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Announcing the Vainglory Meme Contest!

Vainglory
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Jul 18, 2016

Are you fluent in the art of memes? When you play Vainglory, do you find yourself in situations that make you laugh, cry or question the sanity of a turret diving Petal? Well, now’s your chance to combine your sense of humor with your knowledge of Vainglory. We’re proud to announce the first ever Vainglory Meme contest. Make us laugh with a captioned image or GIF for a chance to win ICE!

HOW IT WORKS

Tweet a GIF or captioned image related to Vainglory with the #VaingloryMeme hashtag.
Include your player name.
You must be following @vainglory to enter.
Your Tweet must not start with the @ symbol.

WHEN IS THIS CONTEST?

Starts Monday, July 18 9am PDT and ends on Friday, July 22 at 6pm PDT.
Winners will be announced Monday, July 25.
Winners will receive 900 ICE each.

If we like what we’re seeing, we’ll retweet the best daily memes. So get out there, get creative and enter to win!

‘Fury’ Rona Tier II First Look & Lore!

Vainglory
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Jul 13, 2016

There’s a new sheriff in town on July 15. Rona takes her place as Boss Mom of the Churnguard Junkheap in the second tier of the ‘Fury’ Rona skin theme.

CHECK OUT HER IN-GAME FOOTAGE & 3D MODEL:

https://youtu.be/Wtb6z-i7Ma4

SKIN HIGHLIGHTS:

Post-apocalyptic cop uniform
Slick aviators
Retrofitted taser shock paddles
Spiky hat and shoulder armor

‘FURY’ RONA TIER II ALTERNATE FATES LORE

Read Part I: ‘Maaaaaagie!’

“Gimme some love, Maggie” whispered Rona through tight-grit teeth, eyes narrowed at the wide grub-face staring her down from the smashed-out rat rod window. It was the Heap Boss himself, dressed in his trademark law uniform, badge shining on his lapel, fat gun propped in his meaty fists and Rona’s scary toothful grin reflected in his aviators. Under her right foot, a melted tire wiggled; she hunkered down, every muscle in her legs taut. Magpie’s beefy finger squeezed the trigger. She stared at his hairy bicep inflating past the torn confines of his starchy dress blues ’til the trigger clicked. Rona jumped over the blast, belly front, the shell leaving a burning kiss on her left thigh. She landed with a slam on the roof of the rat rod, machetes piercing straight down through rust, upholstery, skin and skull.

Magpie’s people poked up their makeshift helmets from the rubble, rifles nestled in shoulders, rocks in slingshots, hard grips on knives while their boss burbled out his last. No sounds but birds chirping while Rona pulled the machetes back up with a metal-on-metal squeeeeeeeeeee. Standing straight, grinning that scary toothful way, brains dribbling off her blades to splat on her boots, she surveyed the Churnguard Junkheap.

“Hallo popinjays,” she sang out. What had been Magpie’s lackeys looked at one another, then back at her. They had a good lock on her, could’ve got her down in a half-breath, but Rona screamed, “Maggie’s found his final slumber-place at the busy end of my machetes. Rules are rules. You’re my psycho-fants now!” She grabbed the badge from Magpie’s lapel and showed it around. “Your daddy was happy hoarding rubbish, but I’m gonna pretty this club up! There’s gonna be inculcations! There’s gonna be organizations! There’s gonna be spankings! We’re not gonna be satisfied with the Junkheap. We’re gonna take over Churnguard Industries!” One machete swung out sideways, pointing far off to the barbed wire-surrounded ruins of the military complex. “Witness!”

“Boss Mom!” cried one of them as Magpie’s bulk crumpled and bled out the rat rod door. “Boss Mom!” cried another, and then a hundred voices yelled out for the new Heap Boss as they crowded in close, spiriting her down the tunnels to the Club.

CANON RONA LORE:

A Story For Everything
The Destruction of the Temple
The Great Oak
Rona Vs. Skvader
North Is Always Forward

Check the in-game Market every Friday for a new skin release!

‘North Wind’ Reim Tier I First Look & Lore!

Vainglory
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Jul 06, 2016

Icy-cold ‘North Wind’ Reim wanders into the Halcyon Fold on Friday, July 8.

CHECK OUT HIS IN-GAME FOOTAGE & 3D MODEL:

https://youtu.be/Q2w8L_kv6qY

SKIN HIGHLIGHTS:

Wizard robes
Pointy Wanderer’s Hat
Branch of the Great Oak staff

‘NORTH WIND’ REIM TIER I ALTERNATE FATES LORE

After he buried his son, Reim was given the draught of forgetting so he would not die. He spent years after wandering. He walked at the edge of senselessness and had no mind for day or night. He paced the mage tower, then the city, and then his feet took him to a ship full of traders and explorers and swollen-gummed pirates. He paced that ship and would have paced into the jaws of the sea, but a voice in the water forbade him.

When they docked at the mouth of the freezing Kalls, he paced off of the ship and wandered into the glaciers, following old Grangor hunting paths. Without seasons or mirrors, a generation passed outside his awareness. He wandered so long that his heart and mind and magic froze along with the terrain. He stopped only to sleep. When beasts attacked, ice fled from his fingertips and speared them, and he ate. Forward he strode, over glaciers and through mountain passes and inside caves of ice. He climbed, refusing to slide backward, knowing that behind him was a terror worse than death, though he could not remember what it was.

At the top of one such cave his path was blocked by a fort of stacked Grangor shields. Reim wrinkled his nose at the tangy scent of magic. With blank eyes he knocked the shields aside. Beyond the shields, a warrior in full leather armor laid on the ice. From inside the helmet he heard a muffled cry: “Help! I am trapped within this cursed armor. Release me and I shall reward you.”

He unstrapped the armor and found within it a Valkyrie. “Well isn’t that a thing,” he croaked, his voice long unused.

“My thanks, Mage,” said the Valkyrie. “In return, I shall take you to the hammer named Troll Bane and make it yours.”

CANON REIM LORE:

Everything Is Gone
Cold Reception

Check the in-game Market every Friday for a new skin release!

Vainglory Summer esports: Introducing ‘The Evil 8’

Vainglory
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Jun 28, 2016

Looking to apply for a Summer tournament? Visit vaingloryesports.com now.

In less than a year, Vainglory has exploded in competitive popularity, becoming the No. 1 touchscreen esport in the world. It has seen home-grown professional teams such as Hammers eSports and GankStars achieve championships and seen a wave of multi-sport professional organizations arrive, including Team Secret, G2 eSports, SK Gaming, Mousesports and Team SoloMid. And most recently, Super Evil Megacorp inked a three-year, multi-million dollar partnership with Twitch to expand Vainglory as an esport while announcing that esports fans had watched 150 million minutes of Vainglory on Twitch in 2015.

It’s crazy to think not long ago, Vainglory didn’t even have a spectator mode — much less having tournaments on Korean television or selling out a packed Hollywood venue for a Live Championship event.

And now, thanks to the amazing support of the Vainglory Community, we’re ready to kick off a new esports structure that reflects our rapid growth. Playing off our company name, we’re calling it the ‘Evil 8,’ part of the Vainglory Summer Season presented by Amazon Appstore.

INTRODUCING ‘THE EVIL 8’ & ‘CHALLENGERS’ LEAGUES

The Evil 8 takes the top eight teams in North America and Europe respectively and separates them into a new Vainglory league. These teams will play each other in eight-team tournaments each weekend of Summer season, accumulating points. Parallel to this league, all other Vainglory competitive teams will play in community Challengers, run during Summer by independent organizations VGL and VIS. Challengers will play 32-team bracket tournaments each Tuesday/Wednesday with an application process and format that teams are used to from prior seasons.

The benefits for players and fans of the Summer esports structure are immense:

The region’s best teams will play each other much more often, giving viewers on a weekly basis the match quality and excitement they’ve come to expect only from the end-of-season Live Championships.
New and developing teams will no longer run into a “Quarterfinals brick wall” where they’re virtually guaranteed to lose upon being matched against an experienced pro org.
By clearing out the top eight, many more teams will be able to win whole tournaments, which is critical to team maturation, growth and earning prize money!

CHALLENGE BATTLES

That said, teams who prove their quality week after week will not be limited to only playing in Challengers. At midseason and near end-of season, we’ll hold high-stakes Challenge Battles where the top three teams in Challengers (based on points earned in Challengers tournaments) will battle the bottom three teams from the Evil 8 (based on Evil 8 points standings) in head-to-head best-of-five showdowns. If the Challenger team wins, they knock the Evil 8 team into Challengers and assume their spot in the Top 8 league.

‘EVIL 8’ SPLITS

The Evil 8 season will be broken up into two splits. At the end of each split will be a Challenge Battle. Evil 8 points are wiped out after Split 1, so a Challenger team entering Split 2 is at no disadvantage whatsoever in the second half of the Evil 8 season.

