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Terms and Conditions

Monday, September 16, 2024

OVERVIEW

Hornex Technologies, Inc. Hornex ( "Hornex", "we", "us", or "our") strives to provide a fair and equitable system for all our users. We endeavor to treat our clients as we would like to be treated and expect all our clients to treat each other with respect and honesty. If you attempt to cheat or break the rules, we will not only remove you from the system, but also ban you and prosecute to the full extent of the law, which may include civil actions & criminal charges.

IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE REGARDING TERMS OF USE OF HORNEX

IMPORTANT! PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THESE TERMS OF USE BEFORE USING HORNEX, AS THEY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

USER AGREEMENT

Hornex owns and operates the Website that links to these Terms of Use. We are pleased to offer you access to our Website and the ability to participate in our online gaming contests of skill, products, services, other content, and promotions (collectively the “Services”) that we may provide from our Website, subject to these Terms of Use (the “Terms of Use”), our privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) and the Official Rules and Regulations for the applicable contests and promotions (the “Rules” or “Rules and Scoring,” and together with the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, the “Agreements”).

CONSIDERATION

In order to have the best experience, it is recommended that you read the following terms of service carefully. The reading, comprehension, and acceptance of these terms of use, as well as the privacy policy, are essential for your complete registration and usage of the site. You agree to these Terms of Use by accessing or using the Website, registering for Services offered on the Website, or by accepting, uploading, submitting, or downloading any information or content from or to the Website. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU MUST CEASE TO USE THE WEBSITE. These Terms of Use constitute a legal agreement between you and Hornex and shall apply to your use of the Website and the Services even after termination.

Hornex reserves the right to modify, or redact, the Terms and Conditions as to improve the quality of service. Therefore, you are suggested to read this document upon every log-in. Hornex may define and post on the Site additional, specific terms, codes of conduct, or guidelines that govern your use of the Site or any special events (“Special Events”). In the event of a discrepancy between these Terms and any other writing posted on the Site by Hornex, including the Special Events, these Terms shall control. In no way shall this provision be construed to incorporate, acknowledge, or make any recommendation regarding third-party Terms and Conditions, for example, terms and conditions that may govern your use of any third-party equipment, games or content. It is solely your responsibility to ensure that your use of any and all third-party equipment, games, or content is in compliance with any and all third-party requirements.

ELIGIBILITY

As a general rule, if you are 18 years or older, you may open your own account and participate in all contests, or win prizes offered by the Website. We provide information about age classification in the games on our site and recommend that parents supervise online activities of their child, analyze the content he/she is consuming, and, if necessary, monitor all on-line interactions. If you are over 13 but under 18, you may create an account with your legal guardian's permission. 

Any user who is under the age of 18 is not eligible to participate in cash-entry tournaments, only in free entry with cash prizes.

Any user who is under the age of 13 is not eligible to participate in any tournaments we run on the Website.

In jurisdictions, territories, and locations where the minimum age for permissible use of the Website is greater than 18 years old, you must meet the age requirement in your local jurisdiction or territory. You must be at least 19 years of age at time of contest registration if you are a legal resident of Alabama or Nebraska. Legal residents physically located in any of the 50 states and Washington DC, excluding Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington State are eligible to open an account and participate in contests offered by the Website. Legal residents of Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington State (the “Excluded States”) are ineligible for prizes offered by the Website. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. Residents of the Excluded States are eligible to open and maintain accounts on the Website for use only in games that do not offer prizes. Legal residents of Canada are eligible to open an account and participate in contests offered by the Website.

You may establish only one account per person to participate in the Services offered on the Website. In the event Hornex discovers that you have opened more than one account per person, in addition to any other rights that Hornex may have, Hornex reserves the right to suspend or terminate any or all of your accounts. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login names and passwords. It shall be a violation of these Terms of Use to allow any other person to use your account to participate in any contest. If you have reason to believe that someone is using your account without your permission, you should contact us immediately. If we request registration information from you, you must provide us with accurate and complete information and must update the information when it changes.

