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A Curious Journey Top 32 Power Rankings

May - 19 - 2022

Hello everyone and welcome to our Top 32 Player Power Rankings for the A Curious Journey Seasonal tournament! Blevins hasn’t asked for the reigns back yet so I, Boulevard, will be taking over once again. Keep in mind that any list like this is going to be subjective (I could just rank them all by their previous Seasonal tops but how boring would that be, am I right?) so if I invoke a strong opinion in you that you need to get out, feel free to yell at Blevins on Twitter for putting me in charge.

32 - Findla Mor

Findla Mor finds themself not only in the top cut of their first Seasonal here with A Curious Journey, but their first top cut in any tournament, in any game, ever. Funnily enough, this actually puts them at a lifetime 50% top rate as they’ve only played in one event previously, a charity tournament hosted by MaxGotTheTracks earlier this year. While he’s lacking in competitive experience compared to the rest of the top 32, Findla was able to identify the power of comfort picks and spent the whole patch practicing the same 3 decks, which he says paid off big in the open rounds as he finished with an 8-1 record.

31 - Montary

For most of patch 3.6 Feel The Rush has sat atop the Master tier ladder as the most played deck, meaning it takes a quite a bit of gall to bring Tri-Beam Control to the Open Rounds as that matchup is one of the most one-sided that has existed in Legends of Runeterra and it doesn’t go the way of Tri-Beam. Montary rounded out their lineup with Darkness and Sun Disc, ignoring the more popular control option in Viego for decks they felt more comfortable on. Not running any of the main meta contenders may be a slight edge in the top 32, but we also saw Darkness be the weak point of a few lineups in the swiss rounds. Only time will tell how far this newcomer can take their strategy.

30 - MDM Mistics

“Thinking of a lineup is too hard, I’m just gonna play triple aggro” is a sentiment many Legends of Runeterra players have felt in the past, and one I personally constantly advise against. While Mistics’ lineup of Spiders, Scouts, and Gnar/Darius wasn’t exactly triple aggro, it’s about as close as we’ve come to expect when talking Seasonal top cuts. Very little is known about Mistics, so they’re a bit of a wildcard not only in terms of swapping their lineup, but also in terms of staying on the aggressive strategies - one that could pay off big if other players go too deep on countering Afaelios.

29 - KraftyOne

Players can treat the top 32 survey however they want and a few of the newer faces used it as a platform to spill their hot takes. KraftyOne’s take? Viego isn’t a tier 1 deck, no matter how many people tell him it is (he hopes he’s not jinxing himself with that). With over a quarter of the top 32 playing Viego and a chance for more to switch over, Krafty will likely have a few chances to put his money where his mouth is and earn more money the more right he is. Luckily his self-proclaimed singular weakness, Pirates, is all but absent from the top 32, giving him plenty of time to focus on fighting off the Ruination.

28 - Eom

Speaking of players who freely handed out their hot takes, next we have Eom who listed “Decimate” as the most overrated card in the game. Unlike Krafty, this hot take has a very low chance of backfiring as I can count the number of Decimates in the top 32 on one of Tyrone Rugen’s hands (see Blevins, I can make deep cuts too). Continuing on with things that they don’t love, Eom listed their favorite archetype as “whatever kills Curious Shellfolk reliably”. Watch out Aikado, you’ve got a target on your back.

27 - Rollz

It’s always nice to see a player who knows what they’re about, and Rollz describes themselves as a midrange player through and through; a title backed by their triple Demacia midrange lineup. You’re mistaken if you think this gives you much insight into Rollz as a player however. Mid-range Demacia players tend to be perceived as careful, calculating machines who play things close to the chest and stay risk-free as long as possible, but Rollz has run with bulls before (literally), so I’d say taking risks is kind of his thing.

26 - WaitImPlaying

There are some interesting reasonings behind why players bring the decks they do, but one that always resonates with me is “I refuse to lose to X deck”. Regardless of what your record is, or if you top or not, as long as you don’t lose to that deck, your event was a success. In the case of WaitImPlaying they came in intending not to lose to Scouts, and it must have worked a few times given the popularity of the deck. If he can continue this trend in the top 32 he may just be able to go the distance, as Scouts is a longstanding favorite of many of the game’s top talents, especially at Seasonal time.

