Quake Champions Art Contest

Salutations, Quakers! You've inspired us with all the jaw-dropping fan art you've been making for Quake Champions, and we want to see more. Between Wednesday, October 25, and Tuesday, October 31, we want to see what amazing works of hand-drawn and/or digital art you come up with. We will reward the top ten submissions with some sweet prizes!

PRIZES

The top ten art submissions will each win a prize:

  • One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a copy of the Quake Champions Issue #1 comic book signed by the id Software team, and a copy of the Quake Champions Champions Pack on Steam
  • Two (2) Runners Up will receive a copy of the Quake Champions Champions Pack on Steam
  • Seven (7) Runners Up will each receive three in-game Chest loot boxes for Quake Champions

THE RULES

  • Create a new and original piece of artwork made by you, based on Quake Champions
  • All submissions must be posted on Twitter using the hashtag #QuakeArt
  • Players must be following the official Quake Champions Twitter account: https://www.twitter.com/quake
  • Submissions should be in jpg, gif, or png format only
  • Players are welcome to submit multiple entries, but the judges at their discretion will select only one entry per person to count towards the chance to win a prize
  • Entries will be judged on creativity, originality, and quality by the Bethesda Community Team and an external judge
  • By submitting an entry, you agree to assign all rights to the image to Bethesda Softworks LLC, as outlined in section 3 of the contest Terms and Conditions
  • By submitting an entry, you agree to the official contest rules
  • Any violation of the above will disqualify your entry

CONTEST DATES

  • Contest begins on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 12:00am EDT/4:00am GMT
  • Submission period ends on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 11:59pm EDT/3:59am GMT

Be sure to read the full terms and conditions below. We look forward to seeing what you create!


OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The Quake® Champions “Quake Art” Fan Art Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Bethesda Softworks LLC (the “Sponsor”). For the purposes of the Contest, the “Contest Group” is composed of the Sponsor, together with its affiliates and related companies, including without limitation its parent, sister and subsidiary companies, retailers, franchisees, advertising and promotion agencies, suppliers of material and services related to the Contest, and any other corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other legal entity directly involved in the Contest and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and other representatives.

  1. CONTEST PERIOD The Contest starts on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 12:00:00 a.m. (i.e. midnight) Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (the “Contest Period”).
  2. ELIGIBILITY All participants must be 18 years of age or older at the time of entry, must possess a valid form of identification and be a legal resident of (i) one of the 50 United States (or the District of Columbia) excluding the territories, military installations and commonwealths (ii) Canada (iii) UK, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Russia (iv) Australia, New Zealand or (v) Argentina, Mexico, Peru. All applicable federal, national, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law. Excluded from eligibility are officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives of Sponsor, each of its respective parent, affiliated or related companies, agencies, suppliers of the materials and services related to this Contest, and members of any immediate families (defined as parents, siblings, children and spouses, regardless of where they live) or households (whether or not related) of such officers, directors, employees, agents and sales representatives.
  3. HOW TO ENTER; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; OWNERSHIP OF SUBMISSIONS NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Internet access and a valid Twitter account required. To enter the Contest, entrant must Follow the official Quake Champions Twitter account used to submit the entry: Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/quake) (ii) Submit your original artwork based on Quake Champions in high resolution portrait format (digital, hand-drawn or photograph) during the Contest Period with the hashtag #QuakeArt (the “Submission”) through Twitter.

