Sohoo Limited is the developer, publisher, and operator of social games (products and related services) on online networks and mobile devices. In this agreement, "Sohoo" refers to Sohoo Limited and its affiliated companies that provide Sohoo games and their services, namely parent companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and other entities with common ownership. We may also refer to Sohoo as "we".
If you intend to use the services of Sohoo games, you should carefully read and abide by all the terms in the "Terms of Service" (hereinafter referred to as "this agreement"). This agreement is concluded between you and Sohoo games and has contractual effect. Please read and fully understand the content of each term carefully, especially the terms that exempt or limit the liability of Sohoo games (hereinafter referred to as "disclaimer clauses"), the terms that restrict user rights (hereinafter referred to as "restriction clauses"), the terms that stipulate the dispute resolution method and judicial jurisdiction, and the separate agreements for activating or using certain services. The aforementioned disclaimer, restriction, dispute resolution method, and jurisdiction clauses may be highlighted in bold, color-coded, or other reasonable ways to draw your attention, including but not limited to relevant clauses such as Article 3, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, and Article 9 of this agreement. Your confirmation of these clauses may lead to passivity, inconvenience, or losses in specific situations. Please read the aforementioned clauses again before confirming your consent to this agreement or before using Sohoo game products and related services.
Sohoo game products and related services are not applicable to minors under 18 years old. If you are under 18 years old, please immediately stop using Sohoo game services and uninstall the game products provided by Sohoo on the relevant device.
Adult users of Sohoo games should note that this game product and related services are not applicable to minors under 18 years old. You should ensure that this game and related services are not used by minors. If you violate the authorization of this agreement or mismanage, resulting in minors under 18 years old or other persons without/with limited capacity for civil conduct using this game and related services, you shall bear all the consequences, and Sohoo has the right to claim compensation from you for all losses caused to Sohoo.
Unless you have read and accepted all the terms of this agreement, you have no right to use Sohoo game services. If you have any questions, complaints, or suggestions about this agreement or Sohoo game services, you can contact us through the customer support on the Sohoo official website (https://www.sohoo.com). We will follow up and handle it as soon as possible and reply to your request within the time limit stipulated by laws and regulations. Your click to agree, accept, or next step, or your registration and use of Sohoo game services are deemed as your having read and agreed to sign this agreement.
Sohoo has the right to modify the terms of this agreement when necessary. You can also view the relevant agreement terms in the game application and on the Sohoo official website. After the terms of this agreement are changed, if you continue to use Sohoo game products and related services, it is deemed that you have accepted the modified agreement. If you do not accept the modified agreement, you should stop using Sohoo game products and related services.
Special Notice
When using Sohoo game products and related services, you should strictly abide by this agreement, including the following clauses. You shall not engage in gambling or any other illegal activities through this game and related services. Accordingly, Sohoo specifically reminds you:
1. The points (if any), game coins, and other game virtual items in Sohoo game products do not have any property function or value and are only for users to use in this game.
2. Sohoo has the right to set the winning or losing amount or consumption amount of points (if any), game coins, and other game virtual items per game, per day (or within other time periods/periods), as well as limit the recharge amount and game time of users according to the game product situation.
3. Except as otherwise provided by national laws, regulations, and policies, Sohoo does not provide any form of repurchase, direct or indirect conversion into cash for the points (if any), game coins, and other game virtual items of Sohoo game products.
4. Sohoo games are only for your leisure and entertainment. You shall not engage in any profit-making behavior through this game and related services, let alone engage in gambling or any other illegal activities, nor provide any help or conditions for other users to engage in the aforementioned profit-making, gambling, or other illegal activities.
5. You shall not buy, sell, transfer, trade game accounts, points (if any), game coins, and other game virtual items in any way in or outside the game, nor post relevant trading information. At the same time, you shall not provide your game account, points (if any), game coins, and other game virtual items to other users in any way, nor obtain this game account, points (if any), game virtual items, and other value-added services from third parties through purchase, acceptance of gifts, or other means.
6. Buying, selling, transferring, trading game accounts, points (if any), game coins, and other game virtual items in or outside the game does not conform to these rules, and the rights and interests obtained are not protected by Sohoo.
7. Special circumstances for refund: If a user makes a game recharge through a third-party channel, the refund should be applied for only through that third-party channel according to the refund rules of the third-party channel. Sohoo will cooperate, and in principle, a refund cannot be made directly from Sohoo.
8. For cases where a user fabricates the use by a minor to request a refund from Sohoo and then makes unreasonable complaints/malicious lawsuits or even extortion, Sohoo has the right to refuse after verification.
If you find any gambling-related or other illegal activities /contents during the use of this game, you can file a complaint/report to us through the Sohoo official customer service.
The above rules are an integral part of this agreement. Violations of the above rules will be handled in accordance with Article 6.5 of this agreement.
