Our goal is to have fun, provide a safe environment, and include new people. To this end, please agree to and comply with the following rules of conduct.

The LAN Party hosts are not responsible for anything that might happen to you or your equipment.

While we will take reasonable precautions to make sure this is a safe event, you are ultimately responsible for everything that happens here. Everyone must sign this document to legally acknowledge this.

The LAN Party hosts have final say about everything that happens at this event. These rules are subject to change at any time.

Plug in only where you are told.

Doing otherwise may lead to power outages. Do not plug into another participant’s power strip. If you are not sure where to plug in, ask a staff member. You are allowed to plug your computer and monitor into our power grid, no other devices or peripherals are allowed.

Keep your station clean. You are responsible for keeping your area as clean as you found it.

You are responsible for having all appropriate hardware and software.

You are expected to bring a working computer with a network card and legal copies of all relevant game software already installed and updated. Please do not bring a broken computer and ask us to fix it; please do not forget to bring something and expect us to provide it; please do not ask us to wait 30 minutes while you install the game and all the patches; and do not use pirated software at this event. Be sure the games you intend to play actually run well on your computer before your arrival. You must take appropriate measures to ensure your computer is free of viruses, adware, spyware, and other malicious software before arriving at the event.

Headphones only, please.

No speakers allowed. This many speakers in one place would create an incredible noise and drain excessive power. Please make sure the cord on your headphones is long enough to reach before coming to the event.

A surge suppressing power strip is required to protect your equipment from surges.

Uninterruptible Power Supplies are not allowed because these drain excessive power from

our power grid and will cause an outage (including UPS’s built into power strips).

Keep your computer clean and legal.

No inappropriate material, no exchanging of copyrighted material and no file sharing during the event. No pornography or any other offensive images are allowed on anyone’s screen, including screensavers and background images. Do not exchange MP3s or any other copyrighted files. Do not have file sharing enabled and do not run any peer-to-peer file sharing programs during the event.

Smoking, weapons, drugs, and other illegal substances are not allowed.

Ask for permission before touching other people’s stuff. Do not steal.

Be careful of your surroundings.

No horseplay, no roughhousing, no running around, no throwing things, and no malicious behaviour. Remember, this room is filled with thousands of pounds of fragile equipment and you can damage something very easily. Therefore, no wrestling matches, no affectionate tussles, no tossing disks or other objects around. Practical jokes are not funny when expensive equipment is involved. This includes but is not limited to: deliberately turning off equipment, disconnecting cabling, deliberate virus infestation or otherwise interfering with equipment that does not belong to you, etc. Obviously, violence of any kind will lead to instant ejection.

Play fair.

Cheating ruins the fun for everyone. This includes bots, hacks, mods, cracks, strategies that exploit defects in the game, or anything else this is not strictly aboveboard.

Finally

While every effort is made to ensure a safe environment for you and your system, the hosts of this event accept no liability for damage or loss occurred while participating in the event, this includes but is not limited to damage to your property (computer, car etc), virus infection, theft and personal injury.