Runeterra.org (the "Site") is an independent fan publication about Riot Games’ unannounced Runeterra MMO. It is published and operated by the publisher of Runeterra.org ("Runeterra.org", "we", "us" or "our").
These Terms of Use (the "Terms") govern your use of the Site. By visiting or using the Site you agree to them. If you do not agree to them, please do not use the Site.
Please read section 12 carefully. It requires most disputes to be resolved by binding individual arbitration instead of in court, and it waives class action and jury trial rights. You have 30 days to opt out, and section 12.10 says how.
1. The waiting list
1.1 What it is. The Site offers one thing you can sign up for: an email list that we write to when there is real news about the MMO. Section 1A covers accounts, which are optional and which the list does not require.
1.2 Confirmation. Sign-up is double opt-in. We store your address as unconfirmed, send you a link, and only treat you as subscribed once you open it. The link is good for 48 hours. If you never open it, your address stays unconfirmed and we do not write to you.
1.3 Age. You must be at least 18 to join the waiting list. The Site itself is open to read, but it is not directed to children, and section 6 of the Privacy Policy says what we do if we learn we have collected a child’s address.
1.4 Accurate details. Use an address you control. Do not sign up anyone else.
1.5 Leaving. Every email we send carries an unsubscribe link that does not expire, and your mail client may offer its own one-click button beside it. Either removes your address at once. You can also write to contact@runeterra.org. You do not have to give a reason.
1A. Accounts
1A.1 What an account is for. An account is optional and free. Today it does one thing: it lets you decide whether we write to you, and set a handle for later use. Nothing on the Site is behind it — every page reads the same signed out.
1A.2 How you sign in. There is no password. You either receive a six-digit code at your address, or you sign in through Google, Discord or Twitch. Keep control of whichever address or account you use to get in; anyone who has it has your account. Tell us at contact@runeterra.org if you think somebody else has got in.
1A.3 One person, one account. Make an account for yourself, with an address you control. Do not make one for anybody else, and do not sign in on behalf of somebody else.
1A.4 The email list and your account are separate. Making an account subscribes you to the list, and the box that says so is on the sign-in page and ticked before you press anything, so you can untick it. You can change your mind at any time in your settings, and every email carries an unsubscribe link regardless. Closing your account does not by itself remove your address from the list, and unsubscribing does not close your account.
1A.5 Your handle. If you choose one it is public, it is unique, and we may take it back or change it without notice — in particular where it impersonates somebody, passes for official, or is chosen to abuse or mislead. Some names are reserved and cannot be taken.
1A.6 Closing it. You can close your account yourself, in your settings, at any time and without giving a reason. It is immediate and cannot be undone. We may also close or suspend an account under section 10.
1A.7 Age. You must be at least 18 to have an account, as for the list.
2. Access to the Site
2.1 Licence. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Site for your own personal, non-commercial purposes.
2.2 Restrictions. You may not: (i) license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute or commercially exploit the Site; (ii) modify, create derivative works from, disassemble, reverse-compile or reverse-engineer any part of the Site; (iii) use the Site to build a competing product or service; or (iv) copy, reproduce, republish, download, display, post or transmit any part of the Site except as these Terms permit. Keep every copyright and proprietary notice intact on any copy you are allowed to make.
2.3 Feeds and quoting. The Site publishes RSS, Atom and JSON feeds, and we mean them to be used. You may read the feeds, quote our articles with attribution and a link, and link to any page. This does not extend to republishing whole articles, and it does not cover the material described in section 4.
2.4 Changes to the Site. We may modify, suspend or discontinue the Site or any part of it at any time, with or without notice, and we are not liable to you or anyone else for doing so.
2.5 No support obligation. We do not owe you support or maintenance.
2.6 Ownership. Except for the material described in section 4, the Site and its contents belong to us or our suppliers. These Terms transfer no ownership to you beyond the licence in section 2.1. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
2.7 Feedback. If you send us feedback or suggestions, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, fully paid, royalty-free licence to use it in any way and for any purpose, without attribution. Do not send us anything you consider confidential.
3. Corrections
We date every claim we publish and say where it came from. When we get something wrong we correct the article and note the correction rather than editing the record silently. If you think something on the Site is inaccurate, write to contact@runeterra.org.
4. Riot Games material
4.1 We are not Riot Games. Runeterra.org is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or approved by Riot Games, Inc. Nothing here is an official statement about Riot’s plans.
4.2 Riot’s property stays Riot’s. Runeterra, League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra, Arcane, their characters, place names, maps, logos and artwork belong to Riot Games. Where the Site shows Riot’s map data or artwork, or names its regions and characters, that material is used under Riot’s published policy on fan content and remains Riot’s. Section 2.6 does not claim it, and the licence in section 2.1 does not pass it on to you.