Unless otherwise specified, the following terms have the following meanings in this agreement:
1.1 Developer: Refers to Sohoo games (hereinafter may be referred to as "developer" or "Sohoo games").
1.2 Application: Refers to the application program developed by the developer or legally authorized by the relevant rights holders to provide various services to users, including but not limited to game services and various services that may appear in the future (hereinafter may be referred to as "application" or "online game").
1.3 This agreement: Refers to the text of this agreement, the Sohoo game privacy policy, the game rules and their revised versions, game-related announcements, in-game related notices, etc. Once the above contents are officially released, they are an integral part of this agreement. This agreement also includes the "Essential Terms of Standardized Agreements for Online Game Services" formulated in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, rules, and relevant industry standards.
1.4 You: Also known as "player" or "user", refers to the natural person who accepts Sohoo game services.
1.5 Game rules: Refers to the user code of conduct, player regulations, game announcements, tips, and notices about this game that are issued and revised by Sohoo games from time to time.
1.6 Game service: Refers to various online operation services related to games provided by Sohoo to you.
1.7 Game data: Refers to various data generated during your use of Sohoo games and recorded by the server, including but not limited to account data, virtual item data, behavior logs, purchase logs, etc.
1.8 Game virtual item: Refers to a service provided by Sohoo that is stored in the server where the game program runs in the form of electromagnetic records and can realize the specific functions or reflect the specific results set by the game program. It can be represented in text, graphical, or other digital forms. Game virtual items are part of the game service. Common game virtual items include but are not limited to:
(1) Game tokens and other various game coins. Among them, game tokens refer to a kind of game virtual item that users purchase directly or indirectly with legal currency at a certain ratio, are stored in the specific game server, and can only be used to exchange for other virtual items and other value-added services specified in the specific game;
(2) Virtual tickets, coupons, diamonds, etc. for in-game events;
(3) Character skins, decorations, and other various game virtual items.
The Sohoo game application and services are legally operated by the developer or legally authorized by the relevant rights holders and are protected by the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China, international copyright treaties, and other intellectual property laws and treaties.
3.1 If you need to use and enjoy Sohoo games, you need to use your Facebook, WeChat account or phone number that you have the right to use, and other accounts recognized by Sohoo as game accounts, and log in to the real-name registration system and complete the real-name registration in accordance with the requirements of relevant national laws and regulations (if any). When you complete the real-name registration (if any), you should provide true, legal, accurate, and valid identity information and other relevant information about yourself, and you shall not complete the real-name registration with the identity information of others.
When you register an account or use Sohoo game services, if it is found that your account may have fraud-related abnormal situations or risks, Sohoo has the right to re-verify your account according to the relevant laws and regulations and may take measures such as ordering correction within a time limit, restricting functions, suspending use, closing the account, prohibiting re-registration, and other disposal measures stipulated in this agreement according to the risk situation.
3.2 You further acknowledge and agree that you may not be able to recharge or consume in the game in the guest mode, nor can you use some or all of the game services. Moreover, once you uninstall or reinstall Sohoo games, or you change your mobile phone, computer, or other terminal devices or the terminal devices are damaged, all game-related data in the guest mode may be cleared and cannot be queried or restored. If you suffer any losses as a result, you shall bear them by yourself.
If you use a third-party account recognized by Sohoo as a game account to use and enjoy Sohoo games, you should also abide by the agreements and rules related to the third-party account. For problems related to the third-party account, including but not limited to theft, you should contact the third party to solve them by yourself. Sohoo may provide corresponding assistance depending on the situation.
3.3 You fully understand and agree that Sohoo will determine whether you are 18 years old or older, whether the real-name identity information you submitted is standardized or whether the real-name verification is passed (if any), and then decide whether to restrict or refuse your registration or use of this game account.
3.4 You fully understand and agree that Sohoo has the right to verify whether the identity information provided by the user during registration is true and valid according to the requirements of laws and regulations (if any), and should actively take reasonable measures such as technology and management to ensure the security and effectiveness of the user account. The user has the obligation to properly keep his/her account and password and use the account and password correctly and safely. If it is found that your account may have abnormal situations or risks, Sohoo has the right to re-verify your account according to the relevant laws and regulations. If either party fails to fulfill the above obligations and causes losses to the civil rights of the user and others due to the loss of the account password or the theft of the account, it shall bear the legal liability arising therefrom.
If you find that someone else is using your game account and password without permission or any other situation of unauthorized use, you should immediately notify Sohoo in an effective way (you can contact us through Sohoo customer service, customer support on the Sohoo official website (https://www.sohoo.com), etc.). Sohoo will take corresponding measures according to the specific situation (including but not limited to suspending the login and use of the account). If Sohoo causes losses to you and other users due to taking corresponding measures according to your request, you shall bear them by yourself.
