Because some of our games may be an online Game and/or have a multiplayer option, your actions with respect to the Game may impact other players, and some of these players may be minors under 18 years old. This may include an online co-op feature which may allow proximity voice chat and/or character emotes for communication, among other player in-game communication options.
Thus, in order to maintain a safe, fun environment for all users of the Game, we may issue disciplinary actions (“Disciplinary Actions”) to regulate community behavior (“Community Guidelines”), including but not limited to warnings, suspensions, and permanent bans for any reason. The scope of the Community Guidelines and determination of any Disciplinary Actions is in the sole discretion of Lyrical Games.
The Community Guidelines (Code of Conduct) include, but are not necessarily limited to all of the following:
6.1 No Illegal Conduct or Unauthorized Commercial Exploitation. You agree that:
(a) You will only use the Game for lawful purposes, in compliance with applicable laws.
(b) You will not use the Game in connection with any wager of any money or other thing of value.
(c) You will use the Game for your own personal, non-commercial use, and you will not commercially exploit the Game. This includes participating in, enabling, or encouraging the collection, sale, or exchange of anything from the Game; facilitating, creating, or maintaining any unauthorized connection to the Game (including, any unauthorized server that modifies, emulates, or otherwise connects to any of the Game).
6.2 Respect Intellectual Property. You agree that you will not use the Game to create, upload, or distribute anything that infringes any third party’s copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights.
6.3 Conduct. You agree that:
(a) You will not use improper or unauthorized means to interfere with or adversely impact any other user’s ability to use the Game as intended; to gain an unfair gameplay advantage; or to gain access to content to which you do not have valid entitlement. This includes the use of cheats, unauthorized mods, hacks, glitches, or other technical exploits, and phishing, scamming, or social engineering.
(b) You will not use the Game to create, upload, or distribute anything that violates or invades another person’s privacy or other rights.
(c) You will not use the Game to engage in conduct that is abusive, bullying, harassing, or is reasonably understood to be a physical or verbal threat against another person.
(d) You will not use the Game to create, upload, or distribute any other material or engage in any conduct that is otherwise illegal or use the Game to violate another person’s rights.
6.4 No Technical Exploits. You agree that:
(a) You will not use IP proxying or other methods to disguise your location or place of residence including, without limitation, to circumvent geographical restrictions on access to content, access controls, or technical protective measures; or to engage in activities that are unlawful based on applicable local law.
(b) You will not use, promote, or make available any bug, glitch, exploit, cheat, hack, script, bot, unauthorized mod, or other methods designed to maliciously interact with the Game, including without limitation, to breach this Agreement; to collect information or user data; exploit system vulnerabilities; circumvent content moderation or filtering systems; or otherwise intercept, redirect, or interfere with the operation of the Game.
(c) Except as otherwise allowed and provided for under Section 7 of this Agreement for User Content (defined below), you will not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble (except where permitted under applicable legal exceptions deriving from EU Directive 2009/24 or other applicable law), display, perform, prepare derivative works based on, or otherwise modify the Game, in whole or in part, without our explicit prior written consent.
(d) You will not use the Game to distribute, upload, or transmit any software, scripts, code, or other information (including, but not limited to, any virus, worm, trojan horse, hacks, or other harmful code) to modify or alter the Game in any unauthorized way, or to transmit such information.
We take words and actions very seriously. Thus, while most Disciplinary Actions may start with a warning and progress higher, this is not the guaranteed outcome for each case. Your failure to comply with any part of the Community Guidelines may result in your Game account’s termination.