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Sun, 12/18/2011 - 23:54
Psychodestroyer's picture
Psychodestroyer

Ok, as you can probably guess, this is the ToS of OOO.

Now, I know a secret that I can GUARANTEE, NO-ONE ELSE KNOWS.

BUT. If you can find a change I made to this Massive wall of text, I will tell you the secret.

All you have to do is read through this, and find the change I made to it. Find it, and I'll tell you.

NOTE: It should be pretty noticeable, if you pay attention. It's nothing small.

Code of Conduct

Be sure to read through this page, since these are the terms you agree to every time you log into the game. They are the rules of the game and breaking them can get you in trouble or even result in getting banned from the game.

The Knight's Code of Conduct is a plain English explanation of the Terms of Service and outlines the kinds of behavior that are acceptable in Spiral Knights and the ones which are not. The four most important rules are:
-Have Fun
-Respect your fellow Knights!
-Be sensible! (Don't give out your login information)
-Keep it clean!

If you keep these four things in mind, we're sure you'll have a great time. If you need to know more, read on!

Behaving and Misbehaving

The most important part of Terms of Service relate to behavior: Common sense, consideration, and reasonable behavior are expected in the game. Together, they make Spiral Knights an enjoyable game for everyone. When a report is received about a knight who is behaving badly, a Game Master will resolve the situation as they deem appropriate for the good of the community.

Scamming and stealing

Don't take what's not yours! - Stealing is defined as taking the in-game property of another knight without the knowledge and permission of that knight. Scamming is stealing from another knight through misrepresentation - examples would be stating that an item can make you invincible, impersonating an administrator or tricking another knight into giving out items or account information.

Stealing will often involve logging in someone else's account. One way to prevent theft is to choose a strong password and to never share your account information with anyone. Read the section about account security below to find out how you can protect your account. Regardless of the form they take, stealing and scamming are against the rules and are very likely to result in an account being banned from the game.

Harassment

Play nice! - There is no place in Spiral Knights for deliberately harassing other knights, either by being offensive, by 'stalking' them, sending repeated requests or chat messages or in any other form.

Swearing and inappropriate content

Keep it clean! - Using or linking to vulgar, obscene or offensive language or material is considered swearing. This includes any racial, sexual, unlawful, religious slurs, insults or other deliberately offensive remarks directed at another knight. While there is a chat filter present in the game, this does not excuse offensive language or behavior. Misspelling or mis-spacing words to get around the filter will be treated as swearing and dealt with accordingly.

Foul language used outside the chat, for example in Knight names, guild names, on the forums or elsewhere is likewise not acceptable.

Exploits and abuse of bugs

Do not abuse broken game mechanics! - Sometimes bugs or oversights in the game design may occur. An example would be a situation that allowed a knight to generate free money within the game. If a bug is found, you are expected to report it immediately and not take advantage of it. Exploiting, publicizing or encouraging others to exploit bugs, design oversights or other issues is not acceptable.

Spamming

Don't spam! - Use the chat client sensibly, just like you would when talking to someone in person. Spamming is defined as repeatedly sending letters, messages or nonsense in a way that makes it difficult for other knights to communicate. Spamming is not acceptable in any form.

Account Security

Keep your account safe! - No one except you should ever know your password or have access to your account. It is forbidden to share passwords or accounts, grant someone else access to your account or access another knight's account. You are responsible for the security of your account data and are likewise responsible for everything that happens on your account, including rule violations of any sort. You can find more information on how to protect your account in this article about account security.

Terms of Service

By registering and creating an account with Three Rings Design, Inc. ("Three Rings") you agree to comply with all these terms. If you do not agree with these terms, do not create an account and do not continue to use the www.spiralknights.com site or other Three Rings site. If you have an existing account and do not agree with these terms, please do not use the existing account and do not continue to use the www.spiralknights.com site or other Three Rings site.

1. Services. Spiral Knights is an internet service that allows you to play an online game in which the places, characters, plots and other content may be created by you, other members, Three Rings or other parties. In addition the Spiral Knights web site provides bulletin boards and other game related services. The www.spiralknights.com web site, game, and other services are collectively referred to as Spiral Knights.

2. Age Requirement. You must be at least thirteen (13) years of age to use Spiral Knights. You represent, warrant and covenant that you meet this age requirement.

3. Access. You must have access to the Internet in order to use Spiral Knights. It is your responsibility to select, obtain and pay for any equipment or services necessary for access.

4. Registration. If you accept the terms, Three Rings will process your registration form and establish a user account.

You must select a user ID to identify you to Three Rings and other users of the Spiral Knights web site. You may not select as your User ID the name of another living person (unless it is also your name), a name for the purpose of fraud or disparagement, or a name that violates any third party's trademark right, copyright, or other proprietary right, or which Three Rings deems in its sole discretion to be vulgar or otherwise offensive. Three Rings reserves the right to delete any vulgar or otherwise offensive User ID, or to require you to change your User ID. You must also select a password for your account.