3.5 You fully understand and agree that in order to efficiently use server resources, if you have not logged in to Sohoo games with your game account for 180 days, Sohoo has the right to delete the account, game data, and related information under the account after giving reasonable notice in advance.
3.6 The game account is the identifier and voucher that Sohoo authorizes you to use to log in and use Sohoo games and related services according to this agreement. The ownership of the game account belongs to Sohoo. You only have the right to use the game account according to this agreement, relevant account use agreements, and special rules issued by Sohoo for this purpose. You shall not provide the game account to others for use in any way, including but not limited to not providing it to others for commercial use such as live broadcasting, recording in the form of transfer, rental, borrowing, etc. Otherwise, you shall bear all legal consequences and liabilities arising therefrom, and Sohoo has the right to take measures such as warning, restricting or prohibiting the use of all or part of the functions of the game account, deleting the game account, game data, and other related information, banning the account until it is cancelled. You shall bear all the consequences caused thereby.
3.7 If Sohoo games provide the function of canceling the game account, if you need to cancel the game account, you can operate according to the account cancellation guide provided by the game official and should ensure that you meet the relevant conditions for canceling the game account announced by the game official. At the same time, you agree to the game account cancellation agreement and other relevant rules announced by the game official.
It is also specially reminded that if you cancel the game account, the game virtual items and other value-added services under the game account (for convenience of description, hereinafter also collectively referred to as "game earnings") will also be cleared. Therefore, before you cancel this game account, please ensure that you have properly handled the game earnings under the game account or the relevant game earnings have been settled. Once you cancel this game account, if there are still game earnings under the game account at that time (including but not limited to game virtual items and other game value-added services that have been generated but not expired or used during the use of this game, and future possible game earnings), it is deemed that you voluntarily give up such game earnings, and Sohoo has the right to clear all the game earnings under the game account. You shall bear the consequences arising therefrom. The aforementioned game earnings include but are not limited to: game membership rights and interests, levels; all data related to the growth and upgrading of game characters (including but not limited to experience points, honor points, reputation points, titles, etc.); unused game virtual items (such as coupons, game coins, diamonds, etc.); other value-added services that have been purchased but not expired or used up; other game earnings that have been generated but not consumed or future expected game earnings, etc.
4.1 You agree and authorize Sohoo to collect your personal information for the purpose of fulfilling this agreement. This information includes the information you registered in the real-name registration system (if any), the game data under your game account, and other information you provided to Sohoo during the use of Sohoo game services or that Sohoo needs to collect considering security and user experience optimization. Sohoo's collection of your personal information will comply with the provisions of this agreement and relevant laws.
4.2 You fully understand and agree that Sohoo or its cooperating third parties can provide you with various information such as activity information and promotion information about Sohoo games through text messages, phone calls, emails, etc. based on your personal information. The aforementioned use of your personal information will comply with the Sohoo game privacy policy (if any).
4.3 You understand and agree that in order to better provide you with game services and improve the game experience, Sohoo can use the WeChat account used as your game account and other accounts recognized by Sohoo (including nicknames, avatars, and friend relationships in the accounts), as well as relevant operation information and game information in Sohoo games (hereinafter referred to as "such information"). Such information specifically includes but is not limited to your login status, battle information/status, achievement information, etc., and can display such information to you, other users, or friends.
4.4 You are aware and agree that if a state authority requests Sohoo to assist in investigating the information of your game account (including real-name identity information) and game-related data (such as recharge, consumption, and transaction data) in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations, or restricts or freezes your game account, Sohoo can provide the aforementioned relevant information to the state authority or restrict or freeze it as required.
4.5 You should fully respect the personal information of anyone, including other users, that you learn about, receive, or can access through Sohoo games and related services. You should not collect, copy, store, disseminate, or use the personal information of other users in any other way. Otherwise, you shall bear the consequences arising therefrom.
4.6 Protecting user information and privacy is a basic principle of Sohoo. Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, the collection, use, and protection of user information by Sohoo game services will comply with the provisions of the "Sohoo Game Privacy Policy" agreement. Except as otherwise provided by law, if you have agreed or authorized Sohoo to collect, use, or process your personal information in accordance with the aforementioned agreement or provisions, after you withdraw such consent or authorization, it will not affect the validity of the personal information collection, use, or processing activities that Sohoo has carried out based on your consent or authorization before.
5.1 Subject to your compliance with this agreement and relevant laws and regulations, Sohoo grants you a personal, non-transferable, and non-exclusive license to use Sohoo game services. You can only use Sohoo game services for non-commercial purposes, including:
(1) Receiving, downloading, installing, starting, upgrading, logging in, displaying, running, and/or taking screenshots of the game;
(2) Creating game characters, setting screen names, consulting game rules, user profiles, game match results, purchasing and using game virtual items in the game, using chat functions, social sharing functions;
(3) Using other functions supported and allowed by Sohoo games.