You agree to be held liable if laws applicable to you restrict or prohibit your participation in any Special Events or contests arranged and established through the Site or otherwise. We make no representations or warranties, implicit or explicit, as to your legal right to participate in any Special Events facilitated nor shall any person affiliated, or claiming affiliation with us, have authority to make such representations or warranties. 

“Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person 18 years of age or older who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, education institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address for registration on the Website. By inputting a payment method to participate in real money contests, the Authorized Account Holder hereby affirms that the Authorized Account Holder is the lawful owner of the payment method account used to make any deposit(s) on the Website. It shall be a violation of these Terms of Use for any Authorized Account Holder to submit payment using any payment method that is not owned by the Authorized Account Holder.

Hornex employees may use the Website, and will from time to time do so for the purpose of testing the site user experience, socializing and competing with customers to build community, and other reasonable and fair uses at the discretion of Hornex.

CONTEST ENTRY

Users will be able to visit the Website and view the games available for entry (the “Contests”). Each head to head game will have an entry fee set as agreed between the players. Each multi-player tournament that is not free to enter has an entry fee listed in US dollars.

When you select to participate in a Contest and complete the entry process, the listed amount of US dollars will be debited from your Hornex account.

REFUND POLICY

All payments are final. No refunds will be issued particularly for any funds lost in tournaments. Hornex discretion is absolute.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

By entering a Contest, entrants agree to be bound by these Rules and the decisions of Hornex, which shall be final and binding in all respects. The Company, at its sole discretion, may disqualify any entrant from a Contest, refuse to award benefits or prizes and require the return of any prizes, if the entrant engages in conduct the Company deems to be improper, unfair or otherwise adverse to the operation of the Contest or is in any way detrimental to other entrants. Improper conduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • Falsifying personal information required to enter a Contest or claim a prize;
  • Engaging in any type of financial fraud including unauthorized use of credit instruments to enter a Contest or claim a prize;
  • With the exception of team events, colluding with any other individual(s) or engaging in any type of syndicate play;
  • Any violation of Contest rules or the Terms of Use;
  • Using automated means (including but not limited to harvesting bots, robots, parser, spiders or screen scrapers) to obtain, collect or access any information on the Website or of any User for any purpose.
  • Any type of bonus abuse, abuse of the refer-a-friend program, or abuse of any other offers or promotions;
  • Using so-called “Smurf” accounts (accounts that are operated in addition to the main account and whose rank is deliberately kept low to compete against weaker players online) on the platform, which are either reported by other users or stand out for other reasons.
  • Attaching GameID"s to your account that are not owned by the Hornex account holder.
  • Tampering with the administration of a Contest or trying to in any way tamper with the computer programs or any security measure associated with a Contest;
  • Obtaining other users" information and spamming other users; or
  • Abusing the Website in any way.

Hornex reserves the right to close or suspend the Accounts of, and void all account balances and entries by any person where, in Hornex"s reasonable opinion, the Account has not been operated with integrity, followed Hornex"s Conditions of Participation and/or the matches had not been played on a good faith basis. Hornex can in its sole discretion, withhold any or all related funds in the Account pending the outcome of an investigation on that Account.

Users further acknowledge that the forfeiture and/or return of any prize shall in no way prevent Hornex from pursuing criminal or civil proceedings in connection with such conduct.

By entering into a Contest or accepting any prize, entrants, including but not limited to the winner(s), agree to indemnify, release and to hold harmless Hornex, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and agents, as well as the officers, directors, employees, shareholders and representatives of any of the foregoing entities (collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to injuries, damages, or losses to persons and property that may be sustained in connection with participation in the Contest, the receipt, ownership, use, or misuse of any prize or while preparing for, participating in and/or travelling to or from any prize related activity, as well as any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. Hornex may, in its sole and absolute discretion, require an Authorized Account Holder to execute a separate release of claims similar to the one listed above in this Paragraph as a condition of being awarded any prize or receiving any payout.

