Koloseum - Legal

Code of Conduct

Expected behaviour standards to ensure a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all users.

The following Code of Conduct has been adapted from the Fighting Game Community Code of Conduct (Public) as updated at 3 pm ET on 29 January 2021, with modifications made in consultation with local gaming communities.

Table of Contents

  1. Certain Definitions
  2. Objectives
  3. Criteria
  4. Violations

Certain Definitions

"Koloseum"
Koloseum Technologies Limited, any official partners or sponsors, and each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities, vendors, agents, and representatives, and the officers, directors and employees of all of the foregoing.
"Platform"
Any web, mobile, or other digital applications developed and released by Koloseum to sell their products and services.
"User"
Any individual who has registered an account on the Platform.
"Event"
Any competition or other event managed on the Platform by Koloseum or other parties, including sessions at Lounges.
"Venue"
The location at which an Event is taking place.

Objectives

This Code of Conduct is guided by the following intentions (hereinafter known as the "Objectives"):

  1. Inclusivity – This Code of Conduct is intended to make the Platform and Events safe and inclusive now and in the future in which everyone feels welcomed regardless of race, colour, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual or romantic orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, neurodiversity, body size, pregnancy or maternity, citizenship, or any other personal characteristics.
  2. Integrity – This Code of Conduct is intended to maintain and build integrity on the Platform and at Events through consistent and diverse leadership, and fair competition operations.
  3. Authenticity – This Code of Conduct is intended to pursue the above goals of Inclusivity and Integrity while preserving Authenticity in the unique feel of gaming communities, exciting fun, trash-talking spirit, and dedication to competition, which also reflect on the Platform and Events.

Criteria

Any disciplinary investigations conducted on and disciplinary action taken against a User (hereinafter known as the "Disciplinary Process"") shall be carried out at Koloseum's discretion with the following guidelines in mind (hereinafter known as the "Criteria"):

  • Objectives – Any disciplinary investigations conducted, and final decisions made on a User's conduct shall be informed and guided by the Objectives.
  • Location – Disciplinary action may be taken against a User under this Code of Conduct regardless of where any Violations take place, including not just at a Venue but also in hotel rooms, private homes, bars and clubs, social media, public chat platforms and forums, other websites, and so on.
  • Time – Disciplinary action may be taken against a User under this Code of Conduct for Violations committed before this Code of Conduct was first adopted, as long as those Violations form part of an ongoing pattern that indicates that the User is likely to engage in more Violations in the future.
  • Excuses – Violations will not be excused just because Users may have committed them under the influence of alcohol or drugs or any altered state of mind.
  • Standards - This Code of Conduct does not replace the legal system and cannot produce decisions as severe as those of the legal system. As a result, the Disciplinary Process should not and will not be bound by the standards and processes that might apply in a court of law. The Disciplinary Process will be based on Koloseum's reasonable understanding of the facts of each case.
  • Consistency – The Disciplinary Process is intended to be consistent and foreseeable enough that Users should expect to face consequences for Violations. That said, no two situations are the same, and different cases may have different outcomes.
  • Conflicts of Interest – When any person who would normally participate in the Disciplinary Process is confronted with a case involving any of their family members, close friends, romantic or sexual partners, or business partners, they shall be required to inform Koloseum about that conflict of interest and withdraw themselves from any role in that particular case.

Violations

All Users are expected to maintain respect for one another. Breaches of this Code of Conduct (hereinafter known as "Violations") include:

  • Engaging in assault, battery, physical harassment or abuse, or any other physical contact with any person without their consent.
  • Engaging in malicious bullying, baiting, trolling, or other non-physical harassment or abuse that rises to a level beyond commonly and locally accepted gaming community trash talk.
  • Using or threatening to use a deadly or dangerous weapon except in reasonable defensive situations.
  • Pestering or stalking any person or otherwise not respecting any person's reasonable desire to be left alone.
  • Taking photographs of or recording any person who expresses a desire not to be photographed or recorded at a Venue.
  • Engaging in discriminatory or hateful statements or behaviour, including any based on race, colour, ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, sex, sexual or romantic orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, neurodiversity, body size, or any other personal characteristics.
  • Intentionally outing any person's sexual orientation, gender, or other identities without their consent.
  • Intentionally causing fear or distress in or maliciously abusing power over any person.
  • Disclosing confidential information or media, doxing, or sharing any personally identifiable information, or violating any person's reasonable expectation of privacy.
  • Intentionally entering off-limit areas at a Venue.
  • DDOSing, swatting, spreading malware, phishing, hacking into any person's accounts, or intentionally, recklessly, or negligently damaging, tampering with, or interfering with any person's property, platform, equipment, other possessions, or network connection.
  • Scamming or engaging in fraud, impersonation, or defamatory statements or behaviour against any person.
  • Stealing, misappropriating, mishandling, or misrepresenting the amounts or uses of any prize money, hotel or other lodging fees, viewer or other donations, or any person's money.
  • Creating a nuisance or hazard by neglecting personal hygiene, refusing to take appropriate hygienic or medical precautions, or engaging in or encouraging anyone to commit any hygienically or medically unsafe behaviour.
  • Using usernames, avatars, logos, branding or gamertags, or wearing any clothing or apparel displaying text or imagery that violates this Code of Conduct.
  • Using any facilities, services or equipment provided or made available by Koloseum or Venue staff to post, transmit, disseminate, or otherwise make available any communications prohibited by this Code of Conduct.
  • Otherwise violating this Code of Conduct.
  • Failing to abide by any applicable Third-Party Rules.
  • Advocating for, encouraging, being an accomplice to, or threatening to engage in any potential Violations.
  • Evading or attempting to evade any disciplinary action taken under this Code of Conduct.