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Three Rings Terms of Service
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See our Terms of Service here: http://www.spiralknights.com/tos.xhtml
 
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By registering and creating an account with Three Rings you agree to comply
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with all these terms. If you do not agree with these terms, do not create an
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account and do not continue to use the www.spiralknights.com site or other
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Three Rings site. If you have an existing account and do not agree with these
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terms, please go the registration page and delete your account.
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1. Services. Spiral Knights is an internet service that allows you to play an
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online game in which the places, characters, plots and other content may be
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created by you, other members, Three Rings or other parties. In addition the
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Spiral Knights web site provides bulletin boards and other game related
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services. The www.spiralknights.com web site, game, and other services are
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collectively referred to as Spiral Knights.
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2. Age Requirement. You must be at least thirteen (13) years of age to use
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Spiral Knights. You represent, warrant and covenant that you meet this age
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requirement.
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3. Access. You must have access to the Internet in order to use Spiral
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Knights. It is your responsibility to select, obtain and pay for any equipment
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or services necessary for access.
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4. Registration. If you accept the terms, Three Rings will process your
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registration form and establish a user account.
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You must select a user ID to identify you to Three Rings and other users of
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the Spiral Knights web site. You may not select as your User ID the name of
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another living person (unless it is also your name), a name for the purpose of
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fraud or disparagement, or a name that violates any third party's trademark
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right, copyright, or other proprietary right, or which Three Rings deems in
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its sole discretion to be vulgar or otherwise offensive. Three Rings reserves
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the right to delete any vulgar or otherwise offensive User ID, or to require
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you to change your User ID. You must also select a password for your
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account.
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Three Rings recommends that you choose a password with letters and numbers,
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and do not use your User ID as your password. The registration form will ask
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you for other information about yourself ("Registration Data") which you
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represent and warrant is at all times true, accurate, current and complete,
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and which you agree to update in order to maintain as such. If you breach
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this representation, or Three Rings has reasonable grounds to suspect that
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you have, Three Rings has the right upon notice to suspend or terminate your
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account and this agreement and to refuse your current or future use of Spiral
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Knights (or any portion thereof).
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5. License. Subject to all of the Terms, Three Rings hereby grants you a
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personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access the Site and to
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use Spiral Knights only on the Site solely for your personal entertainment
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purposes. Three Rings may revoke this license at any time and for any
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reason. Specifically if you breach the terms of service we will ban your
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account. The terms of such terminations are explained in section 9.
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6. Restrictions. You agree not to do any of the following prohibited
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actions:
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  1. reproduce, distribute, publicly display or perform, translate, modify,
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      adapt, create derivative works from, deconstruct, reverse engineer,
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      decompile or disassemble in any manner Spiral Knights or any portion
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      thereof, including but not limited to any character, graphic, associated
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      software or proprietary communications protocol used by the software
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      or any utilities, applications, emulators or tools derived therefrom;
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  2. permit any other person (including but not limited to a former member
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      whose account Three Rings has terminated) to access Spiral Knights, or
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      create or provide any other means through which the Games may be played
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      by anyone besides you (e.g., through server emulators);
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  3. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit through Spiral Knights any
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      material that (i) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing,
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      tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's
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      privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
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      (ii) you do not have a right to transmit under any law or contractual
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      or fiduciary relationship (e.g., inside information, proprietary
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      information from an employer or confidential information subject to a
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      nondisclosure agreement); (iii) infringes any patent, trademark, trade
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      secret, copyright or other party's proprietary rights; (iv) is
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      unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional material, "junk
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      mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form
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      of solicitation; or (v) contains software viruses or any other
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      computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or
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      limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or
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      telecommunications equipment;
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  4. harm minors in any way;
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  5. impersonate another user or administrator;
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  6. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise
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      the origin of any materials you or another party transmit through
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      Spiral Knights;
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  7. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster
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      than other members of the Services are able to type, or otherwise act
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      in a manner that negatively affects other members' ability to engage
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      in real time exchanges;
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  8. interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks
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      connected to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures,
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      policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services;
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  9. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state,
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      national or international law, including, but not limited to,
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      regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
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      Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange,
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      including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the
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      American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the
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      force of law;
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  10. "stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
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  11. collect or store personal data about another member without the
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      express permission of such member.
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  12. reveal personal data about another member--including but not limited
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      to personally identifiable information about the member,
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      administrative role of the member within a game, and information about
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      game characters associated with the member--without the express
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      permission of such member.
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  13. modify any files or use any game hacking/altering/cheating software or
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      tools, including scripting or macroing software, or attempt to
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      disassemble the game client and/or decipher the data transmissions
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      between Spiral Knights' client and server. These activities will result
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      in immediate termination of the Player's Account and may subject you to
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      civil and/or criminal liability.