25 - ChronoMirage

Have you ever looked at a J01 deck and thought to yourself “boy, that sure is a lot of random 1 ofs”? ChronoMirage probably hasn’t. To him, it looked like the exact right amount, given his Viktor/Vi/Karma/Lee Sin deck that contains 23 unique cards. It’s good company to keep in deckbuilding, and while he’s resisted the urge to put in Purrsuit of Perfection in the Open Rounds, I’m curious to see if he’ll be able to resist for top cut as well. I mean, TealRed’s done it in the top cut before, how bad could it be?

24 - Nocturex

The total opposite of KraftyOne, Nocturex is a Viego fiend. He makes it a goal for himself of being the highest win rate Viego player on ladder every season, and has accomplished it at least for a little while every season since the release of the champion. As the seemingly biggest Viego fan in the top 32, it is worth noting that he’s the one who went off-script and included a 1 of Nasus in his list. His favorite deck being very well positioned, combined with his background in Yugioh, makes Nocturex one of the favorites amongst the more fresh faces to the top 32.

23 - Yrebellion

Yrebellion is the first player on this list whose name I recognized before the top 32 from playing in grassroots tournaments. This is still his first Seasonal top, and he came prepared. When asked why he brought the decks he did he gave a brief (but deep) description of his targeting strategy, as well as a small paragraph about what he liked about each deck individually. It seems the preparation is certainly there, but he’s had 3 tries to get his Open Rounds prep right - let’s see how he handles his first top cut.

22 - RealPrismSword

During the Q&A section of the player survey, Prism drove a knife through my heart by citing Lee Sin as one of his favorite decks to play, and mentioned that this was the first Seasonal he didn’t bring it as well as the first one he topped. Instead, his Targon deck of choice this time was Invoke, a nearly forgotten archetype that hasn’t seen the top 32 since Guardians of the Ancients nearly one year ago. Prism has given the deck an update, going for a Viktor and Glorious Evolution splash as opposed to the traditional Atrocity. On top of this, he promises even more surprises in the round of 32.

21 - DrChekhov42

Chekhov boasts multiple top cuts across a variety of grassroots events, usually doing it with rather unique decks. One that specifically comes to mind is that Chekhov was the first person I saw playing Bandle City Teemo/Swain, a now-forgotten archetype that paid for the sins of Bandle Pirates. Chekhov’s unorthodox style peaked through in the swiss rounds, where he was one of two Plunder players to make their way into the top 32. While many players were whispering about Plunder in the days leading up to the Seasonal, Chekhov was the one who actually pulled the trigger, and he was rewarded for it.

20 - SnipeCrossGG

The anti-meta grassroots terror, SnipeCross, has made it to the big leagues. His love for targeted lineups has made the Open Rounds a challenge for him in the past, so this time he switched it up - identify a broken deck (Afaelios) and ctrl c + ctrl v two times to make a lineup, leaving him with Afaelios, Gnar Ionia Fae, and Sivir/Akshan Fae. Now that he’s made it to the top 32 and can more reliably play his traditional counterpick style, SnipeCross can put his comfort zone to the test on the ultimate stage.

19 - Rogio

Few things surprised me as much in my research into the players as finding out that this is Rogio’s first Seasonal top 32. A longtime grassroots titan, his most recent claim to fame comes from finishing in the top 4 of a Mastering Runeterra tournament of over 100 competitors the weekend before the Open Rounds, as well as his team’s continued success in the Aegis Esports team league where they lead their group with an 8-2 record. All the grinding has paid off, as Rogio was one of two 9-0 competitors moving into the top 32 using Scouts, Afaelios, and Viego through the open rounds. He’s played some specific counters in other events this patch, including Azir/Irelia at the previously mentioned Mastering Runeterra event, so whether he stands by his 9-0 lineup or pivots is a toss-up.

