Henchman Skill Bar Contest
We've listened to the voices of many players and are removing heroes from Guild vs. Guild and Heroes' Ascent play. In order to give all players the ability to participate in those formats (even if they can't form a full party with other players), we're replacing heroes with a selection of new henchmen.
Do you have ideas for great, competitive henchmen skill bars? Enter your best skill bars in our Henchman Skill Bar Contest!
We came to an agreement with the Zaishen Order, so they're helping us out on this. Here's how to enter:
1. Travel to the Great Temple of Balthazar on the Battle Isles.
2. Equip your character with the skills you think would be worthy of our new henchmen.
3. Speak to Dizhou [Xunlai Pollster].
4. You will have the option to submit skill bars to Heroes' Ascent and Guild vs. Guild formats. Choose the format you want to submit your skill bar to, and click on your selection.
5. Dizhou [Xunlai Pollster] will record your equipped skills and store it with your account name.
6. If you wish to submit a skill bar for a different profession, log in with a character of that profession, speak to Dizhou [Xunlai Pollster] again, and follow the steps to submit your skill bar.
7. You can submit up to three skill bars for each format on your account, and they can be of any profession. But remember, you're choosing skill bars that need to be competitive in PvP play, so choose wisely.
The contest will run from August 27, 2009 to September 10, 2009.
No other methods of entry will be accepted. You must have a valid email address associated with your Guild Wars account, as this is how you will be contacted!
ArenaNet, Inc. collects personal information from you when you enter this contest. This information is subject to our Privacy Policy.
What's in it for you?
For starters, you'll have a warm, glowy feeling of satisfaction knowing that you had direct input on content that will be included in Guild Wars. But since loot is always good, we've got that, too!
Prizes
Prizes: Twenty (20) winners will receive one (1) of each of the prizes below:
* A henchman named after the winner's character or an appropriate name of the winner's choosing. Please note that all names must abide by our Naming Policy and are subject to the approval of the Development Team.
* One Everlasting Henchman Tonic. This unique item will grant the winner the ability to temporarily transform into the image of the henchman that they are named after.
We reserve the right to declare additional winners and award additional prizes in our sole discretion.(These prizes have no retail value.)
Entries will be judged on the basis of merit and appropriateness to game design considerations as determined by the Development Team.
Deadline for entries to be received is 12:00 Noon PDT on Thursday, September 10, 2009.
Winners will be announced on or around September 24, 2009 and will be posted on www.guildwars.com.
General Conditions
Up to three skill bars can be entered per account.
* Originality: Entries must be the submission of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law.
* Eligibility (age): As of August 1, 2009, contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must be 18 years of age or older as of that date, or must have a parent or guardian enter in the minor's name.
* Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet, Inc., NC Interactive, Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd., and NCsoft Corporation (collectively, "Sponsor"), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
* Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from legal residents of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec) and Europe. (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize.)
* Prize: There are twenty (20). All winners will have their character name and the skill bar they submitted posted on the official website when the winners' announcement is made. In addition, winners will receive prizes as outlined in the Prizes section above.
* Judging: Entries will be judged on the basis of merit and appropriateness to game design considerations as determined by the Development Team. In the event that a winning skill bar is submitted by multiple people, the person awarded a prize will be selected randomly.
* Deadline: Entries must be received by 12:00 Noon PDT on Thursday, September 10, 2009.
* Announcement: Winners will be announced on or around September 24, 2009 and will be posted on www.guildwars.com. If a winner cannot be contacted at the email address they submitted, or is contacted and does not respond by signing and returning to us for our receipt within the time indicated on the documents, a Declaration of Eligibility (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules) and Liability/Publicity Release, or refuses or is ineligible to accept a prize, the prize may be awarded to the next highest ranking entrant on or about September 28. 2009. Any prize not claimed by one alternately chosen winner will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income or withholding taxes or duties), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign the applicable release and documentation.
