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last updated August 31, 2010

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY! BY INSTALLING, COPYING, OR OTHERWISE USING OUR GAME(S) OR SERVICE(S) IN ANY MANNER, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THESE RULES.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH OUR RULES FOR WORLD OF TANKS BETA TEST, PLEASE DO NOT PROCEED WITH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND LEAVE OUR SITES IMMEDIATELY AND DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR WEBISTE(S), GAME(S), OR SERVICE(S).


Rules for World of Tanks beta test

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Your participation in beta test is subject to the following terms and conditions.

These Rules are effective along with End User License Agreement and regulate game participation, in-game behavior, responsibility and possible sanctions.

This software program, and any files that are delivered to you by Wargaming.Net LLP via on-line transmission or otherwise to "patch", update, or otherwise modify the software program, as well as any printed materials and any on-line or electronic documentation (the “Manual”), and any and all copies and derivative works of such software program and Manual (collectively, with the "Game Client" defined below, the "Game") is the copyrighted work of Wargaming.net or its licensors (collectively referred to as "WN"). Any and all uses of the Game are governed by the terms of End User License Agreement. The Game is distributed solely for use by authorized end users according to the terms of this License Agreement. Any use, reproduction, modification or distribution of the Game not expressly authorized by the terms of the License Agreement is expressly prohibited.

The developers (Wargaming.net) of this software are not responsible for behavior of any individual beta-tester during the beta test, as well as for the content of his messages in either public or battle chat. Only beta-testers are responsible for their behavior and the content of their messages in either public or battle chat.

Wargaming.net reserves the right to evaluate each incident on a case by case basis. The action we take may be more lenient or more severe than those listed under each category.

1.1 License Limitations

You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:

A. In whole or in part, copy, photocopy, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer, derive source code from, modify, disassemble, decompile, or create derivative works based on the Game; provided, however, that you may make one (1) copy of the Game Client and the Manuals for archival purposes only;

B. Use cheats, automation software (bots), hacks, mods or any other unauthorized third-party software designed to modify the World of Tanks experience;

C. Exploit the Game or any of its parts, including without limitation the Game Client, for any commercial purpose, including without limitation (a) use at a cyber cafe, computer gaming center or any other location-based site without the express written consent of WN; (B ) for gathering in-game currency, items or resources for sale outside the Game; or © performing in-game services in exchange for payment outside the Game, e.g., power-leveling;

D. Use any unauthorized third-party software that intercepts, “mines”, or otherwise collects information from or through the Game or the Service, including without limitation any software that reads areas of RAM used by the Game to store information about a character or the game environment; provided, however, that WN may, at its sole and absolute discretion, allow the use of certain third party user interfaces;

E. Modify or cause to be modified any files that are a part of the Game Client in any way not expressly authorized by WN;

F. Host, provide or develop matchmaking services for the Game or intercept, emulate or redirect the communication protocols used by WN in any way, for any purpose, including without limitation unauthorized play over the internet, network play, or as part of content aggregation networks;

G. Facilitate, create or maintain any unauthorized connection to the Game or the Service, including without limitation (a) any connection to any unauthorized server that emulates, or attempts to emulate, the Service; and (B ) any connection using programs or tools not expressly approved by WN;

H. Sell, grant a security interest in or transfer reproductions of the Game to other parties in any way not expressly authorized herein, or rent, lease or license the Game to others.

1.2 Proprietary Rights; Copyrights and Trademarks

A. All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Game and all copies thereof (including without limitation any titles, computer code, themes, objects, characters, character names, stories, dialog, catch phrases, locations, concepts, artwork, character inventories, structural or landscape designs, animations, sounds, musical compositions and recordings, audio-visual effects, storylines, character likenesses, methods of operation, moral rights, and any related documentation) are owned or licensed by WN. The Game Client is protected by the copyright laws of all countries on the Earth, international copyright treaties and conventions and other laws. All rights are asserted and reserved. The Game may contain materials licensed by third parties. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

B. Wargaming.net and WN’s corporate logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of WN in the United Kingdom and other countries, and all rights, title and interests in and to any and all such marks are hereby expressly reserved by WN. All other trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos that appear within WN games or are displayed on the Website are the property of their respective owners. The Game and all materials, information and data contained or displayed within the games, and/or otherwise appearing within the Website, including documents, Services, site design, text, graphics, logos, images and icons, as well as the arrangement thereof, are the sole property of WN and are © 1998-2010 Wargaming.net. All rights that have not been expressly granted to you pursuant to these terms are hereby expressly reserved by WN. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by applicable law, any reproduction, distribution, modification, retransmission, publication, or other use or exploitation of the games, the Website and/or any of the materials (or any portion or derivative of any such items), directly or indirectly, is strictly prohibited unless the written consent of the applicable copyright owner or relevant sublicensor (if any) is first obtained.


1.3 Patches and Updates

Wargaming.net may deploy or provide patches, updates and modifications to the Game that must be installed for the user to continue to play the Game. Wargaming.net may update the Game remotely including without limitation the Game Client residing on the user's machine, without the knowledge of the user, and you hereby grant to Wargaming.net your consent to deploy and apply such patches, updates and modifications.

1.4 Registration Requirements

In order to take part in World of Tanks beta test, participants ("Beta-testers") must be 13 years of age or older. Each Beta-tester can have only one registration account. Beta-testers are solely responsible for their behavior in both public and battle chat. Beta-testers are responsible for protecting their accounts from access by others. You are strongly encouraged to select a hard-to-guess password and not re-use that password on any other sites where it may be read by the owners or administrators of that site. It is highly recommended that board users do not share their accounts with others, nor share their computers used to access the site with others. In case your account has been lost or hacked, please, inform the administration immediately.

Please report any bugs and errors related to registration to support@worldoftanks.com.

1.5 Account Suspension

Violations of these Rules could lead to the following sanctions:

1. Temporary suspension from public and battle chat
2. Permanent suspension from public and battle chat
3. Temporary suspension of user account
4. Permanent suspension of user account
5. Account closure
6. Forced renaming of user account

2. PROHIBITED USES

By involving yourself in the Game, you acknowledge that you agree to these and all other relevant rules and will abide by them regardless of the circumstances. In addition you also agree that these Rules will apply to anyone that you allow to use your WN's account or user ID. By allowing another user to use your account, you are personally responsible for all the consequences (including termination of your account) which may result, if the above discussed person violates any of the listed rules at any time you will not be entitled to a refund of any monies paid by you.

You agree not to do any of the following while using the Game or any WN public and battle chats, message boards, messenger-type and other communication features:

1. Register nicknames and/or use clan names and symbols that can cause misunderstanding or point to WN or its partners, connected with organizations and/or Nazi figures, violating the law of the country of player’s residence or international law, as well as using Nazi symbols, designations, abbreviations (SS), and their stylizations (55);
2. Impersonate any person or entity, including but not limited to, the Game or other WN official, employee, representative or agent (or an official, employee, representative or agent of WN's affiliates, licensors or licensees), forum leader, guide or host or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
3. Transmit or facilitate the transmission of any user content that is unlawful, harmful, rude, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, that may be invasive of another's right of privacy or publicity, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable ;
4. Transmit any user content to an WN communication feature which discloses your or any other person's personal information;
5. Transmit or facilitate the transmission of any content to an e-mail address, messenger-feature address or other location that is not yours or to which you do not have the expressly authorized right to use without securing the prior authorization of such other person or entity;
6. Slander and deception of WN staff. WN staff is to be as impartial and unbiased as possible. If there is an issue with the performance of the WN staff the players are to send a report to Customer Service so the issue can be taken under investigation. Openly offending the WN Staff, withholding information, or openly deceiving the WN staff, as well as contradicting their words, actions, and decisions can lead to various penalties depending on the situation. Offenses in this category go through a thorough analysis before punishment is given;
7. Transmit unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other forms of solicitation. Advertising may include, but is not limited to, the repeated posting of website links through any of the in-game methods of communication. Links to sites, images and/or video as well as businesses and organizations or websites not related to WN and the Game may also be considered as advertising and so such actions are considered prohibited. Discussions of other war games are allowed, however, any form of advertising of non-WN games will not be tolerated;
8. Use cheating and hacking. Any kind of cheating or hacking which is concluded by our assessment of a player's results will not be tolerated. The hacker's information including the current IP Address will be recorded for future reference and investigation. By using the Game you agree to immediately report to WN staff on any hacking tools if known that can potentially harm the Website or the Game for further investigation;
9. Transmit or facilitate the transmission of any content that contains a virus, corrupted data, trojan horse, bot, keystroke logger, worm, time bomb, cancelbot or other computer programming routines that are intended to and/or actually damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or mine, scrape or expropriate any system, data or personal information;
10. Use WN’s сommunication features in a manner that adversely affects the availability of its resources to other users (e.g., excessive shouting (use of all caps), flooding (continuous posting of repetitive text) or excessively large embedded images, spamming, trolling or flaming);
11. Discuss social, religious, political topics that create controversy as well as negatively portray religious and political figures.
12. Discuss controversial issues or actions that violate international law or the law of a player’s country;
13. Modify any files that WN does not specifically authorize users to modify. Use of material, which is subject to the rights of any person or entity without the express permission of such rights holder, is prohibited, and will result in the termination of the account and possible civil and/or criminal liability;
14. Exploit errors in design, features which are not documented and/or bugs to gain access that would otherwise not be available or to obtain any competitive advantage;
15. Reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble all or any portion of the Game or other services.

2.1 Fair play principles

1. No intentional shooting or damaging of vehicles of your teammates.
2. No intentional blocking or pinning of vehicles of your teammates (neither from the front nor from the rear), including blocking against indestructible objects.
3. No intentional informing the enemy team (via either battle or voice chat) of allied vehicles’ location.
4. No exploitation of in-game errors and bugs for your own benefit. The player who discovered those should report to community@worldoftanks.com. You can also inform us about any bugs and errors on the corresponding forum thread.
5. No use of bots, cheats and hacking software that alters the provided source code and grants unauthorized access to game servers.

3. RECOMMENDATIONS

The official language of the chat is English. Using other languages, transliteration and intentionally distorted or illiterate language is unwelcome. Please be considerate to those who obviously have difficulties with English.
Be polite, courteous and tolerant while communicating with fellow players.

3.1 Errors reporting

Please report bugs and errors if any to support@worldoftanks.com, attached screenshots and/or video are appreciated. You can also inform us about any bugs and errors on the corresponding forum thread.

4. REPORTING IN-GAME VIOLATIONS

If you want to report team kill accidents, chat insults, or another case of violation of the Rules send your application to community@worldoftanks.com. The application should contain the complete description of the accident; nicknames of the parties involved, and attached screenshot. That will help us to consider your reports quicker. Any other ways of reporting are not subject to consideration. Any complaints on forums are regarded as off-topic. Time limitation of players’ reports is 7 days. Complaints about earlier accidents are not subject to consideration.

5. APPEALING OF A DECISION

If you don’t agree with administration’s decision, notify the Administration via e-mail to community@worldoftanks.com. The e-mail should contain the complete description of the argument with the corresponding screenshots attached. Any other ways of appeal are not subject to consideration. Any complaints on forums are regarded as off-topic.

6. AMENDMENTS

WN reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add to, supplement or delete any of the terms and conditions of these Rules when WN upgrades the Game Client. Your installation and use of any of WN’s updates or modifications to the Game or your continued use of the Game following notice of changes to these Rules will demonstrate your acceptance of any and all such changes. WN may change, modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Game at any time. WN may also impose limits on certain features or restrict your access to parts or all of the Game without notice or liability. You have no interest, monetary or otherwise, in any feature or content contained in the Game.