Eastside Games Cooking Competition
Edingames.com
A World Food Championships and Culinary Crossroads Event
Monday, June 17, 2024, at 6 PM
Doors Open at 5:30 PM
TIMING
Home Cooks begin promptly at 6 PM.
Professional cooks may have a staggered start after 6 PM.
Address:
Paramount Brookside (backyard)
3020 Nowland Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46202
EVENT CONTACT:
Tommy Reddicks:
[email protected]
Golden Ticket Category: Chef
OVERVIEW, RULES, & CHEF INFO
Event Social Description:
Get ready for the ultimate showdown at the Eastside Games Cooking Competition! Local and regional chefs will go spatula to spatula in a battle royale for the prestigious Golden Ticket to the World Food Championships. It's a culinary rollercoaster as chefs kick off with a theme ingredient, then get thrown a curveball and a bonus ingredient halfway through. Watch these kitchen wizards work their magic as they whip up new creations on the fly. Let the culinary games begin!
NUMBER OF COMPETITORS: 20
Home Cook Division: 10
Professional Cook Division: 10
Prize Money*
Professional Cook Division Only
1st Place: $500 plus a Golden Ticket in the Chef Category
2nd Place: $200
*Additional prize money is subject to donations/sponsorships. Amounts will be updated in real time.
HOME COOK REGISTRATION:
Registration for home cooks is free. Registration priority is based on a first come first served basis, with completed email applications (time and date stamped) determining the order of entry. Registration must be made via the Eastside Games website registration page: edingames.com/registration.
PROFESSIONAL COOK REGISTRATION:
The registration fee is $50 (waived for Team Indiana chefs). Registration priority is based on a first come first served basis, with completed email applications (time and date stamped) determining the order of entry. Registration must be made via the Eastside Games website registration page: edingames.com/registration. Registration fees (when applicable) must be paid in full prior to acceptance into the competition. Venmo or Paypal arrangements must be made with the event host: [email protected].
PROFESSIONAL COOK DEFINITION:
A professional cook includes the following: A current line cook, sous chef, or executive chef in an active food service location. A graduate of a licensed culinary program.
INGREDIENTS
All main, curveball, bonus, and pantry ingredients will be supplied during the competition for professional cooks. Pantry items will not be provided for home cooks. If a mandatory ingredient is not vegetarian, a vegetarian option will be available. Supplementary ingredients, seasonings, and condiments are the financial responsibility of the competing cooks.
EVENT DESRIPTION:
This 90-minute competition features the utilization of a themed main ingredient. This ingredient will be unveiled on June 1 on this site. Home cooks will grab their theme ingredient and return to their home kitchen to cook. Professional chefs will cook onsite. A culinary curve ball will be introduced 45-minutes into the competition, forcing a team approach for home cooks, traveling back and forth through the city. A non-mandatory bonus ingredient will also be unveiled at 45-minutes, but will present a culinary challenge to competitors, who must decide whether it can be incorporated into their dish.
Official Rules:
Teams must present a composed dish featuring the main and curveball ingredients (bonus ingredient is optional) at the host site before time expires. Dishes are judged in the order of arrival. The E.A.T. methodology (from the World Food Championships) will be used to determine the final standings. For home cooks, team-themed, spirited apparel is rewarded with medal points related to the Eastside Games community standings.
What must be prepared for judging?
A “Composed Dish”: Each chef must prepare one composed dish where an entrée and at least one side acts as one complete dish.
At Least One Side: At least one complimentary side dish is required for judging. Cooks must justify their side dish to the judges if it is incorporated into the entrée. While judges will make every attempt to accept incorporated sides, it remains an issue of judges discretion. For instance, including beans in a taco as an incorporated side may not make a compelling argument for the judges.
Size Limits: There is no size limit for the final dish, but cooks should consider how four judges will taste the dish in a way that allows for the appreciation of the overall concept and the required ingredients. Final dishes presented as four samples for judges are allowed (four composed tacos served on a bed of Spanish rice, for example) but must still represent the composed dish, where entrée and sides act as the total entry.
Plateware: Cooks must provide plateware for the final composed dish. Traditional silverware will be provided for judges. Plateware will be returned to competing cooks at the end of the competition.
Timing, heat, presentation, and scoring.
