Terms of Service
Effective [EFFECTIVE DATE]
The short version: be respectful, follow the law, and only post what you have the right to post. Your content stays yours. Server owners run their own communities, and we can remove content or accounts that break these rules. This summary is for convenience; the full terms below are what apply.
1. These terms
Forge Comms is a voice and text chat service for gaming communities, run by [OPERATOR LEGAL NAME] ("we" or "us"). These terms cover the Forge Comms website, web app and Windows desktop app (together, "Forge Comms"). By creating an account or using Forge Comms, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use Forge Comms.
2. Who can use Forge Comms
You must be at least 13 years old to use Forge Comms, and older if your country requires it for you to agree to these terms yourself. If you are under the age of adulthood where you live, a parent or guardian must agree to these terms for you. You can't use Forge Comms if we have previously banned you from it.
3. Your account
- Give us a working email address and choose a username that doesn't pretend to be someone else.
- Keep your password private. You are responsible for what happens on your account unless someone else got in through no fault of yours.
- Tell us quickly at support@forgegaming.gg if you think someone else has accessed your account.
- You can delete your account in Settings. See the Privacy Policy for what that removes.
4. Your content
You own what you post, including messages, images, profile details and server content. To run Forge Comms, you give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, copy, process, send and display that content so it can reach the people you shared it with. This license ends when the content is deleted, except for copies other people have already made or kept, and short-lived technical copies such as backups.
You confirm that you have the rights needed to post your content, and that it doesn't break these terms.
5. Community rules
When using Forge Comms, you must not:
- Harass, threaten, stalk or encourage harm against anyone, or attack people because of who they are.
- Post sexual content involving minors, in any form. We report this to the authorities.
- Share someone's private information, or intimate images of them, without their consent.
- Post illegal content, or use Forge Comms to plan or promote illegal activity.
- Post content you don't have the rights to, including pirated games or software.
- Send spam or scams, sell cheats or stolen accounts, or impersonate other people or Forge Comms staff.
- Spread malware, try to break into accounts or systems, interfere with Forge Comms, or bypass its limits or a ban.
- Collect other users' information, or use bots or scrapers on Forge Comms, without our written permission.
6. Servers and their owners
Anyone can create a Forge Comms server. Server owners and their moderators set their own additional rules and can remove messages or remove members. They must also follow these terms, and they are responsible for how they run their communities. Server owners and admins can see their server's content and activity history, including who did what.
We don't review everything posted on Forge Comms, and we aren't responsible for what users or servers post. Your disagreements with other users or with server owners are between you and them, though we may step in where these terms are broken.
7. Reports and copyright
To report content or behavior that breaks these terms, email support@forgegaming.gg with the server, the channel and what happened.
If you believe content on Forge Comms infringes your copyright, email the same address with the work you own, where the content is, your contact details, a statement that you believe in good faith that the use isn't authorized, a statement that your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or are allowed to act for them, and your signature. We may remove the content and may close the accounts of repeat infringers.
8. Enforcement
If you break these terms, or if we need to in order to protect people, Forge Comms or to follow the law, we may remove content, limit features, or suspend or close your account. Where it is reasonable and safe, we will tell you why. If you think we made a mistake, email us and we will take a look.
9. The service
Forge Comms is currently free to use. We are always working on it, so features may change, and we may pause or stop part or all of the service. We will try to give reasonable notice of major changes. If we ever add paid features, we will show you the terms and price before you pay anything.
The desktop app is licensed to you for personal use. It loads Forge Comms from our website, so it needs an internet connection and updates along with the site. Don't copy, resell or reverse engineer Forge Comms, or use our name and logo without permission, except where the law allows it.
10. Other services
Forge Comms may contain links to other sites. You can also choose to link your Forge Comms account to another app. We don't control those services, and their own terms and privacy policies apply to them.
11. No warranties
Forge Comms is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent the law allows, we make no warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including that Forge Comms will be uninterrupted, secure or error free, or that your content won't be lost. Please keep your own copy of anything important.
12. Limit of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, we won't be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost data, profits or goodwill. Our total liability for any claim relating to Forge Comms is limited to the greater of what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim or US $50. Some places don't allow these limits, so they may not fully apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have that can't legally be waived.
13. Your responsibility to us
To the extent the law allows, you agree to cover our reasonable losses and costs from claims by others that result from your content or from your breaking these terms.
14. Law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of [STATE / COUNTRY], not counting its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute will be handled in the courts located in [COUNTY, STATE], unless the law where you live gives you the right to bring it elsewhere. Please contact us first, since most problems can be solved that way.
15. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. We will change the date at the top and, for significant changes, give notice on Forge Comms or by email before they take effect. If you keep using Forge Comms afterwards, you accept the new terms. If you don't agree, you can stop using Forge Comms and delete your account.
16. General
If part of these terms can't be enforced, the rest still applies. If we don't enforce something right away, we can still enforce it later. You can't transfer your rights under these terms without our consent. We may transfer ours if Forge Comms is reorganized or changes hands.
17. Contact
[OPERATOR LEGAL NAME], [MAILING ADDRESS]
Email: support@forgegaming.gg