Terms of Service

Welcome to FollowMe42. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of FollowMe42, including the website at followme42.com, any subdomains, and any related mobile or desktop applications (collectively, the "Service").

The Service is operated by Seven Marks Studios LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("Seven Marks Studios," "we," "us," or "our"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under 18, you represent that you have your parent or legal guardian's permission to use the Service and that they have read and agreed to these Terms on your behalf.

The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us at the address in Section 18.

If you are accessing the Service from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with a higher age of digital consent, you must meet the minimum age in that jurisdiction (typically 16).

2. Your Account

To use most features of the Service, you must create an account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate information when creating your account.
• Keep your login credentials confidential. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
• Use only one account per person. Creating multiple accounts to evade bans, abuse features, or otherwise circumvent these Terms is prohibited.
• Notify us promptly at support@followme42.com if you suspect unauthorized access to your account.

We authenticate accounts through third-party identity providers (currently Google). Your use of those services is governed by their own terms.

Your chosen player handle, once set, may not be changeable. Handles must comply with our community standards (see Section 4).

3. License to Use the Service

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Seven Marks Studios grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your personal, non-commercial entertainment.

This license does not grant you any ownership in the Service or its content. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Cheat, exploit bugs, use automation, bots, scripts, or any tool that provides an unfair advantage in gameplay.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of the Service, except to the extent this restriction is prohibited by applicable law.
• Access the Service through any interface other than the ones we provide.
• Scrape, harvest, or extract data from the Service at scale.
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service, our servers, or other users' experience.
• Harass, threaten, impersonate, or abuse other users or our staff.
• Upload, transmit, or display content that is unlawful, infringing, defamatory, obscene, or that violates another person's rights.
• Use the Service for any commercial purpose without our written permission.
• Attempt to circumvent any access controls, rate limits, or security features.
• Use handles, display names, or other user-provided text that is hateful, sexually explicit, impersonates another person, or promotes illegal activity.

Violation of this section may result in warnings, temporary suspension, permanent account termination, forfeiture of any purchased items, and — in serious cases — legal action or referral to law enforcement. We decide what constitutes a violation in our reasonable discretion.

5. User Content

The Service may allow you to submit content, including but not limited to handles, display names, avatars, and any future chat or messaging features ("User Content").

You retain ownership of your User Content. By submitting User Content, you grant Seven Marks Studios a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, display, reproduce, modify, and distribute that content solely for the purpose of operating, improving, and promoting the Service.

You represent that you have the right to submit any User Content you provide and that it does not violate anyone's rights or any law.

We may remove or modify User Content at any time, for any reason, without notice.

6. Ownership and Intellectual Property

The Service, including all software, designs, graphics, text, sounds, artwork, game mechanics, the "FollowMe42" name, the "Seven Marks Studios" name, logos, and all related marks, are owned by Seven Marks Studios LLC or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of any of this material to you. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or create derivative works based on the Service except as expressly permitted.

7. Purchases, Virtual Items, and Refunds

7.1 Purchases

If and when the Service offers paid items (such as digital cosmetics, supporter tiers, or physical merchandise), the following terms apply.

All purchases are processed by third-party payment providers (such as Stripe). By making a purchase, you also agree to the terms of those providers. You are responsible for providing accurate billing information and for all taxes associated with your purchases, unless we collect them on your behalf.

All prices are listed in United States dollars unless otherwise stated.

7.2 Virtual Items

Any in-game item, cosmetic, badge, avatar, or other virtual good (each a "Virtual Item") you obtain through the Service — whether earned, granted, or purchased — is a limited, personal, non-transferable, revocable license to use that item within the Service.

Virtual Items:

• Have no real-world monetary value and cannot be redeemed for cash.
• Cannot be sold, traded, gifted, or transferred to other users or outside the Service, except through features we explicitly provide.
• May be modified, suspended, or removed by us at any time, including if your account is terminated or if we discontinue the Service.
• Do not constitute property, currency, or a financial instrument.