SUMMER LIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS

There are two paths to qualifying for the Summer Live Championships:

Evil 8 teams that finish in the top five of Split 2 are guaranteed a spot.
End-of-season Challenge Battle winners (whether from bottom three of Evil 8 or top three of Challengers) are guaranteed a spot.

After the end-of-season Challenge Battles will be a “Seeding Week,” which will give any newly promoted teams an opportunity to improve their championship tournament seed. The combined points from Evil 8 Split 2 and Seeding Week will determine the final Summer Live Championship seeding.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The first-ever official Vainglory World Championships will happen during Autumn season, featuring the world’s best 12 teams based on region and performance over the past esports year.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VGL & VIS ‘CHALLENGERS’ LEAGUE

Go to vaingloryesports.com every week during Summer season to apply for the upcoming 32-team bracket tournament.
You do not have to track whether VGL or VIS is operating that week; simply go to vaingloryesports.com where there will be a very clear APPLY NOW button for the next week of play.
Be sure to apply each week by entering your in-game team! Playing during Week 1 does not guarantee a spot in future tournaments.
Selections for each 32-team tournament will be based on the Ranked player rating of the top three players of each in-game team, plus past performance as a secondary criteria. (This is the same criteria used in past seasons.) While VGL and VIS Challenger tournaments will be run independently, SEMC/Twitch will solely handle all team selections based on the criteria above as an extra service to help ensure the most accurate, informed selections possible.

WHERE TO WATCH

All ‘Evil 8’ broadcasts can be watched on twitch.tv/vainglory. Challengers will be broadcasted on VGL and VIS channels. Stay tuned for a full Summer season schedule and broadcast listings.

‘Evil 8’ North America – Full Summer Schedule

https://www.vainglorygame.com/news/evil-8-north-america-full-summer-schedule-unveiled/

‘Evil 8’ Europe – Full Summer Schedule

https://www.vainglorygame.com/news/evil-8-europe-full-summer-schedule-announced

MORE INFORMATION

Details, schedules, tournament registration and news will always be posted on vaingloryesports.com. Bookmark it!

It’s a brand-new day in Vainglory eSports. Will three-time European Champion Team Secret make it four straight? Will North American champs Hammers Velocity repeat? Their path will be that much more perilous in the age of the ‘Evil 8.’

Summer Beach Party Update (1.19): Sunlight, Lyra & So Much More

Vainglory
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Jun 20, 2016

Summer season introduces an entirely new progression system focused on fun for all players, including something new to collect (Sunlight) and a Summer Chest full of daily loot. Plus, there’s exclusive seasonal skins & card events, a summery Halcyon Fold map, new quests, new in-game items (yes!) and a new roam hero about to make a major impact. The massive Summer party kicks off with Update 1.19. Join the fun …

Introducing the First Exclusive: Summer Party Krul!

The first skin to join the fun is Summer Party Krul, arriving in-game June 24. You can unlock this seasonal skin with ICE or through collecting special Summer Krul cards from post-match spoils, chests, a special ICE box and Summer events. Mystery Summer Party skins will be revealed and released in future updates. Learn about special Summer card events and get all the seasonal skins details from the full article.

Read the full story: ‘Celebrating the Vainglory Summer Beach Party‘

Get Big Rewards All Summer Long

However you like to play, Summer is going to pump out rewards that get better and better as you make progress. In Update 1.19, you’ll find a new tab within your player profile called SEASON. Inside, you’ll find new Summer Chest you can open every day filled with awesomeness. Plus, this chest will rank up with you for better and better loot. That’s just the beginning. You can collect Sunlight to boost your rewards and get bonus Sunlight from wearing skins in matches. Be sure to read the full article!

Read the full story: ‘Get New Rewards & Progress‘

SUMMER GAMEPLAY CHANGES: INTRODUCING NEW ITEMS & AMBIENT GOLD

Starting in Summer season, you’ll have much more build freedom and diversity. That’s because in addition to a number of new items and revamped build paths, roam players no longer need to buy Ironguard Contract first. That’s right; the Ironguard mechanic is now “always-on” without a shop purchase. Plus, there are changes to experience range as well as gold range & trickle rate. We strongly suggest you read up on the Summer changes since it will affect every match you play!

Read the full story: ‘New Items & Gameplay Changes‘

Summer Season Halcyon Fold Map

Explore the latest seasonal map to discover all its treasures — including sunflowers, sandcastles, shop cabanas, rich lighting & more. Turn on pinch-to-zoom in settings and use the mini-map to look around!

NEW ROAM HERO: LYRA

Lyra uses healing and protective magic to turn enemy positions into powerful zones for her allies. Utility and defense items improve her role as a healer, while crystal items provide a devastating-but-fragile mage path.

LYRA EARLY-ACCESS PERIOD

Lyra will be unlockable with ICE only for the first 7 days. Afterward, you will be able to unlock her with ICE or Glory.

Principle Arcanum (Heroic Perk)

Lyra’s attacks are arcane missiles, dealing crystal damage. If she holds her ground after releasing an attack, she automatically channels and releases a much stronger arcane missile that deals additional crystal damage and briefly slows its target. Each channeled missile consumes energy, but Lyra can continue using these even if she runs out of energy.

Imperial Sigil (A)

Lyra forms a sigil at the target location, revealing surrounding enemies. While this sigil remains active, it heals nearby allied heroes and damages nearby enemy heroes. Lyra can reactivate this ability at any time to detonate the sigil, dealing heavy damage to surrounding enemies while providing a burst of healing and a moderate move speed boost to nearby allies.

Bright Bulwark (B)

After a brief delay, Lyra releases a pulse of magical energy, damaging and applying a decaying slow to surrounding enemies. The affected area then becomes a walled zone of protection that deals the same damage and slow to enemies attempting to cross its borders. Enemies inside the zone are snared, allowing them to move normally but preventing them from using movement abilities.

Arcane Passage (C)

Lyra blinks to the target location, leaving portals at both the beginning and the end of the blink. Portals last for a few seconds, allowing allied and enemy heroes to move freely between them in both directions. Heroes must wait several seconds before they can re-enter a portal. This cooldown is also applied to enemies when Lyra hits them with the initial pulse of Bright Bulwark.

UNDERSTANDING LYRA

Learn the ins and outs of each of Lyra’s abilities. Plus find out her best hero-comp synergies and how to play against her if you run into her on the Fold.

Read more: ‘Lyra Abilities Breakdown & Play Tips‘

Find new skins in the Vainglory Market every Friday.

JUNE 24

SUMMER PARTY KRUL

JULY 1

SYLVAN KESTREL TIER I

JULY 8

NORTH WIND REIM TIER I

JULY 15

FURY RONA TIER II

Keep an eye on the in-game News section for official skin lore, dev interviews and in-game skin reveals.

REVISED HERO SPLASH ART

Some of our heroes are receiving extra love throughout Summer. Keep an eye on the in-game Market for fresh hero splash art.

NEW QUESTS & ‘COMMUNITY IDEAS’ KICKOFF

Summer season brings new quest types and a number of additional quests to Vainglory. Plus, we’re going to begin soliciting your ideas for quests and picking some every cycle to make into real quests in the next update!

NEW QUEST TYPES

Collect from Gold Mine
Get Assists
Win with Fewer than 5 Deaths
Use Glory Boost
Earn Gold
???? (We’ll let you discover this one. You’ll know it when you find it.)

HERO QUESTS

Heroes now have more quests:

Play any game mode as [specific hero]
Kill enemy heroes as [specific hero]
Earn gold as [specific hero]
Also: Lance now has quests like most other heroes. (Sorry, Petal!)

DAILY QUEST & CONQUEST

New Daily Quest: Play Any PvP mode
New Conquest Quest: Win 3 Public Matches in 2 Days

COMMUNITY QUESTS

Submit your quests ideas here! Punchpop will pick a few every update to make into real quests.

QUEST TIMERS

New quest timers tell you exactly when you can expect your next quest in a certain row.

EXPANDED ‘PRACTICE’ MENU

Now additionally find:

CO-OP vs Bots: Battle Royale – Play with other players vs bots in lane-only clashes.
CO-OP vs Bots: Standard – Play with other players vs bots on the full Halcyon Fold map.

CONNECTION PING INDICATOR

Sometimes, a local Internet issue can result in a frustrating play experience. This new persistent ping indicator will give you a better sense of the connection quality you’re getting from your local router and ISP. Note: While this will indicate where things generally stand, it can’t predict local ping spikes. We hope this helps! If you notice you have higher-than-expected local lag, try these tips:

HERO PRICE NORMALIZATIONS

The following heroes have ICE & Glory price increases in Update 1.19: Koshka, Petal, Catherine & Glaive. However, these changes will allow us to include these heroes in future sales, events and special bundles in ways we could not previously.

NEW ITEMS COMING IN SUMMER UPDATE 1.19

The other major reason for more build flexibility is more item choice!

