The short version
- Archive Network runs online servers for games whose official servers are gone. Playing is free; you bring your own copy of the game.
- You must be 13 or older. Play fair: no cheating, exploits or harassment.
- VC and items are part of the game. They have no cash value and can't be sold.
- The Network Pass is an optional monthly subscription. Cancel anytime and keep it until the end of the month you paid for.
- We're not affiliated with 2K, the NBA or any game publisher.
By signing in or playing, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy.
Who can use Archive Network
- You must be 13 or older, and allowed to use Discord and Steam where you live.
- If you're under 18, you need a parent's or guardian's permission to buy the Network Pass.
- You can't use Archive Network if we have banned you.
Your account
- You sign in with Discord and link one Steam account. Each Discord account links to one Steam account, and each Steam account to one Discord account.
- You're responsible for what happens on your account, so keep your Discord and Steam accounts secure.
- Don't sell, trade or share your account, and don't use someone else's.
Your copy of the game
- You need your own legitimate copy of the game on Steam. We don't sell or hand out the game.
- Our launcher and its helper run alongside the game on your PC to connect it to our servers. You install and run them at your own risk; keep a backup of anything you can't afford to lose.
- Game names, logos and content belong to their owners. Archive Network is an independent, fan-run service and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by 2K, the NBA or any game publisher.
Fair play and conduct
Don't:
- cheat, use exploits or modified saves, or tamper with results, stats or VC;
- attack, overload, probe or reverse-engineer our servers and services, or get around a ban or a limit;
- use several accounts to pass VC or rewards between them, or trade VC, items or accounts for real money;
- harass, threaten, impersonate or abuse other players or staff (Operations, the team that runs Archive Network), or post hateful, sexual or illegal content;
- break Discord's or Steam's own rules while using Archive Network.
If you break these terms, we may undo what you gained, warn you, remove you from a game or session, suspend you or ban you. Some protections act on their own (refusing a tampered save, for example). Strikes and bans are decided by staff, except two: proof of cheating no honest player can produce (ratings above the game's own maximum, a memory editor's own files loaded inside the game, or the game's files changed while it runs) gives the account its next strike automatically (the first is a warning, the second a 7-day ban, the third a permanent ban; the owner can lift one, and appeals go to Archive Desk), and a chargeback on a Network Pass payment bans the account automatically (see Network Pass below).
VC and items
- VC, items, boosts, rep and other rewards are game features that you're allowed to use while your account is in good standing. They aren't your property and have no cash value.
- They can't be sold, exchanged for money, or moved to another service.
- We may adjust balances and items to fix errors or undo abuse.
- If your account is deleted or banned, they're gone.
The Network Pass
- The Network Pass is an optional monthly subscription that adds rewards and perks across the network. You can play without it.
- It renews every month and you're charged the price shown when you subscribe (plus any tax), until you cancel. Payments are handled by Stripe.
- Network Pass is sold through Stripe's Managed Payments, which handles the payment and tax.
- Cancel anytime from your account. You keep the Network Pass until the end of the month you've paid for, and you won't be charged again.
- All sales are final. There are no refunds, for any reason, including for part of a month.
- A refunded payment ends the Network Pass at once.
- We may change what the Network Pass includes or its price. A price change applies from your next renewal, and we'll tell you before it happens.
- If we ban you permanently for breaking these terms, your Network Pass ends without a refund. A ban with an end date, such as the 7-day ban of a second strike, doesn't end it.
- A chargeback or payment dispute ends your Network Pass and bans your account. If something is wrong with a payment, email support@archivenetwork.app instead; we'll look into it.
- If we close Archive Network, we stop charging you.
The Creator Program
- The Creator Program lets members earn in-game rewards for players they invite and videos they make. Your page in the program shows what counts and what it pays.
- Rewards are VC, Network Pass time and a Discord role. They are game features like any other here: they aren't payment for work, they have no cash value, and the "VC and items" terms apply to them.
- A player counts only if they are a new player on an account, Steam account and PC we have not seen, and they really played: full games against other players, on at least 3 different days, each game at least 4 minutes. A code counts only if it is entered soon after joining and before the player's first finished game, and with a code, only games played after it was entered count. Rewards are paid after a fair-play check, and staff may look at any count or video first, and may hold the program's rewards while they do, including while an account that invited players is being checked.
- Only submit videos you made, and only put your own code in them. You must follow the platform's own rules, including any rule about saying that you earn something for a video. Buying views, or making accounts to count as players, isn't allowed. A video's views count only once your account has a proven Steam link and you have played a game.
- We may refuse a video, remove a count, take back a reward that was earned wrongly, or take an account out of the program.
- Your name and your count can appear on the public top list and in our Discord server. You can leave the list on your page.
- You keep your videos. Submitting one lets us read what the platform shows about it, and link to it where staff and you can see it.
- We may change the rewards or the rules, or pause or end the program. A reward already paid stays paid unless it was earned wrongly.
What you create and share
- Things you create or send through Archive Network, such as your player names, reports and messages, remain yours.
- You let us store, show and use them to run the service, for example showing your name on leaderboards.
- Staff can remove anything that breaks these terms.
The service
- We work to keep the servers online and your progress safe, but Archive Network is provided as is. It may go down for maintenance or problems, and we can't promise that it will always be available or that no data will ever be lost.
- We may change, add or remove features, games and rules, and we may end the service.
Disclaimers and liability
To the extent the law allows:
- we give no warranties about Archive Network beyond what these terms say;
- we aren't liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for lost data, VC or items;
- our total liability to you is limited to the greater of what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim and 50 US dollars.
Some places don't allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you.
Ending your account
- You can stop using Archive Network at any time, and ask us to delete your account (see the Privacy Policy).
- We may suspend or ban an account that breaks these terms, or to protect players or the service.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. We change the date at the top, and announce important changes on the website or in our Discord server before they take effect. If you keep using Archive Network after that, you accept the new terms.
Contact
Questions about these terms: support@archivenetwork.app, or ask in our Discord server.