FORUM GAME RULES
Official Rules
You don’t need to buy anything to enter. You must have a Delphi Account with an up-to-date email address in your profile. You must live in the United States or Canada to claim a prize, but anyone can play. However, you can’t play to win if you live in Florida or Quebec or if it’s illegal to play where you live. Many will play, but only a few will win prizes.
1. TO ENTER.
These games are randomly played at the Teen Advice Forum, you must use the forum to participate:
- To enter the sweepstakes online, simply play the game as outlined at the "start game" post on the Teen Advice Forum. Follow the instructions in the that post and add posts to the thread as required. Not all game posts/threads are part of the contest, only posts/threads that specify a prize award are subject to these rules. There are many games played at the forum purely for fun with no promised or implied reward or prize. If you are under the age of 18 and you are the thread winner, you will be asked to provide your parent’s or legal guardian’s e-mail address so that we can get their permission for you to collect your prize.
You play by posting to the appropriate thread at the Teen Advice Forum. By posting in thread you are agreeing to these rules and stating that you have understood and accepted them. If you play the game without understanding and accepting these rules in advance, you are ineligible to collect any prizes. These rules apply to any and all Forum Games which offer a prize or reward and are started by the Teen Advice Guide using the User Name ab-teenadvice. No other game are subject to these rules. Games started by other members or guest posters are not subject to these rules and ARE IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH ABOUT.COM, TEEN ADVICE or the TEEN ADVICE GUIDE. We assume no responsibility for games started by anyone other than the Teen Advice Guide using the User Name ab-teenadvice and are not responsible for any implied or promised rewards or prizes in such a game.
2. SELECTION OF WINNER AND WHO CAN PLAY.
The winner will be the person who first achieves the goal as stated in the "start game" post. Game posts/threads are randomly started at the Teen Advice Forum and will be clearly identified as a game in the text of the initial post with the following phrase; "THIS IS AN OFFICIAL GAME THREAD WITH A PRIZE".
All winners will be contacted using the Delphi Forum member messaging system. In order to claim your prize you must have an accurate and up to date email address listed with Delphi. We are not responsible if winners can not be contacted due to an incorrect email address or any technical or other problems at Delphi. There will be 4 attempts made to contact winners, one each week for the first four weeks after the game ends. If no replies are received from the winner by 28 days after the last attempt to contact them using the Delphi system, the winner forfeits his/her prize. There are no runners-up.
Winners will be required to sign and return legal documents to us within 14 days after we notify you if you have won. If the prize is won by someone under 18, the affidavit will need to be filled out by a parent or legal guardian. If we try to send you the paper work and it get sent back to us, or if you don’t meet these requirements, you will not receive a prize and another winner will be chosen at random from the rest of the entries. If you, your parents, your children, your husband or wife, sister or brother or their wife or husband works for About.com or any of its subsidiaries, its advertising and promotion agencies, you can not play. Peer Advisory Volunteers are not excluded but can not play using their Advisor ID.
3. PRIZES.
Since these games are random and regular activities at the Teen Advice Forum, the prize will differ in each game. Each individual prize will be no more than $25US and no less than $10US in value. The only exception is if the prize is a book, if the prize is a book, the maximum value will be the publishers recommended cover price. All prizes have no cash value. There are no substitutions except at the soul discretion of the Teen Advice Guide. Prizes will be delivered by regular post and the Teen Advice Guide and About.com are not responsible for lost, damaged or stolen prizes once they have been put in the mail.
4. DISCLAIMER.
Winners are responsible if they get hurt, cause damage, or claim that something bad happened to them because they took part in this game, accepted and or used the prize and release About.com, their officers, directors, and employees, from any such responsibility.We and our agencies do not take responsibility for any injury or damage to the people entering or any one else or to their property that is computer related or if it happens while entering or downloading materials or software that is related to the promotion.We and our agencies are not responsible for any computer problems or if you lose your connection with the Internet while participating in this sweepstakes or if you make a mistake yourself while entering.When you enter, you allow us (except when it is against the law) to use your name, city, state, likeness and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without getting paid if you are a winner.
5. ADDITIONAL RULES
Many people will enter this promotion, but only a few will win a prize (the odds of winning depend on the number of people who enter). This ongoing game is sponsored by Mike Hardcastle, c/o About.com, Inc., 220 East 42nd Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10017 We reserve the right to stop the game at any time without notice. Players agree to follow these Official Rules and by the decisions of the judges, whose decisions are final. If you do not follow and agree to these rules, you may be disqualified from this promotion. We reserve the right to not let someone play if they have purposely not followed the rules.
6. MINOR POLICY FOR ENTRY
Children under 18 must provide their parent of legal guardian’s e-mail address. About.com will notify the parent or legal guardian if the child wins a prize and will send a parental permission form. We’ll need to have this – please take a stab at this. In order to receive the prize, the parent or legal guardian must send to us by fax to the fax number indicated, a completed parental permission form within 14 days of receiving the notification. If we do not receive this form back within 14 days signed by a parent or legal guardian of a child under 18, we will not award the prize to that child.
7. WINNERS LIST
For a list of winners (available after January 1, 2001) email Mike Hardcastle - Teen Advice Guide or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: “Teen Advice Site - FORUM GAMES” All Game Winners, c/o About.com, Inc., 220 East 42nd Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10017. Please note, this list will change and grow with each game played. Only the winners for the six months prior to the post mark date (or the email sent date if you make your request via email) on your request will be included in the list you receive.
