Ink Training Ground Official Rules
BY ENTERING THE COMPETITION, YOU AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE INKONCHAIN.COM TERMS OF SERVICE, WHICH EACH FORM A CONTRACT. READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING. PURCHASE, PAYMENT, OR FUNDING WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Ink
Ink's Training Ground Competition ("Competition") is run by Ink Foundation, a Cayman Islands foundation company at CO Services Cayman Limited, PO Box 10008, Willow House, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman KY1-1001, Cayman Islands ("Ink").
2. Eligibility
Subject to these Official Rules, the Competition is only open to those who:
  • Agree to the Inkonchain.com Terms of Service;
  • Agree to these Official Rules and meet and comply with any and all applicable requirements herein; and
  • Are not otherwise ineligible to participate under the Inkonchain.com Terms of Service, these Official Rules, or applicable law.
Your participation in the Competition and any claim of Prizes does not require or involve any form of purchase, payment, or tangible consideration provided to Ink, nor otherwise require or involve any acceptance of value by Ink from you.
Employees, officers, directors, managers, agents, consultants, representatives and family members of Ink employees and consultants (or people living in the same household whether related or not), or their corporate partners, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors in interest, advertising, promotion, and public relations agencies (collectively, the "Competition Entities") are not eligible. For the purposes of the Competition, family members are defined as spouse, mother, father, legal guardian, in-laws, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, children and grandchildren (including "step" as they may apply).
3. Competition Period
The "Competition Period" for each week of the Competition will begin at 12:00 PM EST on the Monday of the applicable Competition week, and ends at 11:59 AM EST on the Sunday of the applicable Competition week.
4. How to Participate
To participate in this Competition, you will need to:
  • Join Ink's Discord and follow @inkonchain on X to receive announcements and information about the contest; and
  • Register an EVM-compatible wallet with Guild; and
  • Follow the instructions to complete each of the announced tasks.
Participants using or accessing third party sites or services in connection with the Competition use and access such sites and services subject to the terms applicable to third party services contained in the Inkonchain.com Terms of Service. Further, you agree to comply with any terms required by such third party services.
For each week of the competition, participants will need to complete five tasks, which all must be completed to be eligible to win a prize. All five tasks must be completed by 11:59 AM EST on the Sunday at the end of the applicable week for the Competition.
5. Prohibited Conduct
Ink reserves the right to disqualify participants for (1) violation of these Official Rules, including breach of the Inkonchain.com Terms of Service; (2) violations of applicable law; (3) engaging in unfair competition as determined by Ink in its sole discretion, or (4) any conduct that violates the following prohibited conduct guidelines:
  • misuses or uses without authorization any Ink or third party logo, trademark, or materials;
  • provides personally identifiable information about yourself or any third parties, such as an address, phone number or any contact information;
  • violates any third-party right including, but not limited to, copyright, trademark, right of publicity or any other proprietary right;
  • is libelous, defamatory, disparaging or tortious;
  • is sexually-explicit;
  • refers to or promotes lotteries or gambling, other competitions or giveaways, or other promotions;
  • includes explicit or offensive language;
  • advocates violence;
  • advocates illegal activities;
  • advocates tobacco, alcohol or drugs;
  • is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where the content is created; or
  • denigrates, disparages or reflects negatively on Ink, its services and products and/or its employees, or on any other person, company, services or product, or that disparages Ink's competitors.
Any conduct that does not comply with the above requirements shall be invalid and the participant responsible will be automatically disqualified.
6. Determination of Winners
Winners for each week of the competition will be determined within five (5) business days of the end of the applicable week.
If the task requires submission of content for judgment, each participant is limited to submitting one eligible entry. Multiple submissions will not be considered. Each submission will be judged by Ink, in its sole discretion, in accordance with the judging criteria announced for that task. In the event no criteria is mentioned, judging will be based on originality and creativity (equally weighted) to determine the winning submission.
7. Winner Notification
Winners will be notified via direct message from the official Ink social media accounts. The winner will be required to provide sufficient information to deliver any prize awarded.
