The Angry Birds game is four years old!
To celebrate, Rovio has launched the 'Short Fuse' episode which gives fans 15 brand spanking new levels of fun and frustration to work through. Look out for the new "Bomb Bird" character.
Angry Birds have teamed up with the Guardian to host the first ever Angry Birds Vine competition with a chance to win a one-of-a-kind hand crafted Bomb bird Sphero.
How to enter
1 Create your own Angry Birds inspired vine
2 Submit your vine by tweeting @guardiantech with the hashtag #GdnAngryBirdsComp before midnight on Thursday 10 April.
What happens next
3 An esteemed panel of judges will select their favourite vines and we'll publish these online.
4 You can then vote for the winner
For more details, please see the terms and conditions below. Good luck!
Terms and conditions
1. The Angry Birds vine competition (the "Competition") is open to residents of the UK aged 18 and over and who hold a Twitter and Vine account.
2. The Competition is not open to employees or agencies of Guardian News & Media Limited ("GNM"), Rovio Entertainment Ltd, their group companies or family members or anyone else connected to the Competition.
3. Entrants into the Competition are deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions.
4. To enter the Competition you must tweet a link to your Angry Birds themed vine via Twitter to @guardiantech including the hashtag #GdnAngryBirdsComp. Your entry must be captured in a single tweet of up to 140 characters. To create your vine you must download or open the vine app for IOS, Android or Windows from https://vine.co/ and follow the instructions within the app. Please see the requirements and conditions regarding the content and submission of vines here: https://vine.co/rules, here: https://vine.co/terms and as set out in paragraphs 9 and 10, below. If you have any questions about how to enter or in connection with the Competition, please e-mail us at Eleanor.Duffy@theguardian.com with "Angry Birds Vine Competition" in the subject line.
5. Only one entry per person. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed. You are responsible for the cost (if any) of sending your Competition entry to us. The winner shall be the owner of both the Vine and Twitter accounts from which the selected winning entry is sent.
6. GNM accepts no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt by GNM.
7. The Competition closes at 23.59 on 10 April 2014. Entries received after that time will not be considered.
8. You own the copyright in your Competition entry as its author. By submitting an entry to the Competition, you give GNM and Rovio:
a. permission for your entry to be published on GNM and Rovio websites including but not limited to theguardian.com ("GNM Websites") and on any social media account controlled by GNM and Rovio respectively, including but not limited to Facebook and Twitter accounts ("GNM Social Media Accounts"), and you grant GNM a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use and publish your Competition entry in electronic format (including on GNM Websites and GNM Social Media Accounts) and hard copy (including in GNM publications) for purposes connected with the Competition, and to adapt the entry to enable such publication (including to crop or otherwise edit it for such purposes), and you hereby irrevocably waive, for the benefit of GNM and Rovio, all moral rights in the entry to which you are entitled; and
b. the right to use your name, photograph and town/city/county of residence for the sole purpose of identifying you as the author of your entry and/or as a winner in the Competition.
9. Your entry must have been created by you, must not be copied, must not contain any third-party materials and/or content that you do not have permission to use (e.g. music), must not promote your own or third party goods or services or include any trade marks, must not refer to individuals by their real names, and must not show any inappropriate or dangerous behaviour, or otherwise be obscene, defamatory, distasteful, offensive, or in breach of any applicable legislation or regulations; must not be in breach of the terms of service or rules of Twitter and/or Vine; must not be in breach of any confidentiality obligations owed by you to third parties. Your entry must not have been published previously in any other publication or website. If we have reason to believe your entry is not your own work or otherwise breaches this paragraph 9, then we may not consider it and may disqualify it.
10. Entrants confirm that each individual whose image is featured in the Competition entry has given consent for the use of his/her image in connection with this Competition and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. Where an individual whose image is featured in a Competition entry is aged less than 18 years the entrant confirms that the parent or guardian of that individual has given the relevant consent. GNM may ask for proof of age and/or consents required pursuant to paragraph 10 at any time.
11. We may disqualify your Competition entry for the following reasons: your entry does not comply with these Terms and Conditions; you are not eligible to enter the Competition; or you cannot be contacted. In the event of disqualification, we may select a new entry for the shortlist and/or winner in accordance with the selection process outlined below.
Picking the shortlisted entries and winner
12. A panel of judges, including at least one judge who is independent of GNM, will on or before 17th April 2014 choose a shortlist of ten (10) entries from all valid Competition entries received, using the criteria described in paragraph 13. The judges reserve the right in their absolute discretion to include fewer than ten (10) entries in the shortlist where the valid entries received in accordance with these Terms and Conditions are of insufficient number or, in the reasonable opinion of the Judges, of insufficient quality. Shortlisted entrants will be notified as follows on or before 24th April 2014: we will tweet a link to the shortlist from @GuardianTech with information about how to contact us if your vine has been shortlisted. Shortlisted entrants that are following @GuardianTech when the shortlist is announced will also receive a direct message from us on Twitter. Please note that we can only send a direct message to you if you are following us @GuardianTech when the shortlist is announced. GNM will seek verification from each entrant whose entry has been shortlisted that (1) they are eligible to enter the Competition; and (2) their entries have been submitted in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
13. When choosing the shortlisted entries, the judges will be looking for the most creative, inspiring and humorous entries.
