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Battle Dawn Terms and Conditions
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BATTLE DAWN ACCOUNT REGISTRATION You are solely responsible for all activity on your Account as well as for the security of your computer system or any other device that is used to access Battle Dawn. TacticSoft and its representatives are in no way responsible for damages to your device(s) or connection(s) incurred directly or indirectly while playing Battle Dawn or participating in the Battle Dawn Online Community (which includes but is not limited to Forums, Wikis, Chat, and E-mail). You are forbidden to disclose your login name or password to other Members. Battle Dawn Staff will never ask you for your password. If you forget your password, you may retrieve it by the using the "Forgot Password" link on the login screen. You agree to indemnify and hold TacticSoft harmless for any improper or illegal use of your Account. This includes illegal or improper use by someone to whom you have given access to your Account. Your Account and its access to any of our services is subject to immediate and irrevocable termination if you or anyone using your Account violates our Terms of Service. If your Account is terminated, you may not join Battle Dawn again without TacticSoft’s express permission. If you wish to rejoin Battle Dawn, please contact contact@battledawn.com A.
Charges, Billing And Free Trials B.
Termination Of Account You may cancel your Account from within the game personally or by sending a message to the in-game admin. All cancellations are final and cannot be reversed. TacticSoft reserves the right to collect fees, surcharges or costs incurred before you cancel your Account or a particular subscription. In addition, you are responsible for any charges incurred to third-party vendors or content providers before your cancellation. In the event that your Account or a particular subscription is terminated or canceled, no refund will be granted; no online time or other credits (e.g., points in an online game) will be credited to you or converted to cash or other form of reimbursement, and you will have no further access to your Account or anything within Battle Dawn associated with it (such as points, tokens or in-game items). Active Battle Dawn Account holders may not allow former Account holders whose Account has been terminated by Battle Dawn to use their Accounts. Any delinquent or unpaid Accounts or Accounts that have unresolved issues with TacticSoft must be settled before TacticSoft may allow you to register again. If you violate these Terms of Service, TacticSoft may issue a warning about the violation to you, or TacticSoft may choose to immediately terminate any and all accounts that you have established. You acknowledge that TacticSoft is not required to provide notice to you before terminating your Account, but it may choose to do so at its discretion. II.
ONLINE CONTENT Vulgar language, crude or explicit sexual references, discussions of illegal drugs, and hate speech are always inappropriate Content for Battle Dawn. Content standards may vary depending on the location from which you access Battle Dawn, the type of game you are playing, and the expectations of the community. Some game play and chat rooms may involve the use of stronger language than others, including mild expletives. Always use your best judgment in online conduct. If you would not say something in a room full of people you have never met, or in the workplace, do not post it on Battle Dawn message boards or chat. TacticSoft reserves the right to and may monitor your communications on Battle Dawn. However, TacticSoft cannot monitor all of the Content on Battle Dawn and does not attempt to do so. If you encounter something offensive, you may report it to the game admin or complaint e-mail address for the area in which the incident occurred. TacticSoft does not endorse, approve, or prescreen any Content that you or other users communicate on the Service. TacticSoft assumes no responsibility or liability for Content that is generated by Members or other guests on Battle Dawn. TacticSoft reserves the right to remove Content that is deemed objectionable for any reason. This determination is in TacticSoft’s sole discretion and is final. TacticSoft assumes no liability for any failure to remove or any delay in removing Content. If TacticSoft representatives remove Content that you created, they may send you a warning. If it is a serious offense or if you have violated our rules in the past, you may be banned from participating on Battle Dawn and your Account may be terminated. III.
