Culinary Creation Contest (EU)

Rejoice European players! The Culinarian Creation Contest has now arrived to our land! This time, adventurers will be tasked with preparing a dessert! So what will it be? Cake? Pastry? Pudding!? The choice is yours! All you have to do is to create a dessert recipe using ingredients found in Eorzea (and their real life counterparts)! Post it alongside an in-game screenshot of your character cooking as a Culinarian at the guild in Limsa Lominsa and the Community Team will let their salivary glands take care of the rest.

We’ll be picking 3 winners per language (a total of 9 winners)!

Please read the following full rules for details before you submit your entry.

FINAL FANTASY XIV (“Game”) Culinary Creation contest (“Contest”)

This Contest is being operated and promoted by:

Square Enix Limited registered in England and Wales with company number 01840186
Wimbledon Bridge House
1 Hartfield Road
London SW19 3RU
United Kingdom

“Square Enix Europe” for all entrants to the Contest who are resident in Europe or Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Pakistan, Turkey, Yemen, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam / Brunei, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Israel, Jordan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz, Kazakhstan, Angola, Algeria, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Tokelau / Tokelau Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Mayotte, Reunion, St. Helena ex dep., Faeroe Islands, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Greenland, Montserrat, French Guiana, Aland Islands Bouvet Island French Southern Territories (South Pacific), Guernsey, Jersey.

PLEASE READ THESE RULES (“Rules”) CAREFULLY. By submitting an entry to the Contest you agree to accept and be bound by these Rules and the terms of any policies referred to in these Rules. We reserve the right to cancel the contest at any stage if deemed necessary in our opinion and if circumstances arise which are outside of our control.


Theme
Create a dessert recipe and add a screenshot of your character cooking at the Culinarian Guild in Limsa Lominsa.

Who may Enter

• Contestants must possess an active FINAL FANTASY XIV service account and have access to a working internet connection and web browser in order to be able to enter. Contestants are responsible for all connection charges associated with the internet connection and subscription fees associated with the registration for a FINAL FANTASY XIV service account.
• Contestants must accept our privacy policy and cookies policy located here.
• Contestants must have a permanent residence in Europe or Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Pakistan, Turkey, Yemen, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam / Brunei, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Israel, Jordan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz, Kazakhstan, Angola, Algeria, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Tokelau / Tokelau Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Mayotte, Reunion, St. Helena ex dep., Faeroe Islands, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Greenland, Montserrat, French Guiana, Aland Islands Bouvet Island French Southern Territories (South Pacific), Guernsey , Jersey.
• Contestants under the age of 18 must obtain the permission of a legal guardian before submitting entries.
• The Contest is not open to employees, directors or other officers of Square Enix Europe or its respective affiliates, agents, media partners and suppliers.

Entry Method

• Write a dessert recipe and publish a screenshot of your character cooking in the game. Publish the recipe and the screenshot together on the entry thread.

o Entry thread
o Entry example

• Entries are limited to one per person. In the case multiple entries are submitted, only the first one will be accepted.
• One screenshot per entry. Please make sure that the name of your character is visible on the screenshot.
• Once you have submitted your entry, you will be unable to edit your post.

We have created a dedicated thread for entrants to discuss the contest and to ask questions about it.

• Discussion thread

How to Post an Image

1. Upload your recipe entry to your Lodestone blog or other image hosting website
   *For uploading images to Lodestone, please refer to the instructions listed here to learn about the upload process.
2. Copy the URL for the uploaded picture.
   *This can be done by opening your image of choice in your Image List and then right-clicking and selecting "Copy Image Location." This process may differ depending on the browser you are using.
3. Finally, when posting on the forum, use the [IMG] tag and place the URL between them.

Entry Period
1 October, 2012 10:00am (GMT) to 8 October, 2012 10:00am (GMT)

Prize
We will be awarding winners with the below in-game items:

• One Grand Prize

• Scarf of Wondrous Wit
• 99 crowned cakes
• 99 cups of rolanberry lassi

• Two Runner-up Prize

• Scarf of Wondrous Wit
• 10 crowned cakes
• 10 cups of rolanberry lassi

Winners will have to place a GM call in order to have their prize delivered in-game.
All prizes are in-game items and have no monetary value.

Winner Selection

Winners will be announced on the forum on 11 October, 2012 10:00am (GMT).

Regarding Inappropriate Submissions:
Entries falling under either of the below categories will not be considered by the judges:

• Entries containing obscenity, vulgarity, discrimination, or any other offensive subject matter
• Entries containing any plagiarized or copyrighted material

The following factors may also result in disqualification:

• infringements upon copyright/intellectual property, personal credit, privacy, etc.
• counter to public order and/or morals
• submissions with content judged to be grossly deviant from the established theme
• entries not containing all of the required information, or containing erroneous information

* Square Enix Europe reserves the right to judge whether or not material is appropriate for public display

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW SQUARE ENIX EUROPE. WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ENTRY THAT IS SUBMITTED TO THE CONTEST AND THAT INFRINGES THE COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF A THIRD PARTY. YOU WARRANT AND AGREE THAT YOUR ENTRY WILL CONTAIN WORK THAT IS ENTIRELY ORIGINAL TO YOU AND DOES NOT INFRINGE OR INTERFERE WITH ANY THIRD PARTY COPYRIGHT OR OTHER RIGHTS AND YOU AGREE TO INDEMNITY SQUARE ENIX EUROPE AGAINST ANY LOSS ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF YOUR WARRANTY.

In the event that an entry violates a third-party’s copyright, the user’s FINAL FANTASY XIV service account may be suspended or cancelled.

All entries and other materials (the "Entry Materials") (including all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary rights associated therewith) submitted by you become the property of Square Enix Europe upon submission, and Entry Materials will not be returned to any contestant. In consideration of our acceptance and review of your Entry Materials into the Contest, you hereby assign to Square Enix Europe absolutely all right, title and interest for the full duration of copyright in and to the Entry Materials throughout the world. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge that Square Enix Europe will own all rights to use, modify, and make derivative works of the Entry Materials, without separate compensation to you or any other person or entity. You agree to take, at Square Enix Europe's expense, any further action (including, without limitation, execution of affidavits and other documents) reasonably requested by Square Enix Europe to effect, perfect, or confirm Square Enix Europe's ownership rights as set forth above in this paragraph. Entry Materials may be used by contestants only for purposes of the Contest or for private, personal, non-public viewing. Entry materials received by Square Enix Europe may be destroyed by Square Enix Europe at any time following the Contest.
Governing Law

These Rules and all or any dispute arising from them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.