BIG BROTHER 4 FANTASY LEAGUE
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
PARTICIPATION OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE U.S. ONLY, 14 OR OLDER.
VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED.
US LAW GOVERNS THIS GAME.
1) To Register: You must register to play the Big Brother 4 Fantasy League. The game begins on or about Noon Eastern Time (ET) on 7/8/03 and ends 8:00 PM ET on 9/17/03 (promotion period.) End date is subject to scheduling changes. To register and establish a 'team' visit the CBS.com Web site anytime during the promotion period (except as noted below), click on the Big Brother 4 icon, and complete the Big Brother 4 Fantasy League online registration form. You will be required to pick any four of the available Big Brother "HouseGuests" to be on your Big Brother 4 Fantasy League team. Once you have completed the information requested, click on "submit" to submit your registration and 'team' selection. Registrants must complete entire online registration form and successfully submit same in order to be eligible for prize consideration. During the promotion period, registrations will not be accepted from the East Coast airing until 4 hours after the telecast on the nights Big Brother 4 is broadcast. Broadcasts are subject to preemptions and scheduling changes. If such changes occur they will be posted on the Big Brother 4 Web site. The use of automated or third party software to register/play is prohibited. Participants may register another team, at any point during the promotion period, with the exception of the final week at which time the registration form will not be available. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate registration information, human error or technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures unauthorized access of any computer equipment or software, or any combination thereof. Registrations become the property of the Sponsor. Participants who submit inaccurate registration data may be excluded from participation at any time during the promotion, including the post-promotion calculation to determine winners. By registering, registrants agree to be bound by these rules & consent to use of their names &/or photographs for advertising or publicity purposes without further consideration, except where prohibited by law.
2) Managing Your Team: You may have a maximum of four active Big Brother HouseGuest's on your team at any time during the promotion period. Once you have successfully registered a team you can trade any or all four of your Big Brother Fantasy League "HouseGuest" team members as many times as you like during the promotion period by deleting a Houseguest from your Fantasy League team and replacing him or her with any other HouseGuest still active in the game. A team roster freeze will be in effect from the East coast airing until 4 hours after the telecast on the nights Big Brother 4 is broadcast. Weekly during the promotion period the number of active HouseGuests will decrease by one (1) as a HouseGuest is voted off the show. If a member of your Big Brother 4 Fantasy League team is voted off the show, you may replace that expelled HouseGuest with an active HouseGuest. If a HouseGuest of your Fantasy League team is nominated for eviction you may not trade that HouseGuest unless, after the voting, they are not evicted and return to the game as a regular HouseGuest. You cannot place an evicted HouseGuest on your team.
3) Scoring Points: Big Brother 4 HouseGuests will be awarded points based on their actions, and outcome of events (e.g., appears in a towel) during an episode. Episode #3 of Big Brother 4, scheduled for broadcast on 7/11/03, will be the first episode used to accrue points to registered players. Team point totals will be updated by 11AM Eastern Time following the night of each new Big Brother 4 broadcast. All decisions regarding scoring in the Big Brother 4 Fantasy League will be made by an "Official Scorer", a CBS.com representative whose decisions are final on matters relating to the awarding of points in this game. Points in each episode will be awarded ONLY for qualifying activities occurring during new, previously unseen footage. No points will be awarded for events that occur during flashbacks of any sort, or for activities visible on monitors during in-studio segments with CBS host. Points are awarded solely for material broadcast during the Big Brother 4 television program, nothing seen on a webcam is eligible for points unless it's also used on the broadcast show.
Following are the categories for which points will be awarded in the Big Brother 4 Fantasy League (categories and corresponding point awards are subject to change at any time):
Head of Household: You score 20 points if one of your Fantasy HouseGuests wins the Head of Household competition.
Nomination: You LOSE 10 points per HouseGuest if a member of your Fantasy Team is nominated for eviction.
Eviction: You LOSE 15 points if a member of your Fantasy Team is evicted from the Big Brother House.
Food Competition: You score 3 points if one of your HouseGuests wins a Food Competition. If more than one of your HouseGuests is on a team that wins the Food Competition, you score 3 points for each of them.
Kisses: You score 4 points any time one of your HouseGuests kisses another HouseGuest on any part of their body. You score 4 points if one of your HouseGuests is the recipient of such a gesture.
Subtitled: You score 5 points any time one of your HouseGuests' speech is subtitled. You score the points only once for a single conversation, regardless of duration.
Crying: You score 7 points for each distinct time one of your HouseGuests cries, provided that actual tears are shed. No points are awarded if tears cannot be seen. If the same crying session is shown multiple times in an episode, only 7 points are awarded.