Hornex is not responsible for: any incorrect, invalid or inaccurate entry information; human errors; postal delays/postage due mail; technical malfunctions; failures, including public utility or telephone outages; omissions, interruptions, deletions or defects of any telephone system or network, computer online systems, data, computer equipment, servers, providers, or software (including, but not limited to software and operating systems that do not permit an entrant to participate in a Contest), including without limitation any injury or damage to any entrant"s or any other person"s computer or video equipment relating to or resulting from participation in a Contest; inability to access the Website, or any web pages that are part of or related to the Website; theft, tampering, destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries and/or images of any kind; data that is processed late or incorrectly or is incomplete or lost due to telephone, postal issues, computer or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on telephone lines or transmission systems, or the Internet, or any service provider"s facilities, or any phone site or website or for any other reason whatsoever; typographical, printing, or other errors, or any combination thereof.

Hornex is not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected or stolen entries. If for any reason a Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, or if a Contest, computer application, or website associated therewith (or any portion thereof) becomes corrupted or does not allow the proper entry to a Contest in accordance with the Terms of Use or applicable Contest rules, or if infection by a computer (or similar) virus, bug, tampering, unauthorized intervention, actions by entrants, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes of any kind, in the sole opinion of Hornex corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of a Contest, the Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual implicated in such action and/or to cancel, terminate, extend, modify, or suspend the Contest, and select the winner(s) from all eligible entries received. If such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension occurs, notification will be posted on the Website.

ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF ANY CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, HORNEX RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

All entries become the property of Hornex and will not be acknowledged or returned.

To be eligible to enter any contest or receive any prize, the Authorized Account Holder may be required to provide Hornex with additional documentation and/or information to verify the identity of the Authorized Account Holder, and to provide proof that all eligibility requirements are met. In the event of a dispute as to the identity or eligibility of an Authorized Account Holder, Hornex will, in its sole and absolute discretion, utilize certain information collected by Hornex to assist in verifying the identity and/or eligibility of such Authorized Account Holder.

Participation in each Contest must be made only as specified in the Terms of Use. Failure to comply with these Terms of Use will result in disqualification and, if applicable, prize forfeiture.

Where legal, both entrants and winner consent to the use of their name, voice, and likeness/photograph in and in connection with the development, production, distribution and/or exploitation of any Contest or the Website. Winners agree that from the date of notification by Hornex of their status as a potential winner and continuing until such time when Hornex informs them that they no longer need to do so that they will make themselves available to Hornex for publicity, advertising, and promotion activities.

Hornex reserves the right to move entrants from the Contests they have entered to substantially similar Contests in certain situations determined by Hornex in its sole discretion.

CONTEST PRIZES AND PROMOTIONS

Prizes will only be awarded if a Contest is run. We reserve the right to cancel Contests at any time. In the event of a cancellation, all entry fees will be refunded to the customer except as specifically provided in these Terms of Use.

Guaranteed prizes are offered in connection with some of the Contests offered by the Website. Each Contest or promotion is governed by its own set of official rules. We encourage you to read such Contest and promotions Rules before participating.

OTHER LEGAL RESTRICTIONS

CONTEST OF SKILL

Contests offered on the Website are contests of skill. Winners are determined by the objective criteria described in the Contest deadline, roster, Rules, scoring, and any other applicable documentation associated with the Contest. From all entries received for each Contest, winners are determined by the individuals who use their skill and knowledge of relevant sports information and fantasy sports rules to accumulate the most points according to the corresponding scoring rules. The Website and Contests may not be used for any form of illicit gambling.

CONTEST RESULTS

Contest results and prize calculations are based on the final statistics and scoring results at the completion of the last game of each individual Contest. Once Contest results are reviewed and graded, prizes are awarded. The scoring results of a Contest will not be changed regardless of any official statistics or scoring adjustments made at later times or dates, except in Hornex"s sole discretion.

