The Solorius Contest

Join in and win a gaming laptop and more amazing prizes!

Snow is falling, all around, and Daevas are singing Solorius songs as the scent of mince pies lingers in the air. The Solorius Festival is just around the corner, and there are loads of great prizes to be won:

Join in our epic Solorius Contest and win a gaming laptop, a gaming keyboard, a gaming headset or cool AION merchandise!

What do you need to do to win? Create a festive video and show us how your character and your friends celebrate Christmas in Atreia!

Prizes

These are the prizes in this year’s Solorius Contest:

• 1st Place: 1x Lenovo Legion Y530 Gaming Laptop
• 2nd–3rd Place: 1x Razor Ornata Gaming Keyboard
• 4th–10th Place 1x Logitech G430 Gaming Headset

Each of the ten winners will also receive the following prizes:

• 1x Cuddly Shugo
• 1x AION Mouse Mat
• 1x AION Lanyard

Conditions:

• Send your entry to: contest@aionfreetoplay.com.
• Add ‘AION Solorius 2019’ to the subject line.
• In your submission email, please include the email associated with your game account and state your character name and server.
• Maximum length: 30 seconds
• Allowed format: .mp4
• Max. video file size: 200 MB
• You can also send us a link or download link to your video.
• Closing date for entries is 3rd January 2020.
• Find our full participation requirements here.

Have fun and best of luck!
The AION Team

Terms and Conditions

The following conditions govern the course of the ‘AION Solorius 2019 Contest’ (‘contest’) as organised by Gameforge 4D GmbH, Albert-Nestler-Strasse 8, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany (‘Gameforge’).

1. Eligibility, Participants and Participation

(1) Participation in the contest is free. All users of full age, who comply with the requirements of the Standard Terms and Conditions of Use, and who have a personal, active account (‘account’) for aion.gameforge.com are eligible to enter.

(2) A ‘participant’ is any person entitled to participate as per (1) who participates as described in (3) between 13th December 2019 and 3rd January 2020, 11:59 PM CET (‘participation period’).

(3) The subject of the contest is the preparation of a video which portrays the participant’s character and captures the special atmosphere of the Solorius Festival in Atreia (‘video’) which is submitted within the participation period in accordance with the following requirements (‘entry’):

a) The user interface should be hidden while recording the video. In particular, no character names or chat messages should be visible in the video. Furthermore, the video should not include any elements which are not part of the game, such as voice recordings, text or music.

b) The entry must be sent to contest@aionfreetoplay.com from the email address associated with the account using the subject line ‘AION Solorius 2019’.

c) The video must have a maximum duration of 30 seconds and be submitted in .mp4 format with a maximum file size of 200 MB.

d) Alternatively, the entry can include a link to a video saved online, in which case there are no requirements regarding file format and size. It is the participant’s responsibility to conform to the Terms and Conditions of the online platform used to save the video.

e) The entry should include the nickname belonging to the account, and the associated game server.

(4) Each participant is permitted only one entry. Entries submitted outside of the participation period as well as multiple entries, including entries linked to different accounts, will not be considered.

2. Winners and Prizes

(1) Gameforge will select a total of 10 entries from amongst all eligible entries based on their creativity and originality. The ‘winners’ are those participants who created these entries.

(2) Gameforge will announce the winners by 10th January 2020 via email, sent to the email address used for their entry (‘notification’).

(3) In recognition of their efforts, Gameforge may present the winner’s videos (‘presentation’) on their own internet pages (including the AION Steam page and forum) as well as the presences maintained by Gameforge on the social networks Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (together the ‘Gameforge sites’), stating the associated nicknames and the game server.

(4) The winners will receive prizes as stated in the contest announcement. These prizes will be dispatched by a delivery service provider (‘service provider’) commissioned by Gameforge from 13th January 2020 and requires a valid postal address within the European Economic Area (‘address’). Gameforge will ask the winners to reply to the notification with their addresses by 12th January 2020, 11:59 PM CET at the latest (‘response’).

(5) Responses that Gameforge receives late or does not receive at all will lead to loss of entitlement to the prize.

(6) The prizes are deemed to have been awarded to the winners by Gameforge with the handover of the prizes to the service provider. If a prize cannot be delivered as the result of an erroneous address supplied by the winner, this will be at the expense of the affected winner. Gameforge will not be liable for any further delivery attempt. There is no entitlement to prizes being dispatched to a country outside the European Economic Area. A cash payment and/or payment of the prize in physical goods as well as an exchange and/or transfer of the prizes to third parties are all excluded.

3. Rights of Use and Indemnity

(1) For the purpose of participation in the contest, Gameforge grants the participant the free-of-charge, non-exclusive right while playing AION to the extent required for creating the video and making their entry. Gameforge reserves all rights in as far as not expressly granted as usage rights by these Terms and Conditions.

(2) By submitting their entry, the participant provides assurance that they created the video themselves, guarantees that this does not infringe on the rights of third parties, and indemnifies Gameforge against all claims from third parties based on the infringement of third-party rights in connection with the entry.

4. Data Privacy

(1) Gameforge will collect the personal data provided by the participants (including user data for the account, i.e. the associated nickname, email address, and the address as provided by winners) in accordance with data protection requirements and process this exclusively for the purposes of running the contest. This includes checking eligibility for participation and adherence to the rules (as per 6(2)), as well as, where applicable, the delivery of the prizes and provision of the address to the service provider, the notification and the presentation.

(2) The personal data collected will be stored for the duration of the contests and then subsequently deleted. The presentation which, for reasons of transparency is principally always kept permanently available for retrieval, will not be deleted unless otherwise requested by the respective winner. To the extent that legal retention requirements stipulate longer-term storage, the affected data will be deleted at the latest following the expiry of such obligations and will only be processed for the purposes of compliance.

(3) Further information on Gameforge’s handling of personal data can be found in the Privacy Policy (see in particular point 3.9 regarding the holding of contests and the significant legal basis for processing of this data, as well as point 6 on the rights of the data subject).

5. Disclaimer

Gameforge, its bodies, employees, and subcontractors are liable exclusively for wilful intent and gross negligence, regardless of legal basis, and in cases of ordinary negligence, only for the violation of essential contractual obligations and limited to foreseeable damages, as far as not precluded by other compulsory statutory provisions. These limitations do not apply for the loss of life, personal injury or damage to health.

6. Final Provisions

(1) The participant agrees to these Terms and Conditions by submitting their entry.

(2) In addition to these Terms and Conditions, the Standard Terms and Conditions of Use also apply (together the ‘rules’).

(3) Should a participant infringe upon the rules during the execution of the contest, or such an infringement be proven thereafter, Gameforge may revoke their eligibility to participate.

(4) Gameforge reserves the right to end the contests before the end of the participation period, should an important reason arise. An important reason would in particular be if the proper execution of the contests cannot be guaranteed for technical or legal reasons.

(5) The contractual relationship is governed by German law to the exclusion of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the referral regulations of international private law. If the participant has as his usual domicile a location in another country within the European Union during the extent of the contests, the validity of the strictly applicable legal regulations of the country in question shall remain unaffected by the choice of law made in the prior sentence.

(6) In the event that any individual provision of these conditions becomes ineffective, the remaining provisions shall remain effective and binding. The unenforceable provision shall be substituted for the relevant statutory provision.