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  14. engage in any behavior that is contrary to the 'spirit of the game'
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      as defined by Three Rings in its sole discretion. This includes the
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      manipulation of the game environment.
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  15. play Spiral Knights on any server or service that is not provided or
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      authorized by Three Rings.
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7. Content.
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  1. Participatory Content. As part of our interactive approach, Three
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      Rings provides you with certain opportunities to submit your own
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      ideas, text, graphics, plots, characters, feedback and other materials
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      while you participate in the Games, bulletin boards, chat rooms and
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      other activities in the Site or Services (collectively, "Participatory
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      Content"). By submitting any Participatory Content, you represent and
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      warrant that you are the owner of or have the right to post your
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      Participatory Content, and your Participatory Content does not
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      infringe the rights of any third party. You hereby grant Three Rings a
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      perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, worldwide,
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      royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
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      distribute, publicly display and perform any and all of your
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      Participatory Content in all media now known or later developed. You,
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      and not Three Rings, are entirely responsible for all of your
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      Participatory Content that you upload, post, email or otherwise
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      transmit via the Site, Services or Games.
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  2. Third Party Content. You acknowledge and agree that the Site, Services
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      and Games contain materials owned by Three Rings and its licensors
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      (including other members), and you agree not to interfere the
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      copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary rights of such
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      parties. You agree that these rights are valid and protected in all
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      media existing now or later developed, and that except as is
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      explicitly provided otherwise, your use of such materials shall be
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      governed by the copyright laws of the United States and other
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      applicable laws.
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  3. Content Monitoring. As a matter of policy, Three Rings does not
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      manually pre-screen or monitor the content that you or other members
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      may post to the Spiral Knights site or game. Three Rings does use
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      automated mechanisms as necessary to filter obscene or vulgar language,
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      mechanisms which are under user control (see the Options panel). Three
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      Rings does reserve the right to monitor all such content, and reserves
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      the right to remove without notice any and all content that Three
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      Rings, in its sole discretion, finds offensive or otherwise
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      objectionable. You are solely responsible, and bear the risk, for
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      evaluating the accuracy, integrity, quality, completeness or utility
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      of any content. Three Rings makes no representations or warranties
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      about the content appearing in Spiral Knights. Under no circumstances
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      will Three Rings be liable in any way for any content, including but not
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      limited to, for any errors or omissions in any content, or for any loss
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      or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content
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      posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via Spiral Knights.
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  4. Mature Content. Three Rings has adopted a "MATURE" rating, and parts
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      of the Site, Services and/or Games contain adult or mature content
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      that some users may consider offensive, indecent or
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      objectionable. While Three Rings has established a list of
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      restrictions (section 6) and may in some instances choose to monitor
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      and take action upon inappropriate game play, chat or links to the
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      Services, it is possible that at any time there may be language or
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      other material accessible on or through the Site, Services or Games
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      that may be offensive or objectionable to some users.
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  5. Content Transmission. You understand that the technical processing and
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      transmission of the Services, including your Participatory Content and
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      Public Content, may involve (i) transmissions over various networks;
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      and (ii) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of
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      connecting networks or devices.
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  6. Links. The Site, Services and Games may provide links to other sites
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      for your convenience only. Three Rings does not control, is not
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      responsible for, does not necessarily endorse and makes no
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      representation about the materials contained at any linked site. If
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      you choose to visit any linked Sites, Three Rings recommends that you
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      review the other site's terms of use. Three Rings is not responsible
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      for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any
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      linked site.
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  7. Names. In creating your character in Spiral Knights we ask that you use
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      names appropriate for the setting. Do not use names that violate these
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      terms, that might be offensive to other players, or that include
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      copyright or trademark characters or products. Avoid names that are
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      from or imply popular media and culture. Three Rings will arbitrarily
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      change any names it considers unsuitable, or ban the accounts
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      associated. Other than in these circumstances, names will not
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      generally be changed.
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  8. Auctions and Sales. It is against Three Rings policy to allow
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      accounts, characters, items, or money to be sold for real money on
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      auction sites or otherwise. We will ask auction sites to respect this
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      policy. We will terminate accounts that we believe are in violation of
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      this policy.
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8. Idea submission policy. Three Rings and its employees do not accept or
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consider unsolicited ideas, including but not limited to ideas for
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advertising campaigns, technology development or product names. Please do
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not send Three Rings or any of its employees any unsolicited materials,
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including any artwork or demos. If any area of the site, services or games
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invites you to submit material, such as a portfolio URL for a job
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application, such submission shall not be deemed to be unsolicited for
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purposes of this section 8 ("Idea Submission Policy"). The purpose of this
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policy is to avoid potential misunderstandings or disputes if Three Rings'
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products or marketing strategies might seem similar to ideas submitted to
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Three Rings. Please note that any material you submit to Three Rings in any
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manner, aside from examples of prior work as part of a job application, will
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be deemed your "Participatory Content" and subject to the terms of section
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7.1 ("participatory content").
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9. Your Account is Your Responsibility. You are solely responsible and
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entirely liable for all activities conducted through your account and/or
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your User ID, even if your account has been compromised through no fault of
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your own. Three Rings encourages you to maintain the confidentiality of your
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password, and reminds you that you do not have a license to let others use
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your account. You agree to notify Three Rings immediately in the event your
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password is lost, stolen, disclosed or compromised. It is not Three Rings'
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policy to ask for your password online, and Three Rings suggests that you
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never respond to an on-line request for your password. You acknowledge that
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although the Site, Services and/or Games may offer a feature that allows you
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to "remember" your password and thereby bypass the password protection, this
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feature makes it possible for third parties to access your account and User
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ID. Three Rings strongly discourages the use of the password bypass feature,
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which will in any event be at your own risk.
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10. Privacy. You understand that you have no expectation of privacy with
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respect to your use of the Site, Services or Games, and that all
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communications made by or received from you may be monitored, preserved and
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disclosed by Three Rings representatives. You hereby consent to the
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extraction of hardware system profile data and any data related to operation
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of the software from any computer that logs on to the Site, Services or
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Games using your account. You acknowledge and agree that Three Rings will
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report to law enforcement authorities any actions which may be considered
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illegal, as well as any reports it receives of such conduct. Three Rings
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will cooperate fully with law enforcement agencies in any investigation of
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alleged illegal activity. Specifically, Three Rings may disclose information
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about you or your Participatory Content if Three Rings has the good faith
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belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with
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legal process; (b) enforce the Terms; (c) respond to claims that any of your
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Participatory Content violates the rights of a third party; or (d) protect
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the rights, property or safety of Three Rings, its members or the
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public. These Terms are also subject to Three Rings' general Privacy Policy,
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which is incorporated by this reference as if set out in full.
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12. Charges for Service. Three Rings charges an optional fee for services
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("Premium Services") for the use of Spiral Knights. The current prices may
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be found in the Billing System (http://billing.spiralknights.com/billing/).
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You may be eligible to play for free during a Free Trial or Beta test period.
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YOUR FEES ARE PAYABLE IN ADVANCE AND ARE NOT REFUNDABLE IN WHOLE OR IN
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PART. YOU ARE FULLY LIABLE FOR ALL CHARGES UNDER YOUR ACCOUNT WHETHER OR NOT
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AUTHORIZED BY YOU. If your use of Spiral Knights is subject to any use, sales
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or other taxes, or if Three Rings offers any additional services for a fee as
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noted on the Site and you choose to partake in such additional fee-services,
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then Three Rings may also bill you for any such charges, which will be in
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addition to the rates noted here. Three Rings reserves the right to change
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its fees and billing methods at any time effective thirty (30) days after
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notice of the changes are posted on the Site. You are responsible for
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regularly reviewing these Terms to obtain timely notice of such changes. If
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any such change is unacceptable to you, you may terminate your account and
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this agreement as provided in Section 19 ("Termination"). Your continued use
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of the Games or Services seven (7) days after the changes are posted on the
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Site will constitute your acceptance of such change. If you pay for the
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Games and/or Services by credit card, you represent and warrant that you are
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the authorized user of such credit card. You agree to promptly notify Three
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Rings of any changes to your credit card account number, its expiration date
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and/or your billing address, and you agree to promptly notify Three Rings if
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your credit card expires or is canceled for any reason.
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13. International Use. Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you
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agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable
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content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws
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regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States
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or the country in which you reside.
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14. Ownership. Three Rings and its licensors shall at all times retain all
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right, title and interest in and to the Site, Services and Games, except to
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the extent of the licenses granted to you hereunder. Three Rings, Spiral
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Knights and other products referenced herein are either trademarks or
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registered trademarks of Three Rings.
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15. Disclaimer of Warranty. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THREE
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RINGS, ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES,
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EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THREE RINGS PROVIDES
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THE SITE, SERVICES AND GAMES (AND ANY RELATED SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE USED OR
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PROVIDED BY THREE RINGS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH OR ANY CONTENT INCLUDED
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THEREIN) "AS IS" AND ON AN "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, AND MAKES NO WARRANTY OF
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PERFORMANCE OR QUALITY OR THAT THE SITE, SERVICES OR GAMES WILL BE
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ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE EXCLUSION
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OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SUCH EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
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16. Limitation of Liability. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, THREE
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RINGS' AND ITS AFFILIATES', LICENSORS' AND SUBCONTRACTORS' TOTAL LIABILITY
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TO YOU ARISING FROM OR IN RELATION TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SITE, SERVICES OR
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GAMES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL PAYMENTS MADE BY YOU TO THREE RINGS
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UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WITHIN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE OCCURRENCE
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OF THE INCIDENT WHICH GAVE RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION
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SHALL NOT APPLY TO DAMAGES ARISING FROM DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY TO PERSONAL
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OR TANGIBLE PROPERTY IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH LIMITATION IS PROHIBITED
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BY LAW.