No other method of entry will be accepted. Entries must be submitted in jpg, gif , or png format only. Your entry may not include copyrighted or trademarked materials, including but not limited to logos, artwork and images, other than that which has been permitted for use by the Sponsor, if any. The use of copyrighted or trademarked material not owned by Sponsor or yourself is strictly prohibited. Your entry may not include inappropriate language or any offensive, violent, harmful, or sexually explicit content. Once your Submission is received, you will receive an entry (each an “Entry” or collectively, the “Entries”) into the Contest. Your Submission must adhere to the Eligibility Criteria listed above or your Submission will be void and ineligible for entry into the Contest. There is no limit to the number of entries during the Contest Period. Entry must be submitted by the entrant him or herself. Use of automated devices is prohibited; automated Entries (including but not limited to Entries submitted using any robot, script, macro or other automated service) are not permitted and may result in disqualification. By submission of an Entry: (a) you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to abide by the Official Contest Rules; (b) you warrant that your Entry is your own original work and that it does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights, rights of privacy or personality or any other statutory or common law rights of any other person save for any material provided by the Sponsor expressly for the Contest which Entrant is permitted to use solely for the creation of the Entry and participation in the Contest; (c) you agree to indemnify the Contest Group against any third party claims related to the ownership and/or use of the work, directly assuming the responsibility; (d) you warrant that your Entry is not libelous, defamatory, profane or obscene or otherwise contrary to law and does not violate the Terms of Service of the social media channel used to submit the work (https://twitter.com/tos?lang=en ); (e) you warrant that the Entry has not been previously published; (f) you agree to report to Sponsor if the work is registered in any Intellectual Property office, if applicable, indicating the registration number;
(g) you warrant that you have the permission of anyone who features (or whose name, likeness, image or performance features) in the Entry and that person is 18 years of age or older; (h) you assign and agree to assign to Sponsor all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright in and to your Entry including Sponsor’s right to modify, amend or otherwise change your Entry; (i) you acknowledge and agree that the assignment or transfer is exclusive and for the duration of the property rights in all the world; (j) you agree to forever waive any rights of copyrights, trademark rights, privacy rights and any other legal or moral rights that may preclude Sponsors use of the Entry or require any further permission for Sponsor to use the Entry; (k) you agree that Sponsor may post your name and hometown on Sponsor’s website and in any and all publicity and advertising for Sponsor, this Contest, or other promotions by Sponsor without any further attribution, notification or compensation to you, except where prohibited by law; (l) you agree to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail or e-mail , and (m) you agree to sign the documentation referred to in Rule 6, including any documents necessary to effect assignment of the Entry to Sponsor, all throughout the world for any purpose, without limitation and without additional review, compensation or approval from you or any other party. By participating in this Contest, you agree that Sponsor may post your Entry on the Quake Champions website or social media channels, or the Bethesda Softworks websites or social media channels at any time during or after the Contest. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Entrant agrees and understands that their Entry constitutes user-generated content (the UGC) under the Sponsor’s Terms of Service, which can be found at http://www.zenimax.com/legal_terms_us, and will be treated accordingly. For the avoidance of doubt, Entrant acknowledges and understands that such UGC may be used by Sponsor on an exclusive basis for any and all purposes, including without limitation, copying, display, distribution, posting for streaming/download, public performance and any other purpose, within Sponsor’s discretion. (n) you agree to grant all necessary permissions, consents and waivers including in respect of so-called moral rights and performers’ rights necessary to permit Sponsor unrestricted use of the Entry(s) including the right to edit, adapt, re-arrange, amend or change the Entry(s) in any way including combining it with any other work without the need for further notification or permission. Entries will not be returned. Sponsor shall therefore have the right to use each Entry in any and all media for all promotion, publicity, marketing and advertising of and by the Sponsor whether in connection with the Contest or other promotions by the Sponsor, or as the Sponsor otherwise sees fit without further notification or permission but the Sponsor shall have no obligation (express or implied) to do so or use the Entry(s) in any manner. (o) you agree that you shall not be entitled to any credit or publicity if your Entry is used by Sponsor but give permission now for such credit or publicity. No compensation will be paid for entering the Contest, for the Sponsor’s use or non0use of the Entry or for any other reason. 4. HOW TO WIN; Following the Contest Period, two or more marketing and community personnel of the Sponsor and one external judge (the “Judges”) will judge all Entries received during the Contest Period and select the top ten (10) Entries. The Judges will evaluate the Entries based on creativity, originality, quality and relevance (the “Judging Criteria”) and the Judges selections shall be final. On November 3, 2017, Sponsor will notify the top ten (10) finalists of their selections. The ten (10) finalists must return Releases and other documents requested by Bethesda within three (3) days. The ten (10) finalists will be announced on Bethesda’s social media sites (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram). The Judges will select the grand prize winner from the ten (10) finalists. There are ten (10) prizes available to be won. See Prize Claim Conditions in Rule 6 below. 5. SPONSOR DESIGN ELEMENTS No rights or licenses are granted hereunderFor the sole purpose of submitting your Submission for evaluation and potential commercial use, you are hereby granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable, revocable, royalty-free license to create a design which includes the characters from Quake Champions (other than the Ruby character) (“Sponsor Design Elements”). You are not granted any rights to use the Sponsor Design Marks for any other purpose. Sponsor Design Marks are defined as elements derived from, adapted from, based on, by direct reference or by inference to any intellectual property of Sponsor, its affiliates or its/their licensors or any variation hereof.

