Rules

Introduction#

Impy Awards are presented to recognise and reward the most creative Creations and Creators. Any eligible Creations and Creators can be nominated for any of the 23 award categories.

Key dates#

Eligibility#

Eligible Creations and eligible Creators may be nominated by anyone that is part of the Dreamiverse (herein, a “Nominator”). A Creation is eligible if: (a) it has been created by a resident in a Participating Country or Region (defined below); and (b) it has been created on or before 24th November 2020 and available to play between 12 December 2019 and 4 December 2020; (c) it is entirely the Creator's original work and does not infringe a third party's intellectual property. Creations must not: (i) contain content that is unsuitable for young adults under 18 years of age; or (ii) contain content that is protected by any third party’s copyright or other intellectual property rights. The Creator of the eligible Creation must follow with the Dreams’ User Guide and comply with the CoMmunity Code of Conduct set out in the PSN Terms of Service(opens in new tab). A Creator is eligible if they: (a) are resident in a Participating Country or Region (defined below); (b) follow with the Dreams’ User Guide; (c) comply with the CoMmunity Code of Conduct set out in the PSN Terms of Service(opens in new tab); and (d) they have been active between 12 December 2019 and 4 December 2020.

Nominators must have an account for PlayStation®Network (“PSN”) and own or have access to a PlayStation® console and a copy of the PlayStation® game Dreams (the “Game”) as of 24 November 2020. If Nominators do not already have an account for PSN, they may create one using their PlayStation® system or by visiting http://eu.playstation.com/registration(opens in new tab). Registration for PSN is subject to acceptance of the PSN Terms of Service and User Agreement and Privacy Policy PSN Terms of Service(opens in new tab).

Any Final Nominees under the age of majority in their Participating Country or Region must have the consent of a parent or legal guardian to take part in the Impy Awards.

No purchase is necessary to participate in the Impy Awards.

“Participating Countries or Regions” means: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, China Mainland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan Region, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Uruguay and United States of America.

The following individuals cannot take part in the Impy Awards including, without limitation, as Nominators or participants in any public voting process: (a) employees of the Promoter; (b) employees of agents or suppliers of the Promoter who are professionally connected with the competition or its administration; or (c) the members of the immediate families or households (i.e., those with whom they are domiciled) of (a) and (b).

Nomination#

All nominations for all award categories must be made via the nomination site between 24 November 2020 and 4 December 2020: https://indreams.me/impys Nominations close at 11:59PM PST on 4 December 2020. Following this date/time, the nomination site will be closed. Nominators must nominate one Creation or Creator for each award category. The submissions should be for those Creations or Creators which the Nominator feels have made a significant creative contribution to the Dreamiverse within the relevant award category.

Award Categories#

The Impy Awards categories are as follows:

Shortlisting#

All nominations received by 4 December 2020 will be grouped together into their entered categories and considered by a panel of experts within the Promoter. The top five Creations across each category or Creators will be included on the Final Nominee Shortlist subject to agreement by its creator(s) (“Final Nominees”). All decisions made by the Promoter are final and no correspondence will be entered into as to why particular nominations were not included on the Final Nominee Shortlist. Nominations for each category will always be listed in alphabetical order.

Final Nominees#

Creators of shortlisted Creations and shortlisted Creators will be contacted on 9 January 2021. To participate in the final round, Creators must confirm in writing:

• acceptance to be included on the Final Nominee Shortlist;
• their Dreams Creation, relevant to the award category, is entirely their original work;
• their Dreams Creation, relevant to the award category, does not infringe a third party’s intellectual property;
• they consent to appear, and/or for their work to appear, during the Impy Awards Ceremony and within all other Impy Award related publicity/marketing materials; and
• that they will not rig votes or otherwise act dishonestly.

Final Nominees in Canada may also be required to correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question posed by the Promoter at a mutually convenient time prior to being awarded any prize in the final round. To be Final Nominees, Creators must confirm the above by 12:00 GMT on 15 January 2021. Where a Creator is unable to confirm the above by 12:00 GMT on 15 January 2021, the next top Creator, or Creator of a Creation, in that category will be eligible to be included on the final shortlist and will contacted. Responses must be received by 23:59 GMT on 16 January 2021. By responding, Creators are agreeing to be bound by these rules. Creators will be contacted via an email to the email address linked to their PSN account. The Promoter will not accept responsibility for any responses that are not received for any reason. The Promoter reserves all rights to disqualify a Creator if their conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the Impy Awards.

