Terms of Use
Effective Date: June 5, 2026
These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of PickTheReality.com (the "Website"). By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use the Website.
1. Entertainment‑Only Independent Platform
PickTheReality.com is an independent, fan-operated website created for entertainment, recreation, and community engagement. The Website hosts fan‑run prediction pools based on reality television competition series, along with related features such as games, rankings, leaderboards, and scoring tools. All activities on the Website are unofficial and intended solely for recreational use.
The Website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially connected to any television network, production company, or program, including but not limited to CBS Studios, Bell Media, Banijay Rights, A+E Networks, ITV Studios, or any television programs such as Survivor, Big Brother, or Alone, or any related rights holders.
No official prizes, recognition, or benefits from any third-party television program, broadcaster, or rights holder are offered, implied, or guaranteed.
The Website does not receive, access, or source information directly from any television network, production company, or rights holder. All content is independently created or user-generated.
2. No Warranty
The Website and all content, features, data, scores, rankings, statistics, and functionality are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.
We make no representations or guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, or suitability of any content or functionality on the Website.
3. Service Availability and Changes
We do not guarantee uninterrupted or continuous access to the Website. The Website and its features may be modified, updated, suspended, restricted, or discontinued at any time without notice.
We may modify scoring systems, rules, game mechanics, features, or functionality at our sole discretion.
We may introduce optional paid features, memberships, or services in the future. Any such fees will relate solely to access to platform functionality provided by PickTheReality.com and do not grant any rights to or association with third-party television programs or intellectual property.
4. User Responsibility
You are responsible for your use of the Website and for any content you submit. You agree to comply with all applicable laws when using the Website.
You agree not to:
- Submit unlawful, abusive, defamatory, or harmful content;
- Interfere with the security or operation of the Website;
- Impersonate any person or entity;
- Use bots, scraping tools, or automated systems to access or manipulate the Website without authorization.
We reserve the right to moderate, remove, restrict, or disable access to any content or account that violates these Terms or that we believe may harm the Website, its users, or its integrity.
5. User Content
You retain ownership of any content you submit to the Website.
By submitting content, you grant PickTheReality.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, revocable license to host, store, display, reproduce, modify (for formatting and technical purposes), and otherwise use your content solely for the purpose of operating, maintaining, improving, and providing the Website.
You represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights to submit the content you provide.
6. Intellectual Property and Third-Party References
All original content created by PickTheReality.com, including website design, software, text, graphics, databases, and original materials, is owned by PickTheReality.com unless otherwise stated.
All third-party trademarks, service marks, trade names, show titles, and logos (including those associated with Survivor, Big Brother, Alone, and other referenced programs) are the property of their respective owners. Such references are used strictly in a nominative and descriptive manner to identify the subject matter of user‑generated prediction pools, commentary, and discussion.
No affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, or approval by any third-party rights holder is intended or implied.
7. No Reliance
All predictions, rankings, scores, leaderboards, and related content are provided for entertainment purposes only. You agree not to rely on any information provided through the Website for financial, commercial, legal, or other consequential decisions.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, PickTheReality.com and its owners, operators, affiliates, and contributors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or relating to your use of the Website.
This includes, without limitation:
- Errors or inaccuracies in scoring, rankings, or content;
- Data loss or corruption;
- Service interruptions or downtime;
- Technical failures or bugs;
- Modifications, suspension, or discontinuation of the Website or its features.
Your use of the Website is entirely at your own risk.
9. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Website, remove content, or restrict functionality at any time, with or without notice, at our sole discretion, including for violations of these Terms or conduct that may harm the Website or its users.
10. Changes to These Terms
We may update or modify these Terms at any time. Updates become effective immediately upon posting to this page.
Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
11. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict of law principles.
12. Privacy
Your use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and protect personal information. The Privacy Policy is available on the Website.
13. Contact
If you have any questions about these Terms, you may contact us at: admin@pickthereality.com.