Cooks not abiding by the official rules will be judged but will lose their eligibility for final awards. Participating cooks must submit registration prior to June 10, 2024, via the Edingames.com registration link: http://www.edingames.com/registration.html.
Payment for registration fees must be made on June 17, 2024 at the host site prior to 6 PM. Submit questions to [email protected]
AWARDS
Results:
Home Cooks: Judging begins in the order of each home cook's arrival back to the host site. Any arrivals after the 90-minute window are disqualified.
Late dishes may be judged (at the discretion of the judges) but cannot count towards final medal points. The panel of expert judges will use the E.A.T.
methodology (from the World Food Championships) to determine winners.
Professional cooks: Chef starts may be staggered depending on the site logisitics. Judging begins in the order of each finished dish. Cooks cannot
adjust or change their dish once they announce they have finished. Chefs who finish after the 90-minute window are disqualified.
Late dishes may be judged (at the discretion of the judges) but cannot count towards final standings. The panel of expert judges will use the E.A.T.
methodology (from the World Food Championships) to determine winners.
Home Cooks:
The top home cook competitors will receive a gold, silver, and bronze medal for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place respectively. The
Gold Medal team will receive an entry into the annual Perfect bite Competition at the TURN Festival (held each
September) with a chance to compete for a golden ticket to the World Food Championships in November.
Professional Cooks:
1st Place
In partnership with the World Food Championships, the judge’s winner of the Eastside Games Cooking Competition will
receive a Golden Ticket (Valued at $1,000) which is an official entry into the World Food Championships. This ticket will
allow for registration into one specific competition category in the World Food Championships. The category of the ticket
is not intended to be related to any ingredient category in the Eastside Games Cooking Competition. All registration fees
and submission requirements for the World Food Championships are the responsibility of the winning chef.
Runner Up
In partnership with the World Food Championships, the runner up (2nd Place) of the Eastside Games Cooking
Competition may receive entrance into the Last Chance Qualifier (pending annual confirmation of a Last Chance Qualifier
event) at the World Food Championships, which is an official entry into the year’s final qualifier for World Food
Championships (typically held one day prior to the November event). This entrance will allow for registration into the
qualifier, but all registration fees and submission requirements for World Food Championships events are the
responsibility of the winning chef.
Bonus Awards
A bronze medal for the best use for the culinary curveball and best team spirit will be given out during the awards
ceremony at the conclusion of the home cook's portion of the event.
ARRIVAL:
Cooks should arrive at the event host site (Chef JJ's: 42 W South St, Indianapolis, IN 46225) between 5 PM an 5:45 PM. Arriving teams should congregate in the main dining area, where they can check in with the event staff. All cooks should be onsite by 5:45 PM for the cook’s meeting.
COOKS MEETING: There will be a short cooks meeting at 5:45, where event staff will explain the official rules, introduce the event judges, and explain the live streaming access.
LIVE STREAMING: This event is live streamed via Facebook Live for spectators and for team members prepping in their offsite kitchen locations. Live Stream instructions will be provided to all cooks during the cook’s meeting. As the main secret ingredient, culinary curveball, and bonus ingredients are unveiled, cooks can view the unveiling on the live stream from their kitchens while their teammates grab the ingredients and head back to their kitchens.
PARKING: Paid street parking is available along South street and the adjacent North/South spans of Merdian and Illinois.
EQUIPMENT: Cooks must bring their own plateware for serving their final composed dish to the judges. Additional warming equipment can be used at the host site, but access to power outlets is not guaranteed.
DISCLAIMERS
Judge’s winners are solely responsible for all expenses, costs or fees associated with transportation and acceptance and/or use of the prize not specified herein as being awarded, including without limitation, any and all taxes (if any). Winner is not a recipient of a prize until s/he has been verified as the Winner by the judges. Upon fulfilling prize, the Eastside Games staff will be deemed to have awarded the prize to the Winner and such Winner assumes full responsibility for the prize. All annual prize details are at the Eastside Games sole discretion.