NEW CONTRACT ITEMS

With the introduction of Ambient Gold, Ironguard Contract is no longer a staple item for every roam build. Instead, a few early-game options have been introduced into the OTHER section in the item shop. These can grant a significant amount of power early on, or if you find the need for a small power boost at any given time for a fairly low cost, these new Contract items are fantastic options. However, keep in mind that none of these Contracts upgrades into anything, though they can be sold back for half the purchase cost.

IRONGUARD CONTRACT

Ironguard is now specifically geared toward coming out of the jungle with a bit more battle readiness and to keep both members of a jungle duo topped off to fend off invasions. While no longer a necessity, Ironguard still makes for a fantastic starting purchase.

Passive: When a nearby ally kills a jungle monster, you both heal for 75 health
Range: 14m
Cost: 300 gold

Protector Contract

A much more defensive start, the Protector Contract allows you to protect your teammates — as long as you are close enough to do so. This is a fantastic purchase if you expect heavy aggression coming out from the opposing team or if you plan on team fighting early on.

Activate: Grant a 120 health barrier to the nearest ally hero for 2 seconds. 5s cooldown. 2 max charges, 20s per charge.
Range: 8m
Cost: 300 gold

Dragonblood Contract

The Dragonblood Contract supports early aggression and may allow you to dominate early on in a match; however, this initial advantage falls off very quickly. Having a fairly long recharge time and a fixed amount of damage, it is a great tool for early aggression and calculated ganks, but it is a good candidate to replace once mid-game rolls around.

Activate: After a brief delay, nearby enemy heroes are marked for 3 seconds. The next basic attack from an ally consumes the mark, slowing by 30% for 2s and dealing 75 bonus crystal damage. 15s cooldown. 2 max charges, 40s per charge.
Range: 4m
Cost: 300 gold

NEW UTILITY ITEMS & REWORKS

Stormguard Banner

Stormguard Banner has been reworked to be a strong pickup for heroes who have weak wave/jungle clear abilities and for teams who intend to prioritize objective control over constantly battling the enemy team. However, this does come with the caveat that you will be giving up a significant amount of combat power.

Passive: After using an ability, your next 3 basic attacks in the next 6 seconds deal 75 bonus true damage to non-heroes or 20 to heroes. Can only be refreshed once every 6 seconds.
+2.5 Energy Recharge
+150 Energy
Energy Battery (300) + Recipe (800) = 1100

Stormcrown

An upgraded version of the new Stormguard Banner. Deals significant but not overwhelming damage to heroes, but it’s fantastic for quickly taking down objectives.

Passive: After using an ability, your next 4 basic attacks in the next 6 seconds deal 140 bonus true damage to non-heroes or 35 to heroes. Can only be refreshed once every 6 seconds.
+30% Cooldown Speed
+5 Energy Recharge
+200 Energy
+150 Health
Stormguard Banner (1100) + Chronograph (800) + Recipe (300) = 2200

Journey Boots

Running fast is a lot of fun. Running fast often is even more fun.

Passive movement speed up from 0.5 to 0.6
Cooldown increased from 30 to 60
Passive: Damaging heroes instantly sets the cooldown to 12 seconds if it is above it.
Armor, Shield and Health Regen removed
Health down from 300 to 250

War Treads (Warhorn is now a type of Boots)

These new boots have replaced Warhorn has a team-wide mobility option. If you ever find yourself in the situation where you need to get your team into or out of a fight quickly, War Treads is a perfect purchase.

Activate: Nearby allies Sprint for 2 seconds (60s cooldown).
Passive: +0.4 Movement speed
Passive: Travel Boots
+500 Health
Stormguard passive removed
Travel Boots (1000) + Dragonheart (650) + Recipe 850) = 2500

Halcyon Chargers

A powerful new option for both running down your foes or escaping from a pursuer. Halcyon Chargers should easily be able to get you in or out of danger once. Choose this over Journey boots when prioritizing ability usage from cooldown speed.

Activate: Sprint for 3 seconds (50s cooldown).
Passive: +0.5 Movement speed
Passive: Travel Boots
+200 Health
+15% Cooldown Speed
+4 Energy Recharge
+250 Energy
Travel Boots (1000) + Void Battery (700) + Recipe (600) = 2300

Flare Gun

Offering an early game vision option. Pick up a Flare Gun if you plan to constantly track your enemies.

Activate: Fire a Flare at target location. (18s cooldown).
+250 Health
Oakheart (300) + Recipe (300) = 600

Contraption

No longer building out of Stormguard Banner, Contraption now charges a bit faster and offers a bit more defensive power.

Cooldown up from 3 to 5 seconds (18s per charge)
+350 Health
+35% Cooldown Speed
+3 Energy Recharge
Health Regen removed
Stormguard passive removed
New Recipe: Flare Gun (600) + Chronograph (800) + Recipe (700) = 2100

OTHER

Kraken is no longer affected by any positive buffs (i.e. Warhorn speed boost and Adagio’s Gift of Fire).
Players may no longer walk into the area where the Jungle Shop resides.
Tap area of the jungle shop has been decreased to avoid accidental shopping during fights.
Flares are no longer globally visible, but brush will not inherently hide them if there’s vision on that area.

ITEM STAT CHANGES

Shiversteel

Buff duration (in seconds) changed from 6 to 4 for ranged heroes (melee unchanged)
Slow duration (in seconds) lowered from 2.0 (melee) and 0.6 (ranged) to 1.2
Cooldown lowered from 20 to 18 seconds

Travel Boots

Passive movement speed down from 0.45 to 0.4
Bonus health down from 200 to 100
No longer grants health regen

Void Battery

Energy recharge per second down from 5 to 4
Recipe cost reduced from 450 to 400

Chronograph

Energy recharge per second up from 2.4 to 2.5

Clockwork

Energy recharge per second up from 7.4 to 7.5
Recipe cost down from 400 to 350

Eve of Harvest

Recipe cost up from 800 to 850

Aftershock

Energy recharge per second up from 2.4 to 2.5

Flare

Renamed from Flare Gun.

SKAARF

FAN THE FLAMES

“Skaarf was applying too much hidden damage with Fan the Flames, so we’re adjusting to make it more clear where the damage is coming from.” —Zekent

Skaarf’s fire-based abilities burn targets for 5 damage per second for 4 seconds. Basic attacks against burning targets instantly deal 3% (+2% of crystal power) of the target’s maximum health as bonus crystal damage.
This damage can critically strike for double damage.
Deals reduced damage to Kraken and structures.

SPITFIRE

Damage up from 75-120-165-210-300 to 75-125-175-225-325
Damage to minions up from 75-120-165-210-300 to 75-125-175-225-325

GOOP

Damage up from 50-80-110-140-200 to 80-120-160-200-240
Damage per second up from 25-40-55-70-100 + 100% CP to 40-60-80-100-120 + 140% CP
Slow up from 55% to 60%
Slow while burning up from 30% to 40%

DRAGON’S BREATH

Fixed a bug where Skaarf’s items were silenced while breathing fire
Fixed a bug where Skaarf was invisibly gaining 50 armor and shield while breathing fire
Fortified health up from 150-225-300 to 150-250-350

SKYE

FORWARD BARRAGE

Cooldown up from 6-6-6-6-5 to 6-6-6-6-6
Duration changed from 2 seconds (plus crystal ratio) to always 3 seconds
Damage to objectives down from 60% to 40%
Damage down from 160-200-240-280-360 per second to 100-140-180-220-300

DEATH FROM ABOVE

Damage to objectives down from 60% to 40%

ADAGIO

“Adagio was a bit too powerful when paired with an attack speed oriented ally.” —Zekent

AGENT OF WRATH

Only buffs the next 4-4-4-4-6 basic attacks.

VERSE OF JUDGEMENT

Damage changed from 450-750-1050 + 140% CP to 500-900-1300 + 100% CP

KRUL

“Without the ability to double infuse, we can allow crystal ratios that would have been just an added bonus in previous updates with a Crystal Infusion.” —Zekent

SPECTRAL SMITE

Damage crystal ratio up from 0% to 50%
Base heal crystal ratio up from 0% to 35%

FROM HELL’S HEART

Damage crystal ratio up from 50% to 100%

ARDAN

“With Lyra bringing some fun new tech, we are now able to use ability ranges to stop enemy movement. This change helps Gauntlet better fulfill its purpose in engagements.” —SurpriseBirthday

Basic-attack damage down from 80-154 to 80-141

GAUNTLET

Enemy dash abilities now stop at the wall, rather than traveling through it.
Stun duration down from 1.2 to 1.0 seconds
Damage crystal ratio up from 250% to 350%

BLACKFEATHER

“Fixed a pesky bug that will help players building against a Blackfeather, as well as backed off his late-game power in exchange for earlier consistency.” —Zekent

FEINT OF HEART

Execute damage changed from 12-15-18-21-24% + 18% WP to 15-16-17-18-20% + 20% WP

ROSE OFFENSIVE

Fixed a bug where this ability dealt entirely weapon damage even with crystal items.