18 - Scathus

Before it was Sentinel Control it was the Scathus Pile, and it was one of many Scathus Piles that have made their way to a tournament near you. With Afaelios being the talk of the top 32, Scathus kicks off the rankings not of a team but of a group of players I’ve grouped together who have shown proficiency at one of Afaelios’ biggest counters - Zilean/Ekko. Scathus was very heavy-handed in the optimization of the Zilean/Ekko decks that took Twitter by storm at the start of the Curious Journey season, but is just reaching the top 32 for the first time. So while he’s ranked the lowest of the Zilean/Ekko players, don’t let that fool you one bit.

17 - Spidz

This is actually my first time hearing of Spidz, who immediately stood out to me in the top 32 as “the only Zilean/Ekko player I don’t recognize a mile away.” Upon doing the bare minimum digging, I discovered she’s on the current #1 team in the Aegis Esports league with other OCE all-stars ENiamor, FakeHero, and Morpice121, where she currently holds an individual 6-2 record; the highest on the team second only to Morpice. She also boasts a 2nd place medal from the OCE Invitational earlier this year, which all in all gave me enough evidence to make Spidz my ‘dark horse’ for the event, a title I think I’m only allowed to bestow because it is still her first Seasonal top 32.

16 - Beastllama

Continuing down the line of Team Zilean/Ekko we have Beastllama, a 3-time Fight Night: Legends champion who is making their return to the top 32. Aside from Zilean/Ekko, Beastllama’s lineup stands out to me for other reasons - one being that they chose to bring Draven/Sion, a deck that had a very poor showing in the Americas but was one of the 3 most played decks in EMEA and could have a major uptick going into top cut. The other is that their fun fact, which was more of a tip, was that the list was the most based tech in Ziggs/Taliyah; but when I checked their list they had 3x Chip instead. The only thing this leads me to be sure of is that I’m not 100% sure what to expect from Beastllama.

15 - Infinipatrons

Not only is Infinipatrons one of the names most synonymous with Zilean/Ekko in the Legends of Runeterra competitive scene, but he’s actually on a streak of back-to-back top 32s with the deck. We had the pleasure of interviewing him after his successful qualification during the Open Rounds, where he mentioned that he thought the top 32 meta was going to be defined by the question “to what degree are people going to be able to escape Afaelios?” It was an important, but perhaps not vital piece, of the success of the Zilean/Ekko players that the deck is one of the few with a good matchup into the moon boy boogeyman. But Infinipatrons seemed to have a good read on the Open Rounds meta, and I don’t have much reason to believe that’ll change in the more narrow field, however it ends up shaking out.

14 - Morpice121

While I’ve subjectively placed Morpice at the head of Team Zilean/Ekko (again, not a real team), I do want to mention a stark contrast between him and the other members. No, not that he’s the #1 player on the #1 team in the Aegis Esports league. No, not that he went 9-0 in swiss. It’s that when asked about his thoughts on the most overrated card in the game, he replied with Feral Prescience, and went so far as to @ every Zilean/Ekko player. True to his word, he brought 0 copies of the card and even managed to talk his actual teammate Spidz down to 1 copy. Will everyone get on the same page for the top 32, or is it too soon to know if this is a stroke of genius or madness?

13 - SantaTCG

Despite losing to Infinipatrons during the last round, Santa had the ladder rank to still make it into the top 32 with a 7-2 record where he’ll be one of the more seasoned veterans in the field as this is his 3rd top cut. In the past, Santa’s lineups haven’t raised too many eyebrows, usually being at least 2 of the ‘best’ decks and a 3rd, perhaps more off-kilter but not unheard of choice. His methodology seems to be at work again this season as he brought Pantheon, Viego, and rounded things out as 1 of the 2 Plunder players. Coming out of the Open Rounds, I’ve been hearing more and more whispers about Plunder, and Santa’s comfortability with the deck that’s led him to 2 top cuts already might be just enough of an edge to make a deep run.

12 - Zorig Dungu

Maybe it’s just because these things are alphabetized more often than I notice, but Zorig Dungu seems to always juuust slip into the top 32 - in fact this is his 4th time doing so and I KNOW he barely slipped in this time as he was our 32nd seed player. The self-appointed ‘meta slave’ took a break from his meta ways during his Between Worlds Seasonal top, but appears to be back on track this time around as he’s queued up a pretty standard lineup of Ziggs/Taliyah, Pantheon, and Sivir/Akshan. Nothing fancy, just some of the best decks in the game backed by a player who has probably put hundreds of hours onto each one.

