01ACCEPTANCE, ELIGIBILITY, AND ACCOUNTS
By visiting the website, creating or using a server account, signing in through Steam, using the Shop, or joining Charzoid, you agree to these Terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the website or server.
You must meet the minimum age and account requirements imposed by applicable law, Steam, and Project Zomboid. Where required, you must have permission from a parent or guardian.
Keep your game and Steam credentials secure. You are responsible for activity through your account unless you promptly report unauthorized use. Do not share, sell, impersonate, or evade restrictions through another account. Account names and profile images must not violate another person's rights or the community rules.
02COMMUNITY AND FAIR-PLAY RULES
- Treat players and administrators respectfully; no harassment, threats, hate, targeted abuse, doxxing, sexual misconduct, or disruptive spam.
- Do not cheat, exploit bugs, duplicate items, manipulate KX/playtime, automate gameplay, tamper with deliveries, bypass bans, attack infrastructure, or access data or controls not intended for you.
- Follow posted gameplay rules, PvP settings, safehouse/property rules, administrator instructions, and reasonable community standards.
- Report serious exploits or security issues privately to an administrator. Do not demonstrate them against the live service or other players.
Server-specific rules may be clarified through the website, Discord, or in-game announcements. A clarification cannot remove mandatory rights granted by law.
03KX, TIERS, SHOP PURCHASES, AND GIFTS
KX is a closed, fictional reward balance earned or granted for use only on Charzoid. It is not money, cryptocurrency, stored value, or property; it has no cash value, cannot be withdrawn, and is not redeemable outside this server. Unless a feature expressly allows it, KX and items are not transferable.
Character playtime and survival determine tier progression. Death, a character reset, a world reset, corrections, abuse prevention, or technical reconciliation may reset or adjust character-based progression and balances where the system rules require it. Administrators may correct mistaken, exploited, duplicated, or fraudulent entries with an audit record.
Stock, prices, limits, rotation, categories, availability, and delivery rules can change. A purchase is complete only when the service confirms it. Items, vehicles, gifts, and Taxi services may require the intended survivor to be online, in a safe location, or otherwise eligible. Failed deliveries may be retried, replaced, reversed, or refunded in KX at the administrator's reasonable discretion.
Virtual items and vehicles remain governed by game mechanics, mods, wipes, death, damage, theft, decay, and server rules after delivery. They are not guaranteed to survive a character death, rollback, mod removal, or world reset.
04MODERATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Administrators may warn, remove content, correct balances, reverse deliveries, kick, temporarily restrict, ban, or terminate access when reasonably necessary to enforce rules, protect players or systems, investigate abuse, comply with law, or keep the community playable. Serious security abuse may result in immediate action.
Moderation actions and reasons may be logged. You may ask for a review through the official Charzoid Discord, but access may remain restricted during review and there is no guarantee that a discretionary community-server sanction will be reversed.
05MODS, AVAILABILITY, AND DATA-LOSS RISKS
Charzoid is an experimental, modded Project Zomboid server, including unstable game builds and third-party Workshop content. Updates may break compatibility, remove items, alter saves, require restarts, or force mod/world changes. You may need to install or update Workshop content to connect.
The website and server are provided on an as-available basis. Maintenance, automatic updates, attacks, power or network failures, software defects, and provider outages can interrupt access. We aim to keep backups and recover service, but no backup, uptime, character, inventory, world state, delivery, or historical record is guaranteed.
We may change, pause, reset, migrate, or discontinue features or the server when reasonably needed. Where practical, significant planned changes will be announced through the website, Discord, or in game.
06INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, DISCLAIMERS, AND LAW
Charzoid's original website design, code, branding, and community materials belong to their respective owners or licensors. Project Zomboid, its game assets, and related marks belong to The Indie Stone or their licensors; Steam and Workshop belong to Valve or their licensors; mod content belongs to its creators. Charzoid is an independent community project and is not endorsed by or affiliated with The Indie Stone or Valve.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the service is provided without promises that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, compatible, secure, or fit for a particular gameplay outcome. Charmi L.L.C. is not responsible for indirect or consequential losses arising from voluntary use of this free community service. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability or consumer, privacy, or other rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.
These Terms and disputes are governed by the law that applies to the operator and user, including mandatory consumer protections. Before formal proceedings, please contact an administrator through the official Charzoid Discord so the issue can be reviewed in good faith. Competent courts and authorities remain available as required by law.
07CHANGES, SEVERABILITY, AND CONTACT
We may update these Terms to reflect service, rule, security, or legal changes. The updated date will change, and material revisions may be announced. Continuing to use the service after revised Terms take effect means you accept them, except where applicable law requires another form of consent.
If one provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply. Failure to enforce a provision once is not a waiver. These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and posted server rules form the agreement for this community service. Questions should be sent to the server administrator through the official Charzoid Discord.
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