Terms of Service

YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING ROdyssey TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT (THE "TERMS OF SERVICE"). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THESE TERMS, YOU MUST CEASE USING ALL OF ROdyssey's SERVICES.

This legally binding Terms of Service agreement is composed of three documents: I. The Terms of Service document which You are currently reading; II. The Code of Conduct document as referenced in Section 5 of the Terms of Service; and III. The Privacy Policy document as referenced in Section 3 of the Terms of Service.

1. GRANT OF LICENSES

  1. LIMITED REDISTRIBUTION LICENSE. ROdyssey hereby grants, and you accept, a limited, terminable, non-exclusive license to reproduce and distribute an unlimited number of copies of ROdyssey's Software, provided that the following conditions are met:
    • You may not modify ROdyssey's Software, except for, in the case of the Linux and macOS versions of ROdyssey's Software, files explicitly released under the GNU General Public License v3.0; and
    • You may not charge any fee or receive compensation attributable to the distribution of ROdyssey's Software.
  2. LIMITED LICENSE - SERVICE, CONTENT, AND SOFTWARE LICENSED. Subject to your agreement and continuing compliance with ROdyssey's agreements, ROdyssey hereby grants You a limited, non-transferrable, non-exclusive license to use the Services and ROdyssey's Software for Your non-commercial entertainment purposes. You acknowledge that You must obtain Service from ROdyssey to use the Game and its related Services, and You acknowledge that You are responsible for supplying an Internet Connection and any necessary computer hardware for playing this Game or using its related Services, as well as any costs related to the foregoing. You further acknowledge that ROdyssey may allow You full or partially restricted access to additional Game Content. Game Content may be modified, removed, or added at ROdyssey's sole discretion.
  3. ADDITIONAL LICENSE LIMITATIONS. The license granted to You in Section 1 paragraph B is subject to limitations set forth in Sections 1 paragraph A and Section 5. Any usage of ROdyssey's Service or the Game in violation of these limitations will be regarded as an infringement of the Terms of Service and may result in a termination of this Agreement and Account closure.

2. DURATION OF AGREEMENT, OWNERSHIP, ELIGIBILITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

  1. Duration. Unless modified or amended by ROdyssey, this Agreement and its provisions will remain in effect until terminated. You may terminate this Agreement by deleting the Game Client and terminating or cease using all ROdyssey Accounts registered to You.
  2. Ownership. You acknowledge and agree that You shall have no ownership or other property interest in any account or identifying information stored or hosted on a ROdyssey system, including but not limited to, ROdyssey Accounts or other Services hosted by ROdyssey (e.g. ROdyssey Forum Accounts.) You further acknowledge and agree that all rights in and to such accounts are and forever will be owned and inure to the benefit of ROdyssey.
  3. Access;
    • You acknowledge that each Account may only be used by one person. If a minor over the age of 13 has been allowed access to an account by his/her parents or legal guardian, only that minor may use the Account thereafter;
    • You may not make any assignments or transfer of rights, obligations or liabilities related to this Agreement without the express written consent of ROdyssey, and any attempt by You to do so without the express written consent of ROdyssey is null and void; and
    • You agree that you are entirely liable for all activities conducted through Your Account. ROdyssey hereby disclaims any and all responsibility and liability for any unauthorized use of your Account.
  4. Eligibility. You acknowledge that You are an adult in your country of residence. You agree to these Terms of Service on your behalf or for (1) minor, who is not under the age of 13, for whom you are a parent or guardian and whom you have authorized to play the Game using the license granted to You. You acknowledge that your command and knowledge of the English language is sufficient to understand the terms and conditions set forth herein.
  5. Contributions. In exchange for the limited license granted in Section 1 Paragraph B, and to the extent your contributions through use of ROdyssey's Software and Services, you hereby grant ROdyssey an exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully transferable and sub-licensable worldwide-right to use your contributions in any way for any purpose in connection with our Services, including the rights to reproduce, copy, adapt, modify, or communicate to the public by any means whether now known or unknown, without any notice or compensation for You. This license grant to ROdyssey is separate to these Terms of Service, and will survive any breach and subsequent termination of this Agreement between ROdyssey and You.

3. PRIVACY

The ROdyssey Privacy Policy applies to Your use of all Services provided by ROdyssey. To view the ROdyssey Privacy Policy, check out the Privacy Policy section.