CATHERINE

“Catherine is the perfect pick in many situations, but we want her to continue to pursue mercilessly, rather than run out of energy.” —Zekent

MERCILESS PURSUIT

Energy cost down from 40-50-60-70-100 to 40-50-60-70-80

STORMGUARD

Damage per second up from 35-45-55-65-90 to 40-55-70-85-100

BLAST TREMOR

Damage up from 370-495-620 to 375-500-625

SAW

“In 1.19, we made a change to SAW’s animations so that he moves more fluidly while spun up. Essentially, he continues to face his target while stutter stepping rather than rapidly turning back and forth, which looks much better. While this might throw people off at first, it’s almost purely a visual change and nothing about SAW’s stutter step timing has changed. Players will just need to mentally adjust to the new visual cues.” —AWAL

ANIMATIONS

SAW’s movement while Spun Up is more fluid. This appears different when stutter stepping.
Nothing about SAW’s stutter-step timing has changed.

BUG FIXES

Pinging a unit will no longer track them if you don’t have vision.
Taka’s Mortal Wounds will no longer stack with other instances of Mortal Wounds.
Tactical pings no longer appear for spectators.
Skaarf will no longer silence himself while channeling Dragon’s Breath
Skaarf no longer gains accidental armor and shield during Dragon’s Breath
Misc. performance improvements

Summer season is jam-packed with new content. Jump in and explore the new progression system, new hero, exclusive Summer Party skins and so much more. And most importantly, remember to open your special Summer Chest every day in the SEASON tab of your profile. Your loot awaits!

Lyra Lore I: ‘The Consequence and The Inception’

Vainglory
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Jun 17, 2016

‘The Consequence and The Inception’

After the destruction of Trostan, Lyra and Reim must return home…

On the muddy shore of Trostan, Lyra watched a Grangor search expedition wind their way through the ghost town, past the glowing blue well of power and up the glacier trail. For days they had sorted through the smoking rubble, rubbing ash away from the faces of the dead, hearts in their throats, but Samuel had not been found.

The old ice mage shuffled up beside her, leaning his weight on a staff, one bushy eyebrow raised. “No one’ll blame you if you don’t go back.”

Lyra didn’t hesitate. “I am Gythian.”

“Uh huh.” Reim made the blah-blah motion with one gnarled hand.

“It’s time,” she said.

Reim stretched out one arm; from his palm, a spinning ice ball formed. Lyra’s breath froze in her throat. Goosebumps rose on her arms. Frost leapt from Reim’s fingers; icicles formed on his beard; ice coated his staff and he slammed it into the mud. The ground shook as an ice spire shot up at the center of Trostan, spearing the sky, sealing the well.

“Your turn,” said Reim. “Shut it down.”

The spellbook blinked and fluttered open between her hands; the ancient words dropped from her mouth. The city’s magic borders scrolled away from the sky, fluttered in the air and returned to the book. Held back for decades, roiling clouds fled down from the peaks, flooding the destroyed city, releasing snow in fat flakes that blanketed the seared wreckage in blinding white.

The mages boarded the last of the ships. From the stern, Lyra hugged her spellbook to her chest and watched the expanse of her life’s work shrink away into the distance. It had begun as a frozen camp for miners, thieves and get-rich-quick schemes, but within Lyra’s protective barriers, it had become a pocket of color in desolate white. Gythian settlers had filled it with spires, sculpture, vegetation, legitimate trade and proper jurisprudence. The mage tower of Trostan, though a shadow of the one at home, had been all her own, its rounded walls lined with books and art, now ash.

Twenty years and some earlier, the view from the prow of the icebreaker ship, with its strengthened hull crunched up against what would soon be the port of Trostan, was of white and more white, sandwiched between a cruel gray sky and a choppy gray sea.

The fateswoman’s dour mouth twisted under her white hood as she dumped the divine doves out of their gilded cage without ceremony. When they flew into the masts, she proclaimed it a positive augur as she’d been paid to do. The reading of the fates mattered not at all to Lyra, but the surrounding ship decks were packed with lower-born citizens who would not have disembarked without a good augur. These explorers and miners had settled this forsaken and frozen area of the Kall Peaks, where only Grangor had roamed before crystal had been found. High above, on the ledges of the mountains, the cat-beasts themselves watched. If Lyra succeeded, more ships would follow from Gythia with future Trostanians: architects, merchants, artists, agriculturalists with their seedlings and livestock, more miners and equipment and shipbuilders, teachers and physicians for their children.

Lyra huddled under a red fur cape that would have commanded respect were it not soaking wet. Spring in the Kalls meant sleet, a sleet that slammed into the sea at such a volume that her speech about the glory of the empire and hope for a future of affluence was abandoned.

Never before had so many eyes laid upon her. Never before had so much responsibility rested on her shoulders. Never before had she wished for failure.

“If there is a day for it, let it be today,” she muttered.

“What?” bellowed her Grangor guide. Though covered in fur, he seemed no worse for wear; the wetness slid away from him and his toothy grin triumphed over the storm.

“I had a speech prepared,” she yelled back. “I don’t think they’ll hear it!”

“May as well just do your thing!” The Grangor’s claws clasped together over his generous belly.

Lyra focused her gaze on the glowing glacier, all else falling away. She sank a deep, cold breath into her lungs and held it there, warming it, before releasing it out in a fog. “Come, Ambrosius,” she whispered, and her spellbook fled away from her cloak to float by her upturned palm. His eye rolled up as she whispered the words that appeared in runes on his pages. Another deep cold breath and the sleet sizzled when it struck her, and then her crimson fur cloak warmed and dried, then her hair, and she gathered the warmth between her hands and wished, as always, that she could hold it forever. Her arms spread wide and light flooded from her fingertips. Warm curved barriers formed at the borders of what would soon be Trostan, and the sleet fell around these wards like water around a glass globe. The clouds dissolved within her warm bulwark, the people turned joyful faces toward the sun, and the great glowing Halcyon-infused glacier began to crack and drip and flow into what would be known, for the next generation, as the twin rivers of Trostan.

To be continued…

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‘Supersonic’ Skye Tier III Arrives!

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‘Supersonic’ Skye Tier III is here, featuring new effects and animations.

IT’S THE ‘SUPERSONIC’ SKYE AVIATION SHOW!

WATCH THE IN-GAME FOOTAGE:

SKIN HIGHLIGHTS:

Mech weapons upgraded to proton cannons
Armored exo boots
Formal military dress whites
Brand-new recall animation with aviator pose and anime thumbs-up action
Dramatic spin-crash death animation

CHECK OUT ‘SUPERSONIC’ SKYE TIERS I & II!

Collect the whole supersonic airshow!

CANON SKYE LORE:

INTERVIEW WITH ANIMATOR MIGHTYCAMEL

Skye is a strict military fighter pilot, not known for her sense of humor or fangirl attitude, but Supersonic Skye has lightened up a bit. I created a conscious contrast between the badass mech and the cute girl. It’s difficult to give Skye an acrobatic feel without slowing her down, but we gave her the movie poster thumbs-up and, when she recalls, she hops off the mech and gives a cute-ified double thumbs-up. In her new death animation she gets thrown off the mech while it crashes and burns.

Keep an eye on the NEWS section for more reveals!

Summer Preview: Lyra Breakdown, New Items & Gameplay Changes

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Jun 16, 2016

Summer season introduces new items, critical gameplay changes and a new roamer who will have a major impact on hero compositions & draft strategy. Let’s dig in …

LYRA ABILITIES & BREAKDOWN

QUICK START:

Learn Imperial Sigil (Ability A) first. Upgrade and overdrive it first.
Take Bright Bulwark (Ability B) at level 2 but upgrade it last. Only overdrive situationally.
Learn and upgrade Arcane Passage (Ultimate) whenever possible.

Principle Arcanum (Heroic Perk)

HEROIC PERK BREAKDOWN:

Once the first missile has locked on, the second is guaranteed to land as well, provided Lyra finishes channeling.
For basic-attack (on-hit) effects and weapon items, both the first and second arcane missiles are considered basic attacks.
Attack speed affects the channeling time, in addition to the time between shots.
While the second missile is much stronger, it also puts Lyra’s next attack onto a slightly longer cooldown.
The projectile speed on the first missile increases with attack speed.

Imperial Sigil (A)

IMPERIAL SIGIL BREAKDOWN:

Lyra’s healing is increased with her bonus health from items.
The cooldown won’t begin until the detonation occurs, either manually or after running out.
Because heroes consume the sigil, you can reduce the healing from an enemy Lyra by getting near her sigil and draining some damage.
Detonate Imperial Sigil beneath allies while moving around the map.
Imperial Sigil can be used for vision, but the tradeoff is that it won’t start its cooldown until it’s detonated (manually or after timing out).