Winners may be required to report and pay taxes on the value of any prizes they have won, regardless of the value of that prize. Winners are solely responsible for any taxes that may apply. You agree that we have no responsibility or liability for determining what taxes apply or for collecting, reporting, withholding, or remitting any taxes arising from your participation in the Competition, unless otherwise required by law. The recipient of any prize acknowledges and agrees that they may be required to submit additional documentation upon request, including Form W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification (for US Residents) or Form W-8BEN (for non-US Residents), to be eligible to receive a prize.
Upon confirmation of the winner's eligibility and compliance with these Rules, Prizes will be distributed to the winner.
8. Prize
For each week of the Competition, Ink will announce the number of potential winners and available prizes at the time of announcing the tasks to be completed for that week of the Competition.
All Prizes are subject to such KYC and other compliance checks as may be reasonably required by Ink in its sole discretion. Failure to provide any requested identification documentation or to meet any other compliance requirements may result in your exclusion from the Competition or the forfeiture of any and all prizes.
9. Licenses and Approvals
By entering the Competition, you agree that any content and any other information submitted by you or collected by Ink in connection with the Competition may be used by Ink and shared with Ink's affiliated business entities. You give consent for Ink and its agents to obtain and deliver your name, address and other information to third parties for the purpose of administering this Competition and complying with applicable laws, regulations, and rules. Except as otherwise contemplated in these Official Rules, Ink will use personal information collected in connection with the Competition in accordance with its online privacy policy, located at https://inkonchain.com/privacy.
You further represent and warrant that you meet all eligibility criteria for participation in the Competition and, in connection with the Competition, grant the Competition Entities an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive worldwide license to publish, post, display, copy, distribute, transmit, edit, use alone, together or with other works, and otherwise exploit your Competition information, and any other indicia of persona associated with your Competition Information, in any manner whatsoever throughout the world, including on the internet, and at any time or times, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter discovered, without additional compensation, review or approval rights, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law, and you release all Competition Entities from any and all liability related thereto. For the sake of clarity, you give consent and approval to announce Competition results during and at the completion of the Competition Period on the internet and social media applications. YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF YOU ARE A WINNER, YOUR IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, MAY BE DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES TO FACILITATE THE AWARDING OF PRIZES AND COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
10. Limitation of Liability
By participating in the Competition, you agree to and hereby do release and hold harmless the Competition Entities from any damage, injury, death, loss, claim, action, demand, or other liability (collectively, "Claims") that may arise from your acceptance, possession and/or use of any prize or your participation in this Competition, regardless of whether such Claims, or knowledge of the facts constituting such Claims, exist at the time of entry or arise at any time thereafter. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Competition may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Ink reserves the right to modify these Official Rules in any way or at any time. Ink reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this Competition should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond their control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Competition. In the event of cancellation or suspension, Ink shall promptly post a notice on Ink's website to such effect.
11. Additional Disclaimers
Without limiting any other provision in these Official Rules, Competition Entities are not responsible or liable to any participant or prize winner or any person claiming through such participant or prize winner for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof in the event that any of the Competition activities or the Competition Entities' operations or activities are affected, as determined by the Ink in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation, equipment failure, threatened terrorist acts, terrorist acts, air raid, blackout, act of public enemy, earthquake, war, fire, flood, epidemic, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any law, rule, regulation, order or other action adopted or taken by any governmental, federal, state or local government authority, or any other cause, whether or not specifically mentioned above.
12. Dispute Resolution by Binding Arbitration
This Dispute Resolution by Binding Arbitration section is referred to in the Terms as the "Arbitration Agreement".
PLEASE READ THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT REQUIRES YOU TO ARBITRATE DISPUTES WITH US AND IT LIMITS THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU CAN SEEK RELIEF.
Informal Process First
We are always interested in resolving disputes amicably and efficiently, and most concerns can be resolved quickly and to your satisfaction by emailing user support at [email protected]. However, if such efforts prove unsuccessful, you may send to us, by email, a written Notice of Dispute ("Notice"). The Notice should be sent to [email protected] and must (a) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute and (b) set forth the specific relief sought.
Arbitration and its Terms
Subject to the informal process outlined in the preceding paragraph, you and us agree to arbitrate any dispute arising in connection with these Official Rules (including questions related to their validity, existence, or termination), except for disputes in which either party seeks equitable and other relief for the alleged unlawful use of copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos, trade secrets or patents.
