“#RESPAWNRecruits CONTEST”
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Eligibility:
The “#RESPAWNRecruits Contest” is open to anyone who is at least 18 years of age or older and a resident of the contiguous United States at the time the contest begins. Participants must also have at least one valid social media account either on YouTube, Twitter, TicTok, Instagram, Facebook or Twitch. The “#RESPAWNRecruits Contest” (“Contest”) is void outside the United States, or where prohibited or restricted by law.
This Contest is sponsored by OFM, LLC (“Sponsor”). All employees, officers, directors and agents and their immediate families or any members of their households, regardless of relationship, of Sponsor or any advertising agency or other company involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of this Contest are not eligible to participate in the Contest or to win any prizes.
Any Contest entries received from an ineligible participant will be disqualified. By participating in this Contest, participants accept and agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final on all matters. Sponsor reserves the right to modify the rules of the Contest in any way at any time, subject to state or federal law.
Sponsor is promoting this Contest on YouTube, Twitter, TicTok, Instagram, Facebook and Twitch but none of these social media platforms are official sponsors of this Contest.
Contest Period:
The Contest begins on June 10, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. CST and ends on July 22, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. CST (“Contest Period”). All entries must be received and recorded by the Sponsor during the Contest Period to be eligible.
How To Register:
Participants can register for the Contest by completing and submitting a Registration Form at Sponsor’s official website (found at [link]) which will require the participant’s name, address, email, phone number, social media accounts, list of participant’s favorite Sponsor products, and a statement explaining why participant deserves to be picked as Sponsor’s recruit. Participant is limited to one entry for the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any participant found to be tampering with the registration process or attempting to submit more than one entry.
Sponsor is not responsible for lost, misdirected, late, unsent, incomplete, illegible or unintelligible entries or for inaccurate entry information, whether caused by the participant or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the transmittal of any entry or the processing of any function on the participant’s computer system. Participant must notify Sponsor of any changed contact information within the Contest Period to remain eligible to win based on entry information. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; to be acting in violation of these rules; or to be acting with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or similar response methods will void all such entries submitted by such methods.
Contest Description:
After participants register for the Contest, they will need to (1) visit Sponsor’s website to discover the content that Sponsor is looking for participants to create; (2) create the content; (3) post the content on participants’ social media accounts and make it public using the required hashtag; and (4) return to Sponsor’s website and follow the directions to paste a link to the participant’s posted content. Once the content is posted on the participants’ social media platforms and shared with Sponsor through a link as directed, participants will be entered for the Contest. Participants cannot alter their content once it has been linked and entered with Sponsor.
Participants’ social media accounts must be set to “public” to participate in the Contest. Once a participant learns that they have been eliminated from the Contest they can reset their account to “private.”
Sponsor will announce the Top 1000 qualifiers in the Contest on its website on or around 12:00 p.m. CST on July 1st, 2022. Once the Top 1000 qualifiers have been named, Sponsor will post the next stage of the Contest content requirements on its website. The Top 1000 qualifiers will need to (1) visit Sponsor’s website to discover the content that Sponsor is looking for participants to create; (2) create the content; (3) post the content on participants’ social media accounts and make it public using the required hashtag; and (4) return to Sponsor’s website and follow the directions to paste a link to the participant’s posted content. Once the content is posted on the participants’ social media platforms and shared with Sponsor through a link as directed, participants will be entered for the Contest. Participants cannot alter their content once it has been linked and entered with Sponsor.
Sponsor will announce the Top 250 qualifiers in the Contest on its website on or around 12:00 p.m. CST on July 6th, 2022. Once the Top 250 qualifiers have been named, Sponsor will post the next stage of the Contest content requirements on its website. The Top 250 qualifiers will need to (1) visit Sponsor’s website to discover the content that Sponsor is looking for participants to create; (2) create the content; (3) post the content on participants’ social media accounts and make it public using the required hashtag; and (4) return to Sponsor’s website and follow the directions to paste a link to the participant’s posted content. Once the content is posted on the participants’ social media platforms and shared with Sponsor through a link as directed, participants will be entered for the Contest. Participants cannot alter their content once it has been linked and entered with Sponsor.
Sponsor will announce the Top 100 qualifiers in the Contest on its website on or around 12:00 p.m. CST on July 8th, 2022. Once the Top 100 qualifiers have been named, Sponsor will post the next stage of the Contest content requirements on its website. The Top 100 qualifiers will need to (1) visit Sponsor’s website to discover the content that Sponsor is looking for participants to create; (2) create the content; (3) post the content on participants’ social media accounts and make it public using the required hashtag; and (4) return to Sponsor’s website and follow the directions to paste a link to the participant’s posted content. Once the content is posted on the participants’ social media platforms and shared with Sponsor through a link as directed, participants will be entered for the Contest. Participants cannot alter their content once it has been linked and entered with Sponsor.
Sponsor will announce the Top 25 qualifiers in the Contest on its website on or around 12:00 p.m. CST on July 12th, 2022. Once the Top 25 qualifiers have been named, Sponsor will post the next stage of the Contest content requirements on its website. The Top 25 qualifiers will need to (1) visit Sponsor’s website to discover the content that Sponsor is looking for participants to create; (2) create the content; (3) post the content on participants’ social media accounts and make it public using the required hashtag; and (4) return to Sponsor’s website and follow the directions to paste a link to the participant’s posted content. Once the content is posted on the participants’ social media platforms and shared with Sponsor through a link as directed, participants will be entered for the Contest. Participants cannot alter their content once it has been linked and entered with Sponsor.
Sponsor will announce the Top 10 qualifiers in the Contest on its website on or around 12:00 p.m. CST on July 19th, 2022. Once the Top 10 qualifiers have been named, Sponsor will post the next stage of the Contest content requirements on its website. The Top 10 qualifiers will need to (1) visit Sponsor’s website to discover the content that Sponsor is looking for participants to create; (2) create the content; (3) post the content on participants’ social media accounts and make it public using the required hashtag; and (4) return to Sponsor’s website and follow the directions to paste a link to the participant’s posted content. Once the content is posted on the participants’ social media platforms and shared with Sponsor through a link as directed, participants will be entered for the Contest. Participants cannot alter their content once it has been linked and entered with Sponsor.
Sponsor will announce the 3 winners and the grand prize winner on July 21st, 2022.
All participants acknowledge and agree that their content is original work and give Sponsor permission to share their content on Sponsor’s website and social media.
Judging Criteria:
Judges will rate the top participants on a combination of factors, including, but not limited to: (1) the number of followers on the participant’s social media accounts; (2) the engagement the participant is able to generate from his/her post; (3) quality of the content; (4) creativity of the content; and (5) effort on the part of the participant. Sponsor reserves the right to select fewer Top participants if it determines it did not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified entries in the Contest. Judges scores and opinions will not be revealed, and all decisions of the Sponsor shall be final and binding.
Judging:
Entries will be judged by the Sponsor’s Social Media and Content Team. The team will review submissions and determine winners based on the Judging Criteria. The Sponsor’s Social Media and Content Team is made up of 5 individuals with backgrounds in Partnerships, Digital Marketing and Creative. Their opinions and determinations will be final and are not subject to objection or appeal.
Prizes:
The grand No transfer, assignment, cash redemption or substitution of any prize is permitted, except by Sponsor due to prize availability and then with a prize of equal or greater value.
Selection of Winners:
Sponsor’s Social Media and Content Team will judge the Contest and review all entries received during the Contest Period. Sponsor’s judges will determine the winners after consideration of all other eligible entries. There will be one (1) grand prize winner and three (3) secondary winners. The winning content will be shared on Sponsor’s official website and social media.
The winners will be those participants whose content is selected by Sponsor’s Social Media and Content Team. The 3 winners and the grand prize winner will be selected on July 21st, 2022. Sponsor will notify the winners by email.
Winners must respond within five (5) days of being notified or their prize may be forfeited and another Contest participant chosen. The potential winner must satisfactorily complete an affidavit of eligibility showing compliance with these Contest Rules and must also sign a liability and publicity release allowing Sponsor to use his or her information for advertising or other purposes. Failure to complete these forms may result in forfeiture of the prize. In the event that the potential winner is disqualified for any reason, the Sponsor may select an alternate potential winner.
Winners are solely responsible for all applicable federal, state or provincial, and local taxes and any expenses associated with any prizes. Where the value of a prize is $600 or more, Sponsor is required to issue a Form 1099-MISC to the winner, which the winner must complete and then return a copy to Sponsor prior to the Sponsor delivering the prize. Information required in the 1099 includes winner’s name, address and tax id.
The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, terminate, or suspend this Contest should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control corrupt or impair the administration, security or fairness of the Contest. The Sponsor is not responsible for any human or technological error that may occur in the processing of the Contest nor are they responsible for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, communications line failure, theft or destruction of, unauthorized access to, delay in operation, transmission, or distribution of, or alteration of entries, whether caused by the sender, any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest, or otherwise.
Limitation of Liability and Dispute Resolution
Except where prohibited, each participant and winner accepting a prize agrees that: (a) all issues and questions concerning these rules shall be governed by Iowa law without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law of any jurisdiction; (b) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Contest or any prize awarded shall be (i) resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (ii) filed only in the state courts situated in Iowa, and participant hereby consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such disputes, claims or causes of action; (c) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event shall include attorneys' fees; and (d) under no circumstances will any participant or winner be permitted to obtain awards for and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, special, 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.
Privacy Policy
Sponsor will be collecting personal data about participants when participants enter the Contest. Sponsor is entitled to use the personal data contained in the Registration Form in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy found at https://ofminc.com/policies/privacy-policy. By participating in the Contest, participants hereby agree to all personal information uses and disclaimers as explained in the Privacy Policy.
Identification of Winners and Official Rules:
For identification of the winners or a copy of these Official Rules, contact Darius Gotay on or before July 31, 2022, at GotayD@respawnproducts.com.