Entrants acknowledge that transportation, if applicable, is not included in the prize and that some events are beyond the control of the Eastside Games staff and are subject to being rescheduled, modified, or cancelled. In that event, the Eastside Games staff reserves the right to, at its discretion, reschedule the Competition, entry and/or end dates, modify the entry procedures, cancel the Competition, or cancel the awarding of Golden Ticket(s). Prize(s) are not redeemable for cash. Golden tickets cannot be transferred or granted to anyone else by the original recipient.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winning constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use Winner’s name, images, hometown, likeness, prize won, and photograph (all at the Eastside Games staff’s discretion) for future advertising, publicity in any and all media now or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification or permission. Competition Parties and their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, and employees (collectively, “Released Parties”) are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, stolen, altered, garbled, incorrect, incomplete, or delayed Entries; all of which will be void. Released Parties are also not responsible for problems related to technical malfunctions of cooking equipment, electronic equipment, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer hardware or software failures, phone lines, failure of any Entry to be received by the Eastside Games staff on account of technical problems, traffic, congestion on the internet or the website, or for any other technical problems including telecommunication, miscommunication or failure, and failed, lost, delayed, incomplete, garbled, or misdirected communications which may limit a contestant’s ability to participate in this Competition. Released Parties are not responsible for any other errors or malfunctions of any kind, whether network, printing, typographical, human, or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Competition, including, without limitation, errors or malfunctions which may occur in connection with the administration of the Competition, the processing or judging of Entries, the announcement of the prize or in any Competition-related materials. Mass entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices will be disqualified. The Eastside Games staff reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Competition in the event it becomes infected by a computer virus or is otherwise technically impaired, and to cancel or suspend the Competition in its entirety should tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or other causes corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper play of the Competition and, if terminated, at the Eastside Games staff ’s discretion, determine the Winner using all non-suspect, eligible entries received up to time of cancellation using the judging procedure outlined above. In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account at the time of Entry will be deemed to be the contestant and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the email address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses. The Eastside Games staff reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual (and void his/her Entries)) it finds to be tampering with the Entry process or the operation of this Competition or website, intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other contestant, the Eastside Games staff , or any of its representatives or to otherwise be acting in violation of these Official Rules. CAUTION: Any attempt by a contestant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operations of the Competition is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the Eastside Games staff reserves the right to seek damages from any such contestant to the fullest extent permitted by the law and to disqualify such contestant from the Competition.
ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS: By submitting an Entry, Contestant acknowledges and agrees that the Eastside Games staff may obtain many submissions under this Competition and that such entries may be similar or identical in theme, idea, format or other respects to others submitted under this Competition and/or other competitions staged and/or sponsored by the Eastside Games staff, and waive any and all claims contestant may have had, may have, and/or may have in the future, that any composition, design, video and/or other works accepted, reviewed and/or used by the Eastside Games staff (or its respective designees) may be similar to his/her Entry. Contestant acknowledges and agrees that the Eastside Games staff does not have now, nor shall any of them have in the future, any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of any copyright in and to contestant’s Entry.
MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS: Failure to comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification from the Competition. The Eastside Games staff reserves the right to permanently disqualify any person it believes has intentionally violated these Official Rules. Competition subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law.
RELEASES: By entering in this Competition, contestants agree to the Eastside Games staff ’s use of their personal information for both online and offline direct marketing purposes.
ARBITRATION & CHOICE OF LAW: Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Competition, Contestant agrees that (1) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Competition, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action lawsuit, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest the contestant; (2) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and (3) judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no circumstances will contestant be permitted to obtain awards for, and contestant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than contestant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Competition), and contestant (or, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of contestants and the Eastside Games staff in connection with this Competition, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of Indiana, USA without regard to Indiana choice of law rules.
Edingames.com
A World Food Championships and Culinary Crossroads Event
Monday, June 17, 2024, at 6 PM
Doors Open at 5:30 PM
TIMING
Home Cooks begin promptly at 6 PM.
Professional cooks may have a staggered start after 6 PM.
Address:
Paramount Brookside (backyard)
3020 Nowland Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46202
EVENT CONTACT:
Tommy Reddicks:
[email protected]
Golden Ticket Category: Chef
OVERVIEW, RULES, & CHEF INFO
Event Social Description:
Get ready for the ultimate showdown at the Eastside Games Cooking Competition! Local and regional chefs will go spatula to spatula in a battle royale for the prestigious Golden Ticket to the World Food Championships. It's a culinary rollercoaster as chefs kick off with a theme ingredient, then get thrown a curveball and a bonus ingredient halfway through. Watch these kitchen wizards work their magic as they whip up new creations on the fly. Let the culinary games begin!