  1. PRIZE CLAIM CONDITIONS The selected entrants will be notified by Sponsor at the social media account used by the entrant to submit the Entry. The selected entrants may also be required to complete and return to Sponsor (or its authorized agent) by the deadline specified in the documents a written affidavit of eligibility (or declaration and release), a release of liability and assignment of intellectual property, and publicity release form (collectively, the “Release”), releasing the Contest Group from any liability in connection with this Contest or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize. Return of any prize or winner notification as undeliverable, inability to reach selected entrant or failure of selected entrant to respond to notification within three (3) days of first attempt by Sponsor or Sponsor’s agent, failure to provide proof of eligibility (if requested), Release documents, or other required documentation in a timely manner, failure to correctly answer the skill-testing question (as applicable), or other non-compliance with these Official Contest Rules may result in disqualification, forfeiture of the prize and, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, selection of an alternate eligible entrant for the forfeited prize at random from all remaining eligible Entries received, who will be subject to disqualification in the same manner.

  2. PRIZES One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive the following: • One (1) signed copy of the Quake® Champions Issue #01 comic book - Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of the prize: US$3.99 • One (1) copy of Quake® Champions Champions Pack for PC on Steam - ARV of the prize: US$29.99 Two (2) Runners Up, will receive the following: • One (1) copy of Quake® Champions Champions Pack for PC on Steam - ARV of the prize: US$29.99 Seven (7) Runners Up, will receive the following: • Three (3) in-game Chest loot boxes for Quake® Champions - ARV of the prize: US$9.00 The Prizes will be delivered only to verified winners. ARV determined as of October 17, 2017. Prices are subject to change; retailers may sell for less. Prizes must be accepted as awarded and may not be substituted, transferred or redeemed for cash or otherwise; however, the Contest Group reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater monetary value, in cash or otherwise, at its sole discretion, if a prize, or any component of any prize, cannot be awarded for any reason. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes. Sponsor makes no representations or warranties with respect to any prize. Prizes include shipping and delivery to U.S., Canada, UK, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Russia, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Mexico, and Peru address only, as supplied by selected winners. Winners will be responsible for all taxes (federal, state, and local) and all expenses not listed herein related to acceptance and use of any prize. Any person who is U.S. resident winning $600 or more worth of prizes from Sponsor in a calendar year will receive an IRS form 1099 after the end of the calendar year in which the prizes were awarded, and copy of such form will be filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

  3. PERSONAL INFORMATION Sponsor and its authorized agents will collect, use, and disclose the personal information you provide when you enter the Contest for the purposes of administering the Contest and prize fulfillment. By entering this Contest, you consent to such collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information. By entering the contest, you grant Sponsor the right to use and reuse, in any media, your name, photograph, likeness, and if made available, biographical information By accepting a prize, winner agrees to Sponsor’s use of his/her name, city/state/province of residence, picture, biographical information, statements, voice and likeness in any advertising and publicity Sponsor may conduct relating to the Contest in any media or format, whether now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times in perpetuity, without further compensation or notice. Aggregate and/or anonymized Contest winner information may be used by the Sponsor to communicate about the Contest to its retailers and distributors. Any personal information received as part of this Contest will be used by Sponsor, its affiliates and its advertising and marketing agencies involved in this Contest for the purpose of the administration of the Contest only. Sponsor’s privacy policy will apply to this Contest and to all information that we receive from your Entry. For further information about Sponsor’s privacy practices, please see Sponsor’s Privacy Policy at: http://www.zenimax.com/legal_privacy.htm.