4. ACCOUNT SUSPENSION/DELETION

ROdyssey may suspend, modify, or delete any Account related to ROdyssey's Services at any time for any reason, or no reason, with or without notice to You, for any amount of time. For purposes of explanation, most account suspensions and modifications are the result of violation(s) with this Terms of Service.

5. CODE OF CONDUCT

The ROdyssey Code of Conduct applies to Your use of all Services provided by ROdyssey. To view the ROdyssey Code of Conduct, check out the Code of Conduct.

6. CONSENT TO MONITOR

You hereby acknowledge and agree that:

  1. When running, the Game Client may monitor your computer's Random Access Memory ("RAM") for unauthorized third party programs running concurrently with the Game Client. An "unauthorized third party program" is defined as any third-party software prohibited by the ROdyssey Terms of Service. In the event the Game Client detects any unauthorized third party programs, the Game Client may:
    • Communicate information back to ROdyssey's Servers, including but not limited to your Account Name, details about the third party program detected (including, but not limited to, Process Name, Hash, Window Name ) , the date, Game Client settings, and personally identifiable network addresses (such as "IP Addresses" and "MAC Address"); or
    • Exercise any or all of ROdyssey's rights under this Agreement, with or without prior notice to You.
  2. When running, the Game Client may obtain certain identifying information about your computer and communicate it back to ROdyssey's Servers, including without limitation your IP Address(es), MAC Address(es), a Unique Identification Number generated by the Game Client and hardware and software information about Your machine (such as Operating System, RAM, Video Card, System Configuration, etc.)
  3. When using any of ROdyssey's Services, ROdyssey may, with or without notice to you, store without limitation:
    • Personally identifiable internet connection history (Internet Protocol Address(es) and MAC Address(es) used to access ROdyssey's Services);
    • Any communications exchanged between You and other Users while using the Services;
    • Any e-mail address used at the time of Account Creation, or when You modify existing Account credentials; and
    • History of Donations to ROdyssey, including without limitation the date of the transaction, associated Account and sum Donated.
  4. ROdyssey may, with or without notice to You, disclose your Internet Protocol Address(es), chat logs, and other information stored about your activities:
    • In response to law enforcement, a court order or other legal process; or
    • If ROdyssey believes that doing so may protect your safety or the safety of others.

7. PATCHES AND UPDATES

ROdyssey may deploy or provide patches, updates and modifications to the Game Client which must be installed to continue using ROdyssey's Services. ROdyssey may update the Game Client remotely residing on the user's machine, without knowledge of the user, and You hereby grant ROdyssey to deploy and apply such patches, updates, and modifications.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

  1. Any Service, Content or software from ROdyssey's Staff or Users is provided at your own risk on an "As Available," "As Is" basis in its current condition without any representation, guarantee, or warranty of any kind or in any way related to Services, Support, Indemnity, Error Free or Uninterrupted Operation, Updates, Correction of Defects, or that it is free from defects, malware or harmful components in any form whatsoever. All such obligations are hereby disclaimed and You hereby acknowledge that ROdyssey RO's Staff expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, written or oral, express or implied, statutory, or by operation of law, relating to non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, and operability.
  2. If ROdyssey breaches this Agreement, it will be responsible for any losses which You suffer as long as they were reasonably foreseeable to both You and ROdyssey at the time this Agreement was accepted by You. However, ROdyssey's aggregate liability to You with respect to all claims arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be limited to an amount not exceeding any amount paid by You to ROdyssey in relation to the Game in the 6 months prior to the date the claim arose.
  3. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit ROdyssey's liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence or fraudulent misrepresentation or for any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

9. INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless ROdyssey and ROdyssey's Staff, with respect to any and all claims, liabilities, injuries, damages, losses, or expenses (including, but not limited to, Attorney's fees and costs) that arise under, from or in any way, directly or indirectly, relate to:

  1. The provisions of Sections 1, 3, 5, and 11;
  2. Your failure to comply with any provision of this Agreement;
  3. Your use of the Game, including but not limited to economic, physical, emotional, psychological or privacy related considerations; and
  4. Any dispute You have or claim to have with any users of our Services.

10. FORCE MAJEURE

ROdyssey shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside the reasonable control of ROdyssey, including without limitation any failure to perform due to unforeseen circumstances or cause beyond ROdyssey's control, such as war, terrorism, acts of public enemies, acts of civil or military authorities, accidents, transport disturbances, fires, floods, acts of God, embargoes, or shortages of fuel, energy, labor or materials.