NUMBER OF COMPETITORS: 20
Home Cook Division: 10
Professional Cook Division: 10
Prize Money*
Professional Cook Division Only
1st Place: $500 plus a Golden Ticket in the Chef Category
2nd Place: $200
*Additional prize money is subject to donations/sponsorships. Amounts will be updated in real time.
HOME COOK REGISTRATION:
Registration for home cooks is free. Registration priority is based on a first come first served basis, with completed email applications (time and date stamped) determining the order of entry. Registration must be made via the Eastside Games website registration page: edingames.com/registration.
PROFESSIONAL COOK REGISTRATION:
The registration fee is $50 (waived for Team Indiana chefs). Registration priority is based on a first come first served basis, with completed email applications (time and date stamped) determining the order of entry. Registration must be made via the Eastside Games website registration page: edingames.com/registration. Registration fees (when applicable) must be paid in full prior to acceptance into the competition. Venmo or Paypal arrangements must be made with the event host: [email protected].
PROFESSIONAL COOK DEFINITION:
A professional cook includes the following: A current line cook, sous chef, or executive chef in an active food service location. A graduate of a licensed culinary program.
INGREDIENTS
All main, curveball, bonus, and pantry ingredients will be supplied during the competition for professional cooks. Pantry items will not be provided for home cooks. If a mandatory ingredient is not vegetarian, a vegetarian option will be available. Supplementary ingredients, seasonings, and condiments are the financial responsibility of the competing cooks.
EVENT DESRIPTION:
This 90-minute competition features the utilization of a themed main ingredient. This ingredient will be unveiled on June 1 on this site. Home cooks will grab their theme ingredient and return to their home kitchen to cook. Professional chefs will cook onsite. A culinary curve ball will be introduced 45-minutes into the competition, forcing a team approach for home cooks, traveling back and forth through the city. A non-mandatory bonus ingredient will also be unveiled at 45-minutes, but will present a culinary challenge to competitors, who must decide whether it can be incorporated into their dish.
Official Rules:
Teams must present a composed dish featuring the main and curveball ingredients (bonus ingredient is optional) at the host site before time expires. Dishes are judged in the order of arrival. The E.A.T. methodology (from the World Food Championships) will be used to determine the final standings. For home cooks, team-themed, spirited apparel is rewarded with medal points related to the Eastside Games community standings.
- The importance of the main theme ingredient
- The emphasis on the main theme ingredient will be an important evaluative component in the taste and execution portion of the scores for participating chefs. Dishes that overwhelm the main ingredient may suffer from low execution scores.
- The importance of the curveball ingredient
- The curveball ingredient must be 100% discernable in the dish. If it is covered up by other flavors, it will negatively impact taste and execution scoring. Merely including the curveball ingredient does not qualify as a proper usage. Additionally, the curveball ingredient should not overshadow the main ingredient. Balance is key, with the main ingredient as the star and the curveball ingredient as supporting cast.
- Bonus ingredient
- The bonus ingredient will be a polarizing culinary addition. It must make a noticeable improvement in the flavor or quality of the dish to qualify the dish for a bonus point in execution. But, polarizing ingredients delivered late in the competition can negatively impact the outcome, so cooks must determine whether it’s worth the risk.
What must be prepared for judging?
A “Composed Dish”: Each chef must prepare one composed dish where an entrée and at least one side acts as one complete dish.
At Least One Side: At least one complimentary side dish is required for judging. Cooks must justify their side dish to the judges if it is incorporated into the entrée. While judges will make every attempt to accept incorporated sides, it remains an issue of judges discretion. For instance, including beans in a taco as an incorporated side may not make a compelling argument for the judges.
Size Limits: There is no size limit for the final dish, but cooks should consider how four judges will taste the dish in a way that allows for the appreciation of the overall concept and the required ingredients. Final dishes presented as four samples for judges are allowed (four composed tacos served on a bed of Spanish rice, for example) but must still represent the composed dish, where entrée and sides act as the total entry.
Plateware: Cooks must provide plateware for the final composed dish. Traditional silverware will be provided for judges. Plateware will be returned to competing cooks at the end of the competition.
Timing, heat, presentation, and scoring.
