Elements of Darkness FAQ

1. General Terms of Service and Guidelines; Acceptance

Elements of Darkness, EoD (Social Network) welcomes you. This User Agreement ("User Agreement") applies to web sites and interactive services owned or operated by Elements of Darkness or (EoD) and or its subsidiaries which include, but are not limited to (elementsofdarkness.com,elementsofdarkness.net,elementsofdarkness.org,elementsofdarkness.mobi) (EoD Social Network) (individually the "Service"; together the "Services"). The User Agreement applies to each visitor to and user of the Services, including unregistered and registered users and or paying subscribers (individually "User" and collectively, "Users"). By visiting or using the Services you are agreeing to abide by the User Agreement and Terms of Service.

Additional operating guidelines ("Guidelines") may be posted from time to time on a particular Service that will also apply to use of such Service, and such Guidelines are incorporated by reference into the User Agreement. EoD may also offer certain Services that are governed by different terms of service and such different terms of service will be posted and govern the use of such Service.

2. EoD Services

A. Service Changes and Discontinuation. Our Services provide you with access to a rich collection of online resources, including various communication tools, online forums, personalized content and branded programming. Some Services are presently provided free of charge and others may require payment. EoD reserves the right to change or to discontinue temporarily or permanently the Services at any time without notice. You agree that EoD will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification or discontinuance of the Services.

B. Service Limitations. We work hard to make your experience enjoyable. However, we cannot always anticipate technical or other operational difficulties which may result in loss of data, personalization settings or other service interruptions. For this reason, you agree that the Services, including the services of our third-party service providers, are provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE". Neither EoD nor our third-party service providers assume responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any data, communications or personalization settings. Please refer to Section 6 below for full details.

C. Privacy Policy. EoD respects your privacy and has developed a detailed Privacy Policy that is incorporated into the User Agreement. Please take the time to read our Privacy Policy which is available at Privacy Policy or by using the Privacy Policy link. As a User of the Services, you are accepting the terms of our Privacy Policy.

D. Posting User Content; No Endorsement of User Content. You are solely responsible for all User Content (as defined in the next sentence) that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available on or through the Services (collectively, "Post"). "User Content" means User-Posted content or information of any type or medium, including but not limited to: letters, emails or other messages; other forms of communication through the Services; personal User information; cheat codes; board posts; reader reviews; blogs, game ratings, data, notes and testimonials; poll votes; images; audio or video files; and software. You may Post only User Content which you own, have created or which you have clear permission to Post. You acknowledge and agree that EoD does not endorse any User Content and is not responsible or liable for any User Content, even though it may be unlawful, harassing, libelous, privacy invading, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable, or may infringe upon the intellectual property or other rights of another. You acknowledge that EoD does not pre-screen User Content, and has no obligation to do so, but that EoD and its staff will have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse, edit, move or remove any User Content that is posted on or through the Service.

E. Third Party sites; The Arcade, Advertisers, Off-Site Media. The Services may provide you with opportunities links or other opportunities to use certain sites, services, products, applications or content offered by or through EoD's third-party providers, including but not limited to advertisers, content and ecommerce providers (collectively "Third-Party Services"). Your use of any Third-Party Services is subject to any terms of service or conditions of use associated with the Third-Party Services. EoD does not control Third-Party Services and is not responsible for any Third-Party Services or for the contents thereof, including, without limitation, any links that may be contained in or accessible through Third-Party Services. EoD does not endorse any Third-Party Services or any products, content or communications linked to or accessible from the Services. You agree you are wholly responsible for making your own independent judgment regarding your user or interaction with Third-Party Services.

3. General Rules

For the benefit of the entire EoD community, and to comply with applicable laws, we have certain general rules, which EoD will construe in its sole discretion. Because violation of these rules may be grounds for immediate termination of your right to use the Services or other actions by EoD, you should carefully read and follow them.

A. Provide Accurate Information. You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested in the Services registration forms (the "Registration Data"). You agree to update the Registration Data to keep it current and accurate.

B. Guard Your Password. At the registration process, you will select a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. In the event of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, you must notify EoD immediately and promptly change your password. Please visit the FAQ for instructions on how to change your password or to contact EoD.