5.2 You are not allowed to record, live broadcast, or disseminate Sohoo game content to others in any way without Sohoo's permission during the use of Sohoo game services, including but not limited to not using any third-party software for network live broadcasting and dissemination.
5.3 In the case where Sohoo games are provided in the form of software, you should select and download the appropriate version from the official or authorized channels for installation according to the actual situation. After downloading the installation program, you need to install it correctly according to the steps prompted by the program. If you obtain Sohoo games or games with the same name as Sohoo games from an unauthorized third party, it will be regarded as that you have not obtained Sohoo's authorization. Sohoo cannot guarantee the normal use of such games and will not be responsible for any losses caused to you.
5.4 All other rights not expressly authorized in this article and other clauses of this agreement are still reserved by Sohoo. You must obtain Sohoo's written permission when exercising these rights.
5.5 If you violate any agreement in this agreement, Sohoo has the right to take one or more of the treatment measures specified in Article 6.5 of this agreement and may announce the treatment results, and/or has the right to claim compensation from you for all losses caused to Sohoo by your breach of contract.
5.6 You fully understand and agree that Sohoo has the right to take appropriate actions against behaviors that violate relevant laws and regulations or the provisions of this agreement based on reasonable judgment, take legal actions against any illegal users, and report relevant information to relevant departments in accordance with laws and regulations. Users should bear all legal liabilities arising therefrom. During the process of providing Sohoo game services to you, if Sohoo discovers clues or risk information related to fraud crimes, Sohoo has the right to transfer them to relevant competent departments according to the relevant national regulations and the type and degree of fraud risks.
5.7 You fully understand and agree that if your violation of this agreement or relevant service terms leads to or results in any claims, demands, or losses asserted by third parties, you should bear the liability independently; if Sohoo suffers losses as a result, you should also compensate.
5.8 You fully understand and agree that game virtual items and other game value-added services are all part of Sohoo game services. Sohoo hereby licenses you to obtain the right to use them in accordance with this agreement. Your purchase and use of game virtual items and other game value-added services should comply with the requirements of this agreement and specific game rules. At the same time, game virtual items and other game value-added services may be subject to certain validity period limitations. Unless it is due to force majeure or reasons attributable to Sohoo, once the validity period expires, they will automatically become invalid. If the relevant game virtual items and other game value-added services do not indicate the use period, or the indicated use period is "permanent" or other contents with the same or similar meaning as "permanent" (such as "unlimited", "unrestricted", etc.), the use period is from the date you obtain the game virtual item or other game value-added service to the date when the game stops operating.
5.9 You fully understand and agree that in order to better provide game services to users, Sohoo has the right to adjust, update, or optimize game-related contents (including but not limited to the design, performance, and relevant numerical settings of game virtual items).
5.10 You fully understand and agree that Sohoo does not provide game services to minors under 18 years old. According to the relevant regulations of relevant countries (if any), you have the obligation to submit your true real-name identity information to Sohoo for age determination. If you are under 18 years old, Sohoo will refuse you to use all game functions and related services. In the following cases, Sohoo will not bear any legal liability, and all losses will be borne by you:
(1) You provide false identity information to Sohoo for age determination.
(2) You allow minors under 18 years old to use your game account to use Sohoo games and related services.
(3) You allow minors under 18 years old to use your game account to recharge in the game.
5.11 Sohoo's provision of game services is a commercial act. Users have the right to independently decide whether to pay corresponding fees according to the charging items (including but not limited to purchasing the right to use game virtual items in the game and accepting other value-added services and other various charging items) and charging standards determined by Sohoo to obtain corresponding game services. If you do not pay the corresponding fees according to the corresponding standards, you will not be able to obtain the corresponding game services.
You are aware and agree that changes and adjustments to charging items or charging standards are normal commercial acts. You shall not request Sohoo for compensation or compensation due to changes and adjustments to charging items or charging standards.
You are aware and agree that when you use legal currency to recharge and purchase or exchange game virtual items and other value-added services, the game virtual items and other value-added services you purchased or exchanged cannot be returned or exchanged for legal currency, except as otherwise required by law.
You are aware and agree that if a transaction for game recharge purchase or exchange of game virtual items and other value-added services is cancelled or restored to its original state due to refund or constituting an invalid civil act, Sohoo has the right to deduct the game virtual items and other value-added services issued to your game account corresponding to the cancelled or restored transaction. If the game virtual items or other value-added services involved in the aforementioned cancelled or restored transaction have been given to other users, both you and when you are the recipient user agree that Sohoo can deduct the game virtual items or other value-added services from the recipient game account. If the game virtual items or other value-added services in your game account or the recipient user's game account are insufficient for deduction, Sohoo can preferentially deduct when the game virtual items or other value-added services in your game account or the recipient user's game account increase later.
