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Big Day In Rules

People found touching any piece of equipment that does not belong to them may be removed from the venue by security. Nuking and other acts of network warfare may also result in forcible removal from the venue. The network may be continually monitored via a network spy.

Behaviour

The following applies to all participants and spectators attending or planning to attend Big Day In.

  • No threats of physical violence (whether intentional or otherwise).
  • No Behaviour considered by the organisers to be disruptive to other players.
  • Possession and or use of weapons, including but not limited to firearms, knives, batons, torches or any object used in a threatening manner or interpreted to be in a threatening manner.
  • The organisers reserve the right to deny entry to any person. A first offence is the final offence.
  • Using, stealing, damaging or reconfiguring another person's equipment without their express permission.
  • Use of pirated or illegal versions of software
  • Participation in, allowing, or encouraging the violation of copyright laws pertaining to software licensing, including leeching, pirating, cracking, reverse engineering, or other activities surrounding the violation of copyright laws.
  • All decisions by Shafted Pty. Ltd. are final and no discussion will be entered into.
  • The organisers reserve the right to confiscate any materials considered dangerous or/and prohibited by the event rules.
  • No consumption of alcoholic beverages or drugs is permitted at Big Day In events.
  • Shafted Pty. Ltd. take no responsibility for any person's equipment, possessions, or actions.
  • No smoking is permitted within the Big Day In venue.
  • You must sign in and pay at the front desk before entering the hall/playing areas.
  • Big Day In takes no responsibility for any materials that are located on participants computers.
  • Cheating is not permitted.
  • You must wear your player tag at all times.
  • Any photographic imagery that is taken become the property of Big Day In unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Any participant or spectator breaching these guidelines will be subject to at the minimum but not limited to the following penalties.
  • Revoking of rights to any prizes, freebies or giveaways.
  • Enforced removal from the venue by security and/or be handed over to the police.
  • Permanent ban from Big Day In and/or all AusGamers events.

The organisers reserve the right to deny entry, or evict, by force if necessary, any person for any reason, without stating or justifying the action, and without penalty to Shafted, legally or financially.

Security

Trained security personnel may patrol the event. People found being nuisances may be forcibly removed from the venue. Players are advised to follow behaviour guidelines at all times. Instructions announced by administration of the event must be followed at all times. Please ensure that everything you bring, especially computer hardware is clearly labelled with at least your Playing name, but preferably also a real name and address or phone number. Your property is your responsibility.

Big Day In User Agreement

Please read this User Agreement carefully. This Agreement ("Agreement") governs the use of the Big Day In Network ("Service") ("Service Provider"), including participation in the Service's chat and bulletin-board or forum facilities ("Discussion Areas"). You can access this Agreement at any time from the bottom of any page of the Service and a copy in its final form will be posted on the Big Day In Intranet.

Because the Service is designed to provide an enjoyable experience for all — its users must abide by certain rules. Your enrolment and use of the Service will constitute your agreement to be bound by and comply with these rules and any changes or revisions to the Agreement. if and when the terms are changed, the Service Provider will notify you by posting a notice in the "Latest News" section or on the Big Day In Intranet and you agree to be bound by all of the changes as well so it's wise to check this page regularly. You should consult the "Latest News" section each time you access this site or the Big Day In Intranet.

Your failure to follow the Service's rules, whether listed below or in supplemental notices may result in termination of your access to the Service, without notice, in addition to Service Provider's other remedies. These rules are to help ensure a smoothly run event and a fast network so that everyone has a good time.

If you do not agree with the rules contained in this Agreement, please do not enrol.

RULES OF USAGE

1.Comments by Users Are Not Endorsed by Service Provider

2.Use of the Service by You

3.Use of Material Posted by You

4.Materials Provided by Others

5.Indemnification

6.Editing and Deletions

7.Additional Rules

8.Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability

9.Termination

10.Jurisdiction

11.Entire Agreement

1. Comments by Users Are Not Endorsed by Service Provider

1.1 Service Provider does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the comments, opinions or statements posted by users in Discussion Areas or elsewhere in the Service. Any information or material placed online by users, including advice and opinions, is the view and responsibility of those users and does not necessarily represent the view of Service Provider.

2. Use of the Service by You

2.1 Your right to use the Service is personal to you: You may not authorise others to use the Service, and you are responsible for all of your own use of the Service.

2.2 You agree not to use any obscene, indecent or offensive language, or to place on the Service any material that is false, defamatory, abusive, harassing or hateful. Further, you may not place on the Service any material that is encrypted, constitutes junk mail or unauthorised advertising, invades anyone's privacy, encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability, or that otherwise violates any law or regulation. You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and you acknowledge that your failure to do so may subject you to civil and criminal liability.

2.3 Other than connecting to Service Provider's servers by authorised HTTP requests using a Web browser, you may not attempt to gain access to Service Provider's servers by any means — including, without limitation, by using administrator passwords or by masquerading as an administrator or other player while using the Service or otherwise. Unauthorised attempts to upload or change information; to defeat or circumvent security measures; or otherwise to utilise the Service for other than its intended purposes are strictly prohibited.