- Judging begins in the order of completion (or arrival for home cooks). Cooks may turn in early for judging. Dishes are judged live at the host site. Judging takes 3-5 minutes per dish, so some late arriving teams may have to wait for their dish to be judged. While judges will not deduct points from dishes that have lost temp due to judging, home cooks should consider warming methods (hot box, hot plates, insulated warmers, etc.) for hot dishes as they wait for judging, so their flavors and temps are represented as they intended.
- When called up for judging, cooks must present their dish and explain the use of ingredients for the judges. As the judges taste the dish, cooks must remain available for questions. Judges will hand the dish back to the cooks when tasting is done, and then score the dish.
- When the dish is returned to the cooks, it will no longer be needed for the competition. Cooks are then encouraged to share their dish with other competitors (when possible) but cannot share dishes with spectators/members of the public.
Cooks not abiding by the official rules will be judged but will lose their eligibility for final awards. Participating cooks must submit registration prior to June 10, 2024, via the Edingames.com registration link: http://www.edingames.com/registration.html.
Payment for registration fees must be made on June 17, 2024 at the host site prior to 6 PM. Submit questions to [email protected]
AWARDS
Results:
Home Cooks: Judging begins in the order of each home cook's arrival back to the host site. Any arrivals after the 90-minute window are disqualified.
Late dishes may be judged (at the discretion of the judges) but cannot count towards final medal points. The panel of expert judges will use the E.A.T.
methodology (from the World Food Championships) to determine winners.
Professional cooks: Chef starts may be staggered depending on the site logisitics. Judging begins in the order of each finished dish. Cooks cannot
adjust or change their dish once they announce they have finished. Chefs who finish after the 90-minute window are disqualified.
Late dishes may be judged (at the discretion of the judges) but cannot count towards final standings. The panel of expert judges will use the E.A.T.
methodology (from the World Food Championships) to determine winners.
Home Cooks:
The top home cook competitors will receive a gold, silver, and bronze medal for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place respectively. The
Gold Medal team will receive an entry into the annual Perfect bite Competition at the TURN Festival (held each
September) with a chance to compete for a golden ticket to the World Food Championships in November.
Professional Cooks:
1st Place
In partnership with the World Food Championships, the judge’s winner of the Eastside Games Cooking Competition will
receive a Golden Ticket (Valued at $1,000) which is an official entry into the World Food Championships. This ticket will
allow for registration into one specific competition category in the World Food Championships. The category of the ticket
is not intended to be related to any ingredient category in the Eastside Games Cooking Competition. All registration fees
and submission requirements for the World Food Championships are the responsibility of the winning chef.
Runner Up
In partnership with the World Food Championships, the runner up (2nd Place) of the Eastside Games Cooking
Competition may receive entrance into the Last Chance Qualifier (pending annual confirmation of a Last Chance Qualifier
event) at the World Food Championships, which is an official entry into the year’s final qualifier for World Food
Championships (typically held one day prior to the November event). This entrance will allow for registration into the
qualifier, but all registration fees and submission requirements for World Food Championships events are the
responsibility of the winning chef.
Bonus Awards
A bronze medal for the best use for the culinary curveball and best team spirit will be given out during the awards
ceremony at the conclusion of the home cook's portion of the event.
ARRIVAL:
Cooks should arrive at the event host site (Chef JJ's: 42 W South St, Indianapolis, IN 46225) between 5 PM an 5:45 PM. Arriving teams should congregate in the main dining area, where they can check in with the event staff. All cooks should be onsite by 5:45 PM for the cook’s meeting.
COOKS MEETING: There will be a short cooks meeting at 5:45, where event staff will explain the official rules, introduce the event judges, and explain the live streaming access.
LIVE STREAMING: This event is live streamed via Facebook Live for spectators and for team members prepping in their offsite kitchen locations. Live Stream instructions will be provided to all cooks during the cook’s meeting. As the main secret ingredient, culinary curveball, and bonus ingredients are unveiled, cooks can view the unveiling on the live stream from their kitchens while their teammates grab the ingredients and head back to their kitchens.
PARKING: Paid street parking is available along South street and the adjacent North/South spans of Merdian and Illinois.
EQUIPMENT: Cooks must bring their own plateware for serving their final composed dish to the judges. Additional warming equipment can be used at the host site, but access to power outlets is not guaranteed.