You acknowledge that you do not own Virtual Items and that they may be lost if your account is terminated or the Service ends.

7.3 Refund Policy

Digital goods (including Virtual Items, supporter donations, and any other digital purchase) are non-refundable once delivered to your account, except where required by applicable law.

Physical merchandise is fulfilled by third-party print-on-demand providers. Refunds or reprints are available for items that are defective, damaged in transit, or materially different from what was ordered, subject to the fulfillment provider's policies. Contact us at support@followme42.com within 30 days of delivery.

If you are a California resident, you have certain rights under California Civil Code Section 1749.5 and related provisions. Nothing in this section limits any refund right that cannot be waived under applicable law.

7.4 Subscriptions

If we offer recurring subscriptions, they will renew automatically at the interval disclosed at the time of purchase until you cancel. You may cancel at any time through your account settings; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. We do not provide partial refunds for unused subscription time unless required by law.

7.5 Chargebacks

Initiating a chargeback without first contacting us to resolve a billing issue may result in suspension or termination of your account and forfeiture of any Virtual Items.

8. Beta Status

The Service is currently offered in closed beta. You acknowledge that:

• The Service may contain bugs, errors, and incomplete features.
• Features, content, data, and accounts may be reset, modified, or removed without notice during the beta.
• Access to the beta is a privilege, not a right, and may be revoked at any time.

Feedback you provide about the beta may be used by us without obligation to you.

9. Third-Party Services

The Service integrates with or links to third-party services, including but not limited to Google (authentication), Cloudflare (hosting and infrastructure), Stripe (payments, when applicable), and Printful or similar providers (merchandise fulfillment, when applicable). Your use of those services is governed by their own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for the content, policies, or practices of third parties.

10. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy, available at https://followme42.com/privacy, describes how we collect, use, and share information about you. By using the Service, you agree to the practices described there.

11. Termination

11.1 By You

You may terminate your account at any time by following the account deletion process in the Service or by contacting us at support@followme42.com.

11.2 By Us

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your account and access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including if we believe you have violated these Terms or pose a risk to the Service or its users.

11.3 Effect of Termination

Upon termination:

• Your right to use the Service ends immediately.
• You forfeit any Virtual Items, earned achievements, handles, and account data, except as required by law or our Privacy Policy.
• Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — including ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution — will continue to apply.

We may retain backups, logs, and records as required for legal, operational, or security purposes.

12. Changes to the Service

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time, with or without notice. We are not liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will provide notice through the Service, by email, or by posting a notice on the website. The updated Terms take effect on the "Effective date" shown at the top. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Service.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, 7 MARKS STUDIOS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING GAME OUTCOMES, RATINGS, OR LEADERBOARDS.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

15. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, 7 MARKS STUDIOS AND ITS MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR VIRTUAL ITEMS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($100) OR (B) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO 7 MARKS STUDIOS IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION LIMITS LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

16. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Seven Marks Studios LLC and its members, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to:

• Your use of the Service;
• Your violation of these Terms;
• Your violation of any law or the rights of any third party;
• Any User Content you submit.

We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which case you will cooperate with us.

17. Dispute Resolution

17.1 Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or related to them or the Service are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

17.2 Informal Resolution

Before filing any formal claim, you agree to first contact us at legal@followme42.com and attempt to resolve the dispute informally. We will attempt to resolve your claim within 60 days.

17.3 Venue

Any dispute not resolved informally will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Denton County, Texas, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

17.4 Time Limit

Any claim must be filed within one (1) year after it arises, or it is permanently barred, except where a longer period is required by law.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to:

19. Miscellaneous

• Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other policies referenced, are the entire agreement between you and Seven Marks Studios regarding the Service.
• Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign these Terms at any time without notice.
• No agency. Nothing in these Terms creates an agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship.
• Force majeure. We are not liable for failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
• Headings. Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.