SUPER SOAKER CENTRAL TERMS OF SERVICE

ALL users of this website must read and agree to the Terms of Service before using the website.

You can read the most recent TOS at: http://www.sscentral.org/tos.html

Water guns and water wars, especially when water guns are improperly used, the site of the water war is dangerous, and/or the users of said water guns are irresponsible, have the possibility of serious injury.

Our use of the registered trademark "Super Soaker" in the name "Super Soaker Central" does not claim or imply ownership of the trademark; it merely describes the nature of the website.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

These terms may be updated by us from time to time without notice.

These terms exist in addition to any other terms governing Super Soaker Central.

Visiting Super Soaker Central implies acceptance of these terms (the "Terms of Serice" or "TOS"). If you do not agree with any part of this TOS, do not use Super Soaker Central. Use of Super Soaker Central after changes to the TOS consitutes acceptance of those changes.

Any Non-Human Visitors to the website shall be considered agents of the individual(s) who controls, authors or otherwise makes use of them. The access rights granted to you under the Terms of Service are non-transferable without the express written permission of the owner of the website.

Water gunning and water fighting is a potentially dangerous activity. Your safety should not depend on information from this website. All information is presented solely for educational and informational purposes. Your use of Super Soaker Central implies that you understand the risks associated with water gunning and water fighting and that you acknowledge that you have the sole responsibility for your safety.

No warranties are expressed or implied that the information on this website is accurate and reliable.

These terms and conditions are in reference to Super Soaker Central's website (http://www.sscentral.org), discussion forum (http://forums.sscentral.org), and any other content hosted on sscentral.org, referred to as a whole as "Super Soaker Central". These terms and conditions apply to all sites, services, and resources within Super Soaker Central.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE

Super Soaker Central provides users with informational resources including writings, a discussion forum, and other resources about water guns and water fights. Under no circumstances shall Super Soaker Central be liable to any user on account of that user's use or misuse of the site or reliance on the site. Such limitation of liability shall apply to prevent recovery of direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive and exemplary damages (even if Super Soaker Central has been advised of the possibility of such damages). Such limitation of liability shall apply whether the damages arise from use or misuse of the site or reliance on the site, from inability to use the site, or from the interruption, suspension, or termination of the site or services offered on the site (including such damages incurred by third parties).

Such limitation shall also apply with respect to damages incurred by reason of other services or goods received through or advertised on the site or received through any links provided on the site. Such limitation shall apply, without limitation, to the costs of procurement of substitute goods or services, lost profits, or lost data. These limitations shall apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy. Super Soaker Central makes no warranties as to the accuracy of its information and due to the volatile nature of the information contained within Super Soaker Central. Super Soaker Central can not screen or authenticate all articles, posts, listings or other information. Super Soaker Central will not sell or rent any member information.

TERMS OF FORUM MEMBERSHIP & USAGE RESTRICTIONS

Membership at the Super Soaker Central forums (http://forums.sscentral.org/) is a priviledge and not a right. We reserve the right to deny or change service (which includes you access to the service or the content of posts, threads, etc.) to any person(s) at any time(s) without cause or notificaiton.

The latest version of our forum rules is available at: http://www.sscentral.org/rules.html

"Super Soaker Central" in this context refers most specifically to the moderators and administrators of the forum.

Membership is available to any person over the age of 13 who registers and accurately provides all of the required information, including a legitimate email address and a unique Super Soaker Central member name and password. Invalid, incomplete, or falsified information can result in the termination and banning of a membership account. Membership is non-transferable.

Super Soaker Central is not responsible for the content of any member's posts. The views expressed on the Super Soaker Central forums are the resposibility of the posting member and not Super Soaker Central. Super Soaker Central does not preview member posts in any way before the appear on the forum. Further, it is impossible to review all messages. Any link to a third-party URL does not imply an endorsement of that site or its contents by Super Soaker Central.

As a condition of buying and selling items listed in any forum of Super Soaker Central, Buyer and Seller agree that Super Soaker Central is not brokering or otherwise participating in any purchase or sale. Super Soaker Central has no knowledge of the terms of sale, the condition of any items offered for sale, the accuracy of any aspect of the sale or the use to which any item shall be put. Buyer assumes all responsibility for proper use of any item so purchased. Buyer acknowledges that improper use of some or all of the items offered for sale on Super Soaker Central may cause serious injury or death. Buyer further acknowledges that water guns, especially when improperly used, carries with it a risk of serious injury that may not be avoided, even if the items purchased on Super Soaker Central are used properly.

The administrators and moderators of our forum may monitor private messages occaisonally. This is to prevent private message spam and abuse of members.

