The Sims Spark'd - Challenges - Challenge #3: CREATURE CREATION

The Sims Spark'd Community Challenge - Official Rules

No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or claim prize. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning.

1. CHALLENGE OVERVIEW. The objective of The Sims Spark’d Community Challenge series (each a “Challenge”) is to offer the game’s fan base new ways to play the game and to showcase their creativity. The theme of each Challenge will be communicated on the applicable Challenge event page (the “Theme”). To win a Challenge, you must meet the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 3 of these Official Rules and your creation must reflect the Theme as well as best exemplify the judging criteria set forth in these Official Rules. There are three variations of creations you can submit for each Challenge:

• Stylist. Channel your inner fashion guru! Design a creation that showcases the clothing, accessories, and styling capabilities of the game.
  
• Builder. Utilize the Build/Buy mode and lot construction to design a creation that showcases the architectural capabilities of the game.
  
• Storyteller. Implement Live Mode to bring the game to life. Design a compelling story of no more than 3 minutes that includes a beginning, middle, and end.
  

2. TIMING. Each Challenge has a start and end date (the “Challenge Period”). For each Challenge, the Challenge Period is set forth on the event page. Days shall be calculated on the basis of U.S. pacific time (“PT”). Creations that are submitted before or after the Challenge Period will not be judged.


3. ELIGIBILITY. To win a Challenge, you must be at least 18 years of age (or at least the minimum age of majority in your place of residence, whichever is greater) as of the start of the Challenge Period. Residents of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, the Sudan, Syria, Burma/Myanmar, or other countries that are restricted for businesses based in the United States are not eligible to participate in the Challenge. Employees and agents of Sponsor and its affiliates, agencies, and members of such employees’ and agents’ immediate families and individuals living in the same household with such employees, are not eligible to enter or win a Challenge. Void where prohibited or otherwise restricted by law.


4. TO SUBMIT A CREATION. During each applicable Challenge Period, as set forth on the Challenge event page, assess the Theme and decide whether you would like to design a creation as a stylist, a builder, and/or as a storyteller. Then, complete and submit your creation as follows:

• Stylist. Upload your creation to the “Challenge Gallery.”
  
• Builder. Upload your creation to the “Challenge Gallery.”
  
• Storyteller. Upload your creation to YouTube as “public” or “unlisted.” Then, visit www.thesims.com/challenge and complete and submit the form.
  

All creations must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. PT on the last day of the Challenge Period. Each creation must be separately submitted. If one creation is to be judged for two different variations, submit the creation multiple times as required above for each variation. There is no limit to the number of creations or variations you can submit. However, do not submit the same creation multiple times per variation. Submitting the same creation multiple times for a single variation will not increase your chances of winning and only the first of any duplicate submissions will be judged.


5. CREATION GUIDELINES. Each creation must comply with the following guidelines (“Guidelines”). Creations that do not fully comply with these Guidelines shall be disqualified from the applicable Challenge:

• All creations must either be in English or contain English subtitles, as applicable.
  
• The creation may not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright or trademark infringement.
  
• The creation must not in any way disparage Sponsor, any of its products or services, the Challenge, or any person or party affiliated with the Challenge, or alternatively appear to promote any direct competitor of Sponsor;
  
• The creation may not contain text or imagery that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
  
• The creation must not include threats (expressed or implied) to any person, place, business, or group;
  
• The creation must not invade privacy rights or any other rights of any person, business, or group, and the creation must not name or depict any third party without his/her permission;
  
• The creation must not contain text or imagery that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; and
  
• The creation must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where the creation is created.
  

Sponsor will determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, whether a creation complies with these Guidelines. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any participant if Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, that participant’s participation in any Challenge or receipt of prize would violate local law or cause damage to the reputation of Sponsor and/or any other party. Participant may be required to submit proof of his/her compliance with these Guidelines.


6. JUDGING. Creations submitted by participants who are eligible to win under the stylist and builder variations will first be judged by the Sims community. The Sims players will have the opportunity to visit the Challenge Gallery and vote on their favorite creation by “hearting” the submission at the same time the submission period begins and then closes one weeks later. The 100 stylist and 100 builder creations submitted by participants who are eligible to win a Challenge with the most votes from The Sims players will advance to the next round of judging. In the event of a tie, the creation that achieved the applicable number of votes first will advance. These creations, along with all creations submitted under the storyteller variation, will be judged by a panel comprised of EA employees as follows:

• Creativity (40%): Use of challenge relevant materials; uniqueness of submission (e.g. how original and innovative); expression of ideas (how easy your theme is to grasp); “wow” factor (how much of a wow factor the submission has at first glance).
  
• Ambition (30%): Attention to detail; technical ability (submission displays advanced techniques); submission goes above and beyond requirements.
  
• Aesthetics (20%): All aspects of the submission seem thoughtful and deliberate; the components of the submission feel overall harmonious.
  
• Overall Impression (10%)
  

The participants who are eligible to win and submitted the 30 highest scoring creations in each variation will be deemed the potential “Top Spark’d Creators.” In the event of a tie, the creation that scored the highest in the Overall Impression category will be deemed a Top Spark’d Creator. The odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received and relative skill of participants.


7. PRIZE. Each Top Spark’d Creator will:

• Be deemed a named Top Spark’d Creator of the applicable Challenge and will be featured on www.thesims.com/challenge; and
  
• Receive the opportunity to be considered to be a contestant for an upcoming season of The Sims Spark’d series (the “Series”). This opportunity is contingent upon the existence of an upcoming Series. In the event, for whatever reason, the applicable season of the Series is cancelled or postponed, or the format is modified, Sponsor will not provide any compensation or substitution for that portion of the prize. Being considered for the Series does not guarantee a Challenge Top Spark’d Creator an appearance in the Series and participant acknowledges and agrees that all such decisions relating to the Series will be in the Series producer’s sole and absolute discretion. If a Challenge Top Spark’d Creator is selected to appear in the Series, such appearance may be subject to additional terms and conditions.
  

For the rest of the rules, please visit ea.com.