{"id":4835,"date":"2009-04-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=4835"},"modified":"2009-04-28T02:47:13","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T02:47:13","slug":"abt-announces-our-first-name-our-mascot-contest-win-great-hw-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/abt-announces-our-first-name-our-mascot-contest-win-great-hw-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"ABT Announces our first Contest – “Name our Mascot” . . . Enter Free for your chance to Win great HW Prizes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"head\"<\/a>Help us celebrate\u00a0AlienBabelTech’s\u00a0six month’s anniversary this week\u00a0by entering to win some great hardware prizes.\u00a0\u00a0Just help us name our ABT Mascot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

To enter to win, simply join our forum and enter your choice of a mascot name in a designated thread<\/a>.\u00a0 This contest is open to all including\u00a0current<\/em> ABT forum members – except ABT staff and their families.\u00a0\u00a0 The mascot’s winning name will be decided by ABT forum members’ popular vote which ends at midnight PST on April 26, 2009 and the member who submits the winning name, gets Cooler Master’s Hyper N520 Universal CPU cooler<\/a> as featured in ABT’s review here<\/a> and in accordance with the contest rules (below).\u00a0 In addition, the contest winner\u00a0also gets a 500w Cooler Master SilentPower Modular power supply<\/a>!<\/div>\n

After you have signed up at\u00a0ABT forums, feel free to start or join a discussion already in progress.\u00a0 ABT forum is the best place on the Internet to freely speak your mind – with minimal moderation and no “site point of view” imposed on anyone!\u00a0 Instead, everyone has real freedom balanced with personal responsibility.\u00a0 That means that everyone is their own moderator<\/em> and is empowered to block those that they deem trolls as a “foe” and you will never see their posts again.\u00a0 It is a Great Experiment that you are invited to become part of. In time, ABT forum will transform into a 3D world powered by a game engine while staying true to its forum roots.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, you are very welcome to join our growing lively membership, name our mascot, and maybe win some nice hardware.\u00a0 It is all free to enter and join.<\/p>\n


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\"NameOf course, there are always legal details and fine print as below:<\/p>\n

“Name our Mascot\u201d Contest Eligibility and Disclaimer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Eligibility<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This contest is open to all; but only residents of the United States who are at least 18 years of age may win prizes as we cannot mail them to international addresses as yet. This contest excludes employees or staff of AlienBabelTech.com from participating in this contest and\/or those living in the same household.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only entries submitted electronically through ABT forum and posted in [this locked thread] are eligible for consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contest officially starts now –\u00a0Sunday April 5, 2009 10:00 AM PST – and will run for 3 weeks with the ending date on Sunday March 26, 2009 at 10:00 am PST.<\/span><\/p>\n

There will be a Cooler Master, Hyper N520 universal CPU cooler, and a 500 watt Cooler Master SilentPower power supply given out as Prize for the winning entry at the end of the contest; the ABT Mascot name to be picked by popular vote on our forums.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only one contest entry is allowed per IP address and\/or email address.\u00a0 Only one vote will be allowed per member name\/IP address to be posted in one thread which will be locked by ABT administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

General Conditions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

All contest entries, including whatever personal information provided in them, become the property of AlienBabelTech.\u00a0 The mascot name submitted if chosen by ABT will become the property of ABT for naming our mascot.<\/span><\/p>\n

By participating in this contest, entrants agree to be bound by these Contest Rules and Regulations, including the eligibility requirements. The submission of an entry constitutes permission for AlienBabelTech to use the entrant’s email address and other submitted information for purposes of marketing and promotion as well as using the name submitted for our mascot.<\/span><\/p>\n

AlienBabelTech, its officers and employees, shall have no obligation nor responsibility regarding <\/span>entries that contain inaccurate information or are\u00a0 uninteligable nor <\/span>entries that do not comply with these contest rules and regulations.\u00a0 Entries that are lost or submitted after the official deadline or not received by ABT will not be considered.
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In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an on-line entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the holder of the forum account.\u00a0 The chosen winner\u2019s name will be posted online and they will also be contacted via email. <\/span>Entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the forum membership at the time of the entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the person who is assigned membership by ABT.<\/span><\/p>\n

The selected entrant will be contacted by email within 2 days of the draw and announced in the forum. The selected entrant must respond to the e-mail\/announcement within one (1) week of its receipt\/posting in order to claim the prize. If the selected entrant cannot be contacted and\/or does not respond within the specified time period, ABT reserves the right to select another winner \u2013 the runner up in the contest, as determined by the popular vote of the forum. An email address is deemed invalid if the destination email server is unable to deliver the message, which includes full mailboxes, content filters or any other circumstance that prevents the timely delivery of the message. Invalid email address shall be immediately disqualified, and another winner shall be selected.<\/span><\/p>\n

The selected entrant must sign a declaration and waiver form releasing ABT, its officers, employees, agents, respective affiliates, representatives, sponsors and franchisees, of any and all liability, claim or legal actions of any nature for injuries, damages or losses resulting from acceptance, possession or use of the prize, including transportation, preparation and\/or participation in activities in connection with this contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prize will be shipped by USPS or UPS ground. The odds of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible online entries received and the name that is chosen by popular vote by the forum members. Prize must be accepted as awarded with no substitutions. This prize is not redeemable for cash. <\/span><\/p>\n

ABT reserves the right to disqualify any entrant trying to tamper with the\u00a0contest submission process and\/or disqualify any entrant violating these rules and regulations.\u00a0 This contest is subject to all applicable Federal and State laws of the United States. <\/span>Any contestant who does not agree with the above terms and conditions should not enter this contest.\u00a0 No purchase or payment of any consideration is necessary to enter the contest. <\/span>
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We look forward to seeing you on our forum.\u00a0 Besides helping us to name our mascot, we think you will like the freedom of ABT forums that no other site has or can handle.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is just ABT’s first contest; please\u00a0stay around for many more.<\/p>\n

Welcome and good luck in the contest.<\/p>\n


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The ABT Staff<\/p>\n

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