Official Rules and Regulations No purchase necessary to enter or win. Void where prohibited. Rooms Each competition room will have a maximum of 25 coders. Room assignments will be random, however, they will be weighted in such a way that members of the same team are more likely to each end up in different rooms. About the TCHS SRM
By participating in the SRM, you agree to be bound by these rules and to all decisions of TopCoder, which are final, binding and conclusive in all matters. Contestants must not cheat. All ideas for code and/or challenge submitted must be the contestant's alone. TopCoder uses the word "cheat" to mean collaboration of any sort - including, but not limited to, working with another competitor, submitting code that was not fully authored by you, and using resources, software, etc. that are not allowed in TopCoder competitions. TopCoder reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove any competitor from the tournament who it suspects has cheated. All decisions relating to the viability of submissions, the ranking of submissions and all other matters pertaining to the SRM shall be within the sole discretion of TopCoder or its designee and shall be final and binding in all respects. By participating in this SRM, contestants release and agree to hold harmless TopCoder, its affiliates, subsidiaries, sponsors, advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, from and against any and all liability for any loss, property damage or damage to person, including without limitation, death and injury, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from or arising out of participation in this SRM, or participation in any SRM-related activity, or the receipt, use or misuse of a prize. TopCoder, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the operation of the Web site, the challenge process, or is otherwise in violation of the rules. TopCoder reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the SRM if it is not capable of completion as planned for any reason, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort. TopCoder does not require assignment of winning submissions in this competition. ParticipantsThe SRM is open to all TCHS members who are between the ages of 13 and 20, inclusive, pursuing a secondary school education and not matriculated full time at a college or university. All competitors must be registered members of TopCoder High School and must have agreed to the rules on this page by the 08.28.2006 06:55 PM EDT registration deadline. Employees of TopCoder and those involved in the development, production (including prize suppliers and sponsors), implementation and distribution of this SRM and their advertising or promotion agencies, parent companies, service providers, agents, officers, subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other persons or entities directly associated with the SRM and members of the immediate families and/or persons living in the same household as such persons, are ineligible to enter the SRM. OtherThe SRM is void in whole or in part where prohibited by law. A list of competitor handles for all SRMs will be available on the web site at http://www.topcoder.com displayed for at least 3 months after the end of the SRM. This SRM is brought to you by TopCoder, Inc., 95 Glastonbury Blvd, Glastonbury, CT 06033. |