C. Obey the Law. You agree not to use the Services for illegal purposes or for the transmission of material that is unlawful, harassing, libelous (e.g., untrue and damaging to others), invasive of another's privacy, abusive, threatening, or obscene, or that infringes the copyright (e.g., rights of an owner or authorized user of material) or other intellectual property rights of others.

D. Permitted Use of Content. The content included in the Services, including all Web site data (EoD), text, graphics, photos, audio, video, the selection and arrangement thereof, and all software that are part of the Services (collectively, the "Content") is owned or licensed by EoD and/or its licensors. All Content is made available to you for your personal, non-commercial use and may be stored on a computer only for such use. The Content is protected by copyright, trademark, service mark, patent and other proprietary rights and laws. Publication, sale, redistribution in any form or medium, as well as modification or use of the Content, except as expressly permitted, is prohibited without the prior written permission of EoD.

E. Limits on Use of the Services. You agree not engage in any of the following: (i) use any automated means, including, without limitation, agents, robots, scripts, or spiders, to access, monitor, data scrape, copy or transfer any part of the Services or the Registration Data or other data of any User (whether individually or in the aggregate); (ii) probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Services, or breach the security or authentication measures on the Services; (iii) reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other User of the Services, including any EoD account not owned by you, to its source, or exploit the Services in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than your own information as provided for by the Services; (iv) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Services; (v) use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working or authorized uses of the Services or with any other person's use of the Services; (vi) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message transmittal you send on or through the Services; and (vii) impersonate any other individual or entity or misrepresent your identity or your affiliation with another individual or entity.

F. Our Communities

1) Community Conduct. By using and/or registering for the community board, user pages, blogs, groups, chatbox or other tools or applications for communicating, posting, or creating User Content (collectively the "User Tools"), you agree to use the User Tools only to post User Content that is proper and related to the particular forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the User Tools or services, you will NOT:

1. Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.

2. Post any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.

3. Post files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have expressly received all necessary consents.

4. Post files or content that contains viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.

5. Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose.

6. Post surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.

7. Download any file posted by another User of a forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

8. Restrict or inhibit any other User from using and enjoying any public area of the Services.

9. Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary of EoD or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded, or impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.

10. Post Spam. Spamming can be defined as posting multiple times about the same thing, starting multiple topics about the same thing, posting off-topic posts in other people?s discussion threads or topics, or providing links that have nothing to do with the forum, topic or subject at hand. Sending unsolicited electronic junk mail, private messages or junk group postings, in any form, is strictly forbidden. Spam will be deleted without warning.

11. Slander. Post insults, language, that is belittling of others or anything else deemed offense will be deleted without warning if considered unacceptable by EoD representatives. Content that is insulting to anyone based on gender, lifestyle, religion, ethic group, race etc. is unacceptable and will be deleted without warning.

12. Engage in fighting. Name calling, taunting or flame wars. There is no place for fighting and flaming others on these Services. Disagreeing with other Community members is acceptable and understood, but actively fighting and/or flaming will not be tolerated. Topics that are designed to start a flame war (defined as abrasive and/or offensive argument that serves no purpose but to make people mad) or posts made that are discourteous and/or hostile to other Community members or the discussion at hand will be treated as Spam and deleted without warning. If someone acts in a hostile manner to you or to others, DO NOT engage a person or persons who is fighting. Contact a EoD representative and let them handle the issue.

13. Post topics of an illicit or illegal nature. Warez, software piracy, illegal activities, pornography, posting copyrighted material or scans of such material, etc. are not welcome here and will be removed without warning. Posters of such material will be dealt with on a case by case basis.

A. If you choose to use language, such as a user name or game name that, in EoD's sole discretion, is obscene, indecent, offensive, or abusive or that might otherwise be objectionable or inappropriate, we reserve the right without prior notice to you to delete or change the offending language including your user name or game name.

B. Members who fail to follow our guidelines will be subject to disciplinary action. Disciplinary actions may include any one of, or a combination of warnings, suspension, and permanent termination. EoD and its representatives also reserves the right to invoke any of the following actions at any time to a member if we feel it is in the best interest of the community, site or services.

