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Simply Put: The more reviews, questions, answers and comments you write and the more photos and videos you upload, the higher your ranking will be. You get three points for every video, photo or review, two points for every answer, and one point for every question, comment and wish list. If you use your real name, you’re rewarded with a 1.5x boost for each submission. Why? Because you deserve credit for trusting your judgment and putting your reputation on the line to make this community better.

 

Being Helpful Counts: You gain an extra point every time someone gives one of your reviews, gear photos, videos, questions, answers or comments a thumbs up.  

 

Decay: As time progresses, your point total will decrease.  Why?  We want the Leaderboard to reflect the current contributors, not the person who did something 3 years ago and hasn't been back since.  Points have a half-life of 190 days, which means that 1 point will be worth .5 points after 190 days and .25 points after 380 days.

 

Overall Store Ranking:This is the number under your name on the Leaderboard and at the top of your Profile. This number represents how you compare to all the other gear freaks in the Backcountry.com community.

Employee Leaderboard: Just in case you were wondering: Backcountry.com employees are ranked separately in the Employees tab of the leaderboard. Click here to search for Gearheads who have used the products you're looking for or to browse through the profiles of the people who make Backcountry.com great.

Have Questions or Suggestions on Rankings? Email us: rankings@backcountry.com

 

OFFICIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO BACKCOUNTRY LEADERBOARD REWARDS PROGRAM

1.         No purchase necessary to win.

2.         By submitting reviews, questions, answers, photos, videos, or other user content (“User Content”) to Backcountry.com, Inc. (“Backcountry”), you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.  In addition, by using Backcountry and its affiliates websites, you agree to be bound by Backcountry’s Legal Notices [http://www.backcountry.com/sc/legal-notices].

3.         For each video, photo, or review, you will receive three points.  For each answer, you will receive two points.  For each question, you will receive one point.  If you decide to use your real name in connection with submitting User Content, you will receive 1.5x the number of points allocated for that type of User Content.  Every time someone clicks a “Helpful Vote” to your User Content, you will receive an additional point.

4.         Employees, officers and directors and their immediate families of Backcountry.com, their affiliates, suppliers, subsidiaries, consultants, contractors, legal, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing agencies, and web site providers/web masters are not eligible to participate.

5.         One the final day of each quarter (3/31, 6/30, 9/30, and 12/31), at 12:00:00 P.M. Mountain Time, Backcountry will select the 50 users with the most points and provide them with a reward.  Each reward will be awarded in Backcountry’s sole discretion and may consist of schwag or gift certificates.  Please note that the first reward period will end on 6/30/2013.

6.         Backcountry reserves the right to limit or suspend users whose contributions are, in Backcountry’s sole discretion, not generally thoughtful or useful to the community, or otherwise violate Backcountry’s Legal Notices.

7.         You must have submitted User Content within the 190 days immediately prior to the final day of a quarter in order to be eligible for a reward.

8.         Backcountry’s sole obligation will be to send an email to the address associated with each winner’s account.  Each winner will be notified by email within 7 days of the end of each quarter, and will have 3 days from the sending date of the winner notification email to respond.  Failure to respond will amount to forfeiture of any prize.

9.         The odds of winning a prize depend on the number of entrants.

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