11 - HDR Ez2Win

A Curious Journey has been shaping up to be one of the most surprise-filled Seasonals to date - one of the biggest being that only a single member of the decorated Team Hydra is present in the top 32. I actually had to constantly check myself when writing the top 10 Players To Watch to ensure I wasn’t just writing out a roster for Hydra who still took 3/10 spots. Admittedly, Ez wasn’t one of them, but he’s now got a chance to stand out from his stacked roster and prove that he’s one of the best on a team of legends by claiming the team's first Seasonal win after Lazy couldn’t close against NNT at Magic Misadventures. And yes, I’ve asked before; his name used to mean “ez to win” but now means “Ezreal to win”. You’re welcome.

10 - Aikado

Last year I wrote about Aikado’s zero to hero hot streak, going from a complete unknown to the runner up at the Empires of the Ascended Seasonal to a Worlds top 8 player in just a few short months. And now, Aikado has risen to new heights by being one of the most popular content creators in the game with his constantly growing Twitch channel. If you want to know how card games can change your life or how you can really blow up in a game, Aikado is the blueprint. If you think rounding out the top 10 might be a little low on the power rankings for him, I have 2 main reasons: one is that Aikado’s rise to popularity has been matched by a bit of a drought, as his Seasonal top that kicked everything off remains his only one until now. Two is that we’ve talked breakfast prior to a few events and I think he’s still never eaten a banana, so he obviously can’t start now, so there’s a chance his brain won’t be as energized as some of the other competitors if he makes a deep run.

9 - FNX Wasrusso

There just seems to be something about Wasrusso and Bandle City that click, given that they’re coming into their 3rd top cut of the Bandlewood cycle alone, enjoying their offseason as it were by skipping the Between Worlds event. For this event in particular they got some of the best testing available, taking first place at Fight Night: Brazil less than 48 hours before the Open Rounds. The reason that event in particular was so special is that the top 4 was rounded out by two of their fellow top 32 competitors, Trivo and HDR Ez2Win. Sometimes all you need before the open rounds is a boost of confidence in your lineup, and with Wasrusso running back the same decks it seems that’s exactly what happened.

8 - Ptash

As a returning alumni from the Magic Misadventure top 32 who spent a large chunk of this season at rank 1 on the ladder, I don’t have a good argument not to put Ptash in the top 8. To further separate themselves from the crowd, Ptash brought a lineup repeating one region 3 times, and it wasn’t Demacia or Shurima. Piltover & Zaun was the unexpected weapon of choice for this ladder warrior, who strode into the top 32 with Sion, Rubin Pile, and Yordles in Arms. To make this even more odd, a single Vi in his Sion list was the only champion from Piltover & Zaun that he saw fit to include, making this the lowest champion to region ratio I think I’ve ever seen in a successful lineup. Instead, his focus seemed to be on 9x Get Excited and 9x Boom Baboon, so if you were wondering what kind of player Ptash was, I think that about sums it up.

7 - Trivo

4 ½ of the players on my Top 10 Players To Watch list made it into the top 32 (4 ½ because Lazyguga got 33rd) and Trivo is first up, moving from 9 down to 7. To remind you of what I wrote in that article, Trivo kicked off the A Curious Journey Seasonal with multiple finals appearances at Fight Night: Brazil before falling just short at 3rd place one fateful week. He decided to spend his time away by *checks notes* entering and winning Fight Night: AM. He went on to get 2nd place at the next iteration before the event went on a brief hiatus, and Trivo is spending that downtime before his next event by *checks notes* going back to Fight Night: Brazil in the meantime, whereas mentioned earlier he finished in 4th place. This is good because I’ve never seen someone juggle two Fight Nights at the same time, and while I’m sure Trivo could do it, he’s got a slightly more important event to focus on this weekend.