Hornex reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to deny any contestant the ability to participate in head-to-head contests for any reason whatsoever. Further, Hornex may, in its sole and absolute discretion, invalidate any head-to-head contest result for the purposes of preventing abusive and/or any unfair or potentially unlawful activity, or in the event that there is a risk of any such abusive, illegal, or unfair activity.

PRIZES

At the conclusion of each Contest, prizes will be awarded after being reviewed and validated, except in circumstances where technical failure or other reasons prevent such timely payout. Prizes won are added to the winning participants account balance. In the event of a tie, prizes are divided evenly amongst the participants that have tied.

Hornex reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the contests (or any portion thereof) should virus, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, or other causes corrupt administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper operation of the contest (or any portion thereof) warrant doing so. Notification of such changes may be provided by Hornex to its customers.

WITHDRAWAL AND PAYMENT OF PRIZES

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, AND FUNCTIONS MADE AVAILABLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH OR SENT FROM THE WEBSITE, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS.” TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, THE COMPANY AND ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES OR ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) ABOUT: (A) THE WEBSITE; (B) THE CONTENT AND SOFTWARE ON AND PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEBSITE; (C) THE FUNCTIONS MADE ACCESSIBLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE WEBSITE; (D) THE MESSAGES AND INFORMATION SENT FROM THE WEBSITE BY USERS; (E) ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED VIA THE WEBSITE OR HYPERTEXT LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES; AND/OR (F) SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE, ANY OF THE WEBSITES" FUNCTIONS OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE WEBSITES OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES OR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS LAWFUL IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICTION AND, IN ANY EVENT, THE COMPANY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS SUCH WARRANTIES. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY USING ANY OF THE FEATURES OF THE WEBSITE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE LAWFUL IN EVERY JURISDICTION WHERE YOU ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT. FURTHER, THE COMPANY AND ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND TITLE.

THE COMPANY, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THEM, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE USE OF THE WEBSITE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE CONTENT AND ANY ERRORS CONTAINED THEREIN. SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT OR DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED OR OTHER WARRANTIES SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT SUCH JURISDICTION"S LAW IS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE COMPANY LIMITS ITS LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AS SET FORTH BELOW: UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, OR AFFILIATES, OR THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THEM (COLLECTIVELY, THE “COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS”), BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, ECONOMIC, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES) THAT ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO (1) THE WEBSITE, THE CONTENT, OR YOUR UPLOAD INFORMATION; (2) THE USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR PERFORMANCE OF THE WEBSITE; (3) ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH AN INVESTIGATION BY THE COMPANY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES REGARDING YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR CONTENT;(4) ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH COPYRIGHT OWNERS; OR (5) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE WEBSITE"S TECHNICAL OPERATION, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE OR EVEN IF THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WHETHER CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY NEGLIGENCE, ACTS OF GOD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, OR THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF THE WEBSITE). IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR LOSS OR INJURY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO ANY USER"S COMPUTER, HARDWARE, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE FROM ANY SECURITY BREACH OR FROM ANY VIRUS, BUGS, TAMPERING, FRAUD, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER LINE OR NETWORK FAILURE OR ANY OTHER TECHNICAL OR OTHER MALFUNCTION. YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR RISK. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE CONTENT, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE ACCESSING AND USING THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT. YOU RECOGNIZE AND CONFIRM THAT IN THE EVENT YOU INCUR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES OR INJURIES THAT ARISE OUT OF THE COMPANY"S ACTS OR OMISSIONS, THE DAMAGES, IF ANY, CAUSED TO YOU ARE NOT IRREPARABLE OR SUFFICIENT TO ENTITLE YOU TO AN INJUNCTION PREVENTING ANY EXPLOITATION OF ANY WEBSITE OR OTHER PROPERTY OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AND/OR AFFILIATES OR YOUR UPLOAD INFORMATION, AND YOU WILL HAVE NO RIGHTS TO ENJOIN OR RESTRAIN THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, ADVERTISING, EXHIBITION OR EXPLOITATION OF ANY COMPANY WEBSITE OR OTHER PROPERTY OR YOUR UPLOAD INFORMATION OR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES OR ACTIONS RELATED THERETO. BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY BE WAIVING RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO CLAIMS THAT ARE AT THIS TIME UNKNOWN OR UNSUSPECTED. ACCORDINGLY, YOU AGREE TO WAIVE THE BENEFIT OF ANY LAW, INCLUDING, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT LIMIT YOUR WAIVER OF SUCH CLAIMS.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The content on the Website, including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (the “Intellectual Property”), are owned by or licensed to Hornex, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States and foreign laws and international conventions. Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. Hornex reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Intellectual Property. You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Intellectual Property other than expressly permitted herein. If you download or print a copy of the Intellectual Property for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security related features of the Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Intellectual Property or enforce limitations on use of the Website or the Intellectual Property therein.