ONLINE CONDUCT You agree that you are personally responsible for your use of Battle Dawn and for all of your communication and activity on the Service, including any Content you contribute, and that you will indemnify and hold harmless TacticSoft, its representatives, affiliates, employees, officers, and directors from any liability or damages arising from your conduct on Battle Dawn, including any Content that you contribute. A. Gaming Guidelines In order to make everyone's experience here at Battle Dawn enjoyable, TacticSoft has set up several basic guidelines which it asks that you follow. Violation of any of these rules can and will result in immediate removal of your Battle Dawn Account. In order to access or play Battle Dawn, or use services made available through Battle Dawn, you must have an Account on Battle Dawn. B. Account Management Players are allowed to create and maintain one and only one account in each game. Each player should use only his or her own account; under no circumstances should accounts be shared, traded or played by anyone other than the original owner. In the event any of these violations occur, your account(s) and any other accounts involved in the violation(s) will be removed and access to Battle Dawn and its services revoked. C. Contact Information The information you provide when signing up is used to protect the Battle Dawn from fraudulent use. You must provide complete and accurate information to participate in any Battle Dawn service. D. Game Play Under no circumstances are users allowed to use the assistance of automated processes to improve their performance in Battle Dawn. Use of automated scripts or other software outside of the web-based interface provided by TacticSoft that accesses Battle Dawn is expressly forbidden. Reverse engineering or manipulation of any communication between the Flash-based client software and the Battle Dawn servers is expressly prohibited and will result in immediate termination upon discovery. E. Fair Play Players who try to manipulate the rules and/or use loopholes in them may be banned from Battle Dawn. Each incident will be investigated by Battle Dawn Staff, but the ultimate decision is at the Staff’s sole discretion. F. Playing Fairly and Honestly TacticSoft, Ltd upholds high standards of moral behavior. Any player who is caught manipulating bugs in the game or has been cheating in any other way may have their Account(s) terminated immediately. The use of inappropriate language or the propagation of inappropriate content, as defined in Section II, Paragraph 2, may also result in Account termination. G. Responsibility of the Development Staff TacticSoft will make its best effort to provide Members with a flawless, uninterrupted gaming experience; however TacticSoft is not liable in any way for server outages, faulty programming, or unexpected and/or irreversible changes in data. The occurrence of any disadvantages for Members resulting from server outages, faulty programming, etc. does not entitle a Member to claim the recovery of his or her account's status before the occurrence. H. Refunding and Crediting TacticSoft recommends that all Members use hard passwords (at least eight characters using at least three of the four character types; upper case, lower case, numbers, or symbols) and be careful when accessing Battle Dawn from public places. If your Account is hacked, you will not be refunded for any losses, even if the loss of control results in the deletion of your Account. TacticSoft maintains the right to credit players with certain in-game bonuses if they are the victims of cheaters’ actions. However, such liberties are at the sole discretion of Battle Dawn Staff and are in no way rights of the Member. At any time, TacticSoft may change or update the game rules and the game packages as well as features and elements of Battle Dawn; players will not be compensated for the impact of these changes. I.
Liability K.
Definitions of "multi" and "cheating"
IV. TACTICSOFT GAME POLICIES TacticSoft, Ltd. makes every effort to monitor Battle Dawn and ensure a fair and competitive gaming environment. TacticSoft, Ltd. reserves the right to remove any user from Battle Dawn without notice and provides no guarantee of service quality. By participating in Battle Dawn, you agree not to hold TacticSoft, Ltd. responsible for any incidental damages caused by our service, known or unknown at that time and forever hold harmless in any claim against TacticSoft, Ltd. Thank you for abiding by these rules and helping make Battle Dawn one of the world's largest interactive games. If a fellow user is violating these rules, please let us know immediately. You can contact TacticSoft / Battle Dawn through the following methods of e-mail: contact@battledawn.com. Heretofore, the terms “Battle Dawn” and “the Service” are interchangeable. A. Terms of Service You will violate the Terms of Service if you (or others using your Account) do any of the following: ·
Manipulate
bugs in the game or cheat. ·
Post,
transmit, promote, or distribute content that is illegal. ·
Continue to
harass, threaten, embarrass, or do anything else to another Member or guest
after receiving a warning from them or a member of the TacticSoft/Battle