5.12 In any case, Sohoo will not be liable for any losses you suffer during the use of Sohoo game services due to force majeure. Such force majeure events include but are not limited to national laws, regulations, policies, orders of state organs, and other government actions or other unpredictable, unavoidable, and insurmountable events such as earthquakes, floods, snowstorms, fires, tsunamis, typhoons, strikes, and wars.
5.13 Sohoo games may cause abnormalities in your game virtual items and other account data or game data due to game software bugs, version update defects, third-party virus attacks, or other factors. Before the cause of the data abnormality is identified, Sohoo has the right to temporarily freeze the game account; if it is found that the data abnormality is caused by abnormal game behavior, Sohoo has the right to restore the game account data to the original state before the abnormality occurred (including recovering the transferred data from third parties) without bearing any liability to you. If the data abnormality is caused by your illegal activities or behavior that violates the provisions of this agreement, Sohoo has the right to take one or more of the treatment measures specified in Article 6.5 of this agreement.
5.14 Without Sohoo's permission, you are not allowed to trade game virtual items and other value-added services with other users or obtain game virtual items and other value-added services from third parties through purchase, acceptance of gifts, or other means. Sohoo is not responsible for third-party transactions (third-party transactions refer to the behavior of you obtaining game virtual items and other value-added services from third parties through purchase, acceptance of gifts, or other means), and does not accept appeals arising from disputes over any third-party transactions.
5.15 You fully understand that there is an objective situation of non-interoperability between different operating systems, which is not caused by Sohoo. As a result, your recharge and game data in one operating system may not be successfully transferred to another operating system. The risks of recharge losses and game data loss caused by your switching between different systems should be borne by you, and Sohoo will not bear any liability.
5.16 When Sohoo decides to terminate the operation of Sohoo games on its own or when Sohoo games are terminated for other reasons, Sohoo will handle the matters related to the termination of game operation in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the state on the termination of online games to protect the legitimate rights and interests of users.
6.1 You fully understand and agree that you must be responsible for all behaviors under your game account, including any content you post and any consequences arising therefrom.
6.2 In addition to using Sohoo game services in accordance with the provisions of this agreement, you are not allowed to engage in any behavior that infringes the intellectual property rights of Sohoo games or other behaviors that are detrimental to the legitimate rights and interests of Sohoo or other third parties.
6.3 When using Sohoo games or services, you must abide by laws and regulations and not engage in illegal behaviors through Sohoo games or services, including but not limited to the following behaviors:
(1) Violating the basic principles established by the Constitution;
(2) Endangering national security, disclosing state secrets, and subverting the state;
(3) Damaging national honor and interests;
(4) Distorting, defaming, and desecrating others;
(5) Promoting terrorism, extremism, or inciting the implementation of terrorist activities or extremism activities;
(6) Inciting ethnic hatred and ethnic discrimination;
(7) Disrupting the relevant national religious policies;
(8) Spreading rumors and disrupting social order;
(9) Spreading pornographic, vulgar, gambling, violent, murderous, or abetting crimes;
(10) Insulting or slandering others and infringing on the reputation, privacy, and other legitimate rights and interests of others;
(11) Contrary to social morality;
(12) Other contents prohibited by laws, administrative regulations, and national regulations.
You are not allowed to use Sohoo games and services to create, copy, and post bad information containing the following contents:
(1) Using exaggerated titles with content that does not match the title seriously;
(2) Hyping up scandals, scandals, and misdeeds;
(3) Making inappropriate comments on natural disasters, major accidents, and other disasters;
(4) With sexual hints and provocations that easily arouse sexual associations;
(5) Displaying bloody, and cruel content that causes physical and mental discomfort;
(6) Inciting discrimination among people and regions;
(7) Promoting vulgar, vulgar, and kitsch content;
(8) May cause minors to imitate unsafe behaviors and violate social morality and induce minors' bad habits;
(9) Other contents that have an adverse impact on the network ecology.