The arbitration will be administered in accordance with the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration then in effect (the "LCIA Rules"). It will be conducted in English and the parties will keep the arbitration proceedings confidential and not disclose any information regarding the arbitration (or any underlying claim or dispute) to any third party except as required by law.
Other than class procedures and remedies expressly prohibited by this Arbitration Agreement, the arbitrator(s) will have the authority to provide any remedy or relief that a court of competent jurisdiction could award, including injunctive relief. Any decision or award rendered by the arbitrator will be final and binding, and may be overturned by a court only for very limited reasons. Any judgment may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
If there is any inconsistency between any term of the LCIA Rules and any term of this Arbitration Agreement, the applicable terms of this Arbitration Agreement will control unless the arbitrator determines that the application of the inconsistent Arbitration Agreement terms would not result in a fundamentally fair arbitration. The arbitrator must also follow the provisions of these Terms as a court would.
It is expressly agreed that any arbitration under these Official Rules will take place on an individual basis – class arbitrations and class action are not permitted. You understand that by agreeing to these Official Rules, you and us are each waiving the right to trial by jury or to participate in a class action or class arbitration.
Costs of Arbitration
Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator costs and expenses will be governed by the LCIA Rules then in effect, except that if you demonstrate that any such costs and expenses owed by you under those rules would be prohibitively more expensive than a court proceeding, then we will pay the amount of any such costs and expenses that the arbitrator determines are necessary to prevent the arbitration from being prohibitively more expensive than a court proceeding.
Fees and costs may be awarded as provided pursuant to applicable law. The arbitrator may make rulings and resolve disputes as to the payment and reimbursement of fees or expenses at any time during the proceeding and upon request from either party made within 14 days of the arbitrator's ruling on the merits.
Batch Arbitration
To increase the efficiency of administration and resolution of arbitrations, you and us agree that in the event that there are one-hundred (100) or more individual claims of a substantially similar nature filed against us by or with the assistance of the same law firm, group of law firms, or organizations, then within a thirty (30) day period (or as soon as possible thereafter), the LCIA shall (a) administer the arbitration demands in batches of one-hundred (100) claims per batch (plus, to the extent there are less than one-hundred (100) claims left over after the batching described above, a final batch consisting of the remaining claims); (b) appoint one arbitrator for each batch; and (c) provide for the resolution of each batch as a single consolidated arbitration with one set of filing and administrative fees due per side per batch, one procedural calendar, one hearing (if any) in a place to be determined by the arbitrator, and one final award ("Batch Arbitration").
All parties agree that claims are of a "substantially similar nature" if they arise out of or relate to the same event or factual scenario and raise the same or similar legal issues and seek the same or similar relief. To the extent the parties disagree on the application of the Batch Arbitration process, the disagreeing party shall advise the LCIA, and the LCIA shall appoint a sole standing arbitrator to determine the applicability of the Batch Arbitration process ("Administrative Arbitrator"). In an effort to expedite resolution of any such dispute by the Administrative Arbitrator, the parties agree the Administrative Arbitrator may set forth such procedures as are necessary to resolve any disputes promptly. The Administrative Arbitrator's fees shall be paid by us.
You and us agree to cooperate in good faith with the LCIA to implement the Batch Arbitration process including the payment of single filing and administrative fees for batches of claims, as well as any steps to minimize the time and costs of arbitration, which may include: (i) the appointment of a discovery special master to assist the arbitrator in the resolution of discovery disputes; and (ii) the adoption of an expedited calendar of the arbitration proceedings.
To the extent the parties disagree on the application of the Batch Arbitration process, the disagreeing party shall advise the LCIA, and the LCIA shall appoint a sole standing arbitrator to determine the applicability of the Batch Arbitration process ("Administrative Arbitrator").
The arbitration will be administered in accordance with the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration then in effect (the "LCIA Rules"). It will be conducted in English and the parties will keep the arbitration proceedings confidential and not disclose any information regarding the arbitration (or any underlying claim or dispute) to any third party except as required by law.
YOU AND US EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A CLASS ACTION IN ANY FORUM. IF THE DISPUTE IS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION, THE ARBITRATOR WILL NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO COMBINE OR AGGREGATE CLAIMS, CONDUCT A CLASS ACTION, OR MAKE AN AWARD TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY NOT A PARTY TO THE ARBITRATION.