11. DONATIONS TO ROdyssey

  1. RoK Points. You may obtain RoK Points from ROdyssey for use in connection with the Game. RoK Points are a virtual currency which you may, in ROdyssey's sole discretion, exchange for Items, services, or access to other specific forms of content not otherwise available without Reward Points.
    The Items, services or access to other specific forms of content not otherwise available without Reward Points may be discontinued or modified at any time by ROdyssey at its sole discretion.
    • ROdyssey may choose to make Reward Points only available for Accounts in compliance with all provisions of this Agreement;
    • You acknowledge that Reward Points are digital material with no cash value, that there is no right to transfer or exchange Reward Points; and
    • ROdyssey may restrict or make available your ability to obtain or use Reward Points for any or no reason.
  2. Donations related to ROdyssey's Services
    • You acknowledge that ROdyssey is not required to ensure that Reward Points are distributed when a donation takes place through a third-party payment processor;
    • You acknowledge that Reward Point estimates for Donations are non-guaranteed estimates which may be given for a Donation, automatically created at the time of a user's query, and that ROdyssey has no obligation to ensure that the amount of Reward Points quoted to you during the Donation process is credited to Your Account; and
    • You acknowledge that once You authorize ROdyssey or one of its designated third-party payment services to charge, all payments to ROdyssey are not refundable, regardless of the payment method, in whole or in part, at any time, and that payments to ROdyssey will not be refundable upon termination of Your account, termination of the Reward Points service or the discontinuation of any other ROdyssey Service.
  3. Chargebacks
    • Any payment chargeback initiated by You (regardless of when the transaction occurred) will result in an immediate, irreconcilable breach of this Agreement along with Your associated Account being terminated.

12. AMENDMENTS TO THIS AGREEMENT

You acknowledge that this Agreement may be amended at any time by ROdyssey at its sole discretion.

ROdyssey will attempt to notify You within a reasonable timeframe if this Agreement is amended or modified, either through e-mail address(es) provided by You, the website this document is hosted on, other websites ROdyssey owns and operates, or through ROdyssey's Game Client.

Modifications to this Agreement by ROdyssey are effective immediately and your failure to cease use of ROdyssey's Services and destroy all copies of ROdyssey's Software which you are licensed will constitute your acceptance.

If you do not agree to the amendments or to any of the terms in the Agreement, your only remedy is to cease use of ROdyssey's Services and destroy all copies of ROdyssey's Software which you are licensed.

13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

You and ROdyssey agree to resolve all disputes and claims between us in individual binding arbitration. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Any aspect of the relationship between us;
  • This Agreement; or
  • Your use of ROdyssey's Services.

14. DEFINITIONS

  1. Agreement
    This Terms of Service agreement.
  2. Account
    Any account provided by ROdyssey related to the Game or its website services, to which this agreement between You or ROdyssey may apply.
  3. Account ID
    A unique account designation that ROdyssey can use to identify an Account.
  4. Character
    A User's avatar in the Game, identified by a Character Name.
  5. Content
    Any material related to the Game that is neither software nor Service, including but not limited to any item, message, or Reward Points.
  6. Game
    The video game service provided by ROdyssey.
  7. Game Client
    Software provided by ROdyssey used for the purposes of connecting to ROdyssey's Game.
  8. GNU General Public License v3.0
    A license for free and open source software which is used for certain files in ROdyssey's Linux and macOS compatible Game Client. A full version of this document may be found at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html or within the Linux and macOS-compatible Game Client.
  9. Item
    Digital material related to the Game, including but not limited to, any Game currency, articles or resources.
  10. Reward Points
    Digital material related to the Game, which ROdyssey may make available under certain restrictions.
  11. ROdyssey
    The company which creates ROdyssey's Software and Services.
  12. ROdyssey's Staff
    The employees, independent contractors, and volunteers designated as representing ROdyssey by ROdyssey.
  13. Personal Information
    Information which may be used to identify a specific user of our Services, including but not limited to, IP Addresses, MAC Addresses, Cookies, Account Names, and Unique Hardware IDs. Further information about what Personal Information we collect may be found in the Privacy Policy document as referenced by Section 3.
  14. Services
    Any online service provided by ROdyssey.
  15. ROdyssey's Software
    Any software provided by ROdyssey related to the Game, including but not limited to the Game Client installed on a computer owned by You or someone else, along with any subsequent updates, modifications, or patches to said Game Client.
  16. User / Users
    Other persons who have agreed to this Terms of Service.
  17. You / Your
    A person over the age of 13 who may click "I ACCEPT" as defined by Section 2, paragraph D.