The rule I am uncertain about is this:
4. You can't list any prizes that aren't definitely going to be given out. This means you can no longer list conditional prizes (e.g. grand prizes) which you'll only give out if you get a particularly good entry. Every prize listed must be awarded at the end of the contest if the entry conditions are met.
If I have a group of 50 pets as the prize pool, and only 5 users enter, then only 5 pets and the prizes for the winners would be given out. However, I'm not sure if this makes the remaining 45 pets that would have been listed (as to not break rule 6) count as conditional prizes, and if a contest in this style is actually possible because of this.
I can see it both ways, as it could be because the pets are listed as potential prizes, so therefore must be given out as per the rules, however it could also be that because the small prize is simply 'one pet per entered user' not 'all these pets to the entered users' that they are not actually conditional and therefore the contest would be rule abiding.
Is there already an official verdict on this, or could a staff member chime in if there is not?
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