Waiver of Right to Bring Class Action and Representative Claims; Jury Trial Waiver
WE AND YOU EACH AGREE TO WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY. ANY CLAIM OR DISPUTE WILL BE DETERMINED BY A NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR AS STIPULATED IN THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, NOT A JUDGE OR JURY.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AND US EACH AGREE THAT ANY PROCEEDING TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM, OR CONTROVERSY WILL BE BROUGHT AND CONDUCTED ONLY IN THE RESPECTIVE PARTY'S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS PART OF ANY CLASS (OR PURPORTED CLASS), CONSOLIDATED, MULTIPLE-PLAINTIFF, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING ("CLASS ACTION").
YOU AND US AGREE TO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS ACTION. YOU AND US EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A CLASS ACTION IN ANY FORUM.
IF THE DISPUTE IS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION, THE ARBITRATOR WILL NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO COMBINE OR AGGREGATE CLAIMS, CONDUCT A CLASS ACTION, OR MAKE AN AWARD TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY NOT A PARTY TO THE ARBITRATION. FURTHER, YOU AND US AGREE THAT THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE PROCEEDINGS FOR MORE THAN ONE PERSON'S CLAIMS, AND IT MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A CLASS ACTION (OTHER THAN THE BATCH ARBITRATION SPECIFIED ABOVE).
FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEEK PUBLIC INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO THE EXTENT AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND CONSISTENT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF THIS CLASS ACTION WAIVER IS LIMITED, VOIDED, OR FOUND UNENFORCEABLE, THEN, UNLESS THE PARTIES MUTUALLY AGREE OTHERWISE, THE PARTIES' AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE SHALL BE NULL AND VOID WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROCEEDING SO LONG AS THE PROCEEDING IS PERMITTED TO PROCEED AS A CLASS ACTION.
If a court decides that the limitations of this paragraph are deemed invalid or unenforceable, any putative class, private attorney general, or consolidated or representative action must be brought in a court of proper jurisdiction and not in arbitration.
Opt-Out
You have the right to opt-out and not be bound by the Arbitration Agreement contained in these Terms by sending written notice of your decision to opt-out to [email protected]. The notice must be sent to us within thirty (30) days of your first registering to use the Services or agreeing to these Terms; otherwise you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes on a non-class basis in accordance with these Terms. If you opt out of only the arbitration provisions, and not also the class action waiver, the class action waiver still applies. You may not opt out of only the class action waiver and not also the arbitration provisions. If you opt-out of these arbitration provisions, we also will not be bound by them.
13. General Rules
Ink is not responsible for any changes or unavailability of your internet, your wallet, dapps, other third party services, or any other interference with your ability to access or otherwise participate in the Competition, including your ability to timely enter or receive notices or communicate with Ink. Ink's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Ink's decisions will be final in all matters relating to the Competition. Ink reserves the right to restrict or void participation from any IP address if any suspicious participation is detected. Ink reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to void Participants who Ink believes have attempted to tamper with or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Competition.
In the event there is an alleged or actual ambiguity, discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any Competition-related materials and/or these Official Rules (including any alleged discrepancy or inconsistency in these Official Rules), it will be resolved in Ink's sole discretion. You waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Competition or these Official Rules. If Ink determines at any time in its sole discretion that you are disqualified, ineligible, or in violation of these Official Rules, or engaging in behavior that Ink deems obnoxious, inappropriate, threatening, infringing, illegal or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, Ink reserves the right in its sole discretion to select an alternate winner.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If the Competition is not capable of running as planned for any reason, Ink reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Competition and award the Prize from eligible entries received prior to cancellation, modification, or suspension or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Ink. Ink may suspend, modify, or terminate the Competition in its sole discretion if circumstances arise that compromise the integrity, legality, or viability of the Competition.
Each potential Winner may be required to provide Ink with proof that he or she is the authorized account holder and complete documentation required for tax or other legal purposes. If a dispute cannot be resolved to Ink's satisfaction, the individual(s) may be deemed ineligible in Ink's sole discretion CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE ANY ONLINE SERVICE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS OF THE COMPETITION VIOLATES CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE, INK MAY SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AND MAY DISQUALIFY ANY PARTICIPANT MAKING SUCH ATTEMPT.