Terms of Service

Welcome to MightyXen.com (the “Website”). MightyXen.com is an independent fan website dedicated to the preservation, documentation and celebration of the original Half-Life community and its history. The Website includes guides, tutorials, technical information, historical material, archived resources and community created files such as maps, models, sprites and modifications.

By accessing or using this Website, you agree to these Terms of Service (the “Terms”). If you do not agree with these Terms, you should not use the Website.

About MightyXen.com

MightyXen.com is an independent community and preservation project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or otherwise associated with Valve Corporation.

Half-Life, Valve, Steam and other related names, trademarks, characters, logos and intellectual property remain the property of their respective owners. References to games, modifications and other third party works are made for identification, documentation, historical and community purposes.

Use of the Website

• Eligibility: You must be at least 13 years of age to use this Website. If you are under 18 years of age, you should use the Website with the knowledge and permission of a parent or guardian.
• Your Responsibility: You are responsible for your own use of the Website and for ensuring that any actions you take, including downloading, installing or using files, tools, guides or external resources, are lawful and appropriate.
• Personal and Community Use: You may use the Website for personal, educational, archival and legitimate community purposes, subject to these Terms and any rights belonging to the creators or owners of material made available through the Website.

Downloads and Archived Content

A significant part of MightyXen.com is concerned with preserving material created by the Half-Life community over many years. This may include maps, player models, weapon models, sprites, modifications, sounds, textures, documentation and other custom content.

• Community Created Material: Much of the downloadable material available through the Website was created by members of the wider gaming community and was not created by the operator of MightyXen.com. Some files may have originally been distributed through websites, forums, file archives or communities that no longer exist.
• Historical Information: MightyXen.com attempts, where reasonably possible, to identify and credit the original creators of archived material and to record information such as authorship and year of release. Due to the age and history of some files, this information may be incomplete, uncertain or unavailable.
• No Claim of Ownership: Unless expressly stated otherwise, MightyXen.com does not claim authorship or ownership of third party community content made available, referenced or archived through the Website. Copyright and other rights in such material remain with their respective owners.
• Original Files: Where possible, archived files are preserved in a form consistent with their historical distribution. The presence of a file on MightyXen.com does not represent a claim that MightyXen.com created or owns that file.
• Use at Your Own Risk: Downloads are provided on an as available basis. Although reasonable care may be taken when maintaining the archive, MightyXen.com cannot guarantee that every file will be compatible with your system, function as expected or be free from errors or other problems. You are responsible for deciding whether to download, install or use any file.

Credit, Copyright and Removal Requests

MightyXen.com aims to respect the work of the people who created the maps, models, modifications and other material preserved through the Website.

If you are the creator or rights holder of material featured on MightyXen.com and believe that information about your work is incorrect, that appropriate credit is missing, or that material should not be made available through the Website, please contact MightyXen.com with sufficient information to identify the material concerned.

Reasonable requests to correct attribution, provide additional historical information or remove material will be reviewed in good faith. Where appropriate, content may be corrected, restricted or removed.

Guides, Tutorials and Technical Information

• Informational Purpose: Guides, tutorials and other written material are provided for general informational, educational, archival and community purposes.
• Accuracy: Every reasonable effort may be made to provide useful and accurate information, but MightyXen.com does not guarantee that all information will be complete, current, compatible or free from error.
• Technical Changes: Games, operating systems, software, services and third party tools may change over time. Instructions that worked when originally written may not continue to work with later software or systems.
• Your Responsibility: Any reliance you place upon tutorials, instructions or technical information found on the Website is at your own discretion and risk.

Intellectual Property

Original written content, website design elements, graphics and other material created specifically for MightyXen.com may be protected by copyright and other applicable rights.

This does not include third party community content, game assets, trademarks or other material owned by their respective creators or rights holders.

You must not represent original MightyXen.com content as your own or reproduce substantial parts of the Website for commercial purposes without permission, except where permitted by law.

External Links and Third Party Services

The Website may contain links to external websites, archives, communities, forums, videos, services or other third party resources. These links may be provided for reference, historical interest or convenience.

MightyXen.com does not control third party websites or services and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, privacy practices or accuracy. Visiting or using an external website is at your own discretion and subject to the terms and policies of that website.

Availability of the Website

MightyXen.com is provided on an as available basis. No guarantee is made that the Website, any particular feature or any archived file will always remain available.

Content, downloads, features and sections of the Website may be added, changed, moved, restricted or removed at any time. The Website may also occasionally be unavailable due to maintenance, technical problems or circumstances outside the control of its operator.

Prohibited Activities

You must not:

• use the Website for any unlawful, fraudulent, abusive or malicious purpose;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, server, administrative systems or accounts;
• deliberately interfere with, damage, overload or disrupt the Website or its infrastructure;
• use automated systems in a manner that places an unreasonable burden on the Website or attempts to circumvent reasonable technical restrictions;
• upload, transmit or attempt to distribute malicious software or harmful code through the Website;
• use the Website to infringe the rights of another person or organisation; or
• misrepresent your relationship with MightyXen.com or falsely claim to act on behalf of the Website.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, MightyXen.com and its operator shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Website, its downloads, tutorials, information, external links or other content.

This includes, where permitted by law, loss of data, software or hardware problems, compatibility issues, interruption of service or other loss resulting from downloading, installing or using material obtained through the Website.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit any liability or legal right that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Changes to These Terms

These Terms may be amended from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, its services or applicable requirements. The current version will be published on this page.

Your continued use of the Website after revised Terms have been published will constitute acceptance of the updated Terms.

Suspension and Termination

MightyXen.com reserves the right to restrict or block access to the Website, or to particular parts of it, where reasonably necessary to protect the Website, its users or its infrastructure, or where these Terms have been breached.

Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland. Subject to any rights that cannot lawfully be restricted, disputes relating to these Terms or the Website shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Ireland.

Contact

If you have a question about these Terms, wish to correct the attribution of archived material, or wish to request the review or removal of content for which you are the creator or rights holder, please use the contact details provided on the Website.

By using MightyXen.com, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms of Service. Thank you for visiting MightyXen.com and for supporting the preservation of the classic Half-Life community and its history.