Bright Bulwark (B)

BRIGHT BULWARK BREAKDOWN:

This stops “dash” abilities, including jumps like Joule’s leap.
However, it does not stop movement-speed increases like Catherine’s Mercilless Pursuit. The slow is strong enough to noticeably reduce those abilities, though.
When an ally pulls/pushes an enemy into the wall, the enemy will stop at the wall rather than go their full distance.
You can Reflex Block while snared to buy enough time to dash.
- Lance can use Gythian Wall on overdrive to do this as well.
The slow and damage have a short internal cooldown (1.8 seconds). Don’t stand on top of the wall if you want to avoid getting hit again.
Bright Bulwark is incredibly powerful against dash-dependent heroes such as Glaive. In some situations, this can allow you to stand and fight when you would otherwise need to retreat.
If it’s not effective enough, consider learning the overdrive.

Arcane Passage (C)

ARCANE PASSAGE BREAKDOWN:

Portals are globally visible for both teams.
Heroes gain a small boost of speed when exiting portals.
Heroes currently dashing or being affected by pulls or knockbacks will not enter a portal.
Heroes standing directly on top of a portal when they spawn will not be pulled through until they move off the portal and re-enter. (This is a snipe protection for Adagio and other heroes who have no means of avoiding the effect.)
Enemies cannot use portals until 1 second after they’ve formed, but Lyra and her allies can enter immediately.

USING LYRA’S PORTALS:

Both teams can use portals with no negative effects. Just walk onto them.
Portals are typically better for strategic map movement than going directly into an enemy team, unless you have a specific plan or comp for it.
- If you form a portal far away from enemies and then make the destination portal away from enemies, you can prevent enemies from easily accessing portals. This can make for effective flanks, especially in combination with Bright Bulwark.
The initial pulse of Bright Bulwark puts affected enemies on the full portal cooldown.
- If you need to get away from enemies, use Bright Bulwark first, then immediately portal away.
- If you need to create a beachhead for your team, you can portal near enemies and use Bright Bulwark, allowing your allies to join you while preventing enemies from escaping.

PLAYING AS LYRA

Lyra is a powerful healer with a roam primary path.
Pair her with ranged heroes such as Celeste who like to be on the edge of fights. Lyra’s protective zones will keep them safe on the back line.
Or, form comps with slower heroes such as SAW, Phinn & Krul since Lyra can teleport them into the fight from a distance.
Lyra’s secondary path is as a crystal mage. If you’d like to try this, she has excellent synergy with Alternating Current because her perk fires two arcane missiles in a row. The perk trades her positioning for power, which can be a dangerous gambit. However, it’s incredibly powerful against fleeing enemies.
When you’re last-hitting, consider staying at maximum attack range. The light and heavy attack will hit at nearly the same time, making it much easier to successfully last-hit.

PLAYING VS LYRA

Lyra is extremely fragile even with health items due to unusually low armor and shield.
Focus her and burst her down. Build items accordingly.
Select any heroes who can get to her quickly and take her out. Taka is a great example. Even though he seems susceptible to Bright Bulwark, a sneaky Taka can often get to Lyra faster than the bulwark can go down — especially with X-Retsu.

SUMMER GAMEPLAY CHANGES

Starting in Summer season, you’ll have much more build freedom and diversity. Let’s look at why …

AMBIENT GOLD

Ironguard Contract no longer provides a gold bonus. Instead, this is replaced with an always-on mechanic affecting all heroes.

Ambient Gold: Whenever anyone kills a minion or monster, a nearby ally within 14 meters earns 75% of the bounty as bonus gold. If two allies are nearby, whichever hero has lower net worth earns the Ambient Gold.

In short, roam players are no longer required to buy an Ironguard Contract at the start of every single match, which opens them up to many more itemization choices. There is no requirement to eventually turn that Ironguard Contract into a Warhorn or Contraption, so many more possibilities unfold.

This change also means that roamers taking last hits will no longer have a large negative impact on a team’s gold net worth. Instead, they’ll still generate the same amount of gold since there will always be a 100%/75% split to two team members near each other.

Additionally, we expect to see many more strategies become viable from the way gold is distributed among team members. Teams may now more strategically decide where to funnel gold when they have multiple heroes reaching item breakpoints.

EXPERIENCE & GOLD RANGE

Experience and gold range are both set to 14 meters. It is still possible to hyper-level a hero … but your team will be giving up far more to do so.

Following closely behind Ambient Gold is the change to experience range. Prior to 1.19, the range where a hero could acquire experience from a kill in the jungle was 5.6, whereas the range where Ironguard Contract granted gold was 14. In addition to being a fairly invisible mechanic, this created a zone where a player could get Ironguard Contract gold while giving up experience — more commonly known as hyper-leveling.

This led to situations where a team member could end up significantly under-leveled in favor of rushing an allied hero to a potential level power-spike. While we find the practice of hyper-leveling innovative and tactically interesting, we wanted to make sure that a player was not denied experience simply from the role or hero they chose.

As such, in 1.19, we have decided to change experience range to 14, which matches the range of Ambient Gold. This means that if you are in range for Ambient Gold, you will also be in range to share experience.

If a team so chooses, they are still able to hyper-level a hero, (which would not be too surprising for the first rotation to hit a level-2 power spike). However, they would be trading that for a potential loss of 75% increase in gold from each monster or minion that is killed.

EXPERIENCE DISTRIBUTION

With the change to experience and the addition of Ambient Gold, some adjustments to experience distribution were in order.

Experience gain when multiple allies are nearby:

One: 100%
Two: 85/40%
Three: 65/30/30% (killer gets the larger amount).

GOLD TRICKLE

Gold trickle up from 4 to 5 per second.

NEW ITEMS COMING IN SUMMER UPDATE 1.19

The other major reason for more build flexibility is more item choice!

NEW CONTRACT ITEMS

IRONGUARD CONTRACT

Passive: When a nearby ally kills a jungle monster, you both heal for 75 health
Range: 14m
Cost: 300 gold

Protector Contract

Activate: Grant a 120 health barrier to the nearest ally hero for 2 seconds. 5s cooldown. 2 max charges, 20s per charge.
Range: 8m
Cost: 300 gold

Dragonblood Contract

Activate: After a brief delay, nearby enemy heroes are marked for 3 seconds. The next basic attack from an ally consumes the mark, slowing by 30% for 2s and dealing 75 bonus crystal damage. 15s cooldown. 2 max charges, 40s per charge.
Range: 4m
Cost: 300 gold

NEW UTILITY ITEMS & REWORKS

Stormguard Banner

Passive: After using an ability, your next 3 basic attacks in the next 6 seconds deal 75 bonus true damage to non-heroes or 20 to heroes. Can only be refreshed once every 6 seconds.
+2.5 Energy Recharge
+150 Energy
Energy Battery (300) + Recipe (800) = 1100

Stormcrown

An upgraded version of the new Stormguard Banner. Deals significant but not overwhelming damage to heroes, but it’s fantastic for quickly taking down objectives.

Passive: After using an ability, your next 4 basic attacks in the next 6 seconds deal 140 bonus true damage to non-heroes or 35 to heroes. Can only be refreshed once every 6 seconds.
+30% Cooldown Speed
+5 Energy Recharge
+200 Energy
+150 Health
Stormguard Banner (1100) + Chronograph (800) + Recipe (300) = 2200

Journey Boots

Running fast is a lot of fun. Running fast often is even more fun.

Passive movement speed up from 0.5 to 0.6
Cooldown increased from 30 to 60
Passive: Damaging heroes instantly sets the cooldown to 12 seconds if it is above it.
Armor, Shield and Health Regen removed
Health down from 300 to 250

War Treads (Warhorn is now a type of Boots)

Activate: Nearby allies Sprint for 2 seconds (60s cooldown).
Passive: +0.4 Movement speed
Passive: Travel Boots
+500 Health
Stormguard passive removed
Travel Boots (1000) + Dragonheart (650) + Recipe 850) = 2500

Halcyon Chargers

Activate: Sprint for 3 seconds (50s cooldown).
Passive: +0.5 Movement speed
Passive: Travel Boots
+200 Health
+15% Cooldown Speed
+4 Energy Recharge
+250 Energy
Travel Boots (1000) + Void Battery (700) + Recipe (600) = 2300

Flare Gun

Offering an early game vision option. Pick up a Flare Gun if you plan to constantly track your enemies.

Activate: Fire a Flare at target location. (18s cooldown).
+250 Health
Oakheart (300) + Recipe (300) = 600

Contraption

No longer building out of Stormguard Banner, Contraption now charges a bit faster and offers a bit more defensive power.

Cooldown up from 3 to 5 seconds (18s per charge)
+350 Health
+35% Cooldown Speed
+3 Energy Recharge
Health Regen removed
Stormguard passive removed
New Recipe: Flare Gun (600) + Chronograph (800) + Recipe (700) = 2100

OTHER

Kraken is no longer affected by any positive buffs (i.e. Warhorn speed boost and Adagio’s Gift of Fire).
Players may no longer walk into the area where the Jungle Shop resides.
Tap area of the jungle shop has been decreased to avoid accidental shopping during fights.
Flares are no longer globally visible, but brush will not inherently hide them if there’s vision on that area.