If you wish to have a massive amount of your posts deleted (i.e. all or a substantial amount of them as determined by the administrators), please be aware that any such requests will be denied. If you feel that some posts could possibly cause trouble later, please bring that problem up with an administrator by email.

FORUM MESSAGES

As the "Public Content on Super Soaker Central" section below attests, Super Soaker Central has the non-exclusive right to publish, modify and use such content solely for the purpose of displaying such content.

Webmasters of other websites should ask our administrators for permission to republish content from our forums. This policy is in effect to prevent redundant content from appearing. Often we will grant you the right to publish, modify and display such content and we will not display it on our website accordingly.

PUBLIC CONTENT ON SUPER SOAKER CENTRAL

Any and all content posted for inclusion in publicly accessible areas of Super Soaker Central are the responsibility of the creator. Super Soaker Central makes no claims or warranties about such information or its authenticity. Upon posting or submitting any content to Super Soaker Central in any way, you grant Super Soaker Central the non-exclusive right to publish, modify and use such content solely for the purpose of displaying such content.

No representations made or advice given by Super Soaker Central administrators, members or moderators should be in any way considered a guaranteed repair, either discussed or implied. Answers to questions are offered as information only. No responsibility is taken by Super Soaker Central, its administrators, members or moderators, for any conceivable consequence which might be related to any answer that is freely given to questions on this site.

LIMITATION OF RE-USE

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes or noncommercial purposes any portion of the services or content contained within Super Soaker Central and its subsidiary sites. In order to use any content, graphical art, photos or files owned by or published by Super Soaker Central, direct, written authorization must be obtained from Super Soaker Central or the author of the content in question with no exceptions at any time for any reason.

Likewise, all device designs on this website are NOT FOR SALE without agreement to the terms of the inventor. Designs on our website CAN NOT BE SOLD without agreement to the terms of the inventor and derivative works on our sites CAN NOT BE SOLD without agreement to the terms of the inventor. Any device created using information from our website CAN NOT BE SOLD without agreement to the terms of the inventor. If you would like to use any design on our website, please contact the inventor to discuss the terms of use. Terms of use can and often will include royalty payments.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Super Soaker Central has no control over content not hosted on our servers. Likewise, Super Soaker Central is completely independent from websites we link to. Links to other websites do not imply that Super Soaker Central endorses or accepts the content of the linked website.

LEGAL RESTRICTIONS

This agreement shall be constructed and controlled by the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising hereunder will be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland. Each member agrees to personal jurisdiction by tile state and federal courts of the State of Maryland.

Super Soaker Central reserves the right to change, modify or update this TOS agreement at any time without notification. Membership in and the use of resources contained within http://www.sscentral.org/ constitutes full agreement and acknowledgment of the restrictions, limitations and terms set forth in this agreement.

SPECIAL LICENSE RESTRICTIONS FOR NON-HUMAN VISITORS

Special restrictions on a visitor's license to access the website apply to Non-Human Visitors. Non-Human Visitors include, but are not limited to, web spiders, bots, indexers, robots, crawlers, harvesters, or any other computer programs designed to access, read, compile or gather content from the website automatically.

Email addresses on this site are considered proprietary intellectual property. It is recognized that these email addresses are provided for human visitors alone. You acknowledge and agree that each email address the website contains has a value not less than US $50. You further agree that the compilation, storage, and/or distribution of these addresses substantially diminishes the value of these addresses. Intentional collection, harvesting, gathering, and/or storing this website's email addresses is recognized as a violation of this agreement and expressly prohibited.

APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION

Each party agrees that any suit, action or proceeding brought by such party against the other in connection with or arising from the Terms of Service ("Judicial Action") shall be governed by the law of the state of residence of the registered Administrative Contact (the "Admin State") for the website as such laws are applied to agreements between Admin State residents entered into and performed entirely within the Admin State. You consent to the jurisdiction of federal and state courts within the Admin State. You consent to the venue in any action brought against him in connection with breaches of these Terms of Service. You consent to electronic service of process regarding actions under the above agreement.

RECORDS OF VISITOR USE AND ABUSE

You consent to having your Internet Protocol address recorded. An email address may appear immediately below (the "Identifier") if we suspect potential abuse. The Identifier is uniquely matched to your Internet Protocol address. Visitors agree not to use this address for any reason.

VISITORS AGREE THAT HARVESTING, GATHERING, STORING, TRANSFERRING TO A THIRD PARTY OR SENDING ANY MESSAGE(S) TO THE IDENTIFIER CONSTITUTES AN ACCEPTANCE AND SUBSEQUENT BREACH OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE.