World Trade Rules

This Agreement governs the relationship between the Expanse resource Operator and the user (an individual who agrees to the terms, hereinafter referred to as the "User") and establishes standards for managing the service, as well as measures applied in case of violations of the World Trade service usage Terms (hereinafter referred to as "Restrictions"), and other issues related to the conditions for providing access to World Trade.

World Trade is an in-game mechanism for exchanging and trading items and resources between players (hereinafter referred to as "World Trade").

By using World Trade within the game, you automatically agree to these terms of service. The Operator reserves the right to make changes to this Agreement without prior notice to Users. Users are required to regularly check for updates to the Agreement.

If any rule is violated, restrictions may be applied to the player, up to and including the confiscation of items/balance and blocking access to World Trade.

1. General Provisions

1. The Operator has the right to impose restrictions on the User depending on the nature of the violation, taking into account the degree of violation and accompanying circumstances. These restrictions are established in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Restriction Policy and may include additional measures not mentioned in this Agreement if the Operator deems it necessary.
2. The Operator has the right to analyze user behavior and take measures in situations not covered by these rules if deemed necessary.
3. Sanctions for rule violations apply to all of the player's accounts, including those where the violator has a unique identifier. (This means that restrictions may be imposed on all characters that the violator has ever accessed)
4. To contact the Operator regarding World Trade issues, the User can reach out to the user support service.
5. An attempt to violate the rules may be equated to committing a violation.
6. Ignorance or misunderstanding of the rules does not exempt from responsibility for their violation.
7. This Agreement applies to all aspects of the World Trade functionality, including both real money transactions (RMT) and in-game transactions.

2. Restriction Policy

When using World Trade, the User is prohibited from:

1. Publicly announcing or discussing their goods or items in the game, on the forum, or other information resources of the project, except for World Trade.
2. Making promises of in-game bonuses in exchange for purchasing the User's lot or goods through the World Trade interface.
3. Listing items for purchase or sale in the World Trade interface at deliberately incorrect prices.
4. Listing outdated or irrelevant items in the World Trade interface to overload it with offers.
5. Transferring balance between master accounts using lots registered in the World Trade interface at intentionally inflated or deflated prices.
6. Any action or intentional attempt that may potentially harm the server's economy is considered a violation and subject to sanctions. These actions include, but are not limited to: illegal transactions, price manipulation, unfair trading, creating inflation, artificially lowering the value of currency or items, measures aimed at restricting other players' access to resources, items or services, creating unfair competitive advantages, or any other actions that may negatively impact the economic stability of the game world.
7. Managing trade operations using multiple computers to simultaneously launch multiple characters to gain an advantage over other users.
8. Any real money trading (RMT) outside of World Trade is prohibited. RMT includes the act of direct or indirect transfer, provision, or delegation of in-game data or activity for compensation (including currency, goods, property, currency outside our services, characters, items, data, information, etc.) or facilitating this. If RMT activity is confirmed, restrictions will be imposed on the User's account.
9. Fraud or any attempts to deceive other players are strictly prohibited and subject to immediate sanctions. This includes, but is not limited to, trade fraud, unfair exchanges, fake offers, and any actions aimed at harming other users.
10. Creating, using, or transacting with any in-game items created or copied using design vulnerabilities, undocumented issues, or errors in the World Trade interface, which disrupt the economy of the game environment.
11. Using abnormal transactions – any repeated actions involving abnormal movement of in-game values between accounts through the World Trade interface. This includes gaining advantage or harming other Users by manipulating World Trade prices, performing repeated transactions at maximum/minimum price, intentional selling/buying, abnormal purchase of a large number of items, etc. If the volume of moved values significantly harms the game, even for the first violation, measures in the form of permanent restriction may be applied.
12. Using gameplay exclusively to gain financial benefit through the acquisition of in-game values with subsequent realization within World Trade. The administration reserves the right to permanently block game accounts and deny access to World Trade.

Possible Restrictions

If certain actions specified in paragraph 2 of the Restriction Policy are detected, the User who committed such action may be held liable in accordance with the Agreement, and the Operator has the right to apply strict restrictions and sanctions to the account.

Depending on the severity of the violation, any of the restrictions listed in this section may be applied to the User. The list below includes these measures but is not limited to them. Even if multiple Users violated the same provision, the Operator independently assigns restrictions from the list specified in this paragraph, depending on the severity of the violation.

1. Deprivation of “Samurai” status (pig samurai) - permanent. “Samurai” status means that even after receiving it, the character will not be able to transfer his items.
2. Blocking the User's game account(s) for an indefinite period, as well as confiscating acquired in-game values and/or advantages.
3. Blocking the User's account(s) (master accounts).
4. Complete ban on withdrawing funds from World Trade and cancellation of current withdrawal requests.
5. Full or partial confiscation of the World Trade balance.

3. Disclaimer

1. If the User mistakenly listed the wrong item for sale or purchase, or specified an incorrect price or quantity, the transaction is considered complete and cannot be canceled.
2. Funds transferred from the World Trade Balance to the Personal Account Balance cannot be withdrawn to a cash account or returned to the World Trade account but can be used to purchase goods in the User's personal account.
3. The Operator is not responsible for any potential losses to the User if official information about changes in the operation of World Trade was published, but the User did not review it.
4. The Operator is not responsible for any potential losses to the User in cases such as inattention, insufficient information, fraud, and any similar situations.
5. The Operator is not responsible for any trading operations conducted outside the World Trade system or other Operator services.