PIXELMANIA: A MINECRAFT TOURNAMENT OFFICIAL RULES

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1 PIXELMANIA: A MINECRAFT TOURNAMENT OFFICIAL RULES The entry period for Pixelmania: A Minecraft Tournament (the Contest ) runs from 5 p.m. ET on July 22, 2016 to 8 a.m. ET on August 13, 2016 (for the Saturday, August 13 tournament) and 8 a.m. ET on August 14, 2016 (for the Sunday, August 14 tournament); or until all the slots for the Contest are filled, whichever comes first ( Entry Period ). The Contest runs from 9:30 a.m. ET until approximately 5:30 p.m. ET each day on Saturday, August 13, 2016 and Sunday, August 14, 2016 ( Contest Period ). Sponsors clock will be the official clock of the Contest, and all times set forth herein are Eastern Time. The sponsors of this Contest are The Hartford Courant Co., LLC, 285 Broad St., Hartford, CT and Connecticut Science Center, 250 Columbus Blvd., Hartford, CT ( Sponsors ). The Contest will be subject to these Official Rules, and by entering, all Entrants agree (on behalf of themselves and on behalf of the Contestants on whose behalf they enter) to be bound by the terms and conditions herein. 1) Eligibility: For purposes of this Contest the parent/legal guardian submitting the entry on behalf of the child will be deemed the entrant ( Entrant ) and the child will be deemed the contestant ( Contestant ). To be eligible, a Contestant must be between seven and 15 years of age as of the date of entry and a legal U.S. resident residing in the U.S. (the Contest Area ). To be eligible, an Entrant must be 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry, the parent or legal guardian of the Contestant on whose behalf the Entrant entered, and a legal U.S. resident residing in the Contest Area. Contestants are not required to have a Minecraft account to participate. If a Contestant does not have a Minecraft account, one will be provided by the Connecticut Science Center. Employees (and the employees immediate family members (parents, children, and siblings) and those living in the same household) of the Sponsors and their parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries, and of any affiliated with this Contest, are not eligible to participate as either Contestants or Entrants. A potential winner may be requested to provide the Sponsors with proof that all eligibility requirements are met. THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED AND OUTSIDE CONTEST AREA. 2) How to Enter: During the Entry Period, Entrant must visit and accurately complete the registration entry form. Only Entrants may submit an entry form Contestants must not complete the form. Please note there is a $60 fee for entry, which must be paid by the Entrant. An Entrant who is a Connecticut Science Center member will receive the following in connection with the entry: entry for one Contestant in the Contest; a Certificate of Participation for the Contestant; Pixelmania T-shirt for the Contestant; free spectator admission up to level of membership and $12 per person spectator admission for additional spectators; admission to Connecticut Science Center Pixelmania Celebration; and two Pixelmania Carnival activity tokens. Entrant who is not a Connecticut Science Center member will receive the following in connection with the entry: entry for one Contestant in the Contest; a Certificate of Participation for the Contestant; Pixelmania T-shirt for the Contestant; $12 discounted admission for spectator; admission to Connecticut Science Center Pixelmania Celebration; and one Pixelmania Carnival activity tokens. All entries must be submitted and received within the Entry Period. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Limit one entry per Contestant. An Entrant may submit more than one entry if he or she is entering on behalf of more than one of his/her children/wards. The information Entrants provide in connection with the Contest will be used by Sponsors in accordance with their Privacy Policy, which is found at and and which may be updated from time to time. 3) Contest Structure: The Contest has three rounds: the first round ( First Round ), which will take place in six 30-minute sessions on each day of the Contest Period; the second round ( Second Round ), which will take place in six 30-minute sessions on each day of the Contest Period; and the final round ( Final Round ), which will take place at the end of each day of the Contest Period. All three rounds will be held at the Connecticut Science Center, 250 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT Contestants must be present to participate and win. Contestants may not participate remotely, and any Contestant who is not present for any round will be disqualified. 4) First Round: When the Entrant enters, the Entrant will be asked to designate a First Round session time. Each day of the Contest Period, First Round sessions will be held at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. The First Round sessions will be held in two labs, each of which holds 25 Contestants for a total of up to 50 Contestants per session and up to 300 Contestants per Contest day. Spots in each First Round session are subject to availability and are first-come, first-serve. Each First Round session will last 30 minutes. The Contestants will be in creative mode. Contestants will be given a photo of a landmark and will be asked to build that landmark in a flat Minecraft world. Prizes (as described

