NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

1.      Who Is Eligible: Entrants must be legal residents of Canada or any state in the U.S. except Florida, New York, or Rhode Island, and must be 18 years or older at time of participation in the promotion (“Promotion”). Employees of ASUS Computer International (“ASUS”), immediate families, and their respective distributors, affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotional agencies are NOT ELIGIBLE. Void in Florida, New York, and Rhode Island, and where restricted or prohibited by law.

2.      Sponsor. ASUS Computer International, 800 Corporate Way, Fremont, California 94539,

3.      Agreement to these Rules. By participating in this Promotion, entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Whether an entrant receives a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

4.      Promotion period.  Stage I of the Xtreme Design campaign will begin on Oct. 22 at 9:00pm PST, and end on Nov. 6, at 5:00 pm PST (“Stage I Promotional Period”).  Stage II of the Xtreme Design campaign will begin on Nov. 9 at 9:00am PST, and end on Dec. 7, at 5:00 pm PST (“Stage II Promotional Period”).  Stage III of Xtreme Design campaign will take place at the Consumer Electronics Show (“CES”) in Las Vegas at the ASUS booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center, from Jan. 7th , 2010 to Jan. 10th (“Stage III Promotional Period”).

5.      Stage I Contest: To be eligible for the top twenty (20) Xtreme Designs Winners of Stage I, participants must be a member of [http://www.facebook.com/ASUSOfficialPage] and/or [http://www.hothardware.com]
[http://www.overclockersclub.com]
[http://www.pcperspective.com]
[http://www.techreport.com]
[http://www.firingsquad.com]
[http://www.silentpcreview.com]
[http://www.modders-inc.com]

To enter the Stage I Contest, Member must post a comment (a “Submission”) about what they would do with their “Extreme Design Technology” on one or more of the following eligible pages during the Stage I Promotional Period:

[http://www.facebook.com/ASUSOfficialPage] and/or

[http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/p/45352/340686.aspx#340686]

[http://forums.overclockersclub.com/index.php?showtopic=169038]

[http://forums.firingsquad.com/t5/Hardware-Discussions/ASUS-Xtreme-Design-Contest/td-p/395734]

[http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=68750&p=975055#p975055]

[http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?p=4411984#post4411984]

[http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=485531#485531]

[http://www.modders-inc.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3892]


Stage I Prize, Approximate Retail Value: Each of the twenty (20) Stage I winners will receive one (1) ASUS P55 motherboard, Intel CPU, Razer Lycosa keyboard and Deathadder mouse, GSkill DDR3 2133 CL9 4GB TDS Series memory, Samsung 128GB SSD, Nvidia GTX260 GPU, and Antec 850watt modular Power supply (collectively, “Stage I Prize”). Approximate retail value (“ARV”) is $1800 for each Stage I Prize, for a total of $36,000 ARV for all 20 prizes.

Winners of the Stage I Contest will be selected on November 6, 2009. 

6.      Stage II Contest.  Only the Stage I winners will be eligible to participate in the Stage II Contest.  To enter the Stage II Contest, the Stage I winner must blog about his or her experiences (each a “Blog”) in using his or her Stage I Prize during the Stage II Promotion Period on the following eligible pages:

[http://www.facebook.com/ASUSOfficialPage] and/or
[http://www.hothardware.com]
[http://www.overclockersclub.com]
[http://www.pcperspective.com]
[http://www.techreport.com]
[http://www.firingsquad.com]
[http://www.silentpcreview.com]
[http://www.modders-inc.com]

 

7.      Judging of the Submissions for Stage I: The Submissions will be judged by a panel of qualified judges selected by Sponsor at Sponsor’s sole discretion.  The judges will select the Stage I winners based upon the Submission’s effective explanation and use of system project goals, anticipated challenges, diagrams, pictures, videos and sketches, in explaining why the entrant is capable of building an Xtreme Design.  Twenty (20) Eligible users will be chosen by the judges at the judge’s discretion on Nov. 6th 2009, as eligible candidates to take part in the Stage II Contest.  These candidates will be interviewed by one or more of the judges to determine if such candidate is able to effectively fulfill the Stage II Blog requirements.  If the judge(s) feel the candidate is not able to effectively fulfill the Stage II Blog requirements, the judge(s) will pick the candidate with the next highest score from Stage I.  If the judge(s) feel the candidate is able to effectively fulfill the Stage II Blog requirements, the Candidate shall be a Stage I Winner.  Candidates and Winners will be notified via a message on Facebook, forums, and email, at the email address provided in the participant’s registration profile. The Stage I prize will be shipped via ground delivery to the Winner’s attention at the address provided in the Winner’s registration profile.