4.3 Take-down. If you are Riot Games, or you hold rights in anything published here, write to contact@runeterra.org and we will remove the material.
4.4 Other rights holders. To report a copyright complaint about anything else on the Site, write to the same address with enough detail to identify the work and where it appears.
5. Privacy
5.1 Your use of the Site is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is part of these Terms. It sets out what we collect, why, how long we keep it and who processes it for us. If the two documents conflict about personal data, the Privacy Policy controls.
5.2 Cookies and tracking. We use Google Analytics to count readers, and nothing else: no advertising, no profiling, no sale of anything. In Europe the measurement waits for your consent; everywhere, the Cookies link in the footer turns it off. The Privacy Policy describes what is stored in your browser and why.
6. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Runeterra.org and its agents from any claims and reasonable costs or legal fees arising out of (i) your use of the Site, (ii) your breach of these Terms, or (iii) your breach of any law or regulation. We may take over the defence of any such claim at your expense, and you agree to cooperate. Do not settle any such claim without our written consent. We will make reasonable efforts to tell you promptly about a claim we become aware of.
7. Third-party services and other readers
7.1 Third-party services. The Site links to other websites and services, including Riot’s own channels and the sources we cite. We do not control or endorse them and we take no responsibility for them. You use them at your own risk, under their terms and their privacy practices.
7.2 Other readers. Anything that happens between you and another reader is between the two of you. We are not responsible for it, and we may but need not get involved.
7.3 Release. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you release Runeterra.org and its agents, successors and assigns from all claims, demands and damages of any kind arising out of or related to the Site, other readers, or third-party services. If you are a California resident you waive California Civil Code section 1542, which reads: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party."
8. Disclaimers
THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, RUNETERRA.ORG AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR SECURE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANYTHING PUBLISHED HERE ABOUT AN UNANNOUNCED GAME IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR STILL TRUE. WHERE APPLICABLE LAW REQUIRES WARRANTIES, THEY ARE LIMITED TO 90 DAYS FROM YOUR FIRST USE.
9. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: (A) RUNETERRA.ORG AND ITS SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, COSTS OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS, OR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE; AND (B) OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM UNDER THESE TERMS IS CAPPED AT THE GREATER OF (i) $50 USD AND (ii) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. HAVING MORE THAN ONE CLAIM DOES NOT RAISE THIS CAP.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of certain damages. Where that is so, sections 8 and 9 apply to you only as far as the law allows, and nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
10. Term and termination
These Terms apply while you use the Site. We may suspend or end your access at any time and for any reason, including a breach of these Terms, and we are not liable to you for doing so. That includes closing or suspending an account, in which case anything held in it goes with it; your address on the email list is separate and outlives the account unless you remove it. You can close your account yourself at any time under section 1A.6, and leave the list at any time under section 1.5. Sections 2.2 to 2.7 and sections 3 to 12 survive termination.
11. State-specific notices
The provisions in this section apply only to readers subject to the law of the state named. Where one of them conflicts with another provision of these Terms, it controls for readers subject to that state’s law.
11.1 California. You may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, at 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite N112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by phone at (800) 952-5210. Under California Civil Code section 1789.3, the provider of the Site is Runeterra.org, reachable at contact@runeterra.org. To complain about the Site, or to ask for more information about using it, write to that address or contact the Complaint Assistance Unit above. California residents may also have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, including rights to know, delete and correct personal information, and to opt out of its sale or sharing. The Privacy Policy explains how to use them, and states that we do not sell or share personal information.
11.2 Colorado. Colorado residents may have rights under the Colorado Privacy Act, including the right to opt out of processing for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data and certain profiling. We do none of those. See the Privacy Policy.
11.3 Connecticut. Connecticut residents may have rights under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act, including access, correction, deletion and portability, and the right to opt out of sale, targeted advertising and profiling. See the Privacy Policy.
11.4 Virginia. Virginia residents may have rights under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, including the right to access, correct, delete and obtain a copy of personal data, and to opt out of processing for targeted advertising, sale or profiling. See the Privacy Policy.
11.5 Nevada. Under Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 603A, Nevada residents may tell us not to sell certain information collected about them. We do not sell it. To make the request anyway, write to contact@runeterra.org.
11.6 Other states. Several other states have comprehensive consumer privacy laws. Where one of them gives you rights over the personal information we hold, you may use those rights by writing to contact@runeterra.org, and we will answer as that law requires.
12. Dispute resolution
Read this section carefully. It affects your legal rights, including your right to sue in court and your right to a jury trial.
