AMD Red Team Dirty Keyboard Contest Official Rules and Terms

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1. Sponsor: The AMD Red Team Dirty Keyboard Contest (“Contest”) is Sponsored by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2485 Augustine Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95054, United States. https://www.amd.com  (“AMD” or “Sponsor”). 
   
   
2. Eligibility: The Contest is open only to persons who are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia (D.C.) and Canada, who are at least 18 years of age (or at least the minimum age of majority in their place of residence, whichever is greater) at of the start of the Entry Period (defined below), and who submit a valid Entry (defined below) (“Participant”).  Entries received from individuals located or residing in any country other than an Eligible Country, as noted above, as well any national of Belarus, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, People’s Republic of China, Russia, Syria, Sudan, Venezuela, and/or any country prohibited by law or export restrictions or otherwise, regardless of legal residency, will be disqualified. Residents of the regions of Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk are not eligible. Employees of Sponsor, its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents, and the immediate family (defined as parents, children, siblings, domestic partner, husband, or wife) of each such employee, together with those with whom such employees are domiciled, are ineligible.  By participating in the Contest, Participants warrant that they are eligible to participate under the applicable local laws governing procurement of prizes and awards.  Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Participant if Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, that Participant’s participation in the Contest or receipt of prize would violate local law or cause damage to the reputation of AMD and/or any other party. Participant may be required to submit proof of their eligibility.

3. Agreement to Official Rules and Terms: The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Participation in the Contest constitutes Participant’s full and unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of, these Official Rules and Terms and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding.  Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. These Official Rules and Terms will be posted online in the Sweeps and Contest Rules category.

4. Entry Period:

Entry Period	Starts at	Ends at	Total number of winners
1.	8/26/2024 12:00PM CT	9/2/2024 12:00PM CT	3         winners

Sponsor’s computer systems will be the official timekeeping device for the Contest.  Contest Entries that are submitted before or after the Entry Period (“Entry Period”) will be disqualified.

5. How to Enter: 

During the Entry Period, Participant will need to use their AMD Community Forum account. To earn one (1) Entry into the Contest (“Entry”), Participant must:

1. Be registered with the AMD Community forum.
2. Create and submit a post in the PC Building Discussion Topic that includes:
1. Title: “Dirty Keyboard Entry – (NAME OF YOUR KEYBOARD)
2. Body: Add a up to 3 photos of your keyboard including any details or specifications.
3. Add the label “Keyboard Contest Entry” to the post before publishing.
4. Submit your post.

ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED.

Failure to include the required information will void the Entry. Any other language or information included by a Participant is deemed to be part of the Entry, and the Participant gives Sponsor, its designees, successors, assigns, and licensees a royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display the Entry and all elements embodied therein, along with the Participant’s name, in any manner, in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for advertising, promotional, marketing and other purposes, without further payment or consideration, notification or permission. If requested, Participant will sign any documentation required for Sponsor or its designees, successors, assignees, and licensees to make use of the non-exclusive rights Participant is granting to use the Entry. Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, incomplete, inaccurate, invalid, unintelligible, garbled, delayed, or misdirected Entries, all of which will be void.

The Entry must comply with the following content guidelines (“Guidelines”). Entries that do not fully comply with these Guidelines shall be disqualified from the Contest:

CONTENT GUIDELINES:

1. Entries must be original to the Participant.
2. Entries may not have been previously publicly displayed in any manner.
3. Entries must be submitted in English.
4. Photos must be submitted in JPG or PNG format(s).  
   
   

RESTRICTIONS:

1. The Entry may not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity, or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright or trademark infringement;
2. The Entry must not in any way disparage Sponsor, any of its products or services, the Contest, or any person or party affiliated with the Contest, or appear to promote any direct competitor of Sponsor;
3. The Entry may not contain text or imagery that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous, or libelous (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion);
4. The Entry must not include threats (expressed or implied) to any person, place, business, or group;
5. The Entry must not invade privacy rights or any other rights of any person, business, or group, and the Entry must not name or depict any third party without his/her permission;
6. The Entry must not contain text or imagery that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred, or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or age; and
7. The Entry must not contain unlawful material, in violation of, or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where the Entry is created.

For All Entries: Limit one (1) Entry per person, per account handle, per household. Any Entries that do not comply with the above Guidelines will not be eligible to win a prize. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any Entry, the Authorized Account Holder of the email address used to register for the Participant’s AMD Community platform account will be deemed to be the Participant. The “Authorized Account Holder” is the natural person assigned the email address used to register for the AMD Community account, as that is determined by the internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the Authorized Account Holder. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, illegible, or misdirected Entries, which may be disqualified, or for any error, human, technical, or otherwise.

6. Winner Selection: The top three (3) submissions who receive the most “Likes,” which must be posted by 12 PM CT on 9/2/2024 will move on to a judgment panel as finalists. A maximum of three (3) prizes will be awarded based on the panel of qualified AMD judges’ determination using the following Judging Criteria to award three (3) winners (1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place) from all eligible Entries received during the Entry Period, on or around the date(s) set forth in Section 4. 