2) User Tools. EoD and its representative reserve the right to terminate your access to any or all of the User Tools at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

3) Monitoring. EoD and its representatives have no obligation to pre-screen or monitor the User Tools or the content Posted on or through any User Tools. However, EoD and its representatives reserve the right at all times to edit or remove any content or communications, in whole or in part, in EoD and its representative' sole discretion and to disclose any information or take any action as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.

4) Usage. Content or communications posted using the User Tools are generally public, not private, communications and others may read your communications without your knowledge or consent. You should not have any expectation of privacy relative to your communications through the User Tools. Always use caution when posting personal information especially when posting information that could personally identify you. Your posting of any User Content through the User Tools is done at your own risk. EoD is not responsible for its theft, copying or placement of that User Content on other media or networks. EoD and its affiliates do not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any community and, therefore, EoD and its affiliates specifically disclaim any liability with regard to the User Tools and the content therein and any actions resulting from your participation or the participation of others using the User Tools. Community managers and hosts are not authorized spokespersons of EoD or any of its affiliates, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of EoD and its affiliates. Community managers and hosts do, however, set standards on their own community areas. By posting User Content through the User Tools you grant EoD certain rights as described in Section 4A below.

G. Downloads

Any material or third party software downloaded through or for the use of the Services is done at your own discretion and risk, and EoD will not be responsible in any way for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from the Services or our third party service providers will create any warranty not expressly stated.

4. Rights You Grant to EoD

A. User Content. By submitting any User Content through or to the Services, including on any User Tools or User Pages, but excluding any User Content you submit on EoD Blogs, you hereby irrevocably grant to EoD, its affiliates, a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, and fully sub-licensable license, to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, create derivative works from, transfer, transmit and distribute on the Services, in connection with promotion or elsewhere, such User Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate the User Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when you submit a game FAQ, text guide, walkthrough or image, EoD may modify the format and display of such User Content, but not the content. EoD will take reasonable precautions to keep your email and messages private. The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such User Content, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction. With respect to User Content you Post for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of EoD Blogs, you grant EoD the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such User Content on the Services or on any media. You agree that the foregoing grant of rights by you to EoD and its affiliates is provided without any the entitlement of payment of fees or consideration.

B. Account Access. In order to ensure that EoD is able to provide high-quality services that are responsive to Users' needs, you agree that EoD representatives will have access to your account and records as reasonably needed to investigate complaints or legal actions to protect our rights.

5. Children and Mature Content

The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. EoD will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information on or through the Services from anyone under 13. Please be aware that certain areas on the Services may contain language, violence or mature content and there may be posted specific age restrictions to access and view such areas. You may be exposed to Content on the Services that you find offensive, indecent or objectionable. By using the Services you assume all risk associated with its use. We encourage parents to supervise their children's use of the Services and maintain open communication regarding appropriate materials for use and viewing by their children. Note to Parents. If you have any concerns about the Services, please contact us via our online form, Contact Us

6. Other Legal Stuff

A. Disclaimer of Warranties. You expressly understand and agree that:

YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. EoD, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "EoD PARTIES") EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

THE EoD PARTIES MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (II) THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (III) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (IV) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, (V) THAT YOUR MESSAGES, DATA OR INFORMATION, IN WHATEVER FORM OR MEDIUM, WILL NOT BE LOST, AND (VI) ANY ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM ANY EoD PARTY, OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE USER AGREEMENT.

A SMALL NUMBER OF USERS MAY EXPERIENCE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING THE SERVICES. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOMS EVEN IN USERS WITH NO HISTORY OF SUCH SYMPTOMS. CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO USE OF THE SERVICES IF YOU HAVE HAD ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS AND DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SERVICES IMMEDIATELY IF YOU EXPERIENCE DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION OR INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS OR CONVULSIONS.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, LIABILITY OF THE EoD PARTIES WILL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. To the extent that any part of this section is not consistent with any other part of the User Agreement, then this Disclaimer of Warranties will override it.