2 more fully below) will be awarded for the builds (the First Round Prizes ). Judges will determine winners of First Round Prizes based on Most Detailed, Most Creative, Best Overall Design. 5) Second Round: Each day of the Contest Period, Second Round sessions will be held at 10:30 a.m. (for the Contestants who advance from the 9:30 a.m. session), 11:30am (for the Contestants who advance from the 10:30 a.m. session), 12:30PM p.m. (for the Contestants who advance from the 11:30 p.m. session), 1:30 p.m. (for the Contestants who advance from the 12:30 p.m. session), 2:30 p.m. (for the Contestants who advance from the 1:30 p.m. session), and 3:30p.m. (for the Contestants who advance from the 2:30 p.m. session).the Second Round will be held in the Connecticut Science Theater, and there will be up to 14 Contestants in each Second Round session the top seven Contestants from each lab in the immediately preceding First Round session. Each Second Round session will last up to 30 minutes and will consist of a Parkour Challenge in Minecraft. In the second 30-minute segment, Contestants will be asked to complete a Parkour course in Minecraft. Each Contestant will be allowed three timed trials. The five Contestants with the best times (one trial only) in the time trials will advance to the Final Round. In the case of a tie, each contestant will rerun the course. 6) Final Round: Each day of the Contest Period, the Final Round session will be held at 4:15 p.m. There will be up to 30 Contestants in the Final Round (the top five from each Second Round session). The Second Round will be held in the Connecticut Science Theater, and there will be up to 15 Contestants in each Second Round session the top five Contestants from each lab in the immediately preceding First Round session. The Final Round will last up to 30 minutes and will consist of a survival mode challenge in Minecraft. Contestants will be tasked with finding a diamond or gem within a set amount of time while fending off creepers, ghosts, and zombies. The top three Contestants in the Final Round will receive prizes. Contestants will be eliminated in the order in which their virtual selves die in the game (limit one life per Contestant). The first three Contestants in the Final Round to find the diamond or gem will receive prizes in the order in which they find the diamond or gem. If fewer than three Contestants find the diamond or gem in the Final Round, the Contestants who survive the longest will receive prizes. For example, if two Contestants find the diamond or gem those Contestants will win the grand and first prizes in the order in which they found the diamond or gem, and the Contestants who did not find a diamond or gem but who survives the longest will win the second prize. 7) Winner Verification: Winners will be announced at the conclusion of the Final Round. If a potential winning Contestant (and/or the Entrant who entered on behalf of the Contestant) does not fulfill the eligibility requirements, if a potential winning Contestant (and/or the Entrant who entered on behalf of the Contestant) does not adhere to the Official Rules, and/or if the potential winning Contestant (and/or the Entrant who entered on behalf of the Contestant) does not complete and return any required documents by the deadline established by Sponsors, that potential winning Contestant may be disqualified. 8) Contest Prizes: Each day of the Contest Period, the following Contest Prizes will be awarded. One Grand Prize: TBD. Approximate retail value ( ARV ): $ One First Prize: TBD. ARV: $ One Second Prize: TBD. ARV: $ Total ARV of all Contest Prizes each day: $ ) First Round Prizes: For each session of the First Round the following First Round prizes will be awarded. 90 Prizes to Top 15 players from each session progressing to Second Round: TBD. ARV: $10 per prize. First Round Prizes: TBD. ARV: $ total each day. 30 Second Round Prizes: TBD. ARV: $20.00 per prize. Second Round Prizes: TBD. ARV: $ total each day. Total ARV of all First and Second Round Prizes: $1, ) Conditions Applicable to All Prizes: Prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash, and prize substitution will not be allowed, except at the discretion of the Sponsors. All expenses not specifically listed herein are the responsibility of the prize winner. Prizes will be awarded to the Entrants on behalf of the winning Contestants. All properly claimed prizes will be awarded, but in no event will Sponsors award more prizes than are provided for in these Official Rules. Winning Entrant responsible for all taxes on prize, and winner may be required to complete and return certain tax documents to Sponsors. 9) Responsibility Release: By entering, Entrants agree (on behalf of themselves and on behalf of the Contestants on whose behalf they enter) to release, waive, and hold harmless Sponsors and their affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and all of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, and liability arising from injuries, damages, costs, or expenses of any kind (including without limitation attorney s fees)

