PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS. THESE INCLUDE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, A CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS THE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF DISPUTES, AND OBLIGATIONS TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
Last Updated: July 21, 2025
TERMS OF SERVICE
If you are using the Site or Services you are contracting with Ron & Scott, LLC. with respect to use of the MatScout Site or Services. Ron & Scott, LLC is hereinafter referred to as
RS, LLC provides an online platform called MatScout.com or MatScout for short that connects tournament hosts with tournament players seeking to enter such tournaments (collectively, the “Services”), which Services are accessible at MatScout.com and any other websites through which RS, LLC makes the MatScout services available (collectively, the “Site”). By using the Site, you agree to comply with and be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service ("Terms"), whether or not you become a registered user of the Services. These Terms govern your access to and use of the Site and Services and all Collective Content (defined below), and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and RS, LLC. Please also read carefully our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, you have no right to obtain information from or otherwise continue using the Site or Services. Failure to use the Site in accordance with these Terms may subject you to civil and criminal penalties.
THE SITE AND SERVICES COMPRISE AN ONLINE PLATFORM THROUGH WHICH TOURNAMENT HOSTS (DEFINED BELOW) MAY CREATE TOURNAMENTS (DEFINED BELOW) AND TOURNAMENT PLAYERS (DEFINED BELOW) MAY LEARN ABOUT AND ENTER SUCH TOURNAMENTS. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT RS, LLC IS NOT A PARTY TO ANY AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN TOURNAMENT HOSTS AND TOURNAMENT PLAYERS, NOR IS RS, LLC AN INSURER. RS, LLC HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CONDUCT OF HOSTS, PLAYERS AND OTHER USERS OF THE SITE AND SERVICES OR ANY TOURNAMENTS, AND DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY IN THIS REGARD TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
“MatScout Content” means all Content that RS, LLC makes available through the Site or Services, including any Content licensed from a third party, but excluding Member Content.
“Collective Content” means Member Content and MatScout Content.
“Content” means text, graphics, images, music, software, audio, video, information or other materials.
“Tournament Player” means a Member who enters a tournament via the Site or Services.
“Tournament Host” means a Member who creates a Tournament via the Site and Services.
“Tournament” means a competitive event that is created by a Tournament Host via the Site and Services.
“Member” means a person who completes MatScout’s account registration process, as described under “Account Registration” below.
“Member Content” means all Content that a Member posts, uploads, publishes, submits or transmits to be made available through the Site or Services.
Certain areas of the Site and Services (and your access to or use of certain aspects of the Services or Collective Content) may have different terms and conditions posted or may require you to agree with and accept additional terms and conditions. If there is a conflict between these Terms and terms and conditions posted for a specific area of the Site, Services, or Collective Content, the latter terms and conditions will take precedence with respect to your use of or access to that area of the Site, Services, or Collective Content.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE OR SERVICES OR BY DOWNLOADING OR POSTING ANY CONTENT FROM OR ON THE SITE OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE READ, AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE, SERVICES, OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT. If you accept or agree to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms and, in such event, “you” and “your” will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity.
RS, LLC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify the Site or Services or to modify these Terms, including the Service Fees, at any time and without prior notice. If we modify these Terms, we will post the modification on the Site or provide you with notice of the modification. We will also update the “Last Updated Date” at the top of these Terms. By continuing to access or use the Site or Services after we have posted a modification on the Site or have provided you with notice of a modification, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified Terms. If the modified Terms are not acceptable to you, your only recourse is to cease using the Site and Services.
The Site and Services are intended solely for persons who are 13 or older. Any access to or use of the Site or Services by anyone under 13 is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Site or Services you represent and warrant that you are 13 or older.
Work The Site and Services can be used to facilitate the creating and entering a Tournament (“Tournaments”). Such Tournaments are included on the Site and Services by Tournament Hosts. You may view Tournaments as an unregistered visitor to the Site and Services; however, if you wish to enter a tournament or create one, you must first register to create a MatScout Account (defined below).
As stated above, RS, LLC makes available an online platform with related technology for Tournament Players enter the Tournaments hosted by Tournament Hosts. RS, LLC is not an owner or operator of tournament venues or facilities. Unless explicitly specified otherwise in the MatScout platform, RS, LLC’s responsibilities are limited to: (i) facilitating the availability of the Site and Services and (ii) serving as the payment collection agent of each Tournament Host for the purpose of accepting payments from Tournament Players on behalf of the Tournament Host.
PLEASE NOTE THAT, AS STATED ABOVE, THE SITE AND SERVICES ARE INTENDED TO BE USED TO FACILITATE TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION. RS, LLC CANNOT AND DOES NOT CONTROL THE CONTENT AND THE CONDITION, LEGALITY OR SUITABILITY OF ANY TOURNAMENTS. RS, LLC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY RELATED TO ANY AND ALL TOURNAMENTS. ACCORDINGLY, ENTERING IN ANY TOURNAMENT WILL BE MADE AT THE GUEST’S OWN RISK.
In order to access certain features of the Site, and to enter a Tournament or create a Tournament, you must register to create an account (“MatScout Account”) and become a Member. You may register to join the Services directly via the Site or as described in this section.
