So if you’ve been following me, @fanatical_g, you should know by now that I have a copy of #Crackdown2 that’s just collecting dust due to the fact that I have a decapitated xbox. Oh well, one gamer’s misfortune is another’s contest price right? So here’s how this whole Operation Crackdown contest is gonna go. Over the course of the next few days, you will be challenged to:

1. Find our staff on Twitter©
2. Follow said staff
3. Retweet certain “orbs” from said staff, which will end in the #tgfcc hashtag.

To be eligible to win, you must retweet a tweet containing #tgfcc from each of our staff, which includes @thegamefanatics (duh :p). Each staff could tweet one #tgfcc or a billion of them, it’s up to YOU to make sure to retweet it. The top 5 retweeters* will be entered into our random drawing. The contest begins on Monday so everyone has the weekend to go staff hunting.

This is intended to be a fun way for us to interact with our current fans and gain new ones…as well as get rid of  one of the many games we have lying around so let’s all have fun.

Operation Crackdown © Official Rules

No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Some restrictions apply. One qualifier per household. You need not be present to win.

The sweepstakes: From Monday, 07/19/2010 through Monday, 07/26/2010, The Game Fanatics will promote, by means of Twitter© the opportunity to submit entries to win a grand prize as detailed below.

Eligibility: Any individuals (including but not limited to employees, consultants, independent contractors, and interns) who have, within the past six months, performed services for The Game Fanatics or any organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the contest or supplying the prize, and/or their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies, and immediate family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to enter or play. “Immediate family members” shall mean parents, stepparents, children, stepchildren, siblings, stepsiblings, or spouses. “Household members” shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months in one calendar year. Other eligibility requirements are listed above.

How to enter: Means of entry listed above.

How to win: The Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing conducted from all qualified entries on or about [INSERT DD/MM/YY]. In the event that the original Grand Prize winner does not meet Official Rules or eligibility requirements, or he/she or parent or legal guardian forfeits the Grand Prize, The Game Fanatics will award prize to first alternate. Process will continue until Grand Prize is awarded.

All entries must be received on or before Monday, 07/26/2010. The selection will be held the week of Monday, 07/26/2010. Decision of the judges and The Game Fanatics is final. The grand Prize winner will be notified by a Twitter© Direct Message and must meet all eligibility requirements.

By entering, each contestant agrees to be bound by the rules. The Game Fanatics, its promotional agents and sweepstakes co-sponsors are not responsible for illegible, lost, delayed or misdirected mail, errors in faxes or shipments, busy phone signals, or incomplete entries.

Grand Prize: (One) Grand Prize winner(s) will each receive 1 (one) Copy of Crackdown 2 for the Xbox 360©. Approximate total value of the grand prize is $59.99.  There are no other prizes.

The Grand Prize is non-transferable. There may be no cash or other substitutions of prizes by winner. However, The Game Fanatics reserves the right to substitute similar prizes of equal or greater value in the event the above prize is unavailable for any reason. Individual, parent or legal guardian of winner is solely responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes with respect to entire prize.

Winner or Parent or legal guardian of Grand Prize winner must sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release and Indemnification Form (“the Form”) that : a) releases, indemnifyies and holds harmless The Game Fanatics its parent, affiliated, subsidiary and successor companies, and its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives, advertising agencies and promotional sponsors (collectively the “Release”) from and against any and all harm, expense, liability or injury that may be sustained relating to or arising from participation in the sweepstakes or acceptance or use of the prize; and b) authorizes the Releasee to use the winners’ names, likenesses, photographs, voices and biographical data for any purpose, in any media, unless prohibited by law.

Prize will not be released until The Game Fanatics receives all required documents. Failure of Grand Prize winner to return the Forms within the required timeframe will result in automatic forfeiture of any prizes and all such prizes shall be awarded to an alternate winner. In the event of a prize forfeiture, the winner or parent or legal guardian of the winner forfeiting prize will sign a Prize Forfeit Form and return to The Game Fanatics within ten (10) days of receiving the Form.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask below.

Unforeseen Events: The Game Fanatics reserves the right to change this sweepstakes at its sole discretion at any time that The Game Fanatics become aware of any circumstances or occurrence which would materially affect the sweepstakes security or fairness. The Game Fanatics reserves the right to announce any sweepstakes rules changes over the air, in print or posters. The Game Fanatics is not responsible for the inability of the winner to accept the prize for any reason.