DISCLAIMERS
Judge’s winners are solely responsible for all expenses, costs or fees associated with transportation and acceptance and/or use of the prize not specified herein as being awarded, including without limitation, any and all taxes (if any). Winner is not a recipient of a prize until s/he has been verified as the Winner by the judges. Upon fulfilling prize, the Eastside Games staff will be deemed to have awarded the prize to the Winner and such Winner assumes full responsibility for the prize. All annual prize details are at the Eastside Games sole discretion.
Entrants acknowledge that transportation, if applicable, is not included in the prize and that some events are beyond the control of the Eastside Games staff and are subject to being rescheduled, modified, or cancelled. In that event, the Eastside Games staff reserves the right to, at its discretion, reschedule the Competition, entry and/or end dates, modify the entry procedures, cancel the Competition, or cancel the awarding of Golden Ticket(s). Prize(s) are not redeemable for cash. Golden tickets cannot be transferred or granted to anyone else by the original recipient.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winning constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use Winner’s name, images, hometown, likeness, prize won, and photograph (all at the Eastside Games staff’s discretion) for future advertising, publicity in any and all media now or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification or permission. Competition Parties and their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, and employees (collectively, “Released Parties”) are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, stolen, altered, garbled, incorrect, incomplete, or delayed Entries; all of which will be void. Released Parties are also not responsible for problems related to technical malfunctions of cooking equipment, electronic equipment, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer hardware or software failures, phone lines, failure of any Entry to be received by the Eastside Games staff on account of technical problems, traffic, congestion on the internet or the website, or for any other technical problems including telecommunication, miscommunication or failure, and failed, lost, delayed, incomplete, garbled, or misdirected communications which may limit a contestant’s ability to participate in this Competition. Released Parties are not responsible for any other errors or malfunctions of any kind, whether network, printing, typographical, human, or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Competition, including, without limitation, errors or malfunctions which may occur in connection with the administration of the Competition, the processing or judging of Entries, the announcement of the prize or in any Competition-related materials. Mass entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices will be disqualified. The Eastside Games staff reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Competition in the event it becomes infected by a computer virus or is otherwise technically impaired, and to cancel or suspend the Competition in its entirety should tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or other causes corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper play of the Competition and, if terminated, at the Eastside Games staff ’s discretion, determine the Winner using all non-suspect, eligible entries received up to time of cancellation using the judging procedure outlined above. In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account at the time of Entry will be deemed to be the contestant and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the email address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses. The Eastside Games staff reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual (and void his/her Entries)) it finds to be tampering with the Entry process or the operation of this Competition or website, intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other contestant, the Eastside Games staff , or any of its representatives or to otherwise be acting in violation of these Official Rules. CAUTION: Any attempt by a contestant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operations of the Competition is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the Eastside Games staff reserves the right to seek damages from any such contestant to the fullest extent permitted by the law and to disqualify such contestant from the Competition.
ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS: By submitting an Entry, Contestant acknowledges and agrees that the Eastside Games staff may obtain many submissions under this Competition and that such entries may be similar or identical in theme, idea, format or other respects to others submitted under this Competition and/or other competitions staged and/or sponsored by the Eastside Games staff, and waive any and all claims contestant may have had, may have, and/or may have in the future, that any composition, design, video and/or other works accepted, reviewed and/or used by the Eastside Games staff (or its respective designees) may be similar to his/her Entry. Contestant acknowledges and agrees that the Eastside Games staff does not have now, nor shall any of them have in the future, any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of any copyright in and to contestant’s Entry.
MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS: Failure to comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification from the Competition. The Eastside Games staff reserves the right to permanently disqualify any person it believes has intentionally violated these Official Rules. Competition subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law.
RELEASES: By entering in this Competition, contestants agree to the Eastside Games staff ’s use of their personal information for both online and offline direct marketing purposes.
ARBITRATION & CHOICE OF LAW: Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Competition, Contestant agrees that (1) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Competition, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action lawsuit, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest the contestant; (2) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and (3) judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no circumstances will contestant be permitted to obtain awards for, and contestant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than contestant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Competition), and contestant (or, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of contestants and the Eastside Games staff in connection with this Competition, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of Indiana, USA without regard to Indiana choice of law rules.