This is only a part of the massive Summer improvements coming in Update 1.19. For more previews, check these out:

Celebrating the Vainglory Summer Beach Party (Skins & Events)
Summer Party Preview: Get New Rewards & Progress

‘Supersonic’ Skye Tier III Is Coming!

Vainglory
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Jun 15, 2016

‘Supersonic’ Skye Tier III is flying your way! The skin arrives June 17 with new effects and animations.

IT’S THE ‘SUPERSONIC’ SKYE AVIATION SHOW!

WATCH THE IN-GAME FOOTAGE:

https://youtu.be/-EoWWBgltXo

SKIN HIGHLIGHTS:

Mech weapons upgraded to proton cannons
Armored exo boots
Formal military dress whites
Brand-new recall animation with aviator pose and anime thumbs-up action
Dramatic spin-crash death animation

CHECK OUT ‘SUPERSONIC’ SKYE TIERS I & II!

Collect the whole supersonic airshow!

CANON SKYE LORE:

INTERVIEW WITH ANIMATOR MIGHTYCAMEL

Keep an eye on the NEWS section for more reveals!

Summer Party Preview: Get New Rewards & Progress

Vainglory
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Jun 14, 2016

Summer season is dedicated to creating meaningful progression and fun for all players — no matter whether you consider yourself a super-casual player, a hyper-competitive player or anywhere in between. However you like to play, Summer is going to pump out rewards that get better and better as you make progress. And oh yeah, there’s “Sunlight.” Get ready for things to heat up …

Get Big Rewards All Summer Long

In Update 1.19, you’ll find a new tab within your player profile called SEASON. Inside, you’ll find new Summer Chest you can open every day filled with awesomeness. Plus, this chest will rank up with you for better and better loot.

Daily Summer Chests pay out big rewards every day!
Your loot may contain Glory, ICE, boosts and Essence.
Daily chests may pay out Summer skin cards for limited-edition Beach Party Krul and two exclusive seasonal mystery skins.

Collect Sunlight To Boost Your Rewards

It’s going to be a sunny all season long. In Summer, you’re going to bathe in Sunlight and soak in the rewards.

Play Casual, Ranked or Battle Royale to earn Sunlight. Win that game to earn more.
Collecting Sunlight improves your Seasonal rank.
Each rank upgrades your Daily Summer Chest for better loot payouts.
Summer rank milestones will pay out extra loot, just for fun!

Earn Even More Bonus Sunlight with Skins

Summer is the height of fashion in the world of Vainglory, so show off different hero looks for bonus Sunlight! Strut your stuff in the Fold and collect more …

Wearing a skin in any match grants a bonus multiplier on Sunlight earned.
The higher skin tier, the more bonus Sunlight you’ll earn.
Casual/Ranked bonuses: Tier I skin = 33% bonus // Tier II = 66% // Tier III = 100% // Limited-edition = ???%.

Join the Summer Fun

All you have to do is play to earn Sunlight, Glory, ICE, Essence, boosts and exclusive cards! And special Summer Party events will accelerate your progress toward seasonal limited-edition skins.

Watch out for Summer Card Events all season long!
Remember to open your Summer Chest every day in the new Season tab of your player profile.
Tap the number in the lower left of the main menu to visit your profile and see your Summer progress.

Exclusive ‘Summer Party’ Skins & Events

If you missed the reveal of Summer Party Krul and the Card Parties schedule, check this out!

NEXT: HUGE SUMMER GAMEPLAY CHANGES (JUNE 16)

On June 16, we’ll dig into the meta-altering mechanics and new items that will change the game in Update 1.19. Plus, get insight on the new roamer Lyra and how her exceptional abilities will impact matches in Summer and beyond. More build freedom and diversity is only days away! Details coming soon …

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D. Removing, altering or concealing any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary rights notices of Super Evil contained in the Site, the Game and/or the Software. You also may not transmit content that violates or infringes the rights of others, including without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity, personal rights or other proprietary or non-proprietary rights;

E. Transmitting or communicating any content which, in the sole and exclusive discretion of Super Evil, is deemed offensive, including, but not limited to, language that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;

F. Transmitting or facilitating 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;

G. Spamming chat, whether for personal or commercial purposes, by disrupting the flow of conversation with repeated postings of a similar nature;

H. Participating in any action which, in the sole and exclusive judgment of Super Evil, "exploits" an undocumented aspect of the Game in order to secure an unfair advantage over other users;

I. Participating in any action which, in the sole and exclusive judgment of Super Evil, defrauds any other user of the Game, including, but not limited to, by "scamming" or "social engineering;”

J. Using any unauthorized third party programs, including but not limited to "mods," "hacks," "cheats," "scripts," "bots," "trainers," and automation programs, that interact with the Software in any way, for any purpose, including, without limitation, any unauthorized third party programs that intercept, emulate, or redirect any communication between the Software and Super Evil and any unauthorized third party programs that collect information about the Game by reading areas of memory used by the Software to store information;

K. Accessing or attempting to access areas of the Game or Game servers that have not been made available to the public;

L. Selecting a name that is falsely indicative of an association with Super Evil, contains personally identifying information, infringes on the proprietary or non-proprietary rights of third parties, or that is offensive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable. You may not use a misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent this restriction on name choices. Super Evil may modify any name which, in the sole and exclusive judgment of Super Evil, violates this provision without further notification to you, and may take further disciplinary measures, including Account termination, for repeated violations; or

VI. USER CONTENT

A. Ownership. “Content” means any communications, images, sounds, and all the material and information that you upload or transmit through the Site or the Game, or that other users upload or transmit, including, without limitation, any Forum (defined below) postings.

You hereby acknowledge and agree that you remain fully responsible for and are the owner of any and all Content. However, you grant Super Evil from the time of uploading or transmission of the Content through any channel, non-exclusively, all now known or hereafter existing copyrights and all other intellectual property rights to all Content of every kind and nature, in perpetuity (or for the maximum duration of protection afforded by applicable law), throughout the universe and you hereby grant Super Evil as a present non-exclusive license of future rights all such intellectual property rights to the extent owned by you. In the event that any of the Content is not licensable, you hereby grant to Super Evil and its licensors, including, without limitation, its respective successors and assigns, a perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferable, worldwide, paid-up right to reproduce, fix, adapt, modify, translate, reformat, transmit, or provide access to electronically, broadcast, communicate to the public by telecommunication, display, perform, enter into computer memory, and use and practice such Content as well as all modified and derivative works thereof, without compensation to you. To the extent necessary, you agree that you will undertake to execute and deliver any and all documents and perform any and all actions necessary or desirable to ensure that the rights to use the Content granted to Super Evil as specified above are valid, effective and enforceable. You also hereby waive any moral rights you may have in such Content under the laws of any jurisdiction to the maximum extent permitted by the laws of your jurisdiction. You represent, warrant and agree that none of the Content will be subject to any obligation, whether of confidentiality, attribution or otherwise, on the part of Super Evil and Super Evil will not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Content. You further acknowledge and agree that you shall not upload or otherwise transmit on or through the Site or the Game any Content that is subject to any third-party rights.

B. Consent to Monitoring. Super Evil does not, and cannot, pre-screen or monitor all Content. However, its representatives may monitor and/or record your communications (including, without limitation, Forum postings and/or Chat) when you are playing the Game or using the Site, and you hereby provide your irrevocable consent to such monitoring and recording. You acknowledge and agree that you have no expectation of privacy concerning the submission of any Content. Super Evil does not assume any responsibility or liability for Content that is generated by users of the Site and/or Game. Super Evil has the right but not the obligation, in its sole discretion, to edit, refuse to post, or remove any Content. Furthermore, Super Evil also reserves the right, at all times and in its sole discretion, to disclose any Content for any reason, including, without limitation (i) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) to enforce the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement; (iii) to protect the legal rights and remedies of Super Evil; (iv) where someone’s health or safety may be threatened; or (v) to report a crime or other offensive behavior. Please take care to not provide any personally identifiable information in the Chat or the Forums and to abide by the Code of Conduct, understanding that you do not have an expectation of privacy in the Content you provide in the Chat or Forums, and that members of Super Evil and the Community, outside of those you play directly with or against in the Game, might have access to the information in the Chat or the Forums at any time.