14. Subject to paragraphs 9 to 12 all shortlisted entries will be posted on an article page on the Guardian Technology section of theguardian.com on or before 24th April 2014 (the "Shortlist Date"). The URL of the page will also be tweeted on the @GuardianTech Twitter feed. Members of the public may vote for their favourite shortlisted entry from the Shortlist Date until 23:59 on 1st May 2014. Once members of the public have viewed the shortlist they will be prompted to vote for their favourite entry in an online poll. Members of the public will only be allowed to vote once. The winning entry will be the entry which receives the most votes from members of the public. In the event of a tie for the winning entry at the end of the public voting process, all entries that are tied for the winning entry will progress to a final assessment by the judging panel, with the same composition as the panel that selected the shortlisted entries. The judging panel will then assess the finalists using the criteria described in paragraph 13 to select one (1) winner.
15. Full details of the judging process and the names of the judges are available on request to eleanor.duffy@theguardian.com.
Prizes
16. Prizes will be allocated as follows:
a. entrants whose vines are shortlisted in accordance with paragraphs 12-15, above, will each receive the following prizes (subject to availability): one (1) Shock Wave t-shirt and one (1) 20cm Bomb bird plush ; and
b. the overall Competition winner will receive the following prizes (subject to availability): one (1) Custom painted Sphero 2.0, five (5) Shock Wave t-shirts, one (1) Bomb bird hoodie, one (1) 20cm Bomb bird plush. GNM accepts no responsibility for any costs associated with the prize and not specifically included in the prize.
17. The winners and shortlisted entrants will be notified as follows: we will post the Twitter usernames of the winner and each shortlisted entrant to the @GuardianTech Twitter feed on or before the 8th May 2014 with information on how to claim prizes. Entrants that are following us @GuardianTech when the Competition shortlist and winner are announced will also receive a direct message from us on Twitter. Please note that we can only send a direct message to you if you are following us @GuardianTech at the time when the shortlist and winner are announced. If a shortlisted entrant/winner fails to respond to GNM within fourteen (14) days of being notified of their being shortlisted/voted as winner, their prize will be forfeited and GNM shall be entitled to select another entrant/winner in accordance with the process described above (and that entrant/winner will have to respond to notification of their win within fourteen (14) days or else they will also forfeit their prize). If a shortlisted entrant and/or winner rejects their prize or their entry is invalid or in breach of these Terms and Conditions, then their prize will be forfeited and GNM shall be entitled to select another entrant/winner in accordance with the selection process outlined above.
18. Each prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and is not redeemable for cash or other prizes.
19. GNM retains the right to substitute the prize with another prize of similar value in the event the original prize offered is not available.
Some other rules
20. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
21. GNM is not responsible for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt by GNM.
22. The name and county of the winner can be obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope to Eleanor Duffy at the following address: Angry Birds Vine Competition, Guardian Tech, Guardian News & Media Limited, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.
23. No purchase is necessary.
24. The winner and each short-listed entrant may be required to take part in promotional activity related to the Competition and shall participate in such activity on the Promoters' reasonable request. The winner and each short-listed entrant consents to the use by GNM and their related companies, both before and after the closing date of the Competition for an unlimited time, of their voice, image, photograph and name for publicity purposes (in any medium, including still photographs and films, and on the internet, including any websites hosted by the Promoter and its related companies) and in advertising, marketing or promotional material without additional compensation or prior notice and, in entering the Competition, all entrants consent to the same.
25. GNM shall use and take care of any personal information you supply to it as described in its privacy policy, a copy of which can be seen at http://www.theguardian.com/help/privacy-policy, and in accordance with data protection legislation. By entering the competition, you agree to the collection, retention, use and distribution of your personal information in order to process and contact you about your Competition entry, and for the purposes outlined in paragraph 21 above.
26. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude the liability of GNM under law for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for death or personal injury resulting from their negligence.
27. GNM accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering the Competition or accepting the prize. GNM further disclaims liability for any injury or damage to your or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading or uploading any materials in connection with the Competition. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude the liability of GNM under law for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence.
28. GNM reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this Competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud). The decision of GNM in all matters relating to this Competition is final and no correspondence shall be entered into. GNM reserves the right to discount public votes cast within the selection process for the winner if they have reason to believe fraudulent bulk voting or multiple voting has taken place to inappropriately influence or manipulate the selection of the winner.
29. GNM shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control. Such circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, hurricane, strike, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, supervening legislation or any other circumstances amounting to force majeure.
30. The Competition and these Terms and Conditions will be governed by English law and entrants to the Competition submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
31. Promoter: Guardian News & Media Limited, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU.