C. Limitation of Liability. YOU AGREE THAT THE EoD PARTIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE EoD PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (I) THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES; (II) THE COST OF GETTING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY PRODUCTS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES; (III) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (IV) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANYONE ON THE SERVICES; OR (V) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICES. IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY EoD PARTY IS FOUND TO BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS WHICH ARISES OUT OF OR IS ANY WAY CONNECTED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, LIABILITY OF THE EoD PARTIES SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE GREATER OF US$100.00.

D. Indemnification. You agree to protect and fully compensate the EoD Parties from any and all third-party claims, liability, damages, expenses and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your use of the Services, or violation of the User Agreement by you or any other user of your account (whether or not authorized).

E. EoD may change the User Agreement at any time and the changes will become effective 15 days after posting the revised User Agreement (the "Effective Date"). You can review the most current version of the User Agreement at any time here at General Terms of Service and Guidelines; Acceptance FAQ or by using the Terms of Service link. You are responsible for checking periodically for changes and your continued use of the EoD Services after the Effective Date indicates your acceptance of the new User Agreement.

UPDATED: JANUARY 1ST 2010

Our Privacy Policy

EoD is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement of privacy defines and governs how EoD and or its subsidiaries gather and use data.

Logging Activity, We collect data relating to all network connections, primarily your IP address. We use this information to track fraudulent user activity (including but not limited to: the use of multiple accounts, account sharing, illegal forum activity.) Your browser type and version are also detected to better enhance your user experience. whenever you request a page through your browser data such as your IP address, browser and version, OS, date and time and the site from which you came are stored in a log file and/or database. Any search terms that you enter into the the EoD Search are also logged. This information cannot be used to identify specific individuals, and is only used for site administration, research and development, and anonymous user analysis. This information is kept on a secure dedicated server and will not be disclosed to any third party.

Email, from time to time, the Administrators of EoD and or its subsidiaries may want to send you email notices. If you do not want to receive these notices, you may disable this option via your UserCP. Your email address will not be disclosed to any third party.

Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a website. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, and which your browser may then store on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. Doing this will allow you to decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept cookies or not. Cookies on this site are used for storing login information, statistical site-traffic analysis, our ad management system. The information collected during the registration process for EoD and or its Community is used to contact members, customize content based upon user preferences, display member status, and display the date of a member?s last visit. Information collected in this process can also be used to prevent banned users from re-registering under a different username. The email address will only be seen by moderators and administrators if the "Keep your email address viewable to other users when you post notes?" option is set to no. Cookies may be sent to your browser to enable automatic log-ins upon further visits, as well as for content customization. We never use cookies to gather or share your personal information. Any data collected will not be disclosed to any third party.

Notice. Please keep in mind that if you openly disclose "personal" information through our services and user tools - that this information could be collected and used by other parties.

If you have questions regarding our privacy policies, or require assistance in opting out of our email lists, please Contact Us

Copyright and License

This web site is the exclusive property of Elements of Darkness (EoD) and or its subsidiaries and may not be copied or reproduced without written permission. All graphics, trademarks, game content and images belong to their respective owners, all rights reserved.

All games, game logos, or game-specific designs are used by permission or licensed by EoD and or its subsidiaries. These are copyrighted by their respective owners and may not be copied or reproduced without permission from their respective owners.

All software or licenses used by EoD and or its subsidiaries are purchased - Branding Free

Copyright Infringement.

If you believe that content you own has been used on the Services in a way that violates your copyright or other intellectual property rights, please provide EoD the following information through private message or email:

1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;

2. A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;

3. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;

4. Your address, telephone number, and email address;

5. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law; and

6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

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Language, Violence & Mature Content

Warning: this site may contain language, violence or mature content not sutable for children. The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. EoD will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information on or through the Services from anyone under 13. Please be aware that certain areas on the Services contain mature content and there may be posted specific age restrictions to access and view such areas. You may be exposed to Content on the Services that you find offensive, indecent or objectionable. By using the Services you assume all risk associated with its use. We encourage parents to supervise their children's use of the Services and maintain open communication regarding appropriate materials for use and viewing by their children. Note to Parents. If you have any concerns about the Services, please contact us via our online form, Contact Us