8.      Stage II Blog Requirements.  Stage I Candidates must be able to fulfill 2 or more elements in the following Stage II Blog Requirements:  post comments about the experiences in using the Stage I Prize for 30 days in any of the participating forums set forth in Section 6; post pictures and videos of the Stage I prize;  post comments about building a system from the Stage I prize; describe and post photos or drawings relating to the build process; post screen shots of the system and performance data, and describe feelings about the Xtreme Design.

9.      Judging of the Blogs for Stage II: The Stage II Blogs will be judged by a panel of qualified judges selected by Sponsor at Sponsor’s sole discretion.  The judges will select one (1) Grand Prize Winner and four (4) runner up Stage II Grand Prize Winners based upon each Candidate’s effective fulfillment of the Stage II Blog Requirements,.

10.  Stage II Prizes, Approximate Retail Value: Each of the four (4) Stage II runner up winners will receive ASUS P7P55D Premium motherboard, Intel Core i7 860 CPU, Antec Quattro 850 watt PSU, ASUS GTX260 GPU, G.Skill 4GB TDS memory kit, Razer Lycosa keyboard, Razer Deathadder mouse, and Samsung 128GB SSD drive.  _(“Stage II Hardware Prize”). Approximate retail value (“ARV”) is 1,800_ for each Stage II Hardware Prize, for a total of $__36,000_ ARV for all 4 prizes.   The Stage II Grand Prize Winner will receive one (1) Stage II Hardware Prize at an ARV of $1,800________, and a trip for one to Las Vegas, Nevada, at an ARV of $_2,000_____.  The Grand Prize includes: airfare from the closest major airport to Grand Prize Winner’s residence in the U.S. to Las Vegas, Nevada for one (1) adult, ____ (_4_) nights at the _Courtyard Hotel, transportation to and from the airport and hotel.

11.  Total ARV of all Stage I Prizes, Stage II Prizes, and Grand Prize: $_38,000_.

12.   How to Claim Your Prize: All Winners will be notified via a message on Facebook, forums, and email, address provided in the participant’s registration profile. The winner must meet all eligibility requirements set forth in these Official Rules to qualify for a prize. Prize winners must complete an eligibility and liability/publicity release or prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. The prize shipped to his or her attention at the address provided in the registration profile.

13.  No purchase necessary. All federal, state, and local taxes on the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.

14.  The Prize is not transferable and no cash alternative or prize substitutions are available, except that ASUS reserves the right to substitute cash or a similar prize of equal or greater value should the prize listed be unavailable for any reason.

15.  This contest is governed by California law and is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

16.  In the event the winner does not accept delivery of any prize, the prize may be used as an award at a future event.

17.  By entering the Promotion, you release and agree to hold harmless ASUS and other suppliers and their officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, advertising, promotion, production and fulfillment agencies, successors and assigns from and against any liability of any kind in connection with the Promotion, including without limitation any costs, fees, expenses, or damages incurred in the use of the prize.

18.  License to Sponsor. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify winner’s agreement and consent that Sponsor may use the winner’s name, city, state, likeness, posted comments, images, videos, final system used in entering the Promotion, and/or prize information in connection with the Promotion, worldwide, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment or consideration, except where prohibited by law.   Furthermore, uploading a Submission or a Stage II Blog entry constitutes entrant’s consent to give Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display any and all such information 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 promotional or marketing purposes.  If necessary, entrant will sign any necessary documentation that may be required for Sponsor or its designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights entrant is granting hereunder.

19.  Limitations of Liability: The Sponsor is not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion; (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 Promotion; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. Sponsor is not responsible for misdirected or undeliverable entries or for any technical problems, malfunctions of computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical/other error in entries, selection announcement or for any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, accessing or downloading information in connection with this Promotion. If for any reason an entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.

