1. Definition of the Terms
"User Content" is any data you upload or transmit on or through the Services, including profiles and in-game conversations. We advise all players to be wary of the accuracy or legitimacy of User Content. More information regarding User Content can be found in Section 6.
"Termination" or "suspension" refers to any mute, temporary ban, or permanent ban of an account or a character. Our company may limit, temporarily suspend, or permanently terminate your account or access to the Services or modify or remove any User Content in its sole discretion, and our company is under no obligation to compensate you for any losses or damages in this connection. More information about termination is available in Section 9.
"Virtual Currency" is defined as any in-game currency used to purchase products from our company or its partners. More information regarding Virtual Currency, pricing, and applicability can be found in Sections 5 & 12.
2. Abuse and Harassment
Notwithstanding anything previously outlined, our company does not necessarily monitor any User Content on the Site. You may not abuse or harass users and/or our staff, which is defined as sending of junk messages, use of gibberish, slander, swearing, racism, impersonation, threatening, scamming, cheating, or any other conduct our company, in its sole discretion, deems inappropriate.
Our company is not liable for any loss or damage resulting from or associated with any false claims, inaccurate information, or otherwise questionable actions made by any user. Our company does not monitor offline interaction among its users. You hereby acknowledge that any contact by you with any other user outside of the Services, i.e. in "the real world", is at your own risk without any involvement of our company and you are solely responsible for any consequences resulting therefrom. If you wish to report any abuse, harassment, or inappropriate conduct within the Services, please visit our website.
3. Cheating/Hacking
You are not permitted under any circumstance or for any reason to cheat or utilize third party applications or code in order to gain unfair advantages in, or acquire Virtual Currency or items from, any of our Games. You agree not to design, disseminate, or use any third party programs designed to change any Game offered on the Site, or assist in the design of a third party program that changes any Game offered on the Site. You will be responsible for any damages to our company resulting from any of your use, dissemination, or design of such programs.
You may not:
1. reverse-engineer, decompile, or modify any of the game clients and use it in any way;
2. exploit any cheats or errors which you find in the Services. Any cheats or errors you discover during your use of the Services must be reported immediately to us;
3. attempt to access any other user's account;
4. misuse any of our customer service facilities;
5. deliberately enter false information into any of the forums on the Site;
6. encourage or attempt to trick other players into breaking our rules.
If our company discovers any of the aforementioned cheats or hacks, it may, in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate your account immediately, without notice to you. We may also place access restrictions based on your I.P. address to the Site and the Services.
4. Unauthorized Trades/Transactions
Our company does not recognize any sale or trade of Virtual Currency and/or accounts. You may not purchase, sell, gift, or trade any account, or offer to purchase, sell, gift or trade any account, and any such attempt shall be null and void. Our company owns, has been licensed, or otherwise has rights to all of the content that is contained in the Games. You agree that you have no right or title in or to any such content, including without limitation the virtual goods or currency appearing or originating in the Games, or any other attributes associated with any account.
Our company does not recognize any purported transfers of virtual property executed outside of the Games, or the purported sale, gift, or trade in the "real world" of anything that is contained or originates in the Game. Accordingly, you may not sell in-game items or currency for real currency, or exchange those items or currency for value outside of the Games or for the purchase of tangible or physical products or other services. Furthermore, our company does not recognize or provide services to enable the transfer of virtual currency among its players. Any aforementioned transactions shall be at your own risk and you shall be solely responsible for any liabilities resulting from the same. In the event that you carry out any of the aforementioned transactions, you hereby acknowledge that our company has no involvement therein whatsoever and shall in no event be liable for such actions. You further acknowledge that our company has warned you against carrying out the abovementioned transactions.
5. Intellectual Property Rights
Our Site and its content are owned and operated by our company and its partners. All content, including the forums, the Games, the Site, and/or the Services offered are solely owned by our company and its partners and protected by copyright, trademark, patent, and other intellectual property laws and regulations and other applicable laws and regulations. You acknowledge that you have no claims on, interest in, or license to copy, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise exploit for any commercial purpose the Site and the Services.
6. Introduction
Please read the terms of this document before attempting to use the Site.
7. Account
In order to access the Site and the Services, you are required to register an account. By creating an account, you acknowledge that we are granting you a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive, personal, non-commercial license to the Services, subject to the limitations of the Terms. You acknowledge and agree that you have no ownership or other proprietary interests in any account stored or hosted in our company’s system, including without limitation your account or any Games account and you further agree that all rights in and to such accounts are and will always be owned by and inured to the benefit of our company.
When creating an account, you must choose a username. This username cannot infringe on the rights of any third party, impersonate or imply another persona, be illegal, offensive, racist, obscene, unlawful, or be deemed in any way inappropriate. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to review your username and its appropriateness. Multiple accounts are acceptable, however this should not be used to abuse, exploit, or take advantage of any in-game event, bug, or game interaction. We have sole discretion with respect to identifying any username or account abuse.
At the time of account creation, you will be required to set a password. Your password should be treated with care and should be kept confidential. You should choose a password which is difficult to guess and should be updated regularly. You should not follow any instructions to input your password except when entering your account information to log into the Site.
By creating an account, you are able to log onto and participate in our forums. On the forums, you are given the ability to upload a picture, write a profile, and/or create a signature. All forum account information, regardless of location, shall not be unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise offensive. Exercise caution when updating your forum profile as this information is accessible to other forum users.
8. Liability for Our Services
WHEN PERMITTED BY LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE SHALL OUR COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES OR THE SITE, EVEN IF OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR COMPANY TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE SERVICES.