Some of the Services may allow you to submit or transmit audio, video, text, or other materials (collectively, “User Submissions”) to or through the Services. When you provide User Submissions, you grant to Hornex, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and partners a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully sublicenseable license to use, distribute, edit, display, archive, publish, sublicense, perform, reproduce, make available, transmit, broadcast, sell, translate, and create derivative works of those User Submissions, and your name, voice, likeness and other identifying information where part of a User Submission, in any form, media, software, or technology of any kind now known or developed in the future, including, without limitation, for developing, manufacturing, and marketing products.

In addition, you agree that any User Submissions you submit shall not contain any material that is, in the sole and absolute discretion of Hornex, inappropriate, obscene, vulgar, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable (hereinafter, “Prohibited Content”). Posting of any Prohibited Content, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies available to Hornex, may result in account suspension or termination.

We respect your ownership of User Submissions. If you owned a User Submission before providing it to us, you will continue owning it after providing it to us, subject to any rights granted in the Terms of Use and any access granted to others. If you delete a User Submission from the Services, our general license to that User Submission will end after a reasonable period of time required for the deletion to take full effect. However, the User Submission may still exist in our backup copies, which are not publicly available. If your User Submission is shared with third parties, those third parties may have retained copies of your User Submissions. In addition, if we made use of your User Submission before you deleted it, we will continue to have the right to make, duplicate, redistribute, and sublicense those pre-existing uses, even after you delete the User Submission. Terminating your account on a Service will not automatically delete your User Submissions.

We may refuse or remove a User Submission without notice to you. However, we have no obligation to monitor User Submissions, and you agree that neither we nor our parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, or agents will be liable for User Submissions or any loss or damage resulting from User Submissions.

Except as provided in the Privacy Policy, we do not guarantee that User Submissions will be private, even if the User Submission is in a password-protected area. Accordingly, you should not provide User Submissions that you want protected from others.

You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant to Hornex the license above and that none of your User Submissions are defamatory, violate any rights of third parties (including intellectual property rights or rights of publicity or privacy), or violate applicable law.

MISCELLANEOUS

These Terms of Use shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of California, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any claim or dispute between you and Hornex that arises in whole or in part from the Terms of Use, the Website or any Contest shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in California.

Nothing in the Terms of Use shall create or confer any rights or other benefits in favor of any third parties except as specifically provided herein. By participating in any Contest on the Website, you agree to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless Hornex, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and divisions, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives (the “Hornex Entities”), from and against any and all third party claims, liabilities, losses, damages, injuries, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, proceedings, judgments and expenses, including reasonable attorneys" fees, court costs and other legal expenses including, without limitation, those costs incurred at the trial and appellate levels and in any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or other similar proceedings, and any other legal expenses (collectively, “Claims”) arising from or connected with your use of the Website, any payment methods used, any funding of your account, and/or your participation in any Contest. The Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by Hornex. Hornex has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. In addition, Hornex will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party site. By using the Website, you expressly relieve Hornex from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website. Accordingly, we encourage you to be aware when you leave the Website and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each other website that you visit.

Nothing in the Terms of Use shall create or be deemed to create a partnership, agency, trust arrangement, fiduciary relationship or joint venture between you and Hornex.

Third-party online publishers that refer users to the Hornex website shall not be responsible or liable for the Hornex website or any of the content, software, or functions made available on, or accessed through, or sent from, the Hornex website.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect.

No waiver of any term of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Hornex" failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Hornex reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use for any changes. If you continue to use the Services after we change the Terms of Use, you accept all changes. The failure of Hornex to comply with any provision of these Terms of Use due to natural catastrophes, war, fire, riots, terrorism, acts of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of the Company (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations) or other major event will not be considered a breach of these Terms of Use.

HORNEX AND OTHER TRADEMARKS CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITE ARE TRADEMARKS OR REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF HORNEX IN THE UNITED STATES AND/OR OTHER COUNTRIES. THIRD PARTY TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES, PRODUCT NAMES AND LOGOS MAY BE THE TRADEMARKS OR REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. YOU MAY NOT REMOVE OR ALTER ANY TRADEMARK, TRADE NAMES, PRODUCT NAMES, LOGO, COPYRIGHT OR OTHER PROPRIETARY NOTICES, LEGENDS, SYMBOLS OR LABELS ON THE WEBSITE.

PROHIBITED USES OF THE SITE AND SERVICES

  • Illegal Funds

By entering into this Agreement and using the Site Services, You declare that the source of funds used by You on the Site is not illegal and that You will not use the Site or Services in any way as a money transfer system. You will not use the Service for any unlawful activity or prohibited transaction under the laws of any jurisdiction that applies to You. If the Company suspects that You may be engaging in or have engaged in fraudulent, unlawful or improper activity, including without limitation, money laundering activities, Your access to the Service may be suspended or terminated immediately and/or Your Account blocked, and the Company shall be entitled to inform relevant authorities. You will cooperate fully with the Company to investigate any suspected unlawful, fraudulent or improper activity. 

  • Collusion

Collusion occurs when two or more Users attempt to gain an unfair advantage by sharing knowledge or other information to other Users" disadvantage. Any User who attempts to collude or colludes with any other User while using the Service may be permanently banned from using the Service and their Account may be terminated immediately. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to investigate complaints registered against Users suspected of collusion. If the Company is informed during play about suspected collusive behavior, it may, in its sole discretion, terminate suspected Users" access to the Service and/or block their Accounts. However, under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for any loss, whatsoever, sustained by You as a result of the collusive, or otherwise unlawful activity of any person using the Service and no User shall have the right to require the Company to take any other steps against Users suspected of collusion, cheating or any other form of fraud. 

  • Abuse

By entering into this Agreement, You agree that You will not use any technique other than pure skill. Such techniques may include, but are not limited to, establishing multiple Accounts, the use of program codes or commands or any adapted hardware or software to assist play, the impersonation of another User or Account, or deliberately losing games for the purpose of getting a competitive advantage. 

FEEDBACK/REVIEW SYSTEM

Under this Agreement, You accept and understand that You and Your Account will be subject to feedback and reviews submitted by other users. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “Material” and “Content” when used in relation to material and content posted by a User shall include any type of Material or Content, including without limitation, verbal, audio and visual.

The Site provides a forum to post Material, such as comments, feedback or ratings to rate any previous adversaries that they have challenged, including their subjective rating of their ability. 

Hornex will remove feedback ratings and comments:

  • if such Material violates the terms of this Agreement, and we receive satisfactory notification of the same;
  • upon mutual agreement of each User; or 
  • if Hornex is legally obligated by court order or Judgment, or pursuant to a settlement agreement resolving a lawsuit. 

Users should use caution and good judgment when submitting feedback or ratings for another User, because:

  • Feedback or ratings cannot be edited or removed once they have been submitted. Feedback and ratings generally become a permanent part of a User"s record and are publicly viewable.
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