CONTENDR Terms of Service

CONTENDR is a platform for skill-based video game contests between players. By creating an account you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use CONTENDR.

1. Who can play

• You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter a binding agreement.
• Prize contests are offered only where they are lawful. You must tell us truthfully where you live, and you may not enter contests from a place where they are not offered. We may ask for proof of age or residence and may suspend accounts that fail to provide it.
• One account per person. Accounts may not be shared, sold or transferred.

2. Contests are decided by skill

Every contest on CONTENDR is a head-to-head competition decided by the players' skill in the game they chose. Entry amounts, the hosting fee and the prize are shown before you enter. Chance plays no part in who wins.

3. Credits

• Contests are entered with credits. One credit is backed by one USDC held in a CONTENDR vault. Credits are not a currency, not a deposit account and carry no interest.
• You add credits by sending USDC on Solana from a wallet you control, and withdraw them as USDC to a wallet you have linked and verified. Withdrawals are subject to a minimum of 5 credits, daily limits, holds on newly linked wallets, and review of larger amounts.
• You are responsible for the accuracy of wallet addresses and for the network fees of your own transactions. Transfers of tokens other than USDC, or to the wrong address, may be unrecoverable.

4. Entering, playing and reporting

• When you host or join a contest, the entry and hosting fee move out of your available balance and are held until the contest ends. Leaving an open contest, or a contest that is cancelled or voided, returns them in full.
• Before a contest goes live the host photographs the private match settings with the phone camera inside CONTENDR and everyone readies up. When it ends, every player photographs the final result screen before reporting who won. Captures come from the camera only; screenshots and uploaded images are not accepted.
• Contest settings are fixed when the contest is created. Playing on different settings, with different players, or on a different platform than shown may void the contest.
• Failing to ready up in time, or to report a result by the deadline, counts against your record and may be treated as a forfeit under the policy in force at the time.

5. Verification, review and trust

When both sides report the same result, that result stands and the photos are deleted without being looked at. When they do not, both sides' final-screen photos are checked and read; when they clearly show the same winner, that result stands. Otherwise the CONTENDR team reviews the photos and reports. Either way the decision is final. When one side reports and the other does not by the deadline, the report on file stands, after a check of the photo behind it. Every photo that is reviewed is checked for AI-generated, edited or re-used images.

A player who quits or disconnects during a contest forfeits it unless both sides agree to replay; a brief disconnect the game itself reconnects does not count. Every result records how it was won — played to the end, by forfeit, by the other side leaving, or by no-show — and a side that quit, lost connection or forfeited loses a little trust for it. The side that loses a review pays a penalty (a fixed multiple of the hosting fee, shown before you dispute) to the side that won it, on top of the entry.

Every account carries a trust score that other players can see. A result you report that the review does not uphold, a dispute you raise that is not upheld, a photo you fail to provide when asked, and no-shows all lower it; an account whose score falls below the threshold cannot host or join contests until the CONTENDR team reviews it. Submitting fabricated evidence — an AI-generated, edited, or someone else's screen — ends the account permanently, and any credits in open contests are handled under the review's decision. Repeated false reports also end the account.

6. Fees

A flat hosting fee per player, shown as a credit amount before you enter, is collected when a contest settles. It is returned when a contest is cancelled or voided.

7. What you may not do

• Cheat, use modified game clients, or manipulate captures or results.
• Collude with another player to fix a result or move credits between accounts.
• Impersonate another person, use another person's wallet, or evade a suspension.
• Harass other players or the CONTENDR team.

We may suspend or close accounts that break these rules, void affected contests, and withhold prizes from contests we determine were not fairly played. Credits that are not subject to an open contest or review remain withdrawable.

8. Availability and changes

CONTENDR is provided as is. Games, platforms and features may change or be withdrawn. We may change these terms; when we do, you will be asked to accept the new version before your next contest.

9. Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, CONTENDR is not liable for indirect or consequential losses, for the conduct of other players, for the games and networks we do not operate, or for losses caused by your own wallet, keys or transactions. Our total liability to you is limited to the credits in your account.

10. Contact and disputes

Questions and complaints go to support at the address shown in the app. Where the law allows, disputes under these terms are resolved in the courts of the State of Missouri, United States.

Privacy Policy

What we collect

• Your email address, gamertag, the in-game names you add, and where you say you live.
• Wallet addresses you link, and the on-chain transactions for your deposits and withdrawals.
• The photos you capture for contests, with the time and basic device information, and the results you report.
• Sign-in and session records, including IP address and browser, to keep accounts secure.

How we use it

• To run contests: matching players, checking results, settling prizes, resolving reviews.
• To operate credits: confirming deposits, paying withdrawals, preventing fraud and abuse.
• To contact you about your contests and your account. Contest emails can be switched off in Settings; sign-in codes and account notices cannot.

Who sees it

Opponents see your gamertag, the in-game names relevant to the contest, and your contest record. Captures are private and are seen only by the CONTENDR team when a contest is reviewed. Captures are checked by our verification providers as part of that process. We use service providers for hosting, email, storage and blockchain access, and share data with them only to provide the service. We do not sell personal data.

Keeping and deleting it

Photos from a contest that settles without a review are deleted the moment it settles; only their hashes are kept, to catch re-used images. Photos that decided a contest — read as a disagreement's evidence or reviewed by the CONTENDR team — are kept as the record of the decision for as long as needed to meet our obligations. You can ask us to delete your account; we keep what the law requires us to keep, such as transaction records.