TERMS OF SERVICE
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using TURN BASED HQ (therpgharbor.com), including our gaming database, news publications, reviews, tactical guides, and community forum, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must refrain from using our services.
These Terms apply to all visitors, registered members, and contributors. Continued use of the website after any modifications constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
2. User Accounts & Responsibilities
To participate in community discussions, post forum replies, rate games, and access certain features, you must register a member account.
You agree to provide accurate, complete, and up-to-date registration information and to keep your login credentials confidential.
You are solely responsible for all activities and content published under your account credentials, including any links, images, or external media you post.
You must not share your account, sell or transfer it, or allow others to use it.
We reserve the right to suspend or permanently terminate accounts that violate these Terms, impersonate other users or developers, engage in malicious automation, spam, or any form of abuse.
You may delete your account at any time. Upon deletion, your personal data will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy, while publicly posted content may remain visible in anonymized form.
3. Community Code of Conduct
TURN BASED HQ is a dedicated, respectful hub for tactical and turn-based gaming enthusiasts. When posting comments, forum threads, replies, ratings, or any other content, you agree to abide by the following standards:
3.1 Respect Fellow Members
Harassment, hate speech, threats, personal attacks, discrimination (based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or similar characteristics), and excessive toxicity are strictly prohibited.
Treat others with courtesy even when you disagree. Critique ideas and games, not people.
3.2 No Spam or Unsolicited Promotion
Do not post referral spam, automated bot promotions, commercial advertisements, affiliate links, or repetitive off-topic messages without prior permission from the administration.
Excessive self-promotion or flooding threads with low-value content is not allowed.
3.3 Quality Discussions
Keep discussions constructive and relevant to the respective subforum, news article, review, or game database entry.
Use clear and descriptive titles. Search before creating a new thread to avoid duplicates.
Mark spoilers appropriately when discussing game plots or endings.
3.4 No Illegal Content or Piracy
Do not share warez, cracked game files, stolen software keys, keygens, malware, phishing links, or any content that infringes intellectual property rights.
Do not promote or facilitate real-world illegal activities.
Do not post, link to, or embed any content that is illegal under applicable law, including but not limited to child sexual abuse material, extreme violence, or content that promotes terrorism or hate crimes.
3.5 Additional Prohibited Conduct
Impersonating staff, moderators, other users, or developers.
Attempting to exploit bugs, manipulate ratings, rankings, or site functionality.
Publicly arguing about moderation decisions. Appeals must be submitted privately through official channels.
Violations may result in content removal, warnings, temporary restrictions, or permanent account suspension, at the sole discretion of the moderators and administrators.
4. Private Messages (PM)
The forum may provide a private messaging system allowing registered users to communicate with each other privately.
Private messages are intended to remain confidential between the participants. We do not proactively monitor or read the content of private messages as a matter of routine.
However, by using the private messaging feature you acknowledge and agree that administrators and authorized moderators may access the content of specific private messages in the following limited circumstances:
Upon receiving a credible report or complaint that a private message violates these Terms of Service, applicable law, or the rights of others;
When there is a reasonable suspicion of illegal activity, abuse, threats, harassment, spam, or other serious misconduct;
In response to a valid legal request, court order, or inquiry from competent authorities;
To protect the security, integrity, or proper functioning of the service, or to investigate technical issues.
Access to private messages will be limited to what is necessary for the specific purpose and will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws (including the GDPR).
Users who become aware of private messages containing illegal content or serious violations are encouraged to report them using the official report function or contact form. We will review such reports and take appropriate action.
Misuse of the private messaging system (including spam, harassment, or sharing illegal content) may result in account restrictions or termination.
5. External Content, Hotlinking & Linked Images
Users may post links to external images, screenshots, and media (including via hotlinking or embedding) for the purpose of discussion, commentary, reviews, or illustration related to turn-based and tactical games.
Important clarifications:
TURN BASED HQ does not host, store, or permanently save images from external sources on its servers. Images displayed via links or hotlinking remain hosted on third-party servers.
You are solely and fully responsible for any external links, images, or media you post. This includes ensuring that you have the right to link to or display such content and that the content itself is legal and does not infringe any third-party rights.
By posting a link or embedding an image, you represent and warrant that: (a) the content is not illegal; (b) you are not knowingly linking to infringing or unauthorized material; (c) the display of the content does not violate the terms of the source website or applicable law.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion and without prior notice, to remove, disable, blur, hide, or otherwise restrict the display of any linked or embedded content that we believe may be illegal, infringing, inappropriate, or harmful, or upon receiving a credible notice of infringement or illegality.
Linking to or hotlinking copyrighted material does not automatically make the use lawful. Users must respect copyright, trademarks, and the rights of the original publishers and rightsholders.
If you are a rightsholder and believe that content linked or displayed on TURN BASED HQ infringes your rights, please contact us using the official contact form. We will review valid notices and take appropriate action in accordance with applicable law (including notice-and-action procedures under the EU Digital Services Act where applicable).
6. Intellectual Property & Fair Use
All original editorial reviews, tactical articles, site architecture, design, database structure, and logo branding on TURN BASED HQ are protected by copyright laws and remain the exclusive property of TURN BASED HQ.
Game titles, developer logos, cover artwork, screenshots, and other game-related materials referenced throughout our database and articles remain the intellectual property and trademarks of their respective publishers and copyright owners. Such materials are utilized here under fair use / fair dealing principles for the purposes of commentary, critique, review, news reporting, and archival indexing.
User-posted links and hotlinked images are not claimed as our property. Responsibility for those materials rests with the user who posted them and the original host.
7. User Generated Content License
By publishing posts, forum threads, game ratings, comments, links, or any other content on TURN BASED HQ, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license to display, host (where applicable), archive, index, reproduce, and distribute your submitted content as part of the community service and website functionality.
You retain full authorship and ownership of your original written thoughts and content. You represent that you have all necessary rights to the content you submit (including any linked or embedded material) and that it does not infringe any third-party rights.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless TURN BASED HQ, its administrators, moderators, and affiliates from any claims, damages, or expenses arising from content (including links and images) that you post.
8. Editorial Independence & Scores
Our editorial team provides independent commentary and critique on turn-based and tactical games. Review scores, tactical recommendations, and opinions represent the honest views of our staff and community contributors.
We do not accept payment, free products, or any other form of compensation in exchange for favorable review scores or coverage. Any potential conflicts of interest will be disclosed when relevant.
9. Reporting Violations & Notice Procedure
If you believe that any content on TURN BASED HQ (including user posts, private messages, links, or displayed images) is illegal, infringes your rights, or violates these Terms, please report it using the official contact form or the report function available on the site.
We will review credible notices as promptly as reasonably possible and may remove, restrict, or disable access to the reported content. We are not obligated to monitor all content proactively, but we act on valid notices in accordance with applicable law.
10. Limitation of Liability & Disclaimers
TURN BASED HQ is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
We do not guarantee uninterrupted server availability, error-free operation, or that the website will meet your specific requirements. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the service at any time.
Because external images and media are loaded from third-party servers via links or hotlinking, we have no control over their continued availability, content changes, or legality after the link is posted. We are not liable for any third-party content that users choose to link to or embed.
In no event shall TURN BASED HQ, its administrators, staff, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your access to, use of, or inability to access our services, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
11. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Service at any time. The updated version will be indicated by the "Last updated" date. Significant changes will be announced on the website. Continued use of TURN BASED HQ after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
12. Contact
For questions regarding these Terms of Service, reports of violations, copyright notices, or account-related matters, please use the official contact form available on therpgharbor.com.