20.  Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion 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 Northern District of California or the Santa Clara County Superior Court, U.S.A.; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives 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, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California.

21.  Taxes: Winners are solely responsible for any taxes. Prizes consist of only the item specifically listed and no additional services or subscriptions are included. Winner agrees that the prizes are being provided “as is,” and ASUS and other suppliers make no warranty, representation, or guarantee regarding any prize, including but not limited to its quality, condition, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Winner must look solely to the manufacturer for any such warranties or guarantees. Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible registrants at the time of the judging and quality of posts.

22.  Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrant is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy at http://usa.asus.com/privacy.aspx.

23.  Winner List: The winner list will be available on Sponsor’s web site.



AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY, LIABILITY & PUBLICITY RELEASE

 

State of ________________________________

County of _______________________________

 

I,_____________________________ , being duly sworn, do hereby state as follows:

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  1. My Social Security Number is ___ -_____ -______ .

 

  1. I am a legal resident of the United States, residing at:

 

_____________________________________________________________

(Address)

 

_________________________________________ _______ ________

(City) (State) (ZIP Code)

 

  1. I am years of age.

 

  1. I am employed at:

 

_______________________________________________________

(Business Name)

 

_______________________________________________________

(Address)

_________________________________________ _______ ________

(City) (State) (ZIP Code)

 

  1. My daytime phone number is (__ )____-________

 

  1. I am submitting this Affidavit with the understanding that it will be relied upon to determine my eligibility to receive a prize in the Facebook or Forum contest (“Promotion”) sponsored by ASUS Computer International.

 

  1. I am not an employee, officer or director (or immediate family member or member of the same household) of ASUS Computer International (“Sponsor”), nor subsidiary & affiliated companies, advertising, promotion & administrative agencies and partners, nor any others associated with this Promotion.

 

  1. I confirm and represent that I have read all the Official Rules of the Promotion, that I have complied with such rules and that I have committed no fraud or deception in entering/participating in this Promotion or in claiming any prize.

 

  1. As stated in the Official Rules, I understand that all applicable federal, state and local taxes, and any and all expenses not specified therein, are solely my responsibility. I accept sole responsibility as the prize winner. I also understand that I shall be responsible for reporting the prize amount on all applicable tax returns, and that I will be issued a 1099 in the amount equal to the retail value of the prize I have won.

 

  1. By participating in this Drawing, I hereby release and agree to hold harmless Sponsor, their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and each of their respective directors, officers, shareholders, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of prize, participation in any Promotion-related activity, or participation or inability to participate in this Promotion.

 

  1. The representations and provisions contained in this Affidavit shall be binding on my heirs, successors, assigns and representatives.

 

  1. I hereby irrevocably give ASUS Computer International and its agents, successors and assigns full permission and authority to use my name, biographical information and/or likeness for promotional and/or advertising purposes without notice or compensation (Tennessee residents need not consent to publicity release. If you are a resident of Tennessee and do not so consent please initial here _____).

 

  1. I declare that all the information I submit in this Affidavit is true and correct. I confirm that I have read, or have had read to me, and understand all the foregoing provisions of this Affidavit, prior to its execution, and agree to be bound by them.

 

24.  I understand that my prize consists of an One (1) ASUS motherboard, Intel CPU, Razer keyboard and mouse, GSkill memory, Samsung SSD, Nvidia GPU, and Antec Power supply. Approximate retail value is $1700. See the enclosed Official Rules for complete prize details and restrictions. All federal, state and local laws apply.

 

  1. Except where prohibited, I agree that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion 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 Northern District of California or the Santa Clara County Superior Court, U.S.A.; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will I be permitted to obtain awards for, and I 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 this Affidavit, or the rights and obligations of myself and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California.

 

SIGNED:

 

____________________________________                               ____________________________

Winner Signature                                                                                 Date

 

ATTENTION: To be valid this Affidavit must be notarized

 

NOTARY:

 

State of __________________________________

 

 

County of ________________________________

 

 

Sworn to me by this day of , 200___.

 

 

__________________________________________________________________

Notary Public

 

Commission Expires__________________ Seal/Stamp ______________________