The Pirates' Code

Last updated: 7/18/2020

Please read these Terms of Service ("Terms") carefully before using the website, application, and other services ("Service," "Services") operated by The Legend of Pirates Online ("us," "we," "our"). TLOPO reserves the right to change these rules with or without notice.

Your access to and use of the Services is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the Services, including guest parties using another user's account. If you do not agree to the Terms, do not use the Service.

The Legend of Pirates Online ("TLOPO") is a fan-made recreation of The Walt Disney Company's Pirates of the Caribbean Online. By using TLOPO, you certify that you understand that TLOPO is not associated with The Walt Disney Company and/or Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media (or the affiliates of either party) and that you release The Walt Disney Company from any and all liability for any personal loss caused to you by the use of TLOPO.

TLOPO will never charge a fee, subscription, or any other form of monetary value to have access to the full game's experience. Anyone who tries to charge for anything related to TLOPO is a scam, and any loss or damage accrued by use of such services is the responsibility of the user and not TLOPO. In the event that a user is scammed by a third-party, TLOPO will not give any compensation for any loss or damage accrued.

In the event where a user is locked out of their account, TLOPO will always side with the account owner. Each TLOPO account has an "account owner," defined as the person who is able to communicate over email with TLOPO with the exact email address associated with the account.

In the event that the account owner chooses to share their login information with another person or another person controls a session of the game initiated with the account owner's knowledge, the account owner will be held liable for any violations of the Terms of Service and General Rules. Additionally, logging into another player's account is done at your own risk and you accept any and all adverse actions that may be taken on your account as a result.

In the event that a character is deleted from an account, recovery is possible. Users need to submit a recovery request via contacting support. Only accounts having Arrrmor and/or Two-Factor Authentication enabled will have their recovery requests honored.

Moderation Policy

TLOPO reserves the right to read all messages of any type that are sent across our network. TLOPO also reserves the right to restrict and/or terminate your access to our servers without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms. Possible reasons for restriction or termination include, but are not limited to:

• Abusing any of TLOPO's social media or email services in any way.
• Attempting to compromise TLOPO's computer systems.
• Attempting to compromise TLOPO's servers.
• Connecting unofficial or custom clients to TLOPO's servers.
• Discussion about, or references to, drugs or other illegal substances.
• Disrespecting, harassing, or spamming others.
• Disrespecting, harassing, or spamming TLOPO Staff (including QA Testers).
• Disrupting another player's experience.
• Distributing spyware, malware, keyloggers, or other malicious software to members of the TLOPO community.
• Exploiting a bug in TLOPO to gain an advantage over other players.
• Impersonating TLOPO Staff (including QA Testers), or Pirates Online Wiki Staff.
• Intentionally evading chat filters with inappropriate intent.
• Personal information may not be shared unless it is clear that all parties involved have consented. The player assumes responsibility for any consequences they encounter if they share their own personal information. Sharing another player's personally identifiable information will not be tolerated.
• Selling or soliciting accounts.
• Submitting inappropriate names or site comments for review.
• Trolling others, especially in ways that can damage their account, characters, or computer systems.
• Usage of inappropriate innuendos through chat or emote usage, and any other form of inappropriate or suggestive language.
• Usage of third-party software to modify the game or to gain an advantage over other players. Third-party software includes, but is not limited to, autoclicking applications, multibox applications, injectors, and memory editors.
• Using automation systems or tools to control the game.

End-User accounts are subject to a warning point system. Warnings issued by Moderators are official record of violations of the Terms of Service and may be accompanied by a ban, termination, or other restriction. End-User accounts can accumulate a maximum of ten (10) points before the account may be considered for termination. Warning points have the ability to expire after a set amount of time. Points and their consequences are outlined below:

Minor Offenses

Minor offenses carry a 0 point penalty and do not expire. Violations include, but are not limited to:

• Trolling
• Generally disrupting player experience

Minor offenses will carry the following repercussions:

• Removal from the game server.
• Excessive instances of minor events in a period of time may result in a short ban.

Intermediate Offenses

Intermediate offenses carry a 1 point penalty and expire in 2 months. Violations include, but are not limited to:

• Harassment
• Filter evasion
• Requesting or sharing another player's personally identifiable information
• Submitting inappropriate names for name approval
• Impersonating TLOPO staff, Pirates Online Wikia staff, or Quality Assurance Testers

Intermediate offenses will carry the following repercussions (in addition to being awarded 1 warning point):

• First offense: email warning (or a 24 hour ban if the account has already received a ban previously)
• Second offense: 24 hour ban
• Three+ offenses: 48 hour ban

Major Offenses

Major offenses carry a 2+ (2 by default, higher values are decided by Senior Moderation) point penalty and expire in 4 months. Violations include, but are not limited to:

• Excessive harassment or filter evasion
• Usage of third-party programs to exploit or alter the game
• Abuse of TLOPO services
• DOXing another End-User or TLOPO Staff Member
• Any other immediate and serious violations of the Terms of Service

Major offenses will carry the following repercussions (in addition to being awarded 2+ points):

• First offense: 48 hour ban
• Second offense: 72 hour ban
• Three+ offenses: 96 hour ban
• Senior Moderation reserves the right to increase ban time past 96 hours for special cases.

In the event where an account is suspended, terminated, or restricted, we reserve the right to take the same actions upon all accounts associated with the terminated account.

In the event where an account is suspended, terminated, or restricted, the account owner may appeal the suspension, termination, or restrictions by emailing TLOPO at [email protected]. Anything you write may be used as evidence against you in an appeal. All appeals will be reviewed by Senior Moderation staff. In the event Senior Moderation staff receive an appeal regarding an account termination and Senior Moderation accepts the appeal, the End-User's new account will be subject to a decreased warning point threshold (3 points). Should the End-User accumulate three (3) points on the new account, the player is subject to permanent removal from our Services. Evading a ban or termination will also result in additional warning points, bans, or potentially termination.

If you believe a moderation action was applied in error, please start a support case by emailing [email protected]. Senior Moderation will review the case and determine if the action was applied in error.