6.4 Unless permitted by law or in writing by Sohoo, you are not allowed to engage in the following behaviors:
(1) Deleting the copyright information on the game software and its copies;
(2) Performing reverse engineering, reverse assembly, reverse compilation, or otherwise attempting to discover the source code or other confidential contents of the software, including but not limited to game elements that Sohoo has not actively disclosed but are sealed in the game installation package;
(3) Scanning, probing, and testing the game software to detect, discover, and find possible bugs or weaknesses;
(4) Copying, modifying, adding, deleting, hooking up, or creating derivative works of the data released into any terminal memory during the operation of the game software, the interaction data between the client and the server during the operation of the software, and the system data necessary for the operation of the software, in the form of using plugins, or third-party tools/services not legally authorized to access the software and related systems;
(5) Modifying or forging the instructions and data in the software operation, increasing, deleting, or changing the functions or operation effects of the software, or operating or disseminating the software and methods used for the above purposes, regardless of whether the above behaviors are for commercial purposes;
(6) Using Sohoo games and services through third-party software, plugins, systems not developed or authorized by Sohoo, or creating, publishing, and disseminating third-party software, plugins, systems not developed or authorized by Sohoo;
(7) Using, renting, lending, copying, modifying, linking, reprinting, assembling, publishing, and establishing mirror sites of the content in the game that Sohoo has intellectual property rights;
(8) Establishing mirror sites of Sohoo games, or taking web snapshots, or using methods such as setting up servers to provide services identical or similar to Sohoo game services for others;
(9) Separating any part of Sohoo games for individual use or making other uses that do not conform to this agreement;
(10) Using, modifying, or covering the name, trademark, or other intellectual property of Sohoo games;
(11) Other behaviors not expressly authorized by Sohoo.
If there is a network platform in Sohoo games that allows multiple users to exchange game information online, users should abide by laws and regulations, this agreement, and the relevant rules formulated by Sohoo based on the platform ("platform rules") and not use the platform to create, copy, publish, and disseminate information contents prohibited by laws and regulations and national regulations.
If a user ("creator") can create a corresponding game communication section according to the platform rules and allow other users to enter the section to create, copy, publish, or disseminate information contents, the creator and the manager (that is, other users designated by the creator as the manager) should fulfill the management responsibilities of the section and regulate the network behaviors and information release in the section in accordance with laws and regulations, this agreement, and platform rules. The creator and the manager should regulate the behaviors of other users in the section, promptly stop illegal and unhealthy information contents in the section, and be responsible for the behaviors implemented using the management authority of the section. For creators and managers who fail to fulfill their management obligations and cause illegal and unhealthy information contents to appear in the game communication section, Sohoo will take measures such as warning reminders, deleting information, restricting or suspending their use of the game communication section functions, permanently closing the game communication section, and has the right to take one or more of the treatment measures specified in Article 6.5 of this agreement according to the specific situation.
6.5 If you have any of the following behaviors (hereinafter also referred to as "illegal behaviors") during the use of Sohoo game services, Sohoo has the right to take one or more of the treatment measures specified in Article 6.5 of this agreement according to the seriousness of the circumstances and announce the treatment results:
(1) Using, uploading illegal or inappropriate words, characters, and other contents in Sohoo games, including for character naming;
(2) Destroying Sohoo games or affecting the normal operation of Sohoo game services in any way, destroying the stability and fairness of the game, including but not limited to:
Illegally and/or maliciously registering and logging in to the game, including but not limited to maliciously registering game accounts in batches and logging in to the game by destroying server authentication and maliciously crowding the server;
Maliciously implementing behaviors that may cause the game server to crash, lag, or cause other game players to drop lines and delay and cannot play the game normally, such as using DDOS to attack the game server or other players' network traffic;
Using game loopholes to gain benefits, destroying the game environment, or having an adverse impact on other players;
Negatively playing the game and destroying the game experience of other users. Including but not limited to maliciously giving points, reducing points, negatively hanging up, running away, and other negative game behaviors that destroy the user game experience;
Installing and using third-party software that affects the balance of this game;
Abnormal game data performance that affects the fairness of Sohoo games.
(3) The same player (or the same IP, or the same physical address) registers or logs in to multiple game accounts;
(4) Cheating behaviors in the game, such as "double act cheating", deliberately running away after betting or during the game to cause game coins, game points, or other virtual items to be lost to other players, unreasonably delaying the game or competition time and affecting the fairness of the game;
(5) Implying or pretending to be an Sohoo internal employee or a special identity in a certain way, attempting to obtain improper benefits or affect the rights and interests of other users;
(6) Using various private servers;
(7) Using game synchronizers (specifically including but not limited to using hardware synchronizers such as keyboards and mice, so that one set of keyboards and mice can be used to control multiple computers to play the game simultaneously and synchronously), and using other hardware that can make your game efficiency or income data abnormal (including but not limited to "clickers", etc., hereinafter collectively referred to as "cheating hardware");
(8) Stealing other people's game accounts and game items;
(9) Trading game accounts, sharing accounts, and other behaviors that affect account security;
(10) Without Sohoo's permission, trading game virtual items and other game value-added services with other users or obtaining game virtual items and other game value-added services from third parties through purchase, acceptance of gifts, or other means;
(11) Recharging games through unauthorized or unrecognized discount channels by Sohoo, trading discounted game items, or entrusting a third party not authorized or recognized by Sohoo to recharge on behalf of, or using third-party software not authorized or recognized by Sohoo to recharge;
(12) Violating any agreement in this agreement or any provisions of relevant national laws and regulations;
(13) Other improper behaviors widely recognized in the industry or other illegal behaviors announced through game rules (including but not limited to user codes of conduct, player regulations, game announcements, tips, and notices).