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17. Consequential Damages. IN NO EVENT WILL THREE RINGS, ITS AFFILIATES,
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LICENSORS OR SUBCONTRACTORS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY
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CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
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OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY LOSS OF USE OR COSTS OF
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SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF REPUDIATION OF
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CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER
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THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER OR NOT THREE RINGS, ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS
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OR SUBCONTRACTORS WERE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES
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AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY
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STATED HEREIN. IN JURISDICTIONS THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR
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LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THREE RINGS', ITS
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AFFILIATES', LICENSORS' AND SUBCONTRACTORS' LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE
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EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
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18. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Three
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Rings, its affiliates, licensors and subcontractors from all liabilities,
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claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to
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your breach of this Agreement or portion hereof, you Participatory Content
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or Public Content or any act or omission by you relating the Site, Services
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or Games. Three Rings reserves the right to assume its own defense and/or
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control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you hereunder.
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19. Termination. Either you or Three Rings may terminate your account and
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this agreement upon notice at any time without further obligation to the
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other. Further, Three Rings reserves the right to terminate the Site,
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Services and/or Games, or any part thereof, at any time without notice and
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without further obligation to you. IN NO EVENT SHALL YOU BE ENTITLED TO A
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REFUND OF ANY FEES OR PRORATION THEREOF. UPON TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT,
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YOUR ACCESS PRIVILEGES TO THE SITE, SERVICES AND GAMES WILL TERMINATE AND
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YOU WILL FORFEIT ANY UNUSED SERVICES THAT YOU PURCHASED OR RECEIVED PRIOR
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TO TERMINATION. A member whose account Three Rings has terminated may not
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access the Site, Services or Games in any manner or for any reason without
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Three Rings' express, prior, written permission. Termination of this
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agreement shall have no effect on any payment obligation accrued prior to
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the effective date of termination. The following sections shall survive
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termination: 7(1) and (2), 8 and 14-22.
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20. Amendment. Three Rings may amend the Terms in its sole discretion at any
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time by posting revised Terms on the Site, and you agree to regularly review
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the Terms. If any such revision is unacceptable to you, you may terminate
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your account and this agreement as provided in Section 19
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("Termination"). Your continued access and use of the Site, Services and/or
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Games seven (7) days after posting of the revised Terms shall constitute
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your acceptance of the same. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Terms
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may not otherwise be modified or amended.
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21. Reservation of Rights. Three Rings hereby reserves any rights not
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expressly granted herein.
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22. General Provisions. You may not sublicense, rent, sell, assign or
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otherwise transfer the rights or obligations granted to you in this
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agreement, and any such attempted transfer shall be void. If any provision
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of this agreement is held to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision
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shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and
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such decision shall not affect the enforceability of: (i) such provision
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under other circumstances, or (ii) the remaining provisions hereof under all
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circumstances. Three Rings' failure to enforce at any time any provision of
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this agreement shall in no way be construed to be a present or future waiver
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of such provision, nor in any way affect the right of any party to enforce
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each and every such provision thereafter. The express waiver by Three Rings
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of any provision, condition or requirement of this agreement shall not
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constitute a waiver of any future obligation to comply with such provision,
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condition or requirement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no
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default, delay or failure to perform on the part of Three Rings shall be
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considered a breach of this agreement if such default, delay or failure to
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perform is shown to be due to causes beyond Three Rings' reasonable
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control. This agreement is governed by and construed under California law
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without regard to its conflict of law principles, and you agree to submit to
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the jurisdiction of the courts located in San Francisco County, in the State
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of California, U.S.A. for the resolution of any dispute arising from or
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related to this agreement. In any action to enforce this agreement, the
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prevailing party shall be awarded its costs and fees (including reasonable
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attorneys' fees), including such fees and costs incurred in enforcing and
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collecting any judgment. All notices given by you shall be sent via email to
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tos@threerings.net. Our telephone number is 415 615 9596 but we do not
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provide telephone support and discourage you from calling this number. Three
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Rings may give notice to you at the e-mail address you provide in the
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Registration Data. This agreement represents the entire agreement between
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you and Three Rings with respect to the subject matter referenced herein.
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Changes to the Terms of Service
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Three Rings may update the terms of service. We will notify you about
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significant changes by placing a prominent link on our site.
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Questions and Suggestions
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If you have questions or suggestions, please email us at tos@threerings.net.
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