Microsoft and all of the Community Managers appreciate your cooperation and hope you enjoy the exciting games and great company here on the Zone. To keep the Zone a fun place for everyone, we ask that you show consideration for your fellow Zone Members and follow these simple rules:
Use of the Zone for the promotion of illegal activities is prohibited.
Your uploaded files, and your participation in conferences and chats, are subject to review, modification, and deletion, without notice, by the Community Manager responsible for the Zone.
Files uploaded to a newsgroup may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction, and/or dissemination, and you are responsible for adhering to these limitations if you download them.
Please do not use profanity or sexually explicit language on the Zone or its newsgroups.
Please do not fight or engage in personal attacks.
Please do not use racial, ethnic, sexual, or religious slurs.
Please do not create a Member ID with any profanity, sexually explicit language, sexual innuendo, or racial, ethnic, or religious slurs. Many Member IDs of that nature are already prohibited.
Member's right to use the Service is personal to Member. Member may only be an individual. Member may not be a corporation or other business entity. Member agrees not to resell or make any commercial use of the Service, without the express consent of MSN Gaming Zone.
Please be considerate at all times of members playing games on the Zone. Disruptive behavior, such as revealing cards, making lewd comments, or bidding outrageously and then leaving, may lead to your removal.
Cheating in games is prohibited, unless a Host has deliberately enabled cheats for use in the game. Those users caught cheating may suffer suspension from the Zone or manipulation of their game ratings if caught cheating in a rated game room.
Please avoid excessive shouting (use of all caps) or flooding (continuous posting of repetitive text) in the Zone Chat areas or on its newsgroups.
Impersonation of Zone Member Pluses, Community Managers or staff members is prohibited. False representation of yourself as a Zone employee, Community Manager or Member Plus can result in immediate termination of your Zone account.
Threatening or harassing tournament hosts, Zone Member Pluses, Zone Community Managers and Zone employees is prohibited and can result in immediate termination of your Zone account.
All tournaments held on the Zone must be hosted by a Member Plus tournament host.
Any user who posts Web links or URLs in the lobby or game chat that point to content deemed inappropriate by Zone Member Pluses or Community Managers will have their chat and game privileges for the Zone revoked.
Member Pluses are unable to monitor Member's conversations or game play at individual game tables and therefore users are empowered to remove kibitzers, boot players and otherwise enforce the Code of Conduct.
The Zone is rated by RSACi/Internet Content Rating Association. This system rates Web sites and games on the level of sex, violence, profanity, and nudity. The Zone has a level 2 rating, and we strive to enforce standards for that rating provided by the ICRA organization. For more information about this rating system, see the ICRA's Web site .
The Zone reserves the right to change its policies at any time. Please help keep the Zone a fun place to play.
All tournaments held on the Zone must be hosted by a Member Plus tournament host. The process to become a Member Plus host is easy and fun. For information on becoming a host, please visit our Member Plus FAQ Page.
Registration
To register for a tournament, send e-mail to the Host, or register with the Host in the room where the tournament is being conducted. No pre-registration is required.
Checking In
Please use ZoneMessage to check in with the tournament Host at least 15 minutes prior to the event. Await pairing announcements in the designated tournament game room.
Communication Programs
Use of communication programs is left to the discretion of the tournament Host.
Fair Play
No cheat tools of any kind are allowed in tournament gameplay. This includes the use of "cheat codes." In special formal Tournaments, Host rules apply.
Courteous Behavior
Players are to behave in a courteous manner. Please keep comments positive and encouraging in nature. If you violate the Code of Conduct, you will be expelled from the tournament.
Tournament Rules
Each tournament participant must read and abide by these guidelines and any additional game rules that the tournament Host posts.
Tournament Host Arbitration
If you call the tournament Host into a situation, please remember that all decisions of the tournament Host are final.
Fun, Fun, Fun!
Remember that tournaments provide you with quality competition and enjoyment. Be considerate of others and have a great time.
