Terms of Service


By accessing LuckyLapine.com( "Lucky Lapine", "LL", "we", "our," "Site", "the game", "the website" and "us"), you("player", "players", "member", "members", "user", "users") are agreeing to be bound by the site's terms of service, chat and forum regulations and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws.

The Term of Service may change without notification, so it's advised check it once in a while.

If you are unsure about any parts of the terms of service, you can contact us using the contact form here.

The Site Owner reserves the right to change terms of service without notice.

Disclaimer
Lucky Lapine intends to simulate breeding and raising rabbits as accuratelyand realistic as possible to real life; however, we at no time guarantee an exact sense of realism with every real life condition due to the necessity to simplify gameplay in parts to keep the game flowing smoothly.
This site is not a substitute for the many years of valuable advice and information you can receive from a professional. Alwaysconsult a veterinarian.

  • Lucky Lapine is a virtual simulation game, and none of the rabbits, rabbitry or items is real and only exists on the site and not in real life.
  • The game is intended be child-friendly and relatively child-safe, but no guarantee of that can be granted on user controlled pages.
  • Some of the more realistic aspects are of such nature that we have a +13 year old age limit. Should anyone be found to be to be under 13, they will have their accounts suspended until they turn 13 by contacting LL at admin@luckylapine.com.
  • LuckyLapine has and maintains the right to close down either temporarily or permanently, with or without notice.
  • No refunds of any kind are guaranteed in the case of temporary or permanent closure.
  • Violations of terms of service, chat and forum rules may result in account warnings, suspension, or IP banning.


Copyright
All content on the site (included but not limited to: written content, artwork, game features and all programming) rests solely with the site, the original artists and coders.
You may not copy, edit, redistribute or sell an
y of the contents, graphics, or coding of the site anywhere offsite. Images (including, but not limited to: rabbits and image art) may be used and edited to use on the site itself without written permission from us, but not with purpose of selling for profit.


Should you have any questions regarding use of LL content on other sites, please contact us at: admin@luckylapine.com.

  • Users submitting anything related to the site, such as but not limited to: written content, fan art, suggestions or ideas, agree to give full rights and permissions to LuckyLapine.
  • If we discover that you have used any of our copyrighted materials directly or indirectly inform of edits which contravene the permission above, we may take legal actions against it.
  • Should you discover LL related material to which you are certain or unsure violates these terms please contact us at admin@luckylapine.com.


Lucky Lapine is not in any way legally responsible for the actions of its players, however LL will take action against them should the terms of service be violated.
This includes, but not limits to user generated content such as rabbitry pages, forum posts and messages.

Posted and Submitted Content
Lucky Lapine will not be held responsible for the action of its players, including but not limited to user-made posts on forum, private messages, however LuckyLapine will assist and take action against them should any illegal activity be conducted on the site.

LuckyLapine is not responsible for external links or images posted by users which breaks the copyright laws, but will assist in removing and punishing the user.

  • Users of LuckyLapine are not allowed to post, distribute or pass off any work which is not their own, or without the copyright holder's permission.
    This includes, but not limits the use of images for tags, the use of artwork on rabbitry pages and posts on the forum.
  • Displaying artwork on your tag and/or rabbitry page must either be your own work or you must have permission to use this from the original artist and proof of said permission should it be inquired by LuckyLapine Staff members.
  • Using copyrighted characters (such as Pokémon, anime, movie characters etc.) that are not your own as tag and/or on rabbitry page is not allowed and will be removed by staff if discovered. This includes, but not limits to official and fan art of said character.
  • Fan characters are allowed with the premise of proper credit is provided if inquired by LuckyLapine Staff members.
  • LuckyLapine is an English language site. Content written in other languages is not permitted (with the exception of quotes, names and poems) anywhere on the site, including but not limited to rabbitry pages and forum.


Content of the following natures are not permitted to be discussed or submitted to LuckyLapine: illegal, offensive, religious, political, sexist, sexual, racist, derogatory or slanderous. Also including is content related to murder, suicide, eating disorders (discussing and promoting), self-harming, excessive discussing of sexual orientation (including bashing of orientation terrorism, porn, blackmail, gore or hacking.
LuckyLapine also discourage discussions of personal issues, seeking advices or other related to the mentioned natures, as well as to illnesses and similar topics as these may cause discomfort for other members.
LuckyLapine is not the place for this, and we suggest that you instead contact local doctor, support group, adults you trust or family members.
Lucky Lapine has a strict no bully policy, and has no tolerance for harassment of other users in any forms, this includes (but not limits to): public blacklisting, name calling, publically humiliation and trolling topics on the message boards.
Any player issues should be addressed to a moderator, and not in public on the boards or rabbitry page. LL may or may not have multiple "bugs" or "glitches"occurring at any time. Any bugs must be reported to staff immediately - failing to do so may be considered bug exploiting and may result in immediately and permanently banning of your account and IP address.