Dawn Staff. Examples include: slander, spam, racism, prejudice against
orientation or heritage, etc. ·
Transmit or
facilitate distribution of content that is harmful, abusive, racially or
ethnically offensive, vulgar, sexually explicit, defamatory, infringing,
invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, or in a reasonable person's
view, objectionable. Hate speech is not tolerated. ·TacticSoft
hold the final say over the definition of
“reasonable”. ·
Disrupt the
flow of chat in chat rooms with vulgar language, abusiveness, hitting the
return key repeatedly or inputting large images so the screen goes by too
fast to read, use of excessive shouting [all caps] in an attempt to disturb
other users, “spamming” or flooding [posting repetitive text]. ·
Impersonate
another person (including celebrities), indicate
that you are a TacticSoft employee or a
representative of TacticSoft / Battle Dawn, or
attempt to mislead users by indicating that you represent TacticSoft,
Battle Dawn or any of TacticSoft or Battle Dawn's
partners or affiliates. ·
Attempt to
get a password, other account information, or other private information from
a Member or any other user on Battle Dawn. Remember: Battle Dawn staff will
NEVER ask for your password. Don't give your password, reminder words, or
billing information out to anyone. · ·
Upload any
software or Content that you do not own or have permission to freely
distribute. ·
Promote or
encourage any illegal activity including hacking, cracking or distribution of
counterfeit software. ·
Upload files
that contain viruses or corrupted data. · ·
Post messages
for any purpose other than personal communication, including but not limited
to advertising, promotional materials, chain letters, pyramid schemes. · ·
Improperly
use in-game support or complaint buttons or make false reports to Battle Dawn
staff members. ·
Use or
distribute “auto” software programs, “macro” software programs or other
“cheat utility” software programs or applications. ·
Modify any
part of Battle Dawn or any site or service connected with the Battle Dawn
Community that TacticSoft does not specifically
authorize you to modify. ·
Violate
applicable laws, regulations and rules anywhere you connect to BattleDawn. This includes rules for use of third-party
technology and content, rules of interactive service providers, and federal,
state, local and foreign laws where applicable. Ignorance of the law is no
excuse. The laws that apply in the offline world must be obeyed online as
well. TacticSoft maintains no tolerance for illegal
behavior on Battle Dawn. TacticSoft will cooperate
with law enforcement in such matters. ·
Post or
communicate any player’s real-world personal information within the Service
or through any Service Web Site or any Service bulletin board. · ·
Attempt to
interfere with, hack into or decipher any transmissions to or from the
servers running the Service. ·
Exploit any
bug in the Service or in any TacticSoft product to
gain unfair advantage in the game and communicate the existence of any such
bug (either directly or through the public posting) to any other user of the
Service. ·You are only authorized to communicate regarding the bug or exploit
to the official administrative staff where the bug/exploit is discovered. ·
Attempt to
play Battle Dawn on or through any service that is not controlled or
authorized by TacticSoft, Ltd. You will not
participate in any online service that provides online features or game play
relating to Battle Dawn that is not authorized by TacticSoft,
Ltd. ·
Interfere
with the ability of other Service users to enjoy playing Battle Dawn and use
the Service, in accordance with its rules. ·
Materially
increase the expense or difficulty of TacticSoft,
Ltd in maintaining the Service for the enjoyment of all its users. ·
Exchange
resources, accounts or any other Battle Dawn game element outside of official
Battle Dawn mediums. The buying and selling of resources outside of the
Battle Dawn Supporter packages is expressly prohibited and will result in
banning. If you encounter another user of the Service who is violating any of the Rules of Conduct described above, please report them using the "Help" or "Report Abuse" functions of the Service (e.g., to capture chat and to report abusive users) or use the aforementioned e-mail contact methods. You further agree that these rules will apply to anyone that you allow to use your Service account or login name, and that you are personally responsible for the consequences (including termination of your account) that may result if any such person breaks these rules. In order to help make the Service an enjoyable experience for everyone, TacticSoft may occasionally find it necessary to make changes to or reset certain parameters of the Service in order to bring it back into balance. These changes or resets may affect your game account or alliance under your control and may cause you setbacks within the game world. TacticSoft is liable to compensate you for such losses/setbacks or to restore you to any previously attained to position after such changes. These rules may be changed and new rules may be added at any time. You agree to check the Service web site periodically to review any rule changes that TacticSoft, Ltd. may have made. B.