You can also register to join by logging into your account with certain third-party social networking sites (“SNS”) (including, but not limited to, Facebook; each such account, a “Third-Party Account”), via our Site, as described below. As part of the functionality of the Site and Services, you may link your MatScout Account with Third-Party Accounts, by either: (i) providing your Third-Party Account login information to MatScout through the Site; or (ii) allowing MatScout to access your Third-Party Account, as permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern your use of each Third-Party Account. You represent that you are entitled to disclose your Third-Party Account login information to MatScout and/or grant MatScout access to your Third-Party Account (including, but not limited to, for use for the purposes described herein), without breach by you of any of the terms and conditions that govern your use of the applicable Third-Party Account and without obligating us to pay any fees or making MatScout subject to any usage limitations imposed by such third-party service providers. By granting MatScout access to any Third-Party Accounts, you understand that MatScout will access, make available and store (if applicable) any Content that you have provided to and stored in your Third-Party Account (“SNS Content”) so that it is available on and through the Site via your MatScout Account and MatScout Account profile page. Unless otherwise specified in these Terms, all SNS Content, if any, will be considered to be Member Content for all purposes of these Terms. Depending on the Third-Party Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such Third-Party Accounts, personally identifiable information that you post to your Third-Party Accounts will be available on and through your MatScout Account on the Site and Services. Please note that if a Third-Party Account or associated service becomes unavailable or MatScout’s access to such Third-Party Account is terminated by the third-party service provider, then SNS Content will no longer be available on and through the Site and Services. You have the ability to disable the connection between your MatScout Account and your Third-Party Accounts, at any time, by accessing the “Dashboard” section of the Site. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNTS IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS. RS, LLC makes no effort to review any SNS Content for any purpose, including but not limited to for accuracy, legality or non-infringement and RS, LLC is not responsible for any SNS Content.
We will create your MatScout Account and your MatScout Account profile page for your use of the Site based upon the personal information you provide to us or that we obtain via an SNS as described above. You may not have more than one (1) active MatScout Account. You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. RS, LLC reserves the right to suspend or terminate your MatScout Account and your access to the Site and Services if you create more than one (1) MatScout Account or if any information provided during the registration process or thereafter proves to be inaccurate, not current or incomplete. You are responsible for safeguarding your password. You agree that you will not disclose your password to any third party and that you will take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your MatScout Account, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify RS, LLC of any unauthorized use of your MatScout Account.
As a Member, you may create Tournaments. To create a Tournament, you will be asked a variety of questions about the Tournament, including but not limited to, the location, start, end, entry deadline, divisions, pricing and related rules and terms. In order to be featured via the Site and Services, all Tournaments must have valid physical locations. Tournaments will be made publicly available via the Site and Services after they are published. Other Members will be able to enter the Tournament via the Site and Services based upon the information provided about your Tournament. You understand and agree that once a Member enters a tournament individually or enters a team, you may not request the Member to pay a higher price than it was requested when Tournament was published. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for any and all Tournaments you create. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that any Tournament your create and the entering in your Tournament by a Member (i) will not breach any agreements you have entered into with any third parties, and (ii) will (a) be in compliance with all applicable laws, Tax requirements, and rules and regulations that may apply to your Tournament (including having all required permits, licenses and registrations), and (b) not conflict with the rights of third parties. Please note that RS, LLC assumes no responsibility for a Tournament Host’s compliance with any agreements with or duties to third parties, applicable laws, rules and regulations. RS, LLC reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Tournaments for any reason, including Tournaments that RS, LLC, in its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site or Services.
If you are a Tournament Host, you understand and agree that MatScout does not act as an insurer or as your contracting agent.
MatScout may offer Tournament Hosts the option of having photographers take photographs of their Tournaments. If you as a Tournament Host choose to have a photographer do this, the photographs taken will be made available to you to include in your Tournament with a watermark or tag bearing the words “MatScout.com Verified Photo” or similar wording (“Verified Images”). All images, materials and content created by these photographers provided by MatScout, including Verified Images, constitute MatScout Content, regardless of whether you include them in your Tournament.
MatScout does not endorse any Member or any Tournament. You understand that Verified Images are intended only to indicate a photographic representation of the Tournament at the time the photograph was taken. Verified Images are therefore not an endorsement by RS, LLC of any Member or any Tournament. Members are required by these Terms to provide accurate information, and although RS, LLC may undertake additional checks and processes designed to help verify or check the identities or backgrounds of users, we do not make any representations about, confirm, or endorse any Member or the Member’s purported identity or background.
Any references in the Site or Services to a Member being “verified” or “connected” (or similar language) only indicate that the Member has completed a relevant verification process, and does not represent anything else. Any such description is not an endorsement, certification or guarantee by RS, LLC about any Member, including of the Member’s identity and whether the Member is trustworthy, safe or suitable. Instead, any such description is intended to be useful information for you to evaluate when you make your own decisions about the identity and suitability of others whom you contact or interact with via the Site and Services. We therefore recommend that you always exercise due diligence and care when deciding whether to enter a Tournament or to accept an entry in your Tournament, or to have any other interaction with any other Member. We are not responsible for any damage or harm resulting from your interactions with other Members.
