Terms of Use

a) By registering for and/or using the service offers, the user agrees to these GTC. If an e-mail address is required for registration, the e-mail address must belong to the user personally and he or she must be regularly reachable at this address for the duration he or she uses the game, because European Games Group GmbH generally communicates via e-mail. Accordingly, the use of one-way addresses (so-called trash mails) shall be expressly prohibited. Registration shall only be permitted to natural persons.

b) In the course of registration the user may choose an admissible player’s name (nickname). The player’s name must not violate any rights of third parties or be contrary to accepted principles of morality. An entitlement to the attribution of a special user name does not exist. Inadmissible user names are, in particular, e-mail and Internet addresses and words which do not correspond to the technical requirements communicated within the scope of the registration process (e.g. prohibition of certain special characters), if applicable.

c) The presentation of the game and its contents, including the websites, features and other materials as well as related further services does not constitute a binding offer. Only by completing the registration form does the user submit a binding offer to conclude a contract pursuant to Section 145 of the German Civil Code (BGB). To do so, all data fields marked as necessary on the registration form must first be duly completed in accordance with Clause 2 Paragraph 2 of these GTC, and subsequently be confirmed by clicking the corresponding button. Upon receipt of the user’s offer, the user will receive an automatically dispatched e-mail at the e-mail address the user has stated in the registration form. This automatic e-mail confirms that we accept the user’s offer. A contract with European Games Group GmbH does not come into force until the declaration of acceptance conveyed by this confirmation e-mail has been received.

d) The user shall have no entitlement to registration, activation and participation in the game. European Games Group GmbH shall be entitled to refuse to confirm and to accept the registration without giving reasons.

• dirty words, vulgar or obscene expressions or sexual contents, no matter whether express or implied;

• religious, political or sociopolitical statements;

• offensive, defamatory, threatening or otherwise annoying or harassing insinuations, comments and/or images;

• names for game characters or user accounts that are deemed to be improper according to these GTC; in this case, European Games Group GmbH shall be entitled to delete such improper names or to proceed to renaming as a milder measure, in addition to the measures mentioned under Clause 8 Paragraph 2;

• third-party material protected by copyright or trademark law without their express written approval;

• prompting of passwords and of personal information of other users (e.g. last name, address, telephone number, birth date etc.);

• links to commercial Internet pages of third parties;

• advertisements including raffles, competitions or other sweepstakes;

• cheat or hack programs or information or links to such programs or to Internet pages affirming that they have programs which misuse user passwords; or

• other information which, at European Games Group GmbH's own discretion, is deemed to be age-inappropriate or unsuitable for this Internet page.

1. 3. Users who post contents shall be themselves responsible for ensuring that these contents do not violate any rights, in particular copyrights of third parties. Hence, the users shall be themselves and directly responsible for all claims against third parties. Should European Games Group GmbH be held liable for such contents posted by a user, the user shall hold European Games Group GmbH harmless against any of the costs incurred by the posting of such contents to the extent that the user is to be held responsible for the violation.
   

1. 4. It is prohibited to disturb the dialogue among different users knowingly; e.g. by interrupting a conversation among other members repeatedly, by annoying them or by creating enemy images or hostilities. Messages that users send to each other in the game are not private but public. Therefore, users are requested not to exchange personal information such as e-mail address, address, last name, telephone number, photographs, instant-message name or the like. European Games Group GmbH urgently recommends not to disclose such personal data for reasons of self-protection. Should there be a suspicion that certain users try to obtain the above mentioned personal information from other users, European Games Group GmbH should be informed under the e-mail address support.us@bigbangempire.com.
   

1. 5. European Games Group GmbH points out that full monitoring of the contents posted by the users cannot be ensured. However, spot checks are performed and the users additionally have the possibility of reporting violations by others. Private messages shall only be checked if a participant in the communication reports them as a violation. European Games Group GmbH will then carry out a check as quickly as possible and edit or delete the contents, if necessary.
   

• contrary to Clause 3 Paragraph 2., Clause 3 Paragraph 3 and Clause 3 Paragraph 5, he or she registers several accounts or transfers his or her account to third parties.

• contrary to Clause 3 Paragraph 4., he or she uses his or her account for commercial purposes or for advertisements.

• contrary to Clause 3 Paragraph 8, he or she misuses other users' login data.

• contrary to Clause 3 Paragraph 9, he or she performs manipulative interventions through software and mechanisms.

• he or she violates the rules of the game laid down in Clause 7 and does not stop violating them despite warning. In the event of serious violations, a warning is dispensable if European Games Group GmbH cannot be expected to adhere to the contract.

• her or she violates the copyrights and other protective rights of third parties, which are mentioned in Clause 9.

1. 2. In less serious cases, the assessment of which is solely at the discretion of European Games Group GmbH, an in-game sanction can be pronounced against the user, e.g. in the form of a downgrading, instead of excluding him or her from the game. The user shall not be entitled to claim that a sanction be imposed on him or her instead of his or her being excluded from the game.
   

a) virtual currencies (so-called “ingame currency” of the respective game, such as e.g. donuts, stars, diamonds, etc.) and

b) other virtual items (“items”) or so-called premium features