Terms of Service

Created: 6 September 2024, 01:10:01 CEMT
Last updated: 10 September 2024, 16:41:58 CEMT

TERMS OF SERVICE

By using this website and participating in the Ki'ruqia species ARPG - purchasing adopts, officializing MYO designs, and partaking in species events - you agree to and are bound to the Terms of Service outlined below. These terms govern your access to and use of our services.

 

Terms are subject to change at any time with or without notice.

 

WEBSITE

REGISTRATION

  • Users must be 16 years of age or older in order to create an account on kiruqia.online. If a user is found to be younger than 16 years of age, their account will be removed and all official Ki'ruqian Characters owned by the account will be voided until the user becomes of age.
  • A single user may only have [1] account. Under no circumstances do we allow a user to create multiple accounts for any reason. If a username change is needed, please request a username change instead of creating a new account. Having multiple accounts will result in limitations in game participation and/or banning of all associated accounts.
  • We reserve the right to change usernames of users that we find are sexual in nature, use slurs, swears, hateful language, or are otherwise deemed inappropriate in nature.

 

USER CONDUCT

By using the site you agree to adhere to the code of conduct outlined below:

  • You agree not to interfere with or disrupt (nor attempt to interfere with or disrupt) the service and its connected servers through intentional spam, denial of service (DoS) attacks, or hacking.
  • You agree not to use the service to intentionally spread misinformation, political propaganda, discrimination or hate speech, or other inflammatory material.
  • You agree not to intentionally be misleading about your identity in order to circumvent rules such as multi-accounting and cheating in the game. 
    • We do not collect private information that is not voluntarily given. See our privacy policy.
  • You agree to not use the service or connected channels [such as discord] to link directly to or advertise 18+/sexual NSFW content. Star Eaters is intended for general audiences, and sexual content is not allowed on site or in connected resources. 
  • You agree not to use AI generated content. AI generated content, such as images and writing, is prohibited on this service. Any AI generated content will be voided - MYOs using AI generation will be rejected and any images or writing submitted for currency will not be rewarded - and removed. Users found to be repeatedly attempting to use AI generated content may be subject to limitations in game participation and/or banning.

 

KI'RUQIAN DESIGN TOS

These terms of service refer to character designs listed on this website as "official Ki'ruqia Character" - not adhering to these terms may result in the design being voided, which makes it ineligable for use in site events and prompts.

 

OFFICIAL KI'RUQIAN

An official Ki'ruqian is a Character created with the specific intention of being a member of the Ki'ruqia Online world. Ki'ruqians are a gamified closed species and can only be obtained by:

 

  • Using a MYO slot obtained through the website and events and designing your own Character.
  • Purchasing adoptables made by the Species Owner or guest designers who have permission from the Species Owner to create adoptables.
  • Purchasing an official Character secondhand from another member of the Ki'ruqia community. 

 

In order to obtain an official Ki'ruqian a user must go through an official Ki'ruqia channel to get their Character approved by staff and added to the website.

 

BEWARE OF MYO "SALES" - Ki'ruqia do not sell MYO slots for real ($ USD, € Euro, ¥ Yen, etc.) currency. MYO slots are not allowed to be resold. If someone is attempting to sell you a Ki'ruqian MYO slot for real currency do not purchase. It is likely to be a scam.

 

KI'RUQIAN USAGE

Ki'ruqia designs are wholly owned by the user. Outside of official Ki'ruqia channels the owner has the freedom to do what they want with the design within the guidelines. Ki'ruqian Characters that break the guidelines can be voided and barred from official Ki'ruqian events and prompts.

  • Using Ki'ruqians to incite discrimination or hate speech, political propaganda, and other hateful and inflammatory ideologies is prohibited. Characters used in such ways may be voided and users responsible may be banned. 
  • Ownership is officially recognized as whoever holds a Ki'ruqian on their kiruqia.online account. Co-owning of Ki'ruqians is not recognized or supported by this website or its staff.
    • Should users choose to unofficially co-own and a dispute occurs, staff will not mediate and ownership recognition will be maintained as whoever holds the Character on their kiruqia.online account. 

VOIDED KI'RUQIANS

Voided Ki'ruqians are blocked from use in prompts, events, and cannot have art and writing of them to be posted on the site. Voided Ki'ruqians will be marked as VOID on the site.
Voiding Ki'ruqians is very serious, but we do allow users to voluntarily void their own Ki'ruqian for any reason.

  • Users are not required to particpate in Ki'ruqian events and prompts, and do not have to strictly adhere to Ki'ruqia lore outside of design requirements.  We strongly encourage users to step back from the community and enjoy their Ki'ruqians privately instead of voiding.

When a star eater is voluntarily voided;

  • We will not remove the Character from the website, instead it will be marked as VOID. This is for archival purposes and to prevent voided Ki'ruqians from returning to the site by accident.
    • The owner of a voided Character may request their username be removed from the Ki'ruqian's ownership page, and may request the Character be hidden from the public if they wish to disassociate from Ki'ruqia entirely.
  • If a voluntarily voided Ki'ruqian changes ownership, the new owner can request the Character be unvoided, allowing them to be used in official site events again, with limitations:
    • Ki'ruqians may only be voluntarily and unvoided two times. The third time a void request is submitted, the Star Eater will be voided indefinitely. 
    • The request can only be made by a new owner, and proof of sale/change in ownership may be required.
    • A voluntarily voided Ki'ruqian can only be unvoided after a cooldown of 3 months.
    • While voided, a Ki'ruqian must not have been used in ways that violate the terms of service for Ki'ruqia.

Involuntary voiding happens when a Ki'ruqian is used in ways that break terms of service, and/or when the user owning the Character is banned and blacklisted from the community. We do not reclaim designs that break the rules, they are simply stripped of their status as "official" Ki'ruqian and barred from use in site prompts, events, and art.

When a Ki'ruqian is involuntarily voided;

  • It is voided indefinitely and cannot be unvoided under any circumstance, even if ownership of the Character changes.