JUDGING CRITERA

Entries will be judged based on the following criteria:

• Overall Condition of Keyboard - 60%
• Adherence to Entry format – 20%
• Engagement - Comments/Likes - 20%

7. Prize Notification and Delivery: The winner will be contacted via email and the private messenger tool of the AMD Community Forum platform. Such notification will be delivered in English. Within (72) seventy-two hours of the Sponsor’s notification, the winner must supply any requested information for the administration of the Contest in English. Potential winners are subject to verification, including verification of age. Potential winners will be required to sign and return to Sponsor a fully completed, signed, legible Declaration of Eligibility, Liability, and Publicity Release (“Declaration”) except if prohibited by applicable law to claim their prize. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be contacted, fails to comply with these Official Rules and Terms, fails to respond to the notification within the required period, fails to provide the requested information, or the prize or notification is returned as undeliverable, or is determined by the Sponsor to be otherwise ineligible, he/she forfeits the applicable prize. If a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, including ineligibility or forfeiture, the Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize to a potential substitute winner and each such potential substitute winner will also be subject to the prize notification and delivery requirements outlined in this paragraph. Sponsor is not responsible for any change of e-mail address, mailing address, and/or other contact information of Participant. The prize will be shipped to each winner within thirty (30) days of the winner announcements, upon completion of the Contest. Shipping costs and customs fees, if any, will be borne by Sponsor. Potential winner(s) may waive their right to receive a prize. Allow 30-60 days for prize delivery. The prize delivery mailing address must not be a P.O. Box. Sponsor will not ship to P.O. Boxes.

8. Prizes:

Prize Description	Approx. Retail Value (USD)	Date(s) and Time(s) (CST)
1st Place: One (1) Mountain Everest Max Keyboard; one (1) Mountain Makula Max Gaming Mouse; and one (1) Mountain Display pad	$329.97	Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 2:00 p.m.
2nd Place: One (1) Mountain Everest 60 Keyboard; one (1) Mountain Display pad	$149.98	Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 2:00 p.m.
3rd Place: One (1) Mountain Everest 60 Keyboard	$79.99	Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 2:00 p.m.

For All Prizes: Maximum one (1) prize package per person, per account handle, per household for the entirety of the Contest. The approximate retail value of all prizes equals a maximum of $656.96. Approximate prize values as of August 20, 2024. Prizes are subject to change. Offer is subject to geographical limitation(s). Prices and exchange rates may vary, and dealers may sell for less. All aspects of the prizes not noted above (e.g., color, style, size, etc.) will be selected by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Prize must be accepted as awarded and may not be sold, transferred, substituted, or redeemed for cash or otherwise, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion or as contemplated herein. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater monetary value if the prize, or any component of the prize, cannot be awarded for any reason. Sponsor is responsible only for shipping of the prize; as such, Sponsor is not, in any way, responsible for prize utility, quality, or otherwise. Additionally, the Sponsor is not responsible for any prize that is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, misdirected, or undelivered for any reason. The sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prize items. Taxes and fees, if any, are the sole responsibility of prize winners.

9. Release: By participating, Participant agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, and each of its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

10. Privacy: The Participants acknowledge and understands that all personal information submitted as part of this Contest will be collected and processed by Sponsor for the purpose of managing the Contest in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Notice. Participant can read more about their rights, how Sponsor handles Participant’s personal information, and how to contact Sponsor in its Privacy Notice.

11. Publicity: Except where prohibited by applicable law, participation in the  Contest constitutes each winner’s consent to Sponsor’s use of the winner’s name, city, state, province or county, and country, likeness, photograph, statements made by the winner about the Contest, Sponsor, and/or prize information for Contest purposes in any media without further payment or consideration, including, but not limited to, posting the winner list online (first name, last initial only). All Entries become the property of the Sponsor, and none will be returned.

12. General Conditions:  Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, or modify this Contest in whole or in part, at any time and without notice or obligation, if in Sponsor’s sole discretion, any factor interferes with its proper conduct as contemplated by these Official Rules and Terms. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the Entry process. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and/or civil law, and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules and Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision of these Official Rules and Terms. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules and Terms shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If any provision of the Official Rules and Terms is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, then the Official Rules and Terms shall be construed in accordance with the remaining terms therein as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.

13. Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible, to the extent permitted by law, for (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Participant, printing errors or omission or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of Entries; or (5) any injury or damage to person or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Participant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason a Participant’s Entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, the Participant’s sole remedy is another Entry in the Contest provided that if it is not possible to submit another Entry due to discontinuance of the Contest, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, at its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible Entries or, as the case may be, received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. If production, technical, seeding, programming, or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as outlined in these Official Rules and Terms to be available and/or claimed Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.

Nothing in these Official Rules and Terms shall disclaim, limit, or exclude liability for any liability that may not be disclaimed, limited, or excluded pursuant to applicable law.

14. Disputes: Except where prohibited, Participant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas or the appropriate Texas State Court located in Travis County, Texas; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will Participant(s) be permitted to obtain awards for, and Participant(s) hereby waive all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules and Terms, or the rights and obligations of the Participant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Texas without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Texas or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Texas. Some jurisdictions do not allow for limitations of certain remedies or damages so this provision may not apply to you.

15. Contest Results: The winner list (first name and last initial only) will be posted in the Contest and Sweeps Discussions forum upon winner selection and completion of the Contest. Requests for the winners list should be sent to: community.moderator@amd.com. Requests for the winners list must be received within fourteen (14) days of the close of the Entry Period.  Requests received after this time will not be honored.

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