Appears in a Towel: You score 5 points whenever one of your HouseGuests appears wearing a towel as a substitute for clothes. This includes, but is not limited to, a HouseGuest wrapping up after exiting the shower, pool or hot tub or a HouseGuest wrapping their hair in a towel. Points WILL NOT be awarded if a HouseGuest merely drapes a towel over their shoulder.
Shoots a Basketball: You score 3 points every time one of your HouseGuests shoots a basketball towards the basketball hoop. Points are awarded for each time they shoot.
Eats an Orange: You score 25 points if one of your Houseguests eats any part of a fresh orange. Points are awarded to any of the HouseGuests who eat the orange, so the orange can be shared. Points are only awarded to each HouseGuest once per scene, no matter how many oranges they eat. They can be awarded points for eating another orange if it occurs at another point in the episode.
Plays a Game: You score 3 points any time one of your HouseGuests plays a game with another HouseGuest. Games include, cards, chess, backgammon, etc. Points are not awarded if they play around with the equipment from the game in a non-competitive way.
Animals: You score 5 points any time one of your HouseGuests holds or feeds an animal. This applies to any animal that may be in the Big Brother house at any time.
4) Leader Boards/Determining Winners: Weekly during the promotion period the highest scoring teams, weekly and cumulative, will be posted to leader boards located at the Big Brother 4 Web site. Within 24 hours of the final episode of Big Brother 4 (currently scheduled for the evening of 9/17/03) the final standings leader board will be posted. The registrant who has accrued the greatest number of points will be declared the grand prize winner, subject to verification of eligibility requirements. The next 100 highest scoring players will be declared 1st prize winners, subject to verification of eligibility requirements. In the event two or more players have identical highest scores from among all participating players, those tied players will be placed into a random drawing and a single grand prize winner will be selected. The remaining players will be awarded a first prize. If required a random drawing to determine the grand prize winner will take place on or about 9/18/03. Drawing conducted by Marden-Kane Inc., an independent judging organization whose decisions are final on matters relating to game. Potential winners may be required to sign, have notarized & return to Marden-Kane an affidavit of eligibility/release of liability within 10 days of issuance of notification. Failure to complete and return the documents in the time noted will result in the disqualification of the potential grand prize winner and the next highest scoring player will be contacted. Limit one prize per person per e-mail address. In the event an eligible participant has more than one team in the top 101 highest point total positions, that participant will be awarded a prize for their highest scoring team and any of their subsequent teams in the top 101 will not be eligible to receive a prize. In such an event, spaces may open in the top 101 and the next highest scoring teams will move up accordingly. No more than 1 grand and 100 first prizes will be awarded. Odds of winning depend upon number of registrants participating and the points each earned during the game.
5) Prizes: One (1) Grand Prize: A prop from the Big Brother 4 show. Sponsor has sole discretion regarding the selection of the prop to be awarded. Estimated retail value of grand prize is $200. One hundred (100) 1st Prizes: A Big Brother 4 Cap. Retail value, $18 each. Prize is non-transferable; no substitutions or cash equivalents allowed, except at the discretion of the Sponsor. All details of prize not specified herein shall be determined solely by Sponsor. Prizes are rewarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. If prize is unavailable, a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded. Taxes are the responsibility of the winner. Each participant agrees to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, its parent company, and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, including Marden-Kane, Inc., and all of their respective employees, directors, officers, shareholders & agents (collectively, "Releasees") from any & all claims or liability in connection with participation in this promotion or acceptance or use of any prize.
6) Internet: If for any reason this game is not capable of running as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this game, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the game. Should this promotion be terminated, Sponsor reserves the right to select winners in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect team registrations received as of the action requiring such termination. Releasees are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or telephone lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in this game or downloading any materials in this game. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GAME IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON (S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner based on an e-mail address, the winning team will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of registration. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
7) Eligibility: Open to legal residents of the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico), who are 14 years of age or older at time of registration, except employees or agents of Sponsor, Administrator and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, advertising agencies, & members of their immediate families. Void in Puerto Rico & wherever prohibited. Subject to all applicable federal, state & local laws & regulations. U.S. law governs this game.
8) Names of Winners: To obtain the names of the winners, available after 10/10/03, mail a SASE to: Marden-Kane, 36 Maple Place, Manhasset, NY 11030 Attn: NV - CBS Big Brother 4. Requests received after 11/30/03 will not be honored.
9) Sponsor: CBS Broadcasting Inc., 51 West 52nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10019. Administrator: Marden-Kane, Inc., 36 Maple Place, Manhasset, NY 11030.