6 - Xeloo

I like to think I keep pretty clean records. That when I go and check my spreadsheets the information present is accurate. It’s not often that I have to double, triple, and quadruple-check something because what I think I know just doesn’t seem to be aligning with what my records are telling me. With that said, and honestly I’m still not 100% this is factual, but this is Xeloo’s first Seasonal top 32. You may recognize him from the top 16 of the 2021 World Championship where he was the only Americas representative to qualify off of ranked points. Now Xeloo’s always had a pension for aggressively leaning decks, so I’m rather unsurprised to see him teeter that line once again and bring decks like Sion alongside Pirates. With only 1 Spiders and 1 Pirates in top cut, Xeloo could get left out of a lot of players' equations as they focus on Afaelios and come in for a surprise win.

5 - Prodigy

In the weeks leading up to the Seasonal, Mastering Runeterra was putting on nightly tournaments that I feverishly clung to as my brief glimpse into the meta. In those tournaments, we saw many a deck shine for an event or two, and then fall into obscurity. Prodigy did a lot of heavy lifting making sure that Shurima Viego would not be one of those statistics, constantly updating the deck and finding himself in the top 4 with it. As the only triple Shurima player in the top 32, Prodigy has a few directions he can take his prep for this event; he can stay on his tried and true, switch to a more meta lineup focused around Afaelios, or he can run with whatever meta counter his Omega Gaming teammate and fellow competitor SnipeCrossGG puts in his hands.

4 - Kevor24

“Boulevard, Kevor was lower than Prodigy on your Players To Watch list, why is he passing him now that they both topped?” Let’s make 1 thing clear; Boulevard’s a pretty big Kevor fan. In an attempt to fight my bias toward him I tried to draw parallels to the Magic Misadventure season where Kevor finished rank 1 as the AK X authority and failed to top, and I used that as an excuse to temper myself. Now that he’s in the top cut, I’m unleashed and justified at putting our rank 1 player just a little bit higher. Here’s my opinion on Kevor; if this were a 1 deck tournament, he would win. If players come trying to counter Afaelios, he’s the one who’s going to remind them how strong the deck is and why sometimes you just need to ban the best deck. But it’s not a 1 deck format, and we saw Kevor start off a few series on the backfoot after losing the Scouts mirror. He’s had a week to clean things up a little, and with his mental not bogged down by systemic bugs, I’m expecting an impressive showing from him.

3 - AK TomasZamo

In my Top 10 Players To Watch I slotted in last Seasonal’s runner-up, HDR Lazyguga, and cited them as the 4th most topping player behind the big 3 with 4 tops. Well there’s a new #4 in town, as TomasZamo is waltzing into their 5th Seasonal top 32. But wait, there’s more! If for streaking purposes, you’ll forgive an absence at the Between Worlds Seasonal as many players took the off-season as a well deserved break, then this is also his 5th Seasonal in a row. Guardians of the Ancients, Rise of the Underworlds, Beyond the Bandlewood, Magic Misadventure, and now A Curious Journey; every Seasonal tied to an expansion in the last year has had one TomasZamo in the top 32. The bigger problem for Tomas has been succeeding once he gets there, as he only boasts 1 top 8 finish. But, again, this has been a Seasonal for surprises, and I think Tomas making it just a little deeper is a surprise I’d like to see.

2 - NNT Maitri

I’m doubling down and running back my #2 from my Players To Watch list as #2 in the power rankings. On that list I spoke to Maitri’s affinity for control, especially Kindred/Viego Ionia, but cited their success with Yordles in Arms as a reason not to pigeonhole them into any one archetype. Well I guess they took that to heart and came into this event with Kindred/Viego, Yordles in Arms, and Aphelios/Lux. This does give them one of the most unique lineups in the top 32 as they were the only player repping 2 of their decks as well as 1 of 2 Yordles in Arms players, the other being Ptash which I would argue is good company to keep. As much as I’d love to call my shot and say that I think Maitri is going to go all the way, I’ve mentioned time and time again that this is a Seasonal for surprises and winds of change. Which is why…

1 - XxWhatAmIxX

It feels strange to constantly talk up surprises and then put WhatAmI as #1, but it is what it is. With BlackBoss and MajiinBae absent from this top 32, WhatAmI pulls ahead with 7/9 Seasonal Top 32s, the most of any player in the Americas. He was absent from my Players To Watch because Blevins already banned him from such lists by inducting him into the Seasonal hall of fame, but this is his 4th appearance as the #1 on the power rankings. Now, it’s no secret that WhatAmI is the only one of the big 3 without a Seasonal Championship, a matter that feels more like a “when” than an “if”, and I’ve got a good feeling about this Seasonal. On the Magic Misadventure broadcast, I pointed out how long it had been since WhatAmI had won a tournament of any kind, something he responded to by winning more than a few events over the course of this season. With that, his confidence seems to be in high spirits, and given that he’s fresh off of his first Seasonal top 4, this feels like as good a season as any for him to continue to break through to new heights and pick up the win.

And that is it for our Top 32 Power Rankings! Be sure to check out the live broadcast this weekend over at Twitch.tv/LegendsOfRuneterra and see how it all plays out!

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Physical location or movements.

Do we process? NO

Sensory data

Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

Do we process? NO

Professional or employment-related information

Current or past job history or performance evaluations.

Do we process? NO

Inferences drawn from other personal information

Profile a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

Do we process? NO

We may also collect other categories of personal information that you choose to share with us.

Sources of personal information

We may collect personal information from your interaction with marketing communications, and your participation in events from joint marketing partners and event sponsors when they share this information with us.

How we share personal information

We may disclose for business purposes all of the categories of personal information described above with the following categories of third parties:

Online services. If you use our website, or any social media that we operate and/or any services provided through them (collectively, “online services”), we use your general identifiers, online identifiers, internet activity information (as described above) and other information that you submit through the online services for:
- Hosting and events. If you register for our events, we use your general identifiers, online identifiers, food allergy information and commercial information (as was also described above) to fulfill your registration requests, communicate with you about the event, and to host you at the event. If you visit our offices, we collect your name and organizational affiliation to register and host you.
- Research and development. We may use your general identifiers, online identifiers, internet activity information and commercial information (as was also described above) for research and development purposes, including to analyze and improve our client services, online services, events and our business. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified or other anonymous data from personal information we collect. We render personal information into anonymous data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable. We may use this anonymous data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes.
Marketing. We may use your general identifiers, online identifiers, internet activity information and commercial information (as described above) in connection with sending you marketing communications as permitted by law, including by mail and email. You may opt-out of marketing communications buy following the unsubscribe instructions in marketing emails or by contacting us at info@wisdom.gg.
Compliance and protection. We may use any of the categories of personal information described above for other purposes consistent with the California Notice or that are explained to you at the time of collection of your personal information.
Service providers. Companies that provide us with services that help us provide services or operate our business, such as IT and software services, mailing services, marketing services, event management services, eDiscovery services, cyber security services and office security services.
Government authorities, law enforcement and others. Government authorities, law enforcement, courts, and others as described in the compliance and protection section above.
Transaction participants. Parties to transactions and potential transactions for the sale, transfer or licensing of a portion or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, such as a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy or dissolution.
Professional advisors. Our lawyers, accountants, bankers and other outside professional advisors in the course of the services they provide to us.
We may also share personal information with other categories of third parties with your consent or as described to you at the time of collection of your personal information.

California law permits California residents to request Information regarding:

Categories of personal information (as this is defined by applicable California law) collected, sold or disclosed by us;
Purposes for which categories of personal information collected by us are used;
Sources of information from which we collect personal information; and
Specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

In addition, California residents may:

Opt-out of the sale or disclosure of personal information in some circumstances;
Opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us (you may still receive administrative communications regarding our services);
Opt-in to certain financial incentive programs we may offer related to the collection, sale, or deletion of your personal information; and
Request deletion of your personal information by us and our service providers, in some circumstances.

Information Requests

You can direct requests related to your California personal information by emailing info@wisdom.gg

Please be aware that we do not accept or process requests through other means (e.g., via fax, social media, email addresses, etc.).

We will review the information you provided with your request and may ask you for additional information to ensure we are interacting with the correct individual. Please also be aware that making any such request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal or deletion of personal information or content you may have posted, and there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow us to fulfill your request.

The following are terms of use that constitute a legally binding agreement (“Contract”) between you (whether as a student, parent or guardian) and Wisdom Gaming, Inc., (“Wisdom,” “we,” “our,” or “us”).

This website and contents (“Site”) is owned by Wisdom. The Site is protected by law, including, but not limited to, United States copyright law and/or international treaties and other international law. Any unauthorized Use (as defined below) of any content, features or functionality contained or made available by this Site is a breach of your contractual obligations hereunder, other relevant agreement(s) you have with us, and may also be in violation of copyright or trademark laws, privacy, publicity, communications regulations and statutes.

Logging in to the Site, using the Site services, viewing the Site pages, interacting with the various available Site functions, inputting information, uploading content, copying, linking or any other similar activities collectively constitute “Use” (including the various grammatical variations thereof). You agree that your Use of the Site sufficiently demonstrates and serves to confirm your unqualified consent to the terms and conditions in this Contract. If you do not agree to this Contract, you will not be permitted to Use the Site.

We may periodically audit your Use of the Site. In the event we conclude that your Use is in violation of this Contract, we may block your access at any time, and without notice. This remedy is in addition to any other remedy available at law, the exercise of which shall be undertaken at our sole discretion.

We reserve the right to deny your registration to use the Site for any or no reason and we are not obligated to inform you of our decision.

We RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE AND/OR AMEND THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT ANY TIME. We are not obligated to provide you with advance notice. The latest version of this Contract will be posted at www.wisdom.gg.

Accurate Information & Account Security

All the information that you provide in order to Use the Site is true, accurate, current, and complete. You will change any password immediately if you believe it may have been compromised or used without authorization. You also agree to immediately inform us of any breaches of security that you become aware of, such as loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure or use of your username or password by contacting us at siteadmin@wisdom.gg. Until we are so notified you will remain liable for any unauthorized access and use of your account.

Use Restrictions

Age: You must be 13 years or older to create an account for use of this Site. A parent or legal guardian may create an account for use of this Site on behalf of a child that is under 13 years of age.

Copyright: All content in this Site, including, without limitation, text, pictures, graphics and data, and the selection and arrangement thereof, are copyrighted materials of Wisdom ©2021, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, or of the original author of the material. You may not “mirror” any material contained in this Site on any other server, or deep link into any other page on this Site without our prior, express written permission.

Trademarks: Any and all trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos (collectively, the “Trademarks”) used and displayed on this Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Wisdom or its licensors. These Trademarks may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior, explicit written permission. Nothing in this Contract confers on you any right of ownership to any of the Trademarks. Further, nothing in this Site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site, without our prior, explicit written consent.

Hyperlinks: Any third party links provided in the Site are provided solely for your convenience. We do not review, endorse nor make any representations about such sites, and your use of these sites is at your own risk. You agree that we will not be responsible or liable under any circumstances or theories, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused, by or in connection with your use or reliance on these third party sites.

Limited Access: You agree you will not use, directly or indirectly, any bot, spider, or other automatic method or means, nor any manual processes to copy any part of this Site. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site. You will not take any action, directly or indirectly, that we, in our sole discretion, conclude imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on any components of our computer infrastructure or that of our service providers.

Parental or Guardian Consent: Any use of the Site by a minor without the consent and supervision of a parent or guardian is prohibited.

Tournaments: Each tournament is governed by terms and conditions that are posted with the tournament announcement. Failure to comply with the tournament terms and conditions may disqualify you from participation and/or may lead to termination of your access to the Site.

Additional Use Restrictions: You may not post, intercept, transmit, email, retransmit or store material on, from and/or through the Site, which, in our sole judgment: (i) violates any local, state, federal or foreign law or regulation, (ii) is threatening, harassing, obscene, indecent, defamatory or that otherwise could adversely affect any individual, group or entity, or (iii) violates the rights of any person, including rights protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property or similar laws or regulations. You will be solely responsible for determining and complying with any and all laws and regulations that are applicable to your Use.

By way of illustration, neither of which shall be deemed exhaustive, the following activities are prohibited:

Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any data that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, another employee (e.g., a colleague), a Wisdom employee, officer, director or agent, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any data transmitted through this Site or develop restricted or password-only access pages or images;
Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any data that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary and/or confidentiality rights of any party;
Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other form of solicitation; and
Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any data that contains malware.

User Generated Content

You are solely liable for any content you upload to the Site. You represent and warrant that you: (a) are the exclusive owner of the content and that you have all rights, approvals and/or consents necessary to upload it to the Site; (b) your content does not and will not violate any tournament rules; and (c) your content does not infringe on the rights of any third parties. Wisdom reserves the right to remove any content we conclude violates this Contract. By uploading content to the Site, you grant Wisdom an irrevocable, perpetual, world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, edit, modify, reproduce and publicly display the content in any medium.

Payment

Subscription fees are due upon receipt. Failure to pay in a timely manner will result in suspension or termination of your access to the Site.

Warranty Disclaimer

WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT, OR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE AVAILABLE ON OR PROMOTED THROUGH THIS SITE. THIS SITE AND ALL OF ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WISDOM DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, ARISING BY STATUTE, CUSTOM, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR IN ANY OTHER WAY, WITH RESPECT TO THIS SITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE OR PROMOTED THROUGH THIS SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WISDOM DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES (A) OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (B) RELATING TO THE SECURITY OF THIS SITE; (C) THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT; OR (D) THAT THIS SITE WILL OPERATE SECURELY OR WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERROR.

WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR ANY TRANSMISSIONS SENT FROM US OR THROUGH THIS SITE WILL BE FREE OF MALWARE.

Wisdom does not endorse and is not responsible for statements, advice and opinions made by anyone other than authorized Wisdom representatives. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY OF DELETION, MISDELIVERY OR FAILURE TO STORE COMMUNICATIONS, PERSONALIZED SETTINGS, OR OTHER DATA. YOU ACCEPT THAT OUR SHAREHOLDERS, OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THIS CLAUSE.

APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO ALL OR PART OF THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS WE, ON BEHALF OF OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, EXCLUDE AND DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSSES AND EXPENSES OF WHATEVER NATURE AND HOWSOEVER ARISING INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; LOSS OF USE; LOSS OF DATA; LOSS CAUSED BY MALWARE; LOSS OF INCOME OR PROFIT; LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY; CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES; OR OTHER LOSSES OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ESTABLISHING SUCH PROCEDURES FOR DATA BACK UP AND MALWARE CHECKING AS YOU CONSIDER NECESSARY. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS.

IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00).

This Site gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain kinds of limitations or exclusions of liability, so the limitations and exclusions set out in this Contract may not apply to you. Other jurisdictions allow limitations and exclusions subject to certain conditions. In such a case the limitations and exclusions set out in this Contract shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of such applicable jurisdictions. Your statutory rights as a consumer, if any, are not affected by these provisions, and we do not seek to exclude or limit liability for fraudulent misrepresentation.

Indemnification

You will indemnify and defend Wisdom from any loss, liability, claim, demand, damage or expense (including reasonable legal fees) asserted by any third party relating in any way to your Use or breach of this Contract. Any settlement you agree to shall not, under any circumstances, impose an unindemnified obligation on us without our prior explicit written consent. Without limiting the application of neither this section, nor any of its other rights under applicable law, Wisdom reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you.

Transmissions

Any information you transmit to or post on this Site, by any means, will be treated as non-confidential.

Entire Contract

This Contract contains the entire understanding and agreement between you and Wisdom with respect to this Site and supersedes all previous communications, negotiations, and agreements, whether oral, written, or electronic, between you and us with respect to this Site and your Use of this Site.

Miscellaneous & Governing Law

If any provision in this Contract is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, then such provision shall be construed as nearly as possible to correspond with Wisdom’s intentions and without prejudice to Wisdom as the drafter and the remaining provisions in the Contract shall remain unaffected. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Contract shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision, unless previously and explicitly agreed to by us in writing. The section titles in this Contract are solely used for convenience and have no independent legal significance. This Contract may be assigned in whole or in part by us, but this Contract may not be assigned by you. This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, notwithstanding any conflict of laws provisions or rules. You unequivocally, irrevocably and unconditionally: (i) consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Hennepin County, Minnesota for any litigation or dispute arising out of relating to this Contract; (ii) agree to waive a trial by jury; (iii) agree not to commence any litigation arising out of relating to this Contract in any other jurisdiction; and (iv) agree not to plead or claim that such litigation is being brought in an inconvenient forum.

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