Three Rings recommends that you choose a password with letters and numbers, and do not use your User ID as your password. The registration form will ask you for other information about yourself ("Registration Data") which you represent and warrant is at all times true, accurate, current and complete, and which you agree to update in order to maintain as such. If you breach this representation, or Three Rings has reasonable grounds to suspect that you have, Three Rings has the right upon notice to suspend or terminate your account and this agreement and to refuse your current or future use of Spiral Knights (or any portion thereof).

5. License. Subject to all of the Terms, Three Rings hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access the Site and to
use Spiral Knights only on the Site solely for your personal entertainment purposes. Three Rings may revoke this license at any time and for any
reason. Specifically if you breach the terms of service we will ban your account. The terms of such terminations are explained in section 9.

6. Restrictions. You agree not to do any of the following prohibited
actions:

1. reproduce, distribute, publicly display or perform, translate, modify,
adapt, create derivative works from, deconstruct, reverse engineer,
decompile or disassemble in any manner Spiral Knights or any portion
thereof, including but not limited to any character, graphic, associated
software or proprietary communications protocol used by the software
or any utilities, applications, emulators or tools derived therefrom;

2. permit any other person (including but not limited to a former member
whose account Three Rings has terminated) to access Spiral Knights, or
create or provide any other means through which the Games may be played
by anyone besides you (e.g., through server emulators);

3. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit through Spiral Knights any
material that (i) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing,
tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's
privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
(ii) you do not have a right to transmit under any law or contractual
or fiduciary relationship (e.g., inside information, proprietary
information from an employer or confidential information subject to a
nondisclosure agreement); (iii) infringes any patent, trademark, trade
secret, copyright or other party's proprietary rights; (iv) is
unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional material, "junk
mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form
of solicitation; or (v) contains software viruses or any other
computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or
limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or
telecommunications equipment;

4. harm minors in any way;

5. impersonate another user or administrator;

6. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise
the origin of any materials you or another party transmit through
Spiral Knights;

7. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster
than other members of the Services are able to type, or otherwise act
in a manner that negatively affects other members' ability to engage
in real time exchanges;

8. interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks
connected to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures,
policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services;

9. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state,
national or international law, including, but not limited to,
regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange,
including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the
force of law;

10. "stalk" or otherwise harass another; or

11. collect or store personal data about another member without the
express permission of such member.

12. reveal personal data about another member--including but not limited
to personally identifiable information about the member,
administrative role of the member within a game, and information about
game characters associated with the member--without the express
permission of such member.

13. modify any files or use any game hacking/altering/cheating software or
tools, including scripting or macroing software, or attempt to
disassemble the game client and/or decipher the data transmissions
between Spiral Knights' client and server. These activities will result
in immediate termination of the Player's Account and may subject you to
civil and/or criminal liability.

14. engage in any behavior that is contrary to the 'spirit of the game'
as defined by Three Rings in its sole discretion. This includes the
manipulation of the game environment.

15. play Spiral Knights on any server or service that is not provided or
authorized by Three Rings.

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and not Three Rings, are entirely responsible for all of your
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3. Content Monitoring. As a matter of policy, Three Rings does not
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may post to the Spiral Knights site or game. Three Rings does use
automated mechanisms as necessary to filter obscene or vulgar language,
mechanisms which are under user control (see the Options panel). Three
Rings does reserve the right to monitor all such content, and reserves
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of the Site, Services and/or Games contain adult or mature content
that some users may consider offensive, indecent or
objectionable. While Three Rings has established a list of
restrictions (section 6) and may in some instances choose to monitor
and take action upon inappropriate game play, chat or links to the
Services, it is possible that at any time there may be language or
other material accessible on or through the Site, Services or Games
that may be offensive or objectionable to some users.

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transmission of the Services, including your Participatory Content and
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and (ii) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of
connecting networks or devices.

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names appropriate for the setting. Do not use names that violate these
terms, that might be offensive to other players, or that include
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change any names it considers unsuitable, or ban the accounts
associated. Other than in these circumstances, names will not
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8. Idea submission policy. Three Rings and its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including but not limited to ideas for advertising campaigns, technology development or product names. Please do not send Three Rings or any of its employees any unsolicited materials, including any artwork or demos. If any area of the site, services or games invites you to submit material, such as a portfolio URL for a job application, such submission shall not be deemed to be unsolicited for purposes of this section 8 ("Idea Submission Policy"). The purpose of this policy is to avoid potential misunderstandings or disputes if Three Rings' products or marketing strategies might seem similar to ideas submitted to Three Rings. Please note that any material you submit to Three Rings in any manner, aside from examples of prior work as part of a job application, will be deemed your "Participatory Content" and subject to the terms of section 7.1 ("participatory content").