Judging & Voting#

The Final Nominees will be announced at 9AM PST on 28 January 2021 on indreams.me. For CoMmunity Categories, the Dreamiverse can begin voting for their favourite Final Nominees from 9AM PST on 28 January 2021. Each member of the Dreamiverse should only vote once for each award category. In the event that it is discovered by the Promoter that more than one vote has been submitted by a member for each award category, the Promoter reserves the right to declare all votes submitted by such a member to be null and void. Voting will close on 4 February 2021 at 11:59PM PST. The Final Nominee with the most votes in each CoMmunity Category wins, subject at all times to confirmation by the Promoter, as applicable. In the event of a tie in any CoMmunity Category, the Creations or Creators will be submitted to the panel of five judges who are judging the competitive Impy Award categories and the decision of the panel of judges (acting reasonably) will be final. Odds of winning a CoMmunity Category Impy Award will depend upon the number of eligible votes received by each Final Nominee in each CoMmunity Category; however, such odds will be no less than one in five (1:5).

The CoMmunity Categories are:

Winners#

Winning Creations and Creators for each award category will be announced at the Impy Awards Ceremony to be held on 14 February 2021 at 9AM PST. A complete list of winners will be kept on indreams.me. Winners will be contacted by a representative of the Promoter prior to the Impy Awards Ceremony between 12 February 2021 and 13 February 2021. The Promoter must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place and that the prizes have been awarded to the confirmed winners. To comply with this obligation the Promoter will publish the surname and county of winners and, if applicable, their winning entries on indreams.me on 14 February 2021. If a winner objects to their surname, county and/or winning entry being published or made available, please contact the Promoter at hello@mediamolecule.com. Please note that the Promoter may still be required to provide a full list of Winners to a regulator, or to other third parties, as required by applicable local law.

Prizes#

All 115 Final Nominees will receive an in-game badge to add to their nominated content or profile. All 23 Winners will receive a winner’s in-game badge to add to their winning content or profile and a physical Impy Award. To clarify, for creation categories (such as Creation of the Year or Funniest Creation), only the main creator will be awarded the physical Impy Award. In-game badges have no monetary value and are non-transferrable. The physical Impy award has no retail market value. No cash alternative will be provided. In order to receive the physical Impy Award, winners will need to provide a postal address. The Promoter will ask for this information when they notify confirmed winners between 12 February 2021 and 13 February 2021. If a confirmed winner does not provide an address by 19 March 2021 to hello@mediamolecule.com, such confirmed winner's claim to receive the physical Impy Award will become invalid. Impy Awards will be delivered to confirmed winners within 6-8 weeks of notification. The Impy Award remains the property of the Promoter and is to remain in the care of the recipient or his/her descendants. The Impy Award must not be sold or transferred to any third party.

General#

All personal information submitted in connection with the Impy Awards 2021 will be processed in accordance with applicable data and/or personal information protection laws, these Rules and the Promoter's privacy policy: https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/legal/privacy-policy(opens in new tab). If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these Rules, the Dreams’ User Guide or the PSN Terms of Service(opens in new tab), the Promoter reserves the right and may, at its sole discretion, terminate, modify, cancel or suspend this competition, exclude any individual from participating in the Impy Awards 2021, remove any content within Dreams which infringes a third party’s intellectual property, remove any Dreams profile and/or rescind any prize given and all connected privileges. The promoter may disqualify and/or exclude from the Impy Awards, without granting the participant the right to any claim, all those creations, comments and/or phrases that in its sole discretion violate and/or infringe the Rules or may be offensive, illegal, or may damage or threaten the safety and/or integrity of any person, including - but not limited to - clearly offensive material that encourages racism, intolerance, hatred or physical damage of any kind against a group or a person, or it is contrary to morality and good customs, good name and honour or the rights of third parties or it is in violation of current legislation or that affects property rights of third parties. The Promoter does not assume responsibility for the content of the Dreams creations, comments and/or phrases or for the consequences that the publication of these could generate. The participants assume full responsibility for the Dreams creations, comments and/or phrases published by them. Any response and/or comment and/or phrase may be reported by any user, in accordance with the provisions of these Rules. In the event of a dispute, the Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into. To the extent permitted by applicable law, these Terms shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and the parties (each Final Nominee and the Promoter) shall submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. The “Promoter” of the Impy Awards 2021 is set out in the table below for the participating Countries or Regions.

Quebec, Canada residents only: Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.