Public Nature of Communications Once you post or send any Content to TacticSoft, you expressly grant TacticSoft the complete and irrevocable right to quote, re-post, use, reproduce, modify, distribute, transmit, broadcast, and otherwise communicate, and publicly display and perform the Content in any form, anywhere, with or without attribution to your screen name in Battle Dawn, and without any notice or compensation to you of any kind. C.
Commercial Activity and Unsolicited E-mail D.
Use of Machines, Computers, Scripts E.
Proprietary Rights; Copyrights and Trademarks You must have the legal right to upload any Content to Battle Dawn before you do so. You shall not copy, transmit, modify, distribute, show in public or in private, modify or create any derivative works from the Content you find on Battle Dawn, unless Battle Dawn expressly authorizes you in writing to do so. Making unauthorized copies of any Content found on Battle Dawn can lead to the termination of your Battle Dawn Account(s) (or revocation of Guest status, if you are a guest) and may subject you to further legal action. Similarly, other content owners may take criminal or civil action against you. In that event, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless TacticSoft and its subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies, employees, officers, directors and agents. F.
User’s Computer Information G.
Links to Third-Party Sites V. BETA TESTS You may be given the opportunity to beta test new games and site features. Your participation as a beta tester is subject to the following terms and conditions. A.
Closed Beta Tests B.
All Beta Tests (Closed And Open) (2) When playing some beta games, you may accumulate treasure, experience points, equipment, or other value or status indicators. This data may be reset at any time during the testing process, and it may be reset when the particular game completes this testing phase. In this case, all player history and data will be erased and each player will return to novice status. (3) By selecting a "Play" button to start a beta game, you agree that: (i) playing beta games is at your own risk and that you know that the games may include known or unknown bugs, (ii) any value or status indicators that you achieve through game play may be erased at any time, (iii) TacticSoft has no obligation to make these games available for play without charge for any period of time, nor to make them available at all, (iv) these games may be available only by subscription once the testing process is complete or at any time in the future; (v) TacticSoft Terms of Service apply to your use of the games during the testing phase, and (vi) if it is a closed beta test, you will keep all information about the beta games confidential as stated above and not disclose such information to any other person. (4) Beta Test accounts are non-transferable under any circumstances. VI.
NEWSLETTERS, CONTESTS & SWEEPSTAKES VII.
LIMITATIONS ON WARRANTY AND LIABILITY You acknowledge and agree that your sole and exclusive remedy for any dispute with TacticSoft or its licensors is to stop using the Service, and to cancel your account. You acknowledge and agree that TacticSoft, its subsidiaries, licensors and affiliates are not liable for any act or failure to act by them or any other person regarding conduct, communication or content on the Service or use of Battle Dawn software. In no case shall the liability of TacticSoft, or its subsidiaries, licensors, affiliates, employees, officers, or directors, to you exceed the amount that you paid to TacticSoft for the Service. In no case shall TacticSoft or its affiliates be liable for incidental or consequential damages arising from your use of Battle Dawn, Battle Dawn software, the Internet or for any other claim related in any way to your use of or membership on Battle Dawn. Because some states or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states or jurisdictions, TacticSoft and TacticSoft’s affiliates' liability shall be limited to the full extent permitted by law. TacticSoft does not endorse, warrant or guarantee any third party product or service offered through Battle Dawn and will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of products or services. VIII.
INDEMNIFICATION IX.
OTHER LEGAL TERMS The laws of Israel, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, govern this Agreement and your Membership. As noted above, Member conduct may be subject to other local, state, national, and international laws. You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with TacticSoft or relating in any way to your Membership or your use of Battle Dawn resides in the courts of Tel Aviv and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of Tel Aviv in connection with any such dispute including any claim involving TacticSoft or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, vendors and content providers. © 2007 TacticSoft, Ltd. All rights reserved. |