Terms &
Conditions

01Agreement

These terms are between you and [LEGAL ENTITY NAME] [COMPANY NUMBER] of [REGISTERED ADDRESS] ("NERVE", "we", "us"). They govern your access to and use of the NERVE website and game at thenervegame.com and any related services.

By loading the game, entering a handle or taking a seat in a bout, you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the service.

02Eligibility

You may use NERVE only if all of the following are true:

• You are at least 18 years old.
• You have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement.
• Your use of the service is lawful in the place you are accessing it from.
• You have not previously been suspended or removed from the service.

We may restrict access from particular territories at any time, and we may require verification of your age, identity or location before permitting continued use.

03Your fighter

You play under a handle you choose. You are responsible for everything that happens under your handle. Handles must not impersonate another person, imply an official or staff role, or contain unlawful, hateful or obscene material. We may reclaim, rename or retire any handle.

Your fighter is held against your account, so your handle, look, record and wallet follow you between sessions and devices. You must be 18 or over to hold an account; we ask your date of birth at signup to check this.

04The rules of a bout

The published rules of play form part of these terms. In summary:

• Two players ante an equal stake into a shared pot, which climbs each tick.
• The first player to grab wins the pot. The house takes a 10% rake.
• The winner's share is set by the tier the bout had reached — 55% at EARLY DAYS rising to 90% at ABOUT TO BLOW — and everything remaining after the rake and the winner's share is returned to the other player.
• Holding a lock adds 6% to the locker's share, stacking, subject to an absolute ceiling of 90% for any winner.
• If neither player grabs before the cap, the bout is a standoff: every stake is returned in full and no rake is taken.

The outcome of a bout is determined solely by which player acts first. No random process is used to determine any outcome or any allocation.

We may change the rules, tiers, multipliers or rake for future bouts. Changes will not be applied retrospectively to a bout already settled.

05Stakes and settlement

Each bout is settled at the moment it ends, according to the rules in section 4. Settlement is final. A completed bout will not be reversed, replayed or refunded on the basis of input lag, a disconnection, a change of mind, or a claim that you intended to act sooner than you did.

In the current build, all balances, stakes and pots shown in the game are simulated figures used to demonstrate the mechanic. No real currency is accepted, held, staked or paid out, and no balance shown in the game represents money owed to you or has any monetary value. [UPDATE THIS CLAUSE BEFORE ANY REAL-VALUE PLAY]

Points, streaks, records and leaderboard positions are scorekeeping only. They are not property, cannot be exchanged for anything of value, and may be reset or recalculated at any time.

06Fair play

You must not:

• Automate play, including with scripts, macros, bots or input-injection tools.
• Modify, decompile or interfere with the client, or intercept or alter traffic between the client and any server.
• Exploit a bug, timing flaw or defect instead of reporting it.
• Collude with another player to manipulate an outcome, a leaderboard or a pot.
• Operate more than one fighter at a time, or play both sides of a bout.
• Harass another player, or use the service to distribute unlawful material.
• Scrape, resell or commercially exploit any part of the service without written permission.

We may void outcomes, reset scores and withdraw access where we reasonably believe this section has been breached.

07Prototype status

NERVE is under active development and is offered as a preview. It may be unavailable, incomplete or wrong. Features may change or be withdrawn without notice, and progress, scores and records may be reset at any time. We do not promise any level of availability, uptime or data retention.

08Intellectual property

The NERVE name, the game design and rules, the interface, the artwork, the code and all associated material are owned by [LEGAL ENTITY NAME] or its licensors. You are granted a personal, revocable, non-transferable licence to use the service for your own entertainment. Nothing else is granted.

If you send us feedback or suggestions, we may use them without restriction and without owing you anything.

09Disclaimers

The service is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent permitted by law we exclude all warranties, conditions and representations that are not expressly set out in these terms, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any right you have under consumer law that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including under [APPLICABLE CONSUMER LAW].

10Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or for any loss of profit, revenue, data, goodwill or opportunity, however arising.

Our total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with the service is limited to [LIABILITY CAP].

You agree to indemnify us against claims, losses and reasonable costs arising from your breach of these terms or your misuse of the service.

11Suspension and termination

You may stop using the service at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access immediately, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have breached these terms or that your use presents a risk to other players or to us. Sections 5, 8, 9, 10 and 12 survive termination.

12Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of [JURISDICTION], and you and we submit to the [EXCLUSIVE / NON-EXCLUSIVE] jurisdiction of the courts of [JURISDICTION].

Before commencing proceedings, both of us agree to attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute by writing to the other and allowing [NOTICE PERIOD] to respond.

13Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. The version in force is the one published on this page, and the date at the top tells you when it last changed. If a change is material we will make reasonable efforts to flag it in the game. Continuing to play after a change means you accept it.

14Contact

Questions about these terms go to hello@thenervegame.com, or through the contact page.

See also the privacy policy.