The treatment measures specified in the preceding paragraph include but are not limited to:
(1) Warning; and/or
(2) Muting, including but not limited to muting in the entire game area, muting in a single area, and muting in the public channel; and/or
(3) Content reset, including but not limited to resetting or forcibly modifying the illegal nicknames, room names, pictures, and other illegal information or contents you provided or uploaded; and/or
(4) Reducing or limiting your game earnings, which include but are not limited to the improvement of all data related to the growth and upgrading of game characters (such as experience points, honor points, reputation points, titles, etc.) and the acquisition of game virtual items and other game value-added services in the game; and/or
(5) Deleting or canceling the game account, game data, or other game-related information; and/or
(6) Restricting or prohibiting you from entering specific scenes in the game or using specific functions of the game; and/or
(7) Forcibly exiting the game (i.e., "kicking out of the game"), including but not limited to forcibly exiting the entire game, a single game match, or other game actions you are currently engaged in; and/or
(8) Temporarily or permanently prohibiting your game account from logging into Sohoo games (hereinafter referred to as "account blocking"); and/or
(9) Temporarily or permanently prohibiting the specific terminal (including but not limited to PC terminals, mobile terminals, etc.) involved in your illegal behavior from logging into Sohoo games; and/or
(10) Suspending or terminating your use of Sohoo games and related services, or unilaterally notifying you to terminate this agreement; and/or
(11) Initiating corresponding civil lawsuits against your illegal behavior, pursuing your tort, breach of contract, or other civil liabilities, and requiring you to compensate Sohoo for the losses suffered by Sohoo due to your illegal behavior (including Sohoo's direct economic losses, reputation or goodwill losses, and compensation payments, settlement fees, lawyer fees, litigation fees, and other indirect losses made by Sohoo to third parties), or transferring the case to the relevant administrative department for administrative punishment, or transferring the case to the judicial department to pursue your criminal liability; and/or
(12) Other treatment measures announced by Sohoo through game rules (including but not limited to user codes of conduct, player regulations, game announcements, tips, and notices).
6.6 You are aware and agree that since cheating hardware such as game synchronizers has the characteristics of being concealed or disappearing after use, Sohoo has the right to judge whether you have used game synchronizers and other cheating hardware based on your game data and performance abnormalities.
6.7 You are aware and agree that if Sohoo takes account blocking measures against your game account according to this agreement, the specific blocking period will be determined by Sohoo according to the seriousness of your illegal behavior.
6.8 You are aware and agree that: (1) During the account blocking period, the game virtual items and other value-added services in your game account will not be available; (2) If the aforementioned game virtual items and other value-added services have a certain validity period, the validity period may expire during the account blocking period, and you will not be able to use the expired game virtual items and other value-added services after your game account is unblocked.
7.1 You are aware and agree that in order to ensure the normal operation of the website, Sohoo games need to perform regular or irregular shutdown maintenance on the website. When the service needs to be suspended due to system maintenance or upgrade, Sohoo games will notify in advance as much as possible. You should understand the interruption or termination of normal services caused by such situations.
7.2 In any of the following cases, Sohoo games has the right to stop or interrupt the services provided by the server. Sohoo games will not be liable for any inconvenience or damage caused thereby, and you also expressly state that you will not hold Sohoo games liable for all liabilities that may arise from the exercise of the relevant unilateral right to interrupt or terminate services:
(1) Regular inspections or construction, updating software and hardware, etc.;
(2) The server is damaged and cannot operate normally;
(3) Sudden failures of software and hardware equipment and electronic communication equipment;
(4) Line or other failures of the network provider, resulting in inability to provide services;
(5) In an emergency situation, to maintain national security or the personal safety of other members and third parties;
(6) Force majeure and other third-party reasons prevent Sohoo games from providing services;
(7) Due to the requirements of relevant government agencies.
7.3 You are aware and agree that Sohoo games may involve virtual items (including but not limited to virtual currency, items, equipment, materials, etc. in the game) when providing services. These virtual items are only valid during the service operation period. When the service stops, the virtual items will disappear with the termination of the service operation, and users will not be able to return them to Sohoo games in any form.
7.4 You are aware and agree that if you have not used the services provided by Sohoo games for 180 consecutive days (calculated from the date of your last use of the services), then from 24:00 on the 180th day, Sohoo games has the right to take measures to terminate your continued use of the services and delete your account, including but not limited to registration information, level information, role information, item information, and all other information related to the registered account, and will not be liable for any loss of benefits caused by the deletion of the account.
7.5 You are aware and agree that Sohoo has the right to decide the termination time of game service operation on its own. Sohoo will notify you two months in advance of the specific termination time of Sohoo game service operation. After Sohoo stops game service operation, game virtual items and other value-added services will not be returned or continued in any form.