2.4 You are responsible for ensuring that you do nothing to violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret or any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party. This will be strictly enforced too.

2.5 Material on the Service is for your personal use only. Material whether it be information or software or anything else received through the Service is to be used solely for internal purposes. Except with prior express written authorisation from Service Provider, nothing received through the Service may be duplicated, reproduced, distributed, or otherwise disseminated, in whole or in part, in any form. The Service contains copyrighted and other proprietary information. You may not in any way make commercial or other unauthorised use, by publication, re-transmission, copying, distribution, performance, caching or otherwise, of material obtained through the Service, except as permitted by the Service Provider, the Copyright Act or other law.

2.6 You agree not to disrupt, modify or interfere with the Service or its associated software, hardware and servers in any way, and you agree not to impede or interfere with others use of the Service. You further agree not to alter or tamper with any information or materials on, or associated with, the Service.

2.7 The System is monitored to ensure proper operation, to verify the functioning of the network, games, information features, and for other like purposes. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals possible evidence of undesirable activity, system personnel may provide the evidence of such monitoring to appropriate officials and you may at the sole discretion of Big Day In be excluded from the remainder of Big Day In and the right to take other appropriate action is reserved.

2.8 You acknowledge that the Service Provider has not reviewed and does not endorse the content of all sites linked to from this Service and is not responsible for the content or actions of any other sites linked to from this Service. Linking to any other service or site from this Service is at your sole risk.

3. Use of Material Posted by You

Postings to the Discussion Areas are not private. You grant the Service Provider and its designers the unrestricted right to use, reproduce, modify, translate, transmit and distribute any information or material you supply or communicate to the Service via such postings, in any medium now in existence or hereafter developed, for any purpose, including commercial uses.

4. Materials Provided by Others

You agree that the Service Provider is not responsible, and shall have no liability to you, with respect to any information or materials posted by others, including defamatory, offensive, or illicit material.

5. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify the Service Provider and its affiliates, sponsors, employees, agents and representatives, and to hold them harmless from any and all claims and liabilities (including legal fees) that may arise from your submissions, from your unauthorised use of material obtained through the Service, from your breach of this Agreement, or from any such acts arising through your use of the Service.

6. Editing and Deletions

The Service Provider reserves the right, but undertakes no duty, to review, edit, move or delete any material posted by users in the Discussion Areas or elsewhere on the Service, in its sole discretion and without notice.

7. Additional Rules

The Service Provider reserves the right to post, from time to time, additional rules of usage that apply to specific parts of the Service. Such additional rules will be posted in the relevant parts of the Service, and will be clearly identified. Your use of the Service constitutes your agreement to comply with these additional rules.

8. Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability

8.1 You acknowledge that you are using the Service at your own risk. The service is provided "as is," and the Service Provider, its sponsors and affiliates hereby expressly disclaim any and all warranties, express and implied. You certify that you possess knowledge and experience in computer matters and are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of attending Big Day In and (where applicable) allowing your computer to be used in Big Day In.

8.2 Service Provider may discontinue or change the Service, or its availability to you, at any time, for any reason, without notice. Service Provider and its affiliates do not represent or warrant that access to the service will be uninterrupted or that there will be no failures, errors or omissions or loss of transmitted information, or that no viruses will be transmitted on the service. You agree that no liability shall be attributed to the Service Provider, its affiliates, agents, sponsors and licensors (if any) arising out of any kind of legal claim in any way connected with the Service or the information in the Service including any claims arising in negligence or contract.

8.3 The service provider and its affiliates shall not be liable to you or any third parties for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages allegedly sustained arising out of your access to or inability to access the service, including for viruses alleged to have been obtained from the service, your use of or reliance on the service or any of the information or materials available on the service, regardless of the type of claim or the nature of the cause of action (including contract or negligence or both of them), even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

8.4 Each party releasing claims herein agrees that he or it will not bring, commence, maintain, prosecute or affirmatively instigate, directly or indirectly, any legal or administrative proceeding against any party released by such releasing party, based upon any act or omission claims for which are released in this stipulation and order. No waiver by any of the parties of any default shall operate as a waiver of that default or any other default, or of the same default on a future occasion, by any party.

8.5 By accessing this site or any of its hypertext links, or by enrolling you agree to fully indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Service Provider, its Internet service provider, Big Day In sponsors their officers, directors, employees and shareholders, from any and all claims of any kind arising out of participation in Big Day In or use of the Service.

9. Termination

Service Provider has the right to terminate your ability to access the Service, for any reason, without notice.

10. Jurisdiction

This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Victoria and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction and venue of this State.

11. Entire Agreement

This Agreement is the complete and entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any prior agreement, whether written or oral.

Shafted assume implicit agreement of the above terms and conditions by your physical presence at the event, or within 10 meters of the location specified as the event locale.

All decisions made by organisers legally recognised as representing Shafted Pty Ltd are final and no discussion will be entered into

IF YOU DON'T AGREE TO THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT REGISTER OR CONFIRM

Big Day In reserves the right to change this Agreement at any time by posting a new Agreement at this location or on the Big Day In Intranet. You can send queries to us with any further questions to this form.