The website www.houndism.com is owned and operated by Aubree Clark. By joining Houndism you agree that you (and your parents, if you're under 13) have read the Terms of Service and consent to it.
Houndism is a game where players may show, breed, and raise imaginary dogs. These dogs, along with anything else on the site are not real including Houndism currency. It is a game of fake dogs, fake money, and fake tokens. Houndism has a positive community and to make that possible we do not permit harassment of players, or tolerate heavy and obscene language. Houndism does accept light swearing but abuse of this rule will result in punishment to your account (warn, fine, freeze, ban). It is the players responsibility to make sure they have the right to use any referenced or uploaded information or images. Players that do not follow these rules may be terminated from the game without refund. Fees and privileges may be changed at any time without notice. If players do not agree with these terms of service their only remedy is to stop using this site.
HD is designed for people to use by displaying the pages in a browser and clicking the buttons or links by hand. Using programs or outside scripts to play the games to cheat, steal or otherwise cause harm to the game or players is forbidden. Any player is using such scripts or programs can have their account frozen or permanently banned. We will also not hesitate to ban your IP.
Please be aware that areas of Houndism with user created content (such as home pages, chat or message boards) do not necessarily reflect the views of our site. Although we watch posted information, message boards and chat, in no event does Houndism assume or have any responsibility or liability for any user creating content or postings or for any claims, damages or losses resulting from their use and/or appearance on or in conjunction with this game or elsewhere. Users remain solely responsible for the content of their messages and postings. Nonetheless, we will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the areas of Houndism with user created content serve the best interests of all users and, therefore, we reserve the right to edit, delete, or refuse to post any material that violates these Terms of Service, as well as revoke the privileges of any user who does not comply with these Terms of Service. We normally do not edit content of user created pages or postings unless for the following reasons:
Other illegal material or material that is detrimental to the operation of the site.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users. Houndism reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users. Houndism gives members privileges, not rights and we are able to revoke those privileges at any time with or without warning.
DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THE MATERIALS IN HOUNDISM ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS ON ANY HOUNDISM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED THAT MAKE SUCH MATERIALS AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS ON ANY HOUNDISM SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
INDEMNIFICATION
People who are using Houndism are responsible for maintaining their account information (IE. Logins[s] and password[s]) for your all activities that occur within the account. Houndism reserves the right to assume, at its sole expense, the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Houndism in asserting any available defenses.
General Rules
1. Members are allowed up to two (2) accounts. Shared accounts are allowed but count as one (1) of the two (2) accounts you may have.
2. The discussion of politics and religion, and images of pornography are forbidden.
3. There is a zero tolerance for art theft. First time being caught results in a large fine. If a member if caught stealing art again, they will be banned from the site permanently.
4. Houndism asks that all members are the age of 14 and over. If you are younger, we require you have parental permission to play.
5. Please respect all members (including mods/admins/artists). Player harassment will not be tolerated and can result in large fines.
6. Scamming other players is not allowed. This will result in a permanent ban from the game.
7. Art, layouts, text, etc. is all copyrighted © to Houndism.com. Result of stealing our property is a permanent ban.
8. Houndism Dollars (HDD), Houndism Tokens (HDT), and member accounts are not to be sold for any real life currency (USD, CAD, AUD, etc.). Artists may sell their artwork for real life currency.
The Chat room/Boards
1. Try to avoid using bright colours. Bright colours can often be difficult to read.
2. Typing in all capitals is allowed, but permitted to a certain degree. Excessive use of capitals to try and gain attention or "shouting" will not be tolerated.
3. When a moderator/admin asks you to stop, you are to listen. Failing to listen will result in punishment.
4. Swearing is not permitted. However, abbreviations (stfu, lmao, lmfao, etc.) are allowed.
5. Please post on the right board (post dog sales on the "Advertisement Board", art sales on the "Art Sales Board", etc.). If you accidentally post on the wrong board, submit a message to a mod/admin and they will move it for you.
6. Tags may not exceed the size limit of 150 x 150 pixels. You will be asked to resize your tag if they exceed the size limit. Images in player signatures may not exceed 375 x 125 pixels.
Hot linking
According to the site Altlab, hot linking is described as "direct linking to a web site's files (images, video, etc.). An example would be using an <*img*> tag to display a PICTURE/JPEG/GIF/PNG image you found on someone else's web page so it will appear on your own site, eBay auction listing, web blog, forum message post, etc." In addition, hot linking is illegal, and can get you or an entire site in trouble.
Uploading your pictures to a free hosting site (such as photobucket.com, tinypic.com, imageshack.us) takes little to no extra effort, and ensures that you will not get in trouble for hot linking. Once again, stealing bandwidth or copyrighted pictures can get you AND Houndism in potential trouble legally, and it's not worth the risk.
With that said, those found hot linking pictures will get a warning and a fine. The second offense results in a greater fine and a one day ban, and each successive offense results in higher fines and longer bans.
Breaking the rules will result in a warning, fine, temporary ban, permanent ban, and/or privileges revoked.
Houndism.com reserves the right to shut down temporarily or permanently. We will not be responsible for any lost money, and it will not be refunded.
Last Modified: August 17th, 2010 by Cai (#2)
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