8.1 Sohoo games do not assume any express or implied warranty liability for the services provided, and the stability, security, accuracy, and uninterrupted nature of the services provided may also be affected by the situations described in Article 7. Users should bear all risks and potential damages caused by the use of services, including but not limited to damages to the user or the computer system used by the user caused by downloading games or data pictures from the Sohoo game official website, not due to the subjective reasons of Sohoo games, or any loss of data.
8.2 Sohoo games do not guarantee that there will be no program bugs in their services and will not assume any liability for the problems that may arise therefrom.
8.3 Sohoo games do not guarantee that the services provided will meet the requirements of each user, that the services will not be interrupted, or that the timeliness, security, occurrence of errors, and accurate, timely, and smooth transmission of information will be guaranteed.
8.4 Users expressly agree that all risks existing in the use of Sohoo game services will be borne entirely by themselves; all consequences arising from the use of Sohoo game services will also be borne by themselves, and Sohoo games will not be liable to users.
8.5 You are aware and agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, the services provided by Sohoo games are provided to users on an "as is" and "as available" basis and do not include any type of express or implied warranty (including but not limited to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, ownership, non-infringement, and all possibilities arising from trade practices). Sohoo games do not guarantee that users can access or use Sohoo game services at the time and place they choose, that Sohoo game services will not be interrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that Sohoo game services will be free of viruses or other harmful elements.
8.6 You are aware and agree that the use of this application involves Internet services and may be affected by unstable factors in various links. Therefore, there are risks of service interruption or failure to meet user requirements caused by force majeure, mobile phone viruses or hacker attacks, system instability, user location, user shutdown, and other technical, Internet, and communication line reasons.
8.7 You are aware and agree that there are risks of receiving anonymous or pseudonymous information containing threatening, defamatory, offensive, or illegal content or behavior or infringement of the rights of others (including intellectual property rights) from any other person when using this application. Users must bear these risks, and the developer does not provide any type of warranty, whether express or implied, including all implied warranties and conditions regarding the authenticity of information, fitness for a particular purpose, ownership, and non-infringement, and will not be liable for any direct, indirect, accidental, special, and subsequent damages caused by the improper or illegal use of this application by users.
8.9 You understand that this application, like most Internet products, is vulnerable to various security issues, including but not limited to:
(1) Users disclose detailed personal information improperly, which is exploited by criminals, resulting in harassment in real life;
(2) Users are deceived and their passwords are deciphered;
(3) Other software downloaded and installed by users contains "Trojan horses" and other viruses, threatening the security of information and data on personal mobile phones and, in turn, threatening the use of this application and services.
8.10 The views, suggestions, opinions, and other contents expressed by users on the official website related to the services are the personal views of the users and do not represent the views of Sohoo games. Therefore, any legal disputes or liabilities arising therefrom are not related to Sohoo games and are borne by the users.
9.1 You agree to protect and maintain the interests of Sohoo games and other users. If a user violates any relevant laws, regulations, or any terms of this agreement, resulting in damages or expenses to Sohoo games, its affiliated enterprises, employees, trustees, agents, or/and other relevant performance assistants or any other third parties (including but not limited to litigation expenses, lawyer fees, actual loss expenses, etc. incurred by legal proceedings, administrative procedures, etc.), you should bear the liability for damages.
9.2 Sohoo will not be liable for any direct, indirect, derivative damages or loss of benefits caused by your use of this game service or inability to use the network.
10.1 You should abide by relevant local laws and regulations and respect local morals and customs when using Sohoo game services. If your behavior violates local laws and regulations or morals and customs, you should bear the liability independently.
10.2 You should avoid involving Sohoo in political and public events due to the use of Sohoo game services. Otherwise, Sohoo has the right to suspend or terminate services to you.
11.1 The place of signing of this agreement is the location of Sohoo's affiliated entity, namely Haidian District, Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
11.2 The establishment, effectiveness, performance, interpretation, and dispute resolution of this agreement are governed by the laws of the Chinese mainland region (excluding conflict of laws).
11.3 Any disputes or controversies between you and Sohoo arising from this agreement (and/or related to this agreement) shall first be resolved through friendly negotiation. If the negotiation fails, you agree to submit the disputes or controversies to the people's court with jurisdiction in the place of signing of this agreement.
11.4 The titles of all clauses in this agreement are only for the convenience of reading and have no actual meaning and cannot be used as the basis for interpreting the meaning of this agreement.
11.5 If any part of the clauses of this agreement is invalid for any reason, the remaining clauses are still valid and binding on all parties.
12.1 Sohoo has the right to change the terms of this agreement when necessary. You can view the latest version of the agreement terms on the relevant pages of Sohoo games. After the terms of this agreement are changed, if you continue to use Sohoo game services, it is deemed that you have accepted the changed agreement.