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Sun, 12/18/2011 - 23:57
#1
Gwenyvier's picture
Gwenyvier
I by no means read through

I by no means read through the entire thing... my bet is that you removed the dashes from the phone number.

~Gwen

Sun, 12/18/2011 - 23:59
#2
Psychodestroyer's picture
Psychodestroyer
/shrug

Nope, but...nice...try...?

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 00:10
#3
Warlordx's picture
Warlordx
You decapitalized the

You decapitalized the subheadings under Restrictions?

Or wait, this game is definitely not rated Mature, that's gotta be it.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 01:00
#4
Psychodestroyer's picture
Psychodestroyer
Nope

It's easier f you read through the whole thing. Thats the best way to notice what I'm doing.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 01:11
#5
Huhbum's picture
Huhbum
Section 5.

5. License. Subject to all of the Terms, Three Rings hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access the Site and to
use Spiral Knights only on the Site solely for your personal entertainment purposes. Three Rings may revoke this license at any time and for any
reason. Specifically if you breach the terms of service we will ban your account. The terms of such terminations are explained in section 9.

The spacing in this section has been deliberately altered from the original.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 01:12
#6
Zinqf's picture
Zinqf
Well...

You put several sections in caps (14,15,16, and half of 18).

But this isn't really a secret, most TOS in games do this.

Although I wonder if the secret you are trying to tell us is that "Three Rings" is the company constantly mentioned here and I don't think Sega is mentioned anywhere. WTS loopholes PST. (Edit: Did Sega update the ToS upon acquistion?)

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 01:12
#7
Kwizzy's picture
Kwizzy
I was going to say

I was going to say this:

Mature Content. Three Rings has adopted a "MATURE" rating, and parts of the Site, Services and/or Games contain adult or mature content

But it's in the real TOS. Never seen that section of Spiral Knights! :o

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 01:59
#8
Culture's picture
Culture
...

Ignoring whitespace there is no difference.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 02:24
#9
Haematite's picture
Haematite
My guess is there was no

My guess is there was no change and he just got a cheap laugh by tricking us into reading it.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 04:51
#10
Metagenic's picture
Metagenic
Did he change anything?

I don't think so…

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 05:15
#11
Martinsen's picture
Martinsen
!!!

I know the sercret, and I'll say it right away;

Eridan Ampora is.... is... [fabulous].

SHH DUN TELL!

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:29
#12
Algol-Sixty's picture
Algol-Sixty
Ignoring whitespace there is

Ignoring whitespace there is no difference.

Yes, that is what "diff -w" tells me also.

Maybe the OP is just trying to get people to read the ToS.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 09:11
#13
Culture's picture
Culture
Indeed

I still can't believe "stalking" isn't allowed. What else would one do in Haven?

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 09:37
#14
Kalaina-Elderfall's picture
Kalaina-Elderfall
If there's a change, it's

If there's a change, it's something small.

I'd already read the terms, so if this was a half-baked attempt at getting me to read the terms, thanks for wasting 10 minutes of my time.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 09:42
#15
Juances's picture
Juances
If someone wants to do it:

If someone wants to do it: copy each version on a text file.
open them with winmerge or any other program that can tell differences.
No need to read the whole thing at all.
Ta-Da!

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:28
#16
Algol-Sixty's picture
Algol-Sixty
If someone wants to do it: Do

If someone wants to do it:

Do you know how I know you didn't read the thread?

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:48
#17
Marquito's picture
Marquito
A question for Psychodestroyer...

@Psychodestroyer Do you want us to post our guesses here or contact you in-game?

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:53
#18
Aemicus's picture
Aemicus
Found it... maybe?

10. "stalk" or otherwise harass another; or

You cut off something here. This might be it...

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 13:36
#19
Psychodestroyer's picture
Psychodestroyer
@Marquito

Here will do.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 13:44
#20
Iron-Volvametal's picture
Iron-Volvametal
This it?

"4. Mature Content. Three Rings has adopted a "MATURE" rating, and parts
of the Site, Services and/or Games contain adult or mature content
that some users may consider offensive, indecent or
objectionable. While Three Rings has established a list of
restrictions (section 6) and may in some instances choose to monitor
and take action upon inappropriate game play, chat or links to the
Services, it is possible that at any time there may be language or
other material accessible on or through the Site, Services or Games
that may be offensive or objectionable to some users."

I dunno, I'm just tired & bored...

