User Agreement

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.1. This User Agreement (the “Agreement”) governs the relationship between an individual using the Slovoblood application (Russian: «Словоблуд») (the “User”) and Evgeny Vasilyevich Rogachev (Russian: Рогачев Евгений Васильевич), an individual applying the special tax regime “Tax on Professional Income” (self-employed), who is the owner and administrator of the project (the “Owner”).

1.2. The Slovoblood project (the “Service”, the “Game”) is an entertainment word application available to the User as a Telegram Mini App and through the related Telegram bot. The project’s information website provides no registration, authorization or storage of user credentials and serves solely to introduce the project and to open the Telegram Mini App.

1.3. The Service can be used only through the Telegram platform, provided the User has a valid Telegram account. The Service provides no other means of registration or authorization.

1.4. By starting to use the Service in any way (opening the Mini App, interacting with the Telegram bot, creating a game profile), the User confirms that they have read the terms of this Agreement and the Privacy Policy, fully and unconditionally agree to them and undertake to comply with them. A User who does not agree with any of the terms must stop using the Service.

1.5. The Owner may unilaterally amend the terms of this Agreement in the manner provided in section 20. The current version of the Agreement is published in the Service and (or) on the project’s information website.

2. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

2.1. “Service” means the set of software solutions united under the name “Slovoblood”, including the Telegram Mini App, the Telegram bot, the server infrastructure, databases and related materials.

2.2. “User” means an individual using the Service through their Telegram account.

2.3. “Account” (“Profile”) means the set of data about the User formed by the Service on the basis of the Telegram identifier (Telegram ID) and the User’s actions in the Service.

2.4. “User Content” means any materials added by the User to the Service: topics, word collections, definitions, suggestions, ideas, comments and other materials.

2.5. “Game Items” means virtual objects available within the Service: in-game currency, hints, profile customization, access to modes and collections, Premium status and other digital goods.

2.6. “Telegram Stars” means the internal payment unit of the Telegram platform, used to purchase Game Items in the manner determined by Telegram.

2.7. “Platform” (“Telegram”) means the Telegram messenger platform, including the Telegram Bot API, the Telegram Mini Apps API and related services, operated by Telegram FZ-LLC / Telegram Messenger Inc. (depending on the applicable jurisdiction), which is not affiliated with the Owner.

3. SUBJECT MATTER OF THE AGREEMENT

3.1. The Owner grants the User the right to use the functionality of the Service under a simple (non-exclusive) licence, free of charge, unless expressly stated otherwise for individual paid features (Premium, collection licences, other digital goods).

3.2. The Service is provided “as is” and “as available”. The functionality of the Service may include: game modes, a ranking system, daily rewards, achievements, a player profile, dictionaries, a hint system, Premium subscription features, collection licences, blitz quiz, user collections and topics, and other features introduced by the Owner at its discretion.

3.3. The Owner may at any time change, supplement, suspend or discontinue any features of the Service without prior notice, provided this does not infringe rights already paid for by the User, to the extent determined by law.

3.4. This Agreement is drawn up taking into account possible future expansion of the Service’s functionality, including (but not limited to) the introduction of subscription models, physical and cash prizes, mobile applications and other products under the same or a related brand. Such expansion does not require a new agreement and is governