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Rules of Play

Registration

  • User must be registered to the Yahoo! FIFA WORLD CUP™ Challenge to participate.
  • Registration is via this microsite only.
  • Users do not have to be registered to Yahoo! to participate.
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Objective

  • Users must first solve the daily clue and find the hidden icon within the Yahoo! site.
  • Once they have found this icon, they will be taken to a games page where they will have to complete a challenge.
  • They will be awarded points that reflect their performance.
  • Points for the quiz are awarded on how quickly a user can answer each question correctly.
  • The ultimate goal is to submit as many points as possible at the end of the competition in order to increase chances of winning.
  • One entry to the final prize draw will be allocated for every 50 points submitted.
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Terms

Daily Challenge = individual games which will be rotated each day over the 28 day promotion.
Weekly Challenge = Champions Quiz.

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Technical Requirements

  • The game elements of this competition require that the Flash 5 plug-in is correctly installed and configured. If you have an older version of the plug-in installed you will be alerted to update to the latest version. Should you have any problems installing or using the Flash player please visit http://www.macromedia.com/support/flashplayer
  • The site is designed to be viewed optimally at 800x600 resolution in 16 bit colour. Should your screen be at a lower resolution than this you will not see the site as designed and may have difficulty playing some of the challenges.
  • This site is designed to be viewed and the challenges played on standard PC/Macintosh computers running either Internet Explorer 4 (or above) or Netscape Navigator 4.5 (or above).
  • The minimum specification required for playing the daily challenges is:
    PC
    Windows 98
    PII 300Mhz
    32 MB RAM
    800x600 Display
    Macintosh
    Mac OS 8.5
    G3 300Mhz
    32 MB RAM
    800x600 Display
    Please note this is a minimum specification and a better specification will deliver better performance.
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Daily Challenge - Quiz

Game play
The user is given a trivia question with four answers to choose from and a countdown begins. Choosing correct or incorrect answers will trigger a simple animation and the users score will be updated.

Scoring
1) The correct answer will give a get 10 points plus a bonus score up to 30 points depending on the speed with which the question was answered.
2) The wrong answer will get nothing.

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Daily Challenge - Beat the Ref

Game Play
The objective for this game is to beat the referee in a best of three competition of heads or tails. The user chooses heads or tails and plays against the referee. The first to score two points wins the match.

Scoring
1) If the user wins the match they are 50 awarded points.
2) If the referee wins the user gets 0 points.

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Daily Challenge - Keep it up

Game Play
The objective for this game is to bounce the ball off parts of the game characters body for as long as possible without the ball touching the ground. If the ball hits the ground three times, or the maximum score is reached, the game is over and the user is awarded the points they have scored up to that time.

Scoring
The user will be awarded points depending on how long the ball was kept off the ground.

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Daily Challenge - Beat the Goalie

Game Play
The objective for this game is to score goals against a goalie. The user will be presented with a game character facing a goalie in goals in the penalty area. The user will have five attempts at goal.

Scoring
The user is awarded 20 points for every goal scored.

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Daily Challenge - Spot the ball

Game Play
The objective for this game is to guess where the football is (was) in a photograph from which the ball has been digitally removed. The user clicks to indicate the spot where they think the ball should be. The user is given ten attempts to click where they think the ball is.

Scoring
The user scores 20 points for a correct position plus a bonus based on the number of turns taken to locate the ball. The less turns taken the higher the bonus.

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Redeeming Entries

  • Points can be redeemed via the 'My Locker' section of this website between 6th May and 12th May 2002.
  • All points must be redeemed for entries into the final prize draw at the end of the promotional period. No points will be accepted after this date and all unredeemed points will be null and void after this time.
  • Points can only be redeemed via this website, following completion of the full registration form.
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Cheating

Users will be disqualified if they are suspected of damaging, tampering with or corrupting the operation of the promotion, or are in violation of the terms and conditions of the web site, or are suspected of engaging in any fraudulent, potentially fraudulent, unusual, non-standard activity or any activity deemed in the Sponsors' sole discretion, to be in violation of these Rules or generally inconsistent with the intended operation of the Promotion.

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