NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. MANY WILL ENTER, ONLY 102 WILL WIN.
CONTEST OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND D.C., 6 YEARS OF AGE AND ABOVE. CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13 MUST GET PARENTAL PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE. SEE BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL ELGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. IF YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER OF THE BACKYARD ALL STAR TEAM YOU DO NOT NEED PARENTAL PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE. THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE BACKYARD SPORTS ALL-STAR TEAM. Normal Internet charges, if any, charged by your Internet service provider, will apply when accessing the website to participate.
HERE'S HOW TO PLAY:
- Play the Game: Play a 32 Game Season of Backyard Baseball ’10 on Hard Difficulty level.
- Record Your Code: When your season is over, the game will generate a unique code that records all of your scores.
- Go Online: Go to www.gamestop.com/backyardbaseball between 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 5/16/09 and 11:59 p.m. EDT on 8/16/09 (the "Promotion Period") to enter your code.
- Enter Your Code: Enter your code to see if it’s valid. It will be valid as long as you haven’t entered it previously.
- Sign In: Once your valid code is entered, sign in to the Backyard Sports All-Star team. If you aren’t a member of the All-Star team, you will be able to create an account. Once you’re signed in, your season will be automatically entered in the Contest.
HERE’S HOW THE WINNERS WILL BE DETERMINED:
The following criteria are used to determine the Kid of the Year:
- A player must play a 32 Game Season.
- Each game must be played on the Hard Difficulty Level.
- The Game Length for each game must be 6 Innings.
- The point total for each qualifying 32 game season will be calculated by multiplying total Home Runs by 3, total Strikeouts by 3, total Runs by 1, Batting Average by 2 and total Stolen Bases by 2.
The entrant with the highest point total from a Wii game console and the entrant with the highest point total from a PlayStation®2 system game console will each receive a Grand Prize, subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these official rules. The next 100 highest scoring entrants will each receive a First Prize, regardless of which game console these entrants used to play their games, subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these official rules. If a tie occurs, Home Runs, Strikeouts, Runs, Batting Average, and Stolen Bases will be compared in that order to determine the winner. For example, if two people tie but one has a higher total home run score, the person with the higher total number of home runs wins; if their homerun scores are tied, then strikeouts will be compared and the person with the higher total number of strikeouts score wins, and so on.
You can play as many seasons as you want and enter as many unique codes as you want, but you may not win more than one prize per person/account and residential address.
Seasons with any games played on Easy or Normal Difficulty Level or with more or less than 6 innings will not eligible for the Contest. Winners of the Contest will be notified by phone, mail, and /or e-mail.
PRIZES, APPROX. RETAIL VALUES (ARV): 102 prizes with a total approximate retail value of $5,000 will be available to be won as follows: Two (2) Grand Prizes – a $1,000 GameStop gift card and an autographed David Ortiz baseball (ARV: $1000 ). One Hundred (100) First Prizes - a $30 GameStop gift card. Gift card terms and conditions apply. Limit one prize per person/account and residential address.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia only, ages 6 and above at time of entry. Children under the age of 13 must get parental permission to participate. Employees of Atari, Inc, GameStop, Inc., their distributors, retailers, subsidiaries affiliates, advertising, promotion and Internet agencies, the judging organization and the family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited by law.
INTERNET DISCLAIMER: Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, lost, late, damaged, illegible or misdirected transmissions or for any technical problems, malfunctions of any telephone lines, computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Sponsor not responsible for any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in or accessing or downloading information in connection with this promotion. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for undeliverable e-mails resulting from any form of active or passive e-mail filtering by a user's Internet service provider and/or e-mail client or for insufficient space in user's e-mail account to receive e-mail. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. The sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this contest and award all unclaimed prizes via the second-chance method of entry should a virus, bugs, or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the contest. Sponsor reserves the right to modify or terminate the contest if fraud, misconduct or technical failures destroy the integrity of the contest as determined by sponsors, in their sole discretion. In the event of termination, prizes will be awarded in a random drawing from eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to termination.
GENERAL RULES: By participating in this promotion, entrants agree to be governed by these rules and by accepting prize, winners agree, if requested, to the use of their names and/or photographs without compensation for advertising purposes related to this promotion, except where prohibited. Prizes won by minors will be awarded to parent or legal guardian. Grand Prize winners will be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility/release of liability and a publicity release (except where prohibited) within 10 days of attempted delivery of same. Noncompliance within this time period or return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate winner selected. Taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of winners. No substitution or transfer of prize except as provided herein. No cash redemptions except as provided herein. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value, should any prize or portion of prize become unavailable. Decisions of Access Marketing Services, LLC (the judges) are final in all matters, including winner verification. By accepting prize, winners agree to release and hold Humongous, Inc. and GameStop, Inc. (the “Releasees”) and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, agents, officers, directors or employees and assigns, harmless from and against any and all claims and liability arising out of participation in the promotion or use of any prize. Winners assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this promotion or use or redemption of any prize.
WINNERS: For names of the winners, available after 9/30/09, visit www.backyardsports.com or send a separate, stamped, self-addressed #10 envelope (to be received by 9/30/09) to: Backyard Baseball Kid of the Year Contest, c/o Atari, Inc. 417 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10016 or e-mail us at customersupport@backyardsports.com.
SPONSOR: Atari Inc. 417 Fifth Ave, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Sony Computer Entertainment America takes no responsibility for this offer.