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 15:11
#21
Marquito's picture
Marquito
I think it’s the web page and

I think it’s the web page and email links. In Psychodestroyer’s “copy” of the ToS there are a total of six links, the first four are to web pages and the last two are for emails. In the actual ToS these are not links. The only link in the actual ToS is under the heading Account Security and is the last two words which happen to be ‘account security’ and directs to http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Account_security . But in the “copy” these words have no link associated with them.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 16:02
#22
Evilduck's picture
Evilduck
Links automatically show as

Links automatically show as links when you post them on the forums. All he's done is copy/paste the TOS, he didn't alter links on purpose.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 16:44
#23
Marquito's picture
Marquito
@ Evilduck You’re right… but

@ Evilduck You’re right… but it is a change from the ToS (somewhat). But, you’re right that it wasn’t on purpose that it got changed now that you mentioned it... Oh well, at least I know what it is now...

EDIT (At least I think I know what it is, but that's what I thought for my first post...)

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 18:13
#24
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Aemicus
Keep your account safe! - No

Keep your account safe! - No one except you should ever know your password or have access to your account. It is forbidden to share passwords or accounts, grant someone else access to your account or access another knight's account. You are responsible for the security of your account data and are likewise responsible for everything that happens on your account, including rule violations of any sort. You can find more information on how to protect your account in this article about account security.

There is no link from account security to the wiki anymore. That's a change.

Also, you took out all indents, but that might have just been how the copy paste worked out.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 18:36
#25
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Mysticbeam
i think i know!!!!!!

after the number 15, you go back to number 7 :)

here, i will copy paste that part :P

14. engage in any behavior that is contrary to the 'spirit of the game'
as defined by Three Rings in its sole discretion. This includes the
manipulation of the game environment.

15. play Spiral Knights on any server or service that is not provided or
authorized by Three Rings.

7. Content.
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y the 7 after the 15? then it goes on from 15, like 13,14,15,7,8,9,10....etc :DDD

i might just be over-analyzing but i DO rly think thats it XD

mail me whatever prize i get to IGN Mysticbeam IF i got i right :D

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 18:48
#26
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Algol-Sixty
after the number 15, you go

after the number 15, you go back to number 7

The formatting/whitespace has been stripped and OOO labeled both the sections and subsections with arabic numerals, so it is confusing. What you are seeing is really 6.15 followed by section 7. There is also a section 7.8 that is followed by section 8.

But, this is in both copies of the ToS. Again, as Cultured correctly pointed out in reply #8, nothing has been changed except for formatting. I have checked it via the diff computer program, I suspect Cultured did similarly.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 19:12
#27
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Psychodestroyer
Oh well

Since the cat is out of the bag, I'll tell you the secret.

This is it: [I actually tricked most of you into reading or part-reading the ToS! :D]

Who said no-one reads the ToS!?

I didn't actually change anything, I just copied the whole thing. So now, at least a few more people read the ToS.

You're welcome for wasting your time!

I thought of this while thinking about that time I saw a post by Eurydice saying that OOO doesn't care if no-one reads the ToS, rules are rules (Harsh, but true).

SO now, Some people have read the ToS!

You're welcome OOO! And now, EVERYONE knows the secret!

Merry Christmas!

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 19:40
#28
Huhbum's picture
Huhbum
While this is amusing,

I already read the ToS previously.

Merry Christmas, though.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 19:43
#29
Marquito's picture
Marquito
Well, it was kinda fun

Well, it was kinda fun though...even if the secret wasn't that great :)

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 20:30
#30
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Dancinjen
Also, the game is rated

Also, the game is rated mature because we can chat in this game. It's an MMORPG and we can chat with youngsters so it has to be legally rated mature. IF I'M CORRECT on that. It does have to be legally rated mature, otherwise the chat filter would be revamped to something like... i don't know. not fun. That's it. not fun.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 20:55
#31
Algol-Sixty's picture
Algol-Sixty
the game is rated mature

the game is rated mature because we can chat in this game

I've done comparisons between the SK ToS before... In particular, there are very few differences between OOO's Spiral Knight's ToS and OOO's Puzzle Pirates ToS, it is clear that SK was copied from YPP. Once upon a time, OOO had Ubisoft publish their Puzzle Pirates game in box in stores. As such, it needed to be rated. My understanding of why the "Mature" rating on Puzzle Pirates was due to rum being a required part of the game and everyone was expected to consume rum while pillaging on the high seas. There is also a drinking game in puzzle pirates where if someone drinks too much, they pass out. OOO was not willing to replace references like rum with stuff like fruit juice, and they were fine with the Mature label.

Neither YPP nor SK has stuff that most people would expect with a Mature rating.

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 21:01
#32
Trying's picture
Trying
If you play any online video

If you play any online video games it will tell you ESRB does not monitor online interactions as part of their rating

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