3 incurred as a result of the Entrants and Contestants participation in this Contest and/or their acceptance, use, or misuse of the prize. 10) Publicity: By entering this Contest, Entrants agree (on behalf of themselves and on behalf of the Contestants on whose behalf they enter) to allow use of the Entrant and Contestant s name, voice, photograph, likeness, and hometown in any medium of communication, including but not limited to print, Internet, radio and/or television and for any purpose, including advertising, promotional or other purposes, by Sponsors and their licensees and affiliates, without additional compensation. 11) Internet/Fraud/Tampering: Sponsors are not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any Contest-related materials; for entries that are lost, late, misdirected, deleted, incomplete, inaccurate, or garbled or entries that are processed, reported, or transmitted late or incorrectly or are lost for any reason, including computer, telephone, paper transfer, human or other error, or for electronic, computer or telephonic malfunction or error, including inability to access any website associated with this Contest, or process any transaction thereon. If for any reason the entry portion this Contest is not capable of running as planned, or if this Contest or any web site associated therewith (or any portion thereof) becomes corrupted or does not allow the proper processing of entries in accordance with these Official Rules, or if infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, actions by Entrants or Contestants, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes, in the Sponsors opinion, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, the Sponsors reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual implicated in such action and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the entry portion of this Contest or any portion thereof. If this Contest is cancelled during the Entry Period, Sponsors will refund all entry fees. If such cancellation, termination, modification, or suspension occurs, notification will be posted on Contest entry site. Sponsors reserve the right to prohibit or disqualify any Entrant or Contestant from participating in the Contest if, at their sole discretion, Sponsors find such Entrant or Contestant to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, or if such Entrant or Contestant shows a disregard for, or attempts to circumvent, these Official Rules, or acts: (a) in a manner the Sponsors determine to be not fair or equitable; (b) with an intent to annoy, threaten or harass any other Entrant or Contestant or Sponsors; or (c) in any other disruptive manner. Sponsors assume no liability for (a) any incorrect or inaccurate entry information, or for any faulty, failed, garbled or jumbled electronic data transmissions; (b) any unauthorized access to, or theft, destruction or alteration of entries at any point in the operation of this Contest; (c) any technical malfunction, failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or communications line failure, regardless of cause, with regard to any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers or providers utilized in any aspect of the operation of the Contest; or (d) inaccessibility or unavailability of the Internet or the Contest website or any combination thereof. 12) Trademark: Any third party trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective trademark owners. The use or mention of such third party trademarks in these Official Rules or in the Contest is solely for descriptive purposes and will in no way imply an endorsement or sponsorship of the Contest. 13) Release of Liability: Sponsors, their parents, affiliates and subsidiaries, all prize providers, and any other entity involved in the administration of this Contest ( Released Parties ) expressly disclaim any and all warranties or any kind (whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise), including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Released parties will not be liable or responsible for those guarantees or warranties made or offered by advertisers, partners, manufacturers, or suppliers, including those related to any prize. Under no circumstances will Released Parties be held responsible or liable for your use of the information and/or products provided and/or made available through the Contest or for errors or anomalies resulting in the unintended or erroneous participation, prize award, or other benefits under these Official Rules. Released Parties offer no assurances, guarantees, or warranties that the Contest or related website will be uninterrupted or error free and do not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the Contest. Released Parties will not be liable, and are not responsible for, damages of any kind related to your participation in, or inability to participate in, the Contest, whether the damages are direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential. Some states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you in whole or in part. 14) Typographical and Other Errors: Sponsors reserve the right to correct typographical, printing or clerical errors in any Contest-related materials.