Sales and Site Purchases
LuckyLapine offers "Credits" as form of virtual productwhich allows you to purchase certain items, account upgrades and perks on the site. Credits are in the permanent possession of LuckyLapine and are loaned to you on purchase.
Credits are purchasable with real life currency (such as USD, Euro, CAD etc.) via Paypal.com only. Users who purchase credits acknowledge that they will not be refunded for any reasons, including but not limited to being banned from site or purchase of wrong in-items.
Users also acknowledge that they are not exempt from any of these conditions or site rules, and may have their accounts banned or suspended if they are found to be breaking the rules.
Should credits go missing from your account through player scamming or otherwise, LL reserve the rights to refund only at its own discretion, and is no way expected or legally obliged to do so.

  • By purchasing credits you give us permission to store basic information about the purchase including, but limited to: the PayPal transaction ID; the email address, the time and date of purchase, item bought and quantity.
  • When purchasing any LuckyLapine merchandise, including but not limited to "credits" via PayPal, you agree that you are authorized to use the PayPal account you are sending the payment from.
    Should you be found to be sending unauthorized payments via PayPal for purchase of LuckyLapine merchandise, you agree to be held liable for any penalties incurred and that data stored on LuckyLapine regarding your account will be shared with PayPal, credit card companies, banks, courts, fraud agencies and the police in order to recover funds and/or pursue this further.
  • You agree that any PayPal dispute or chargeback initiated against LuckyLapine also will result in the immediate and permanent banning of your account and IP address.


In-game purchases paid for with credits or LuckyLapine currency are non-refundable.

Accounts
Lucky Lapine grants privileges and not rights to each user account when signing up. These privileges include, but are not limited to: creation of new rabbits, breeding rabbits, showing rabbits, personalizing their own rabbitry page, logging in and out, using the private messaging system, conversing with other members on the message boards, using the classified system and so forth.

  • LL may remove any of these privileges without warning at any time, and reserves the right to do so.
  • Users may only have 1 account per person. If more people in a household wishes to sign up, admins should be contacted. Failing to do so may result in one or all accounts being banned, and LL reserves the right to do so.
  • Users may not share accounts or login information with others, if a user is found to ask about someone else's login information they may be banned without notice.
  • Logging in on another person's account is considered hacking and will result in permanent IP-banning from LuckyLapine.
  • LuckyLapine Staff Members will never ask for passwords, or attempt to gain access to users account. Should this happen, the staff member in question should be reported to admin@luckylapine.com


Selling and Trading.
Users may not sell user accounts for any form of currencies including, but not limited to real life currency (USD, Euro, CAD) and virtual currencies, onsite or offsite.

Accounts may be traded for artwork or other accounts on virtual sim games, should the sim game in question allow this in their TOS, and by written permission from LL's owner only.

Anyone found to be attempting selling their account for any form of currencies or trading without permission, onsite or offsite transactions, and to on site or offsite evidence that implies you intend to trade or sell your account, will have your account and IP immediately and permanently banned. Should you come over someone attempting to sell or trade their accounts, please report them to admin@luckylapine.com.

LL Currency (Credits, ingame Money), items and rabbits can be traded for other game currencies if, and ONLY if the other game permits this in their Terms of Service. LL Currency, items and rabbits cannot be traded or sold for USD or other tangible currency (Euro, CAD etc.) on site or offsite locations.

If you are found to be attempting selling LL currency, items or rabbits for any form of RL currency (USD, Euro, CAD etc.), onsite or offsite transactions, and to on site or offsite evidence that implies you intend to sell LL currency, items or rabbits, will have your account and IP immediately and permanently banned.
Should you come over someone attempting to sell LL currency, items or rabbits please report them to admin@luckylapine.com.

LL is not responsible for these trades, and will not be able to assist if something should go wrong.

LuckyLapine Staff Members
LuckyLapine Staff ("Moderators", "Mods") are employed by LuckyLapine on voluntary basis to keep the site safe, fun and running smoothly. Please show respect for the mods, and respect their decisions, as they are only doing their jobs.
Moderators have the final say in disagreements, and whether or not uploaded or posted material is allowed.

Moderators have their own set of rules and regulations to which they must follow, should you feel unfairly treated or disagree with ruling by a moderator, please contact us at admin@luckylapine.com.

Staff impersonating is not permitted in any form or ways, on the message boards, in private messages or offsite. Should a user be caught posing as a staff, they may be banned without notice.

Fair Usage Policy
The usage of scripts to play or cheat at the game is prohibited. "Script" on this website is defined as any program other than an internet browser used to access the site, usually written in, though not limited to, java script, PERL, CGI, PHP, or ASP. Users caught doing this will be banned without notice.

This also counts for using auto-refreshing and similar ways to gain an advantage.

Uptime and Loss of Data
Lucky Lapine reserves the right to be taken down or shut down for shorter or longer periods, for revamps, bug fixes, for a break or permanently shut down without any reasons or explanations given prior to being the site taken down.

Lucky Lapine also reserve the rights to change or add any features on the site any time.

Lucky Lapine will in no way be held responsible for any loss of date in the result of a 'bug', malfunction, programming error, server errors/problems or such. This includes, but not limited to loss of game data, account data or data posted on and/or via the account.

Lucky Lapine may assist in returning lost data, but solely on its discretion. We are in no way expected to do so.