The Lineage II team is currently inviting players to enter its guide and tutorial contest so creative users can share useful information about new content added in the Gracia Final expansion. You submission can use any type of media, such as video, text or images. For example, you could write a guide or produce a video tutorial.

The deadline for entries is July 31, and the first prize winner will have their guide or tutorial published on the official Web site, as well as receive 30 days of free game time and 20 Revita Pops. You can read more about the contest after the jump.

If you need some inspiration, check out the new Gracia gameplay movie. It shows off the Gracia continent and numerous raid bosses.

Dust off your creative writing hat, warm up your video editing skills, and jump into your favorite Gracia Final area to show everyone what the content from Gracia Final is all about! We are eager to see what clever, comprehensive, and useful guides and tutorials our players can create for the latest addition to Lineage® II, Gracia Final. We are accepting submissions for our Lineage II: Gracia Final Guide and Tutorial Contest in any form of media, including video, text, images, or any combination thereof. Entrants must create their own guides or tutorials for any new content introduced with Gracia Final and submit the guide or tutorial to the Lineage II team for review. All submitted entries must be your own, appropriate to the Lineage II world, and adhere to the Lineage II end user license agreement (EULA). The winner of the chosen guide or tutorial will be published with credit on the Lineage II website, receive 30 days of free game time and twenty Revita Pops! Three Runners Up will receive five Revita Pops.

Prizes

• Four prizes will be awarded.
• NCsoft will publish the chosen guide(s) or tutorial(s) on the Lineage II website with credit given to the original creator of the guide or tutorial.
• The creator of the first place chosen guide or tutorial will receive 30 days of free game time for use on any new or existing Lineage II account in good standing and twenty Revita Pops granted to one character of their choice.
• Three Runners Up will receive 5 Revita Pops granted to one character of their choice and NCsoft may publish their submission on the Lineage II website with credit given to the creator.

How to Enter

1. Send an e-mail to l2submissions@ncsoft.com with the subject heading "Lineage II: Gracia Final Player Guide/Tutorial Submission." Deadline to enter: 11:59 p.m. CST, Friday, July 31, 2009.
2. Include the following information in English in the body of the e-mail:
   • Your registered message board display name (if you are a member of the forum).
   • Your Lineage II game account name (the name you use to log in to the game).
   • Your main character name and server.
   • Your first and last name.
   • Your age.
   • Your location, including city, state/province, and country.
   • A contact phone number. (The phone number will not be shared with anyone. We only use it if we need a second method of contacting you regarding this contest.)
3. Attach your entry to the e-mail. You must follow the submission guidelines (see below). If you have multiple files as part of your submission (such as text and several images), please compress them into one file archive (zip format).

Submission Guidelines

• NCsoft will accept only one Lineage II tutorial or guide entry per person.
• Acceptable file formats (other file formats will not be accepted):
  • Images: RGB jpg or bmp
  • Text: doc
  • Video: mov or avi
• All entries must be less than 20MB size in total (before they are compressed into a zip file, if you do so to enter).
• By submitting your guide or tutorial, you agree to all of the terms and conditions in the Lineage II: Gracia Final Player Guide and Tutorial Official Rules and Conditions, so read them carefully.

Evaluation Criteria

• The tutorial or guide may be about any new feature or content listed in the Patch Notes for the Gracia Final expansion.
• All submissions will be judged on creativity, originality, and overall presentation.

Eligibility To enter the contest:

• As of Wednesday, July 1, 2009, you must be 13 years of age or older to participate and a legal resident of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), or Canada (excluding Quebec) (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize).
• As of Wednesday, July 1, 2009, you must have a current Lineage II account with Internet access, an e-mail account, and access to a personal computer.

Copyrighted Materials

• You can use Lineage II images that NCsoft® owns in your submission.
• You may not use in your submission any materials that you (or NCsoft®) do not own the rights to.
• Taking an image from something that you (or NCsoft) do not own and altering it slightly and then presenting it as your own work is strictly prohibited.
• You (or NCsoft) must have ownership rights to every element included in the entry you submit.
• You must make sure your entry doesn't infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity, or publishing rights of any third party, or is not libelous, obscene, or otherwise contrary to law.