Game of Timers - Join the Competition to Win Prizes

How do I Participate?
First, you need to register. Then starting on July 1st, you can start competing by attempting questions with the timer and posting explanations to never-before-seen questions. You and Your Team will receive points for a number of activities as well as opportunities for bonus points. See below the point earning table for details about activities and points. Team and Individual points earned will be reflected on this page below in your Dashboard.


What Do You Mean "Team-Based"?
This competition is team-based, which means one of the 4 teams will win. All winning team members will receive prizes.


What Prizes are Available?
Big thanks to our sponsors (see the full list of sponsors below) we have lots of prizes for both the winning team and also the Top 3 players in each team.

• Veritas Prep on Demand Course - $699 each | 12 available
• EMPOWERgmat 3-month Course - $349 each | 7 available
• Manhattan Prep Live Online Class for GMAT or GRE - $1,399 each | 1 available
• Manhattan Prep GMAT Interact - $999 each | 1 available
• e-GMAT GMAT Online Course - $349 each | 3 available
• examPAL 2 Premium courses - $489 each | 2 available
• GMAT Club Tests (2-week access) - $20 each | 500 available
• Crack Verbal GMAT Online Comprehensive Course - $399 each | 3 available
• Crack Verbal How to Study for the GMAT course - $69 each | 25 available
• Crack Verbal MBA Kickstarter Course - $99 each | 25 available
• Experts' Global "Must Have" - $50 each | 12 available
• Target Test Prep Dedicated Study Course (4 Month Access) - $299 each | 10 available
• GMAT Ninja - 2 Hour Tutoring Package - $760 | 1 available
• Math Revolution Short-Cut 51 Course - $79 each | 10 available

Total Prize value: over $25,000 The prize list is still expanding and we will update it as more prizes are added.


When Do We Start? When Are Winners Announced?
Game of Timers Schedule:

June 25th: Registration Opens
July 1st: Competition Begins at 8 AM PST/11 AM EST/8:30 PM IST
July 26th: Last day of Competition
By July 29: Winners Announced

Will Everyone Win Prizes?
No But about 600 people will
The team that gets the most points at the end of the competition, will win. Every member on the winning team will receive access to the GMAT Club Tests for 2 weeks.
The top 3 players on each of the 4 teams will have a choice of the top prizes (the winning team's 3 top users will have the first pick), and then the next 9 will choose their prizes based on the point ranking
The remaining prizes will be distributed among the users based on the points earned. Each user is limited to 1 prize. We have a lot of prizes and expect close to 600 people getting something (Full disclosure: majority of those, around 500 will be getting GMAT Club tests)



How Many Teams Are There?
There is a total of 4 teams: White Walkers, Wildlings, Westerosis, and Dothrakis


Can I Choose My Team?
No, assignment is random. You will be given your team name when you Join the Competition. Also, your avatar will reflect your team's colors


Which Team am I on?
You can review the roster for the teams: White Walkers, Wildlings, Westerosis, and Dothrakis
You can also look at your avatar and the label at the top - the color corresponds to one of the 4 teams




Earning Points:
Here is the detailed explanation of how you can earn points and bonus opportunities that exist.
Every day Monday through Friday, GMAT Club Moderators will post 3-5 new questions (we will provide their listing in this topic) and we will identify them in the forum to make them easy to find.

GOT Points	Action Required	Eligible Questions
10 Points per timer	Timer Taken & Correctly Answered Question	3-5 new questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting July 1st
Bonus 1: 10 GOT Points	Taking the Timer in the first 60 minutes of question posting time (awarded within 5 mins of posting)	3-5 new questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting July 1st
Bonus 2: 10 GOT Points	Posting an explanation (awarded within 5 mins of posting)	3-5 new questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting July 1st
Bonus 3*: 100 GOT Points	Getting a Kudos from a moderator (awarded within 24 hours only)	3-5 new questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting July 1st
Bonus 4: 50 GOT Points	Taking 30 timers in one day (awarded at Noon PST the following day)	Any questions in the DS/PS/CR/SC forums (RC is not eligible)

Max daily GOT points per person per question: 130
Max daily timer Bonus: 50
*The kudos are at the discretion of the moderators that may choose to give them or not to for any reason or no reason at all

Regards,
Bunuel.


Any Other Questions?
Please post them here, just reply in this topic. Thanks!



Competition Rules & Fine Print:

• When you join the competition, you agree to abide by these rules
• GMAT Club reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this competition at any time.
• Any registered user can participate. Registration is required; only points earned after registration will be counted.
• Experts, Instructors, Tutors, Moderators, and Administrators are not eligible to earn points (though they can still participate in the competition - their points will not be used)
• Choices of Prizes will be available to the users with the highest scores first; if multiple users are eligible, we will draw randomly
• Cheaters and users try to illegitimately gain points will be excluded and may be deactivated
• All moderator decisions are final and are not eligible for public discussion. These guys work hard, please be kind
• Prizes are not transferable and cannot be sold or bartered; they will be void if traded
• Prizes must be used or activated for usage before September 1, 2019
• No refunds will be provided
• GMAT Club reserves the right in its sole discretion to determine who wins prizes, for what activity, and other prize decisions
• This is a very unique and complex competition and we appreciate your support; we may modify it if we notice irregularities or ways we can optimize it