Article 1 – The company Blizzard Entertainment SAS, which head office is located in Velizy Villacoublay (78143), 32, avenue de l’Europe and operating under the commercial name of Blizzard is organizing a competition on the following website: www.wow-europe.com, from the 28th of June, 2010, 19:00pm CET to the 2nd of August 2010, 11:59pm CET (included).

Article 2 – The competition is opened to anyone aged 15 or more residing in France, Belgium, the United Kingdom or Luxemburg, or anyone aged 18 or more residing in Sweden, Germany, Spain, Austria, Finland, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Belarus, Serbia, Croatia, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Czech Republic or Ireland, having an active subscription to the World of Warcraft game, in good standing, attached to an active Battle.net account, except Blizzard Entertainment personnel and their family, affiliates or business partners.

Article 3 – Entrants automatically accept the terms of this competition and acknowledge the fact that this game being French, the competition is governed by French law.

Article 4 – Failure to observe the terms stated here will lead to the nullity of the participation.

Article 5 – Only one entry per household will be accepted (same name, same address).

Article 6 – Only the Guild master of active World of Warcraft Guild can enter on behalf of their Guild.

Article 7 – Entries to the competition will have to be validated and sent online by the Guildmaster, along with a list of up to ten (10) emails from their guildmates eligible to receive the prize, before the 2nd of August, midnight. The cost of the telephone communication necessary to the entry will be refunded on written request sent to: Blizzard Europe, 32, avenue de l'Europe, Bât Energy 1, 78457 Vélizy-Villacoublay Cedex. The request should legibly bear mention of the competition, the first name, last name and details of the entrant asking for a refund. Communication will be paid back up to €0.50.

Article 8 – Aim of the competition:
Players have to take a screenshot of their guild in the World of Warcraft game, showing creativity by combining lighting, landscape, scenery and impressive camera angles. The screenshot has to display the word “Cataclysm” in a speech bubble (to be activated in the game options) and the Character’s and Guild’s names.
A jury composed of Blizzard employees will decide the winners on grounds of creativity, the ability to recreate the scene, or a given moment in the World of Warcraft game. Winners will be informed individually by e-mail within 3 weeks after the contest period and will be required to give a valid mail address in order to receive their prize.

Article 9 – The contest shall last for five (5) weeks, and a hundred (100) winners will determined each week, and be awarded the following prizes:

• Ten (10) keycodes to access the World of Warcraft – Cataclysm beta (no commercial value), to be shared amongst the winning guilds.

Article 10 – The winners will be warned within 20 working days. Only one entry per household will be accepted (same name, same address).

Article 11 – Resale of the prize is forbidden. No exchange of the prize worth against money, another prize, object or service different from a prize eventually won by an entrant will be accepted.

Article 12 – The details of each entrant (name and e-mail address) will be transmitted by the Blizzard Entertainment server, which will process the data. The data will be collected during the online subscription of each user on the www.wow-europe.com website according to the « Informatique et Libertés » law, of the 6th of January 1978 and his later amendments, and according to the European directive number 95/46/CE.
Each entrant grants Blizzard Entertainment, and its parent company, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., as US company adhering to the Safe Harbor principles, permission to use the information he is providing within the framework set by the« Informatique et Libertés » law of the 6th of January 1978. Each entrant benefits from the right to access and modify his personal data.

Article 13 – In case of litigation, only tribunals in the jurisdiction of the head office of the organizing company will be competent.

Article 14 – Responsibility
In case of circumstances outside Blizzard Entertainement’s control, in a fortuitous case, or under exceptional circumstances (fire, flood, natural disaster, malevolent intrusion in the IT system, strike, jeopardize of the financial and technical viability of the competition etc.), even in the case of its own responsibility (subject to its good faith), Blizzard Entertainement retains the right to cancel the whole or part of the competition. The present competition will be cancelled in case circumstances outside Blizzard Entertainement’s control, without the entrants or winners being able to claim any form of compensation. Blizzard Entertainement retains the right to exclude entry to the present competition any individual having cheated, deceived, faked or disturbed the operations stated in this terms. Blizzard Entertainement retains the right to sue any individual having cheated, deceived, faked or disturbed the operations stated in this terms, or tried to do so. A winner having disturbed the competition in any of the ways described in the present terms will be rightfully denied the right to claim any prize.
Any addition or amendment to these terms will be announced on the internet. They will be considered annexes to the present terms.