C. Forums. If you have a valid and active Account, you may post communications and other content to the “forums” section of the Site (the “Forums”). You agree to abide by the Code of Conduct, as well as the policy concerning Links (found below) while participating in the Forums. You understand that much of the information included in the Forums is from other players who are not employed by or under the control of Super Evil. You further acknowledge that a large volume of information is available in the Forums and that people participating in such Forums may occasionally post messages or make statements, whether intentionally or unintentionally, that are inaccurate, misleading, deceptive, abusive or even unlawful. Super Evil neither endorses nor is responsible for such messages or statements, or for any opinion, advice, information or other utterance made or displayed in the Forums by you or the other users. The opinions expressed in the Forums reflect solely the opinions of you and/or the other users and may not reflect the opinions of Super Evil. Super Evil is not responsible for any errors or omissions in postings, for hyperlinks embedded in messages or for any results obtained from the use of the information contained in the Forums. Under no circumstances will Super Evil be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on the information in the Forums or your use of the Forums. You should be aware that, when you disclose information about yourself in a Forum, the information is being made publicly available and may be collected and used by other users. When you disclose any information in a Forum, you do so at your own risk. Super Evil reserves the right to, but has no obligation to, monitor the Forums, or any postings or other materials that you or other players transmit or post on the Forums, to alter or remove any such materials, and to disclose such materials and the circumstances surrounding their transmission to any third party in order to operate the Site properly or to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests.

VII. UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS

A. Agreement. Super Evil reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to revise, update, change, modify, add to, supplement, or delete certain terms of this Agreement as the Properties evolve; provided, however, that material changes to this Agreement will not be applied retroactively. Such changes will be effective with or without prior notice to you. You can review the most current version of this Agreement by clicking on the “Terms of Use” link located at the bottom of the Site. You are responsible for checking this Agreement periodically for changes. If any future changes to this Agreement are unacceptable to you or cause you to no longer be in agreement or compliance with this Agreement, you must terminate this Agreement and immediately stop using the Properties. Your continued use of any of the Properties following any revision to this Agreement constitutes your complete and irrevocable acceptance of any and all such changes. If at any time you do not agree with any portion of the then-current version of a particular Super Evil policy, including but not limited to this Agreement, you must immediately stop using the Properties.

B. The Properties. In an effort to improve the Properties, you agree that Super Evil may change, modify, update, suspend, “nerf,” or restrict your access to any features or parts of the Properties, including purchased or unlockable content, and may require that you download and install updates to the Software, at any time without notice or liability to you. You also understand and agree that any such changes or updates to the Properties might change the system specifications necessary to play the Game, and in such a case, you, and not Super Evil, are responsible for purchasing any necessary additional software and/or hardware in order to access and play the Game.

VIII. LINKS

The Site may contain links to websites operated by other parties. Super Evil provides these links to you as a convenience, or other users might be posting these links as user-provided Content. Use of these links and the external websites are at your own risk. The linked sites are not under the control of Super Evil, and Super Evil is not responsible for the content available on the other sites. Such links do not imply endorsement by Super Evil of information or material on any other site, and Super Evil disclaims all liability with regard to your access to and use of such linked websites.

Should you choose to provide a link on the Site or within the Game (e.g., on the Forums or via Chat) to an external website, unless otherwise set forth in a written agreement between you and Super Evil, you acknowledge and agree to the following: (i) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with Super Evil’ and/or its licensors’ names and trademarks; (ii) the appearance, position and other attributes of the link may not create the false appearance that your organization or entity is sponsored by, affiliated with, or associated with Super Evil; (iii) when selected by a user, the link must display the external website on full-screen and not within a “frame” on the linking Site; and (iv) Super Evil reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time and in its sole discretion.

IX. FEES

Some aspects of the Game may require you to pay a fee, and you agree that you will provide accurate and complete payment information to the third-party payment provider used by Super Evil. You further agree to pay all fees and applicable taxes incurred by you or anyone using an Account registered to you. Super Evil may revise the pricing for the Game or any item associated therewith at any time. All fees and charges are payable in accordance with payment terms in effect at the time the fee or the charge becomes due and payable. Super Evil may, from time to time, modify, amend, or supplement its fees and fee-billing methods, and such changes shall be effective immediately upon posting in this Agreement or elsewhere on the Site or in the Game. If there is a dispute regarding payment of fees to Super Evil, your Account may be closed without warning or notice at the sole discretion of Super Evil.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY APPLICABLE FEES AND OTHER CHARGES FOR FEE-BASED SERVICES ARE PAYABLE IN ADVANCE AND NOT REFUNDABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART. YOU ARE FULLY LIABLE FOR ALL CHARGES TO YOUR ACCOUNT, INCLUDING ANY UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES.

X. NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (DMCA) If you are a copyright owner or agent thereof and believe that content posted on the Site by a Super Evil user infringes upon your copyright, please submit notice pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)) to the Super Evil Copyright Agent with the following information:

A. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright;

B. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

C. The URL of the location on the Super Evil Site containing the material that you claim is infringing;

D. Your address, telephone number, and email address;

E. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

F. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Super Evil’s Copyright Agent can be reached by mail at: Super Evil Mega Corp, 400 1st Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401, ATTN: Copyright Agent; or by email at: support@superevilmegacorp.com. Attachments cannot be accepted at the email address for security reasons. Accordingly, any notification of infringement submitted electronically with an attachment will not be received or processed. Please note that these notifications are legal notices, and that Super Evil may provide copies of such notices to the participants in the dispute or to third parties, at its discretion or as required by law.

XI. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

THE PROPERTIES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SUPER EVIL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHICH MIGHT APPLY TO THE PROPERTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ANY WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR QUALITY OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE PROPERTIES. SUPER EVIL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PROPERTIES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE PROPERTIES ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELECTING THE PROPERTIES TO ACHIEVE YOUR INTENDED RESULTS, AND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF, USE OF, AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE PROPERTIES.

Because some states or jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, the forgoing disclaimer may, in whole or in part, not apply to you.

XII. INDEMNIFICATION

YOU HEREBY AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS SUPER EVIL FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LAWSUITS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, LIABILITIES AND COSTS (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISE OR RESULT FROM YOUR USE OR MISUSE OF THE PROPERTIES, OR ANY VIOLATION BY YOU OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. Super Evil reserves the right, at its own expense and in its sole and absolute discretion, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with Super Evil in asserting any available defenses.

XIII. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL Super Evil BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOOD WILL, OR LOST PROFITS), OR ANY DAMAGES FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES) ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR MISUSE OF THE PROPERTIES, EVEN IF Super Evil KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL Super Evil BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF ANY AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO Super Evil FOR GAME-RELATED TRANSACTIONS, IF ANY, DURING THE SIX (6) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE TIME YOUR CAUSE OF ACTION AROSE.

Because some states or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states or jurisdictions, the liability of Super Evil shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

XIV. EQUITABLE REMEDIES

You hereby acknowledge and agree that Super Evil would suffer irreparable harm if this Agreement were not specifically enforced. Consequently, in addition to such monetary and other relief as may be recoverable at law, you agree that Super Evil shall be entitled to specific performance or other injunctive relief, without bond, other security, or proof of damages, as remedy for any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement. Additionally, in the event any legal or administrative action or proceeding is brought by either party in connection with this Agreement and consistent with Section XV below, the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover from the other party all the costs, attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred by such prevailing party as the result of the action or proceeding.

XV. NEGOTIATIONS, BINDING ARBITRATION AND GOVERNING LAW

A. Negotiations. Disputes can be expensive and time consuming for both parties. In an effort to accelerate resolution and reduce the cost of any dispute or claim related to this Agreement (“Claim”), you and Super Evil agree to first attempt to informally negotiate any Claim for at least thirty (30) days (except those Claims expressly excluded in Section XV.F below). Super Evil will send its notice to the address it has on file to the extent that you have provided additional contact information to Super Evil (e.g. by participating in a promotion or survey, or contacting a customer services representative). Otherwise, Super Evil will send its notice to the email address associated with your Account. You will send your notice to Super Evil Mega Corp 400 1st Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401, Attn: Legal Department. Please note that this informal resolution procedure does not suspend any statutory limitation periods applicable to the bringing of a Claim.

B. Binding Arbitration. If the parties fail to resolve a Claim through negotiations, within such thirty (30)-day period, either you or Super Evil may elect to have the Claim (except as otherwise provided in Section XV.F) finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration by sending a written notice requesting arbitration to the other party. Any election to arbitrate by one party shall be final and binding on the other. The arbitration will be conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA Rules”) and, where appropriate, the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (“AAA Consumer Rules”) that are in effect at the time the arbitration is initiated and under the terms set forth in this Agreement. Both the AAA Rules and the AAA Consumer Rules can be found at the AAA website, www.adr.org. In the event of a conflict between the terms set forth in this Section XV.B and either the AAA Rules or the AAA Consumer Rules, the terms in this Section XV.B will control and prevail.

Except as otherwise set forth in Section XV.F, you may seek any remedies available to you under federal, state or local laws in an arbitration action. As part of the arbitration, both you and Super Evil will have the opportunity for discovery of non-privileged information that is relevant to the Claim. The arbitrator will provide a written statement of the arbitrator’s decision regarding the Claim, the award given and the arbitrator’s findings and conclusions on which the arbitrator’s decision is based. The determination of whether a Claim is subject to arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and determined by a court rather than an arbitrator. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (i) you and Super Evil may litigate in court to compel arbitration, stay proceedings pending arbitration, or confirm, modify, vacate or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator; and (ii) the arbitrator’s decision is final, binding on all parties and enforceable in any court that has jurisdiction, provided that any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to follow applicable law.

