eSportStars Terms of Use

This terms of use stipulates rules and obligations that applicants and users of the service “eSportStars” (the “Service”) provided by TimeTicket GmbH, a Switzerland company (the “Company”).

Article 1 Membership Registration

1. Anyone who wants to use the Service shall agree to this terms of use and apply for the membership registration, and shall be registered as a member.
2. Anyone who applies for the membership registration of the Service (the “Applicant”) shall be deemed to have agreed to this terms of use and be bound by it.
3. The Applicant shall provide information specified by the Company including his/her personal information.
4. Anyone under the age of 16 may not apply for the membership registration of the Service.
5. The Company shall have sole discretion on whether to approve each application for the membership registration of the Service and have no obligation to explain the reason not to approve the registration to the Applicants.

Article 2 Bans

A person who has been registered as a member of the Service (“Member”) shall not do the followings or any act which is likely to fall under the followings, or make anyone do the same.

1. ①Violating any laws, this terms of use or any rule that the Company provide at each competition of eSports held by the Company (the “Competition”).
2. ②Defying the Company’s directions necessary for operation of the Competitions.
3. ③Obstructing operation of the Competitions.
4. ④Refusing to answer properly the Company’s questions necessary for operation of the Competitions.
5. ⑤Making false declarations to the Company.
6. ⑥Diddling or hacking a game that is played in a Competition (the “Game”).
7. ⑦Misusing vulnerability or defects of the server of the Games or bugs of the Games.
8. ⑧Spoofing to participate in a match of the Competition (the "Match") using another Member's account.
9. ⑨Participating any of the Competitions despite not meeting the participation conditions set for it.
10. ⑩Making any promise about playing in the Match with anyone other than teammates, including the opponent.
11. ⑪Asking the opponent to lose the Match intentionally.
12. ⑫Losing the Match intentionally or not doing his/her best in the Match.
13. ⑬Getting advice from anyone other than teammates while playing the Match.
14. ⑭Operating electric devices (smartphones, tablets or PCs etc.) other than those required for playing the Game while playing the Match.
15. ⑮Watching or trying to watch spectator monitor or livestream video of the Match that he/she is playing.
16. ⑯Obscene, discriminatory, offensive, insulting or defamatory behaviors or abuse, insulting, harassment or other inappropriate acts while playing the Match.
17. ⑰Behaviors which ruins or is likely to ruin the credibility of the Competitions or the Games, or Obscene, discriminatory, offensive, insulting or defamatory behaviors or abuse, insulting, harassment or other inappropriate acts against opponents or other Members attending or having attended the Competitions in social networking services or other social media.

Article 3 Antisocial Force Clause

Member shall warrant that he/she is not an antisocial force (gang, gang member, gang associate member, gang affiliated enterprise, corporate extortionist, a member of other violent or crime groups or those equivalent to these) and has no close relations to such antisocial forces.

Article 4 Suspension of Use, Deregistration

1. The Company may suspend the use of the Service by the Member who has violated or is found to be likely to violate this terms of use or who is found to be inappropriate for the Service temporarily, or may deregister such Member.
2. The Company shall have sole discretion on the measures under the preceding clause 1 and have no obligation to explain the reason of such measures taken to the Member.

Article 5 Exemption of the Company’s Liability

The Company shall not be liable for any damages caused to Applicant or Member in connection with the application or use of the Service in any case including the following cases:

1. ①the Company does not approve an application for membership registration of the Service or the Company suspends a Member’s use of this Service temporarily or deletes a Member’s membership registration of the Service.
2. ②the Service is/was not provided normally for any reason including failure or malfunction of system or communication line.
3. ③the Company temporarily suspends or permanently terminates the provision of the Service.
4. ④the Company loses or divulges any Applicant or Member’s personal information.
5. ⑤a scheduled Competition is canceled or a Competition being held is temporarily suspended or permanently terminated.
6. ⑥it was not possible to play a Game normally in a Match for any reason including failure or malfunction of system or communication line.
7. ⑦a Member suffers any damage caused by another Member or any other third party.

Article 6 Consent for The Use of Personal Information

1. The Applicant shall agree that the Company uses his/her personal information for making the decision whether to approve his/her membership registration of the Service and providing the Service.
2. Please see the privacy policy about the handling of personal information by the Company.

Article 7 Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This terms of use as well as all claims related to this terms of use shall be governed by the laws of Japan, excluding its choice of law rules. If any dispute related to the Service between the Company and the Member cannot be resolved amicably, such dispute shall be resolved in a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court of Japan as the exclusive jurisdiction by consent of the first instance.