  4. RIGHT TO VOID/TERMINATE/SUSPECT/MODIFY If the Contest, or any part thereof, is not capable of running as planned for any reasons, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, programming errors, or technical failures, which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, void any suspect Entries and: (a) terminate the Contest or any portion thereof; (b) modify or suspend the Contest, or any portion thereof, to address the impairment and then resume the Contest, or relevant portion, in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these official Terms and Conditions; and/or (c) award the prize from among the eligible, non-suspect Entries received up to the time of the impairment in accordance with the winner selection criteria discussed above. FOR CANADIAN RESIDENTS ONLY: Sponsor reserves the right, subject to the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (the “Régie”) with respect to residents of Quebec, to terminate, suspend or modify this Contest, or these Official Contest Rules, in whole or in part, at any time and without notice or obligation if, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, any factor interferes with its proper conduct as contemplated by these Official Contest Rules. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Contest, or any part thereof, is not capable of running as planned for any reason, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, programming errors, or technical failures, which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, and subject only to the approval of the Régie in Quebec, void any suspect Entries and: (a) terminate the Contest, or any portion thereof; (b) modify or suspend the Contest, or any portion thereof, to address the impairment and then resume the Contest, or relevant portion, in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Contest Rules; and/or (c) award the prize from among the eligible, non-suspect Entries received up to the time of the impairment in accordance with the winner selection criteria discussed above.

  5. GENERAL CONDITIONS Winning a prize is contingent on fulfilling all the requirements set forth herein. All Entries become the property of Sponsor and none will be returned or acknowledged. Mass Entries, automated Entries, Entries submitted by third parties, and any Entries or prize claims that are late, incomplete, fraudulent, illegible, unidentified or delayed will be void. All Entries and prize claims are subject to verification. Proof of Entry submission does not constitute proof of receipt. Entrants agree to abide by these Official Contest Rules. Decisions of Sponsor and/or any independent contest judging organization will be final and binding on all matters pertaining to this Contest. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws. Void where prohibited. Sponsor reserves the right to correct any typographical, printing, computer programming or operator errors. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Contest Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Contest Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If any provision of the Official Contest Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, then the Official Contest Rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein. Should a winner make any false statement(s) in any document referenced above, the winner will be required to promptly return to Sponsor his/her prize, or the cash value thereof. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process, the operation of the Contest and/or Contest websites or apps, violates the Official Contest Rules, or acts with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of the person who submitted any Entry, the authorized account holder of the email address registered to submit the Entry on the date the entry was submitted will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned the email account by the email service provider. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

  6. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASES BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT CONTEST GROUP HAS NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES, CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, COSTS OR EXPENSES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES) TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY RESULTING FROM (A) ENTRY OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST, INCLUDING ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE CONTEST WEBSITES, (B) ANY CLAIMS BASED ON PERSONALITY OR PRIVACY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION OR PRIZE DELIVERY, OR (C) THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, therefore such exclusions may not apply to you. Without limiting the foregoing, the Contest Group and any of Sponsor’s other agencies, suppliers or contractors, shall not be responsible for: (a) any incomplete or inaccurate information that is caused by Contest website users, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the Contest; (b) lost, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, service provider, on-line systems, telephone networks or telephone lines, or any other connections; (c) the theft, destruction, loss or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries; (d) any problems with, or malfunctions or failures of, telephone networks or lines, computers or computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, viruses or bugs; (e) garbled transmissions or miscommunications; (f) failure of any e-mail to be received by or from the Contest judging organization or Sponsor for any reason, including but not limited to traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof or technical incompatibility; (g) damage to a user’s computer equipment (software or hardware) occasioned by participation or downloading of materials related to this Contest; (h) printing, distribution, programming or production errors, and any other errors or malfunctions of any kind, whether human, mechanical, electronic or otherwise; or (i) technical, pictorial, typographical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

  7. GOVERNING LAW This Contest is governed by U.S. law and is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions, overseas military installations and wherever prohibited by law. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Maryland, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and you agree that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of Montgomery County, Maryland, U.S.A.

  8. QUEBEC RESIDENTS ONLY Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

  9. FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TUMBLR AND TWITTER DISCLAIMER. The Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr or Twitter. In entering the Contest, entrants are providing information to Sponsor and not to Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr or Twitter. By entering the Contest, each entrant releases Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter completely from any liability in respect of the Contest. © 2017 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company. Bethesda, Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax and related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. QUAKE, id, id Software and related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of id Software LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. All Rights Reserved