BY AGREEING TO THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU AND Super Evil ARE WAIVING THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL.

C. Arbitration Fees. If we are initiating arbitration for a Claim, we will pay all costs charged by the AAA Rules for initiating the arbitration. Your share of all other fees and costs of the arbitration, including your share of arbitrator compensation, will be charged pursuant to the AAA Rules, and where appropriate, limited by the AAA Consumer Rules. Where your share of the costs is deemed to be excessive by the arbitrator, Super Evil will pay all arbitration fees and expenses.

D. Location. The arbitration will take place in your hometown area if you so notify Super Evil in your notice of arbitration or within ten (10) days following receipt of Super Evil’ arbitration notice. In the absence of a notice to conduct the arbitration in your hometown area, the arbitration will be conducted in Los Angeles, California, unless the parties agree to video, phone and/or internet connection appearances. Any Claim not subject to arbitration (other than claims proceeding in any small claims court), or where no election to arbitrate has been made, shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction in San Mateo, California, United States of America, and you and Super Evil agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.

E. Limitations. You and Super Evil agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Claim between Super Evil and you individually. YOU AND Super Evil AGREE THAT (A) THERE IS NO RIGHT OR AUTHORITY FOR ANY DISPUTE TO BE ARBITRATED ON A CLASS-ACTION BASIS OR TO UTILIZE CLASS ACTION PROCEDURES; (B) THERE IS NO RIGHT OR AUTHORITY FOR ANY DISPUTE TO BE BROUGHT IN A PURPORTED REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY OR AS A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL; AND (C) NO ARBITRATION SHALL BE JOINED WITH ANY OTHER.

F. Exceptions to Negotiations and Arbitration. You and Super Evil agree that the following Claims are not subject to the above provisions concerning negotiations and binding arbitration: (i) any Claims seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, any of your or Super Evil’ intellectual property rights; (ii) any Claim related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy or unauthorized use; and (iii) any claim for equitable relief. In addition to the foregoing, either party may assert an individual action in small claims court for Claims that are within the scope of such courts’ jurisdiction in lieu of arbitration.

G. Governing Law. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall be governed by, and will be construed under, the laws of the United States of America and the law of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. Other laws may apply if you choose to access the Game from outside of the United States. In such an event, those local laws shall affect this Agreement only to the extent necessary in that jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be interpreted to give maximum effect to the terms and conditions in this Agreement. You are responsible for compliance with all local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable. The New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act of 1993 (the “Act”) may apply to the Game if you access the Game from, and are a resident of, New Zealand. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Act applies then you may have other rights or remedies as set out in the Act which may apply in addition to or instead of those set out in this Agreement.

H. Severability. You and Super Evil agree that if any portion this Section XV is found illegal or unenforceable (except any portion of Section XV.F), that portion shall be severed and the remainder of the Section shall be given full force and effect. If Section XV.F is found to be illegal or unenforceable then neither you nor Super Evil will elect to arbitrate any Claim falling within that portion of Section XV.F found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Claim shall be exclusively decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within Los Angeles, State of California, United States of America, and you and Super Evil agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.

XVI. TERMINATION

This Agreement (and all subsequent modifications, if any) shall remain effective until terminated. Both you and Super Evil may terminate this Agreement at any time for any reason or for no reason. Termination by Super Evil will be effective upon notice to you, termination or deletion of your Account, or its decision to permanently discontinue offering and/or supporting the Game, which it may do at any time in its sole discretion. You may terminate this Agreement at any time simply by not using the Site or the Game. If, however, you wish to terminate your Account, you must affirmatively do so by notifying Super Evil at support@superevilmegacorp.com as stated above. Upon termination of this Agreement, your right to use the Properties shall immediately cease.

XVII. MISCELLANEOUS

A. Assignment. Super Evil may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without your consent. You may not assign the Agreement without Super Evil’s prior written consent, and any unauthorized assignment by you shall be null and void.

B. Customer Contact. If you have any questions concerning these terms and conditions, or if you would like to contact Super Evil for any other reason, please contact Super Evil support at support@superevilmegacorp.com, or visit the “support” tab on the Site.

C. Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the complete agreement between you and Super Evil concerning the Site, the Game, and the subject matter of the Agreement, and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements between you and Super Evil.

D. Force Majeure. Super Evil shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside the reasonable control of Super Evil, including, without limitation, any failure to perform hereunder due to unforeseen circumstances or cause beyond Super Evil’s control such as acts of god, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials.

E. Location. The Site and the Game are operated by Super Evil in the United States. Those who choose to access the Site and/or the Game from locations outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. The Software is subject to United States export controls.

F. No Partnership. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Super Evil as a result of this Agreement or your use of the Site or the Game.

G. No Waiver. Super Evil’s failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a present or future waiver of such provision, nor in any way affect the right of any party to enforce each and every such provision thereafter. The express waiver by Super Evil of any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any future obligation to comply with such provision, condition or requirement.

H. Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices given by you or required under this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to: Super Evil Mega Corp at 400 1st Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401.

I. Reform and Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be reformed to the extent necessary to make it enforceable to the maximum extent permissible so as to affect the intent of the parties, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. If, however, it is determined that such provision cannot be reformed, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

J. Section Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or have any other legal effect.

K. Survival. The provisions of Sections IV, VI.A, IX, XI-XV, and XVII shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FOREGOING TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT AND AGREE THAT SELECTING THE “ACCEPT” BUTTON BELOW AND/OR YOUR USE OF ANY OF THE PROPERTIES IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Country	Address
Austria	DPR Group, City Tower, Brückenkopfgasse 1/6. Stock, Graz, 8020, Austria
Belgium	DPR Group, Place de L’Université 16, Louvain-La-Neuve, Waals Brabant, 1348, Belgium
Bulgaria	DPR Group, 132 Mimi Balkanska Str., Sofia, 1540, Bulgaria
Croatia	DPR Group, Ground & 9th Floor, Hoto Tower, Savska cesta 32, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
Cyprus	DPR Group, Victory House, 205 Archbishop Makarios Avenue, Limassol, 3030, Cyprus
Czech Republic	DPR Group, IQ Ostrava Ground floor, 28. rijna 3346/91, Ostrava-mesto, Moravska, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Denmark	DPR Group, Lautruphøj 1-3, Ballerup, 2750, Denmark
Estonia	DPR Group, 2^nd Floor, Tornimae 5, Tallinn, 10145, Estonia
Finland	DPR Group, Luna House, 5.krs, Mannerheimintie 12 B, Helsinki, 00100, Finland
France	DPR Group, 72 rue de Lessard, Rouen, 76100, France
Germany	DPR Group, 3rd and 4th floor, Altmarkt 10 B/D, Dresden, 01067, Germany
Greece	DPR Group, 24 Lagoumitzi str, Athens, 17671, Greece
Hungary	DPR Group, EMKE Building, Rákóczi Út 42, Budapest, 1072, Hungary
Ireland	DPR Group, Phoenix House, Monahan Road, Cork, T12 H1XY, Republic of Ireland
Italy	DPR Group, BPM 335368, Via Roma 12, 10073 , Turin, Italy
Latvia	DPR Group, 4th & 5th floors, 14 Terbatas Street, Riga, LV-1011, Latvia
Lithuania	DPR Group, Vilniaus g.31, Vilnius, LT- 01402, Lithuania
Luxembourg	DPR Group, BPM 335368, Banzelt 4 A, 6921, Roodt-sur-Syre, Luxembourg
Malta	DPR Group, Tower Business Centre, 2nd floor, Tower Street, Swatar, BKR4013, Malta
Netherlands	DPR Group, Cuserstraat 93, Floor 2 and 3, Amsterdam, 1081 CN, Netherlands
Poland	DPR Group, Budynek Fronton ul Kamienna 21, Krakow, 31-403, Poland
Portugal	DPR Group, Torre de Monsanto, Rua Afonso Praça 30, 7th floor, Algès, Lisbon, 1495-061, Portugal
Romania	DPR Group, World Trade Centre, Piata Montreal no 10, Entrance F, 1st Floor, Sector 1, Bucharest, 11469, Romania
Slovakia	DPR Group, Apollo Business Centre II, Block E / 9th floor, 4D Prievozska, Bratislava, 821 09, Slovakia
Slovenia	DPR Group, Trg. Republike 3, Floor 3, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Spain	DPR Group, Puerta de las Naciones, Ribera del Loira 46, Madrid, 28042, Spain
Sweden	DPR Group, S:t Johannesgatan 2, 4th floor, Malmo, SE – 211 46, Sweden
United Kingdom	DPR Group, BPM 335368, 372 Old Street, EC1V 9AU, London, United Kingdom