12.1 Applicability. Except as set out below, you and Runeterra.org agree to resolve all disputes arising out of or relating to the Site or these Terms by binding individual arbitration rather than in court. The exceptions are: (i) claims that qualify for small claims court, brought individually; and (ii) requests for equitable relief about intellectual property. This section applies to claims that arose before you agreed to these Terms.
12.2 Try to resolve it first. Before starting arbitration, the party raising the dispute must send the other written notice of it (an "Informal Notice"). Our address for an Informal Notice is contact@runeterra.org. Within 45 days of receiving one, the parties will talk in good faith by phone or video. If 60 days pass without resolution, either party may begin arbitration.
12.3 Rules. Arbitration will be administered by JAMS. Claims under $250,000, excluding fees and interest, use the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules; larger claims use the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules. Unless the parties agree otherwise, arbitration takes place in the county where you live. All arbitration materials are confidential.
12.4 What the request must contain. Your contact details; a description of the claim and the facts behind it; the relief sought and a good-faith estimate of damages; confirmation that you completed the informal process in section 12.2; and proof of any required filing fee.
12.5 Authority of the arbitrator. The arbitrator decides all arbitrable disputes, including questions about the scope and enforceability of this section, except that courts decide: (i) challenges to the class action waiver; (ii) disputes about arbitration fees; (iii) whether a condition precedent to arbitration has been met; and (iv) which version of this agreement applies. The arbitrator may award the same relief as a court, but only individually. The award is final and binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court with jurisdiction.
12.6 Waiver of jury trial. BY AGREEING TO ARBITRATION, YOU AND RUNETERRA.ORG WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JUDGE OR JURY FOR ALL COVERED CLAIMS.
12.7 Waiver of class actions. ALL DISPUTES MUST BE BROUGHT INDIVIDUALLY. NEITHER YOU NOR RUNETERRA.ORG MAY BRING A CLAIM AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, REPRESENTATIVE OR COLLECTIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator may award relief only individually. If a court finds this waiver unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim may be litigated in a state or federal court in California, and the rest stay in arbitration.
12.8 Legal fees. Each party pays its own, unless the arbitrator finds a claim frivolous or brought for an improper purpose.
12.9 Batch arbitration. If 100 or more substantially similar demands are filed against us within 30 days by the same firm or a coordinated group, JAMS will batch them in groups of 100, appoint one arbitrator per batch and charge one set of fees per batch.
12.10 Opting out. You may opt out of this section within 30 days of first accepting these Terms by writing to contact@runeterra.org with your name and a clear statement that you are opting out. Opting out changes nothing else in these Terms.
12.11 Severability. If any part of this section is held invalid, it will be narrowed to the minimum extent needed to make it enforceable, and the rest stays in force.
12.12 Mandatory local law. If you live somewhere whose law reserves these disputes to your local courts or forbids a waiver of collective redress, this section applies to you only as far as that law allows.
13. General
13.1 Changes to these Terms. We may update these Terms. If a change is material we will say so on the Site, and we may email the waiting list. Using the Site after that means you accept the updated Terms. Every version carries the revision date at the top.
13.2 Governing law. These Terms and any dispute about them or the Site are governed by the law of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. For any claim not subject to section 12, you and Runeterra.org consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts in San Francisco County, California. Either party may still (a) go to any competent court for injunctive or equitable relief protecting intellectual property, and (b) bring an individual action in small claims court. If you are a consumer resident in a country whose law entitles you to your own courts and to protections that cannot be set aside by contract, this section does not take those away.
13.3 Export. Do not export, re-export or transfer anything acquired from the Site in breach of United States export control law or the equivalent rules elsewhere.
13.4 Electronic communications. By using the Site you agree to hear from us electronically, by email or by a notice posted on the Site, and you agree that this satisfies any legal requirement for written notice.
13.5 Accessibility. We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 at level AA. The atlas is a 3D scene, so parts of it cannot be made to work everywhere, and the blog exists partly so the same material can be read as plain text. If you have trouble using the Site, or a suggestion for improving it, write to contact@runeterra.org and we will do what we reasonably can.
13.6 Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the whole agreement between you and Runeterra.org about your use of the Site. If any provision is invalid or unenforceable it will be narrowed to the minimum extent needed to be valid, and the rest continues. Failing to enforce a provision does not waive it. "Including" means "including without limitation." You may not assign these Terms without our written consent; we may assign them freely.
13.7 Copyright and trademarks. Copyright 2026 Runeterra.org. All rights reserved, except as section 4 provides for material belonging to Riot Games. Trademarks, logos and service marks shown on the Site belong to us or to third parties, and you may not use them without the owner’s written consent.
13.8 Contact. contact@runeterra.org.