which a player won (“victories“) will determine a betting player's placement in the ranking. Should there also be a tie in the number of victories, the winner will be randomly selected by a computer. The game rules, betting rules and point rules relevant for determining how many points shall be awarded are to be taken from the game rules. Only players who have provided complete and accurate information shall be considered for the determination of winners. The prizes for betting pool participants who made all bets within the valid period of participation shall be determined randomly by a computer.

    (3) Within ten days of the period of participation ending, Bigpoint shall distribute prizes to individual winners at the address provided or by crediting the winners' game accounts. Any custom duties incurred or any extra costs incurred for delivery abroad are to be borne by the winner. Should it not be possible to deliver a prize to a winner due to reasons of the winner's own making, the respective winner shall bear the costs of having to redeliver the prize. Should it not be possible to deliver the prize to the winner within four months due to reasons of the winner's own making, the prize shall expire without replacement.

    (4) Only one prize can be awarded per participant and per household. Bigpoint explicitly reserves the right to disqualify any participants registered twice (double participation) or in this regard to stop any suspicious submissions or mass mails.

    (5) No cash payment of prizes is possible. Should Bigpoint not be able to deliver the prize in the design offered (e.g. color), the winner shall be given a prize of the same value or a voucher which must be redeemed all at once. Claims to prizes or claims for compensation are non-negotiable.

    (6) Complaints must be sent to Bigpoint in writing within 14 days of a problem's occurrence and must state the name of the relevant contest. Complaints made by telephone or those made after the deadline will not be addressed.

    (7) Any operational, ancillary or supplementary costs arising from prizes are to be borne by the winner.

    § 5 Premature Termination of the Prize Contest

    Bigpoint reserves the right to interrupt or end the prize contest without any prior notice at any time. Bigpoint can make particular use of this option, for example, due to technical reasons (e.g. virus in the computer system, manipulation or errors in hardware and/or software) or due to legal reasons of having to ensure the proper operation of the game. Should Bigpoint have to terminate the prize contest due to a participant's behavior, Bigpoint can demand compensation from this person for damages incurred.

    § 6 Data Privacy

    (1) Players must be registered in order to participate in the prize contest. The ability to register is not guaranteed. Upon registration, the participant expressly gives Bigpoint his/her consent to save all necessary data for the duration and execution of the prize contest. The participant has the right to revoke the consent of data storage and thereby withdraw from the prize contest at any time.

    (2) In relation to participants' registered data, Bigpoint is obliged to observe the rules of data protection. In particular, all data is to be treated as confidential.

    § 7 Liability

    (1) Bigpoint's liability ends with the delivery of the contest prize. Bigpoint is not liable for any defects and/or deficiencies.

    (2) Bigpoint is not liable for any damages which could occur during participation in the contest as a result of errors, delays or interruptions in transmission, defects in technical equipment and services, incorrect data, loss or deletion of data, viruses or anything that can otherwise occur through participating in the prize contest, unless they are the result of gross negligence or deliberate action of Bigpoint (including its institutions, employees or vicarious agents). Bigpoint is however fully liable for guarantees, damages arising from breach of contractual obligations whose fulfillment facilitates the proper execution of contractual relationships and for damages caused to loss of life, physical injury and health.

    (3) There is no liability to and for those persons excluded by § 3.

    (4) For technical failures leading to game unavailability, delays, interruptions and/or malfunctions, Bigpoint is not liable in so far as willful conduct or gross negligence does not exist.

    § 8 Miscellaneous

    (1) No legal recourse is allowed.

    (2) These Terms & Conditions of Participation, as well as the entire legal relationship between participants and Bigpoint, are subject to Luxembourg Law.

    (3) In the event that one or more stipulations of these Terms & Conditions of Participation should be or become invalid, the other stipulations of the Terms & Conditions of Participation shall remain valid.

    (4) Any addenda or supplementary agreements must be made in writing for validity to take effect.

    (5) Bigpoint reserves the right to modify these Terms & Conditions of Participation at any time and without notice.
     
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