TITLE: [REGISTER+PARTICIPATE] MSIG Samurai Sudoku Showdown
PRIZE: Regional Showdown Prizes

STUDENT
(7 – 17 years old)
Regional Champion: RM1,000
1st Runner-up: RM500
2nd Runner-up: RM300
Consolation prize (x3) : RM150 each
Winners’ schools (x6 per region): RM2,000 each

INDIVIDUAL
(18 years old and above)
Regional Champion: RM1,000
1st Runner-up: RM500
2nd Runner-up: RM300
Consolation prize (x3) : RM150 each

SENIOR
(55 years old and above)
Regional Champion: RM1,000
1st Runner-up: RM500
2nd Runner-up: RM300

FAMILY
(3 members – children & parents / grandparents)
Regional Champion: RM1,000
1st Runner-up: RM500
2nd Runner-up: RM300

GRAND SHOWDOWN PRIZES

STUDENT
(Students 7 – 17 years old)
Grand Champion: RM3,000
1st Runner-up: RM2,000
2nd Runner-up: RM1,000
+ MSIG personal accident plan each (x3)
Winners’ schools (x3): RM3,000 each

INDIVIDUAL
(18 years old and above)
Grand Champion: RM8,000
1st Runner-up: RM5,000
2nd Runner-up: RM2,500
+ MSIG personal accident plan each (x3)

SENIOR
(55 years old and above)
Grand Champion: RM5,000
1st Runner-up : RM3,000
2nd Runner-up: RM1,500
+ MSIG personal accident plan each (x3)

FAMILY
(3 members – children & parents / grandparents)
Grand Champion: RM9,000
1st Runner-up: RM6,000
2nd Runner-up: RM3,000
+ MSIG personal accident plan each (x9)

DEADLINE: 17 October 2008
WEBSITE/URL: http://www.msigsudoku.com.my

DESCRIPTION:
MSIG Samurai Sudoku Showdown is back! Students, win cash for yourself AND your school! Seniors, show the youngsters you’ve still got it! Families, put your heads together and win! Think you’re really good? Slash through the competition as an Individual and prove yourself the No. 1 Sudoku Samurai!

For MSIG, one of the largest general insurers in Asia, Japan and Malaysia, this year’s Showdown is about Balance. Giving more people a chance to excel. Balancing a youngster’s energy with a senior’s wisdom. Balancing a student’s workload with the chance to be school hero.

MSIG Samurai Sudoku Showdown 2008 is here!

This year’s Showdown is about Balance, the corporate theme of MSIG. If you have seen the MSIG TV commercial, you’d have heard about it…”Your world can be unstable. That’s why MSIG offers insurance solutions to help keep you balanced.”

This Sudoku Showdown is part of MSIG’s CSR campaign. (In case, you’re wondering, CSR stands for Corporate Social Responsibility.) It’s about giving back to society and making a difference in people’s lives.

This year’s Showdown has been organised to give more opportunities for more people to be a Sudoku Warrior. It is also about balancing a youngster’s energy with a senior’s wisdom and balancing a student’s anonymity with the chance to be a hero for his/her school.

When you REGISTER or check out PRIZES AND CONTEST VENUES, you’ll see that we have all new categories of Warriors.

If you are still in school (primary or secondary), you may join as a Student Warrior and win a cash prize for yourself AND your school, both as Regional and Grand Champion.

There’s an Individual Category that’s open to everyone 18 years old and above.

If you are 55 years old or more, you can join the battle as a Senior Warrior.

Finally, if you believe there’s strength in numbers, join the Family Category. You’d need 3 family members. They can be just you and both your parents or you, your sibling and a grandparent or whatever combination that enables your family to win…as long as there are 2 generations of your immediate family in your team.

YOU MAY NOT JOIN MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY.

Please read the TERMS AND CONDITIONS carefully as different rules apply for different categories.

Also, register early as only a limited number of Warriors will be conferred the honour to do battle.

Registration closes 17 October 2008.

May the Grids be with you.

Terms & Conditions

REGIONAL SHOWDOWN TERMS AND CONDITIONS

ELIGIBILITY

1. The MSIG Samurai Sudoku Showdown is open to all citizens of Malaysia except for employees of MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd (formerly known as Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd) and its associate, holding and related companies, its advertising agency and their immediate family members (defined as parents, siblings, spouse and children).

REGISTRATION

1. You may register in any of 4 categories in the regional showdown: Student (7 – 17 years old), Individual (18 years old and above), Senior (55 years old and above), Family (3 members: children & parents/grandparents). Your Age is determined by your year of birth (e.g. A person born in 1991 is considered 17 years of age irrespective of date / month).
2. You may register for only one category and for one location.
3. Senior citizens has an option to register for the Individual Category to compete for the bigger Grand Showdown prize. However, the rules of the Individual Category will apply.
4. Family Category: only one person needs to register. If for whatever reason the registered person cannot participate on the day of the Showdown, his/her participating members may nominate another family member as replacement. A Family in this Showdown is defined as 3 members from at least 2 generations, i.e. children (no age limit) and parent(s) and/or grandparent(s). The organizer reserves the right to request proof of relationship as and when necessary.
5. Registered participants in the Individual, Student and Senior Categories must compete in person. No substitutes or stand-ins are allowed. The organizers reserve the right to randomly select participants for identity validation at any time.
6. You will compete in the same category for both the Regional and Grand Showdowns.
7. The organizer reserves the right to limit the number of participants in this MSIG Samurai Sudoku Regional Showdown 2008.

BASIC SUDOKU RULES

1. Classic 9×9 Sudoku: Place a number into every empty box so that each row across, each column down and each of the 3×3 squares contain numbers from 1 to 9 without duplication.
2. Samurai Sudoku: This consists of five Classic 9×9 Grids overlapping at the corners. The same rules for the Classic Sudoku apply.

REGIONAL BATTLEGROUND

* Johor (Pelangi Mall) 2 Nov 2008
* Melaka (Dataran Pahlawan) 9 Nov 2008
* Penang (QueensBay Mall) 16 Nov 2008
* Klang Valley (Ikano Power Centre) 22 & 23 Nov 2008

QUALIFYING ROUNDS

1. All participants for the Regional Showdown will go through a number of qualifying rounds.
2. If you submit an all-correct grid within the time limit, you qualify for the next round.

Time Limits
Individual and Student Categories
Grid: classic 9×9
Maximum time limit: 10 minutes

Senior Category
Grid: classic 9×9
Maximum time limit: 20 minutes

Family Category
Grid: classic 9×9
Maximum time limit: 15 minutes

(Note: Each family team will be given a sudoku grid. One family member starts, the other two members sit a distance away. Every 5 minutes, the warrior at the grid is replaced by a family member. All warriors within a family team must have a turn.)
3. All accepted participants will be notified of their check-in time to collect their Warrior Number.
4. Participants who have been assigned Warrior Showdown Numbers but are late for their round will be disqualified.
5. Participants must be ready at the stand-by zone as directed by the Contest Marshals.
6. The organizers will determine participants’ seating positions and level of difficulty for each round. No queries will be entertained.
7. Handphones and other electronic devices must be switched off during the Showdown.
8. Participants may not turn over their contest grids until instructed to do so.
9. Used contest grids will not be returned to participants for whatever reason.
10. The judges reserve the right to disqualify any participant for copying, cheating, illegible or incomplete entries (e.g. missing Warrior Number), or disruption of the event.

FINAL ROUNDS

1. Finalists will compete using the Samurai Sudoku grid. Time limit: 30 minutes.
2. The 3 most accurate grids in each category will win the 3 top prizes in the category.
3. The remaining entries will receive the consolation prizes.
4. In the event of a tie, the earlier entry submitted wins.

NOTES

1. The top 3 winners for each category from each region will represent their region and compete in the Grand Showdown in the Klang Valley, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan in January 2009.
2. In the event of any change in date or venue, a new date and/or venue will be announced.
3. All Regional Champions, 1st and 2nd Runners-up will receive their prizes at the Grand Showdown Prize Presentation Ceremony in January 2009.
4. All prizes are non-transferable.
5. Acceptance of prizes constitutes permission to MSIG and its agencies to use the winners’ names and/or photographs for the purpose of publicity, advertising and/or trade without further compensation or notice.
6. By participating in this MSIG Sudoku Regional Showdown, participants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and the decision of MSIG. The decision of the judges is final and no communication of any kind will be entertained.
7. Neither MSIG nor any of the organisers of this contest will be held responsible for any injuries or distress of any kind to participants or spectators that may occur during the contest.

REGIONAL SHOWDOWN VENUES

Johor (Pelangi Mall) 2 Nov 2008
Melaka (Dataran Pahlawan) 9 Nov 2008
Penang (QueensBay Mall) 16 Nov 2008
Klang Valley (Ikano Power Centre) 22 & 23 Nov 2008

Grand Showdown Venues

Klang Valley (To be confirmed) Jan 2009