Terms of Service

These terms are an agreement between you and Happy Cactus Games ("we", "us"), which runs Shogi King at https://happycactus.hopto.org/shogi (the "site"). By creating an account or using the site you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

1. Your account

• You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you need a parent or guardian's permission, and they must agree to these terms on your behalf before any purchase.
• One person, one account. Keep your password to yourself; you are responsible for what happens on your account.
• Pick a username that isn't offensive, doesn't impersonate someone, and isn't a trademark you don't own. We may rename or remove accounts that break this.

2. Fair play

Shogi here is played between people, or against our own computer opponent when you choose it. In rated and casual games against other people you must not:

• use an engine, another person, or any other outside help to choose your moves;
• play against your own second account, or arrange results, to change a rating;
• harass other players, including in chat and usernames;
• interfere with the site, its security or other players' use of it (for example by scraping at volume, probing for vulnerabilities, or overloading it).

We may adjust ratings, void games, and suspend or close accounts that break these rules. Where an account with a paid subscription is closed for cheating or abuse, the subscription is cancelled and is not refunded, except where the law requires otherwise.

3. Premium subscriptions

• What it is. Premium is an optional subscription. It removes the daily limits on game reviews and puzzle lives, unlocks the full opening explorer and your personal statistics, removes ads, and shows a badge next to your name. Playing games — rated or casual — is free and unlimited whether or not you subscribe.
• Price. $5 per month, as shown on the Premium page and at checkout, plus any sales tax or VAT shown at checkout.
• Automatic renewal. Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each billing period, and your payment method is charged the then-current price, until you cancel.
• Cancelling. Cancel any time from Manage billing on the Premium page. Cancelling stops the next renewal; you keep Premium until the end of the period you have paid for. See Refunds & cancellation.
• Price changes. We will tell you at least 30 days before a price change applies to your subscription, and you can cancel before it does.
• Payments. Payments are processed by Stripe. We never see or store your full card number. Stripe's own terms apply to the payment.
• Changes to features. We may change what Premium includes. If a change takes away something substantial you paid for, you may cancel and ask for a pro-rated refund of the unused part of your current period.

4. Your games and content

Games played on the site, including their moves and results, are public: other players can watch, review and download them, and we use them to build the opening explorer and puzzles. You keep any rights you have in anything you write (such as chat messages), and give us permission to store and display it as part of running the site.

5. Ads

Free accounts may see ads on some pages, provided by third parties. We don't control those ads and aren't responsible for the products they promote. See the Privacy Policy for how ad providers use data and how to change your choices.

6. Availability

We try to keep the site running, but it is provided "as is" and "as available". We may change, suspend or stop any part of it. If we close the site permanently we will refund the unused part of any subscription period you have paid for.

7. Limits on liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost ratings, or lost data, and our total liability to you for anything to do with the site is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or takes away rights you have as a consumer under the law where you live.

8. Ending this agreement

You can stop using the site and ask us to delete your account at any time (see your privacy rights). We may suspend or close accounts that break these terms.

9. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If a change matters, we'll say so on the site before it takes effect. The date at the top shows when they last changed.

Contact

Happy Cactus Games, Washington,USA — [contact email not configured]