4 15) Disputes: By entering the Contest, Entrants (on behalf of themselves and on behalf of the Contestants on whose behalf they enter) agree that (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest, or any prizes awarded, will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards will be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Contest, but in no event attorneys fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any Entrant or Contestant be permitted to obtain any award for, and Entrants (on behalf of themselves and on behalf of the Contestants on whose behalf they enter) hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses. Some jurisdictions do not allow for limitations on the ability to pursue class action remedies, or certain kinds of damages, and so these limitations may not apply to you. Any failure by Sponsors to enforce any of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of such Official Rules. 16) Construction: If there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between any terms or conditions of these Official Rules and any disclosures or other statements contained in any other Contest-related materials, including but not limited to the Contest entry forms, or point of sale, television, print, mobile or online advertising, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules will prevail, govern and control. 17) Choice of Law: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrants or Released Parties in connection with the Contest, will be governed by Connecticut law, without giving effect to any choice of law rules that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Connecticut. All entrants expressly agree that any legal proceedings arising out of or relating in any way to this Contest or these Official Rules must be brought only in the federal or state courts located in Hartford, Connecticut, and entrants consent to the mandatory and exclusive jurisdiction in such courts with respect to any such legal proceedings. 18) Unenforceability: If any provision of these Official Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules will otherwise remain in effect and be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. 19) Winners List: For the name of the winner, available after August 14, 2016, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Pixelmania Winners List, Connecticut Science Center, 250 Columbus Blvd, Hartford, CT Request for winners list must be received by September 30, ) Photo/Video Release: I agree that any images, whether still or video, that contain my likeness and/or voice OR the likeness of my child or a child of which I am legal guardian may be used by the Connecticut Science Center for marketing, publicity, promotions, advertising, broadcast, and related purposes and that I shall receive no compensation for my participation. I further agree that participation in these efforts confers upon me no rights to use, ownership or copyright of said marketing materials. I release the Connecticut Science Center, their employees, agents, and assigns from all liability which may arise from any and/or all claims by me or any third party in connection with my participation in the project. It is also understood that the Connecticut Science Center is under no obligation to broadcast the above identified marketing materials.

5 PIXELMANIA: A MINECRAFT TOURNAMENT ABBREVIATED RULES Entry runs from 5:00pm ET on 7/26/16 to 8:00am ET on 8/13/16 or until all entry slots are filled, whichever comes first. Contest runs from 9:30 am ET to 5:30pm ET each day on 8/13/16 & 8/14/16. For purposes of this Contest the parent/legal guardian submitting the entry on behalf of the child will be deemed the entrant ( Entrant ) and the child will be deemed the contestant ( Contestant ). To be eligible, a Contestant must be between seven and 15 years of age as of the date of entry and a legal U.S. resident residing in the U.S. (the Contest Area ). To be eligible, an Entrant must be 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry, the parent or legal guardian of the Contestant on whose behalf the Entrant entered, and a legal U.S. resident residing in the Contest Area. Contestants are not required to have Minecraft account to participate. Void where prohibited & outside CT. To enter, visit & complete entry form. Only Entrants may submit entry form Contestants must not complete form. Please note there is a $60 fee for entry, which must be paid by Entrant. Limit 1 entry per Contestant. 1 st, 2 nd & Final Rounds of Minecraft play each day at Connecticut Science Center. Overall Contest Prizes each day: 1 Grand Prize: TBD. Approximate retail value ( ARV ): $ nd Prize: TBD. ARV: $ rd Prize: TBD. ARV: $ Total ARV of all Contest prizes each day: $ Following prizes awarded for each session of 1 st round: 90 Prizes to Top 15 players from each session progressing to Second Round: TBD. ARV: $10 per prize. First Round Prizes: TBD. ARV: $ total each day. 30 Second Round Prizes: TBD. ARV: $20.00 per prize. Second Round Prizes: TBD. ARV: $ total each day. Total ARV of all First and Second Round Prizes: $1, PHOTO/VIDEO RELEASE: I agree that any images, whether still or video, that contain my likeness and/or voice OR the likeness of my child or a child of which I am legal guardian may be used by the Connecticut Science Center for marketing, publicity, promotions, advertising, broadcast, and related purposes and that I shall receive no compensation for my participation. Full rules are available to download and print at Sponsors: The Connecticut Science Center, 250 Columbus Blvd., Hartford, CT