By using the Site or Services, you agree that any legal remedy or liability that you seek to obtain for actions or omissions of other Members or other third parties will be limited to a claim against the particular Members or other third parties who caused you harm. You agree not to attempt to impose liability on or seek any legal remedy from RS, LLC with respect to such actions or omissions. Accordingly, we encourage you to communicate directly with other Members on the Site and Services regarding any Tournaments you have entered. This limitation shall not apply to any claim by a Tournament Host against RS, LLC regarding the remittance of payments received from a Member by MatScout on behalf of a Tournament Host, which instead shall be subject to the limitations described in the section below entitled “Limitation of Liability”.
The Site, Services, and Collective Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of Canada and foreign countries. You acknowledge and agree that the Site, Services and Collective Content, including all associated intellectual property rights, are the exclusive property of RS, LLC and its licensors. You will not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Site, Services or Collective Content.
Subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions of these Terms, RS, LLC grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, to (i) access and view any MatScout Content solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes and (ii) access and view any Member Content to which you are permitted access, solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes. You have no right to sublicense the license rights granted in this section.
You will not use, copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, broadcast or otherwise exploit the Site, Services or Collective Content, except as expressly permitted in these Terms. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by RS, LLC or its licensors, except for the licenses and rights expressly granted in these Terms.
We may, in our sole discretion, permit you to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit Member Content. By making available any Member Content on or through the Site and Services, you hereby grant to RS, LLC a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, view, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, access, view, and otherwise exploit such Member Content on, through, by means of or to promote or market the Site and Services. RS, LLC does not claim any ownership rights in any such Member Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit any such Member Content.
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for all Member Content that you make available through the Site and Services. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that: (i) you either are the sole and exclusive owner of all Member Content that you make available through the Site and Services or you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to RS, LLC the rights in such Member Content, as contemplated under these Terms; and (ii) neither the Member Content nor your posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the Member Content or RS, LLC’s use of the Member Content (or any portion thereof) on, through or by means of the Site and the Services will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other proprietary or intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.
The Site and Services may contain links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that RS, LLC is not responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by RS, LLC of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources or the Content, products or services on or available from such websites or resources.
All trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations of RS, LLC used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of RS, LLC. Any other trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective parties.
We welcome and encourage you to provide feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Site and Services (“Feedback”). You may submit Feedback by emailing us at support@MatScout.com. You acknowledge and agree that all Feedback will be the sole and exclusive property of RS, LLC and you hereby irrevocably assign to RS, LLC and agree to irrevocably assign to RS, LLC all of your right, title, and interest in and to all Feedback, including without limitation all worldwide patent, copyright, trade secret, moral and other proprietary or intellectual property rights therein. At RS, LLC’s request and expense, you will execute documents and take such further acts as RS, LLC may reasonably request to assist RS, LLC to acquire, perfect, and maintain its intellectual property rights and other legal protections for the Feedback.
RS, LLC respects copyright law and expects its users to do the same. It is RS, LLC’s policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances the MatScout Accounts of Members or other account holders who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be repeatedly infringing the rights of copyright holders.
We may, in our discretion and without liability to you, with or without cause, with or without prior notice and at any time, decide to limit, suspend, deactivate or cancel your MatScout Account. If we exercise our discretion under these Terms to do so, any or all of the following can occur with or without prior notice or explanation to you: (a) your MatScout Account will be deactivated or suspended, your password will be disabled, and you will not be able to access the Site, Services, your MatScout Account, your Member Content, or receive assistance from MatScout Customer Service, (b) any pending or accepted future entries as a Member will be immediately terminated, (c) you will not be entitled to any compensation for entries that were cancelled as a result of a suspension, deactivation or termination of your MatScout Account.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THE SITE, SERVICES OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT, YOU DO SO AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT RS, LLC DOES NOT HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ANY MEMBER, BUT MAY CONDUCT SUCH BACKGROUND CHECKS IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. THE SITE, SERVICES, COLLECTIVE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, RS, LLC EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. RS, LLC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE, SERVICES, COLLECTIVE CONTENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE TOURNAMENTS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS. RS, LLC MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY OF ANY TOURNAMENTS, THE SERVICES OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT OR THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY COLLECTIVE CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM RS, LLC OR THROUGH THE SITE, SERVICES OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT, WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SITEOR SERVICES AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT RS, LLC DOES NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THE STATEMENTS OF USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES OR TO REVIEW OR VISIT ANY TOURNAMENTS. RS, LLC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES OR THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES. YOU AGREE TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES.
These Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between RS, LLC and you regarding the Site, Services, Collective Content, and any entries or creation of Tournaments made via the Site and Services, and these Terms supersede and replace any and all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between RS, LLC and you regarding entries or creation of Tournaments, the Site, Services, Collective Content.
The failure of RS, LLC to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of RS, LLC. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise. If for any reason an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at support@MatScout.com.