DoubleDunk is completely free of charge. We only insist that you follow our very simple house rules. If you think that someone is breaking the rules, please notify the GameMasters.

The DoubleDunk team is always trying to improve the game. Functions may be added at any time, although larger changes are usually introduced between seasons. As DoubleDunk is a game with no actual ending point, it sometimes has to be adjusted by the developers. For example, to prevent certain types of teams from becoming invincible. In short, the developers supervise the game, sometimes having to exercise a certain amount of control. We try to achieve this as fairly and smoothly as possible, preferably giving notice of changes in good time, to help you adjust. However, sometimes changes just have to be made.

Generally, the servers are always open for business, with allowances for operational disturbances or upgrades. We always try to give due notice of service interruptions, but under extreme circumstances we might have to fix problems without the luxury of forewarning.

Sometimes unplanned events occur, such as bugs. If something that seems strange happens, contact the GMs about it and we'll have a look. When we're troubleshooting we try to make it as fair as possible, but for practical reasons a match can't be replayed. Unfair calls from referees, strange occurrences around the pitch ruining a game, and bad luck are, when all is said and done, a part of the game.

You can do a lot of things in DoubleDunk and with DoubleDunk, but to keep the game fun for everyone we need to have a set of rules on how to act. These rules are simple and pretty obvious, and apply to all areas of DoubleDunk. Anyone breaking these rules may be disqualified from DoubleDunk with immediate effect. Note that the GameMasters have absolute authority in deciding if somebody is breaking these rules.

It is strictly prohibited for you, as a DoubleDunk player, to engage in any of the activities described below.
Sending threatening, insulting or derogatory messages, by DDO-mail or other means, to other players or on DoubleDunk's forums. Spamming users or forums, i.e. sending unsolicited messages like advertisements, friendly game offers and asking for supportership. It is also forbidden to act in a profane or otherwise abusive manner.
Attempting to steal or sabotage DoubleDunk Ltd. property, or encouraging others to do so. This property includes the servers, software and copyright-protected material.
Scanning the site, or creating, using or distributing applications that automate parts of the game, unless these applications are authorized by the game developers. Also, you may not automatically include parts of the site at other sites or in other applications.
Cheating in any way, such as trying to decipher the passwords of other players, or trying, in any other way, to unduly spoil the enjoyment of other players.
Making cheating accusations, advertising for real life goods (this includes referral links), promotion of criminal activities and/or drugs, publishing correspondence with DDO officials and talking about specific GM or Mod decisions.

Last but not least, you can only have one team. If you control multiple teams, you risk suspension from DoubleDunk. It won't help if one of your friends registered the team; if you are the one controlling it (giving the orders) you are considered to be the owner. Your team is considered private, which means you can't let friends or family log in to use your team, or give it away to another person. It's also prohibited to buy players from friends at obviously inflated prices, even though you're just trying to be a nice guy! If you have received a clearly inflated bid on your own player from someone, then contact the GMs immediately. To contact a GM, please visit our contact page.

For all situations not explicitly described in the rules, the DDO officials (GM, Mod) have discretionary authority to resolve the situation within the spirit of the rules. Also, any conversation with the DoubleDunk officials is strictly personal and may not be published or forwarded in any way.

The DoubleDunk forums, guestbooks, team pages and other areas of public view are no place for users to post commercial messages. The guiding principle is that as a DoubleDunk user, you should not have to be exposed to content that other users post for their own real-life benefit.

This does not mean that you can't mention a company name or product when the context calls for it. But if you abuse this rule, and try to push commercial messages for any reason, we may delete them, fine you, or even ban you from DoubleDunk. Discussion is OK, promotion is not. It is considered spam and a pollution of our common space.

In the non-DoubleDunk forums we generally allow threads about, for example, other sites and online games. We do this as a service to our users and only as long as this openness is not being exploited for commercial reasons. If other companies start treating DoubleDunk as a free marketing channel, or if promotional links and affiliate links are being posted in our forums, we may blacklist these products and the users who have posted them. Regrettably, we have already had our share of commercial spam in DoubleDunk and we don't want to see it again.

DoubleDunk itself does not use forums or game messages for purposes of selling or marketing. But we do use them from time to time for information that regards partners of the game. We try to limit our forum activity to pure game related stuff, but of course we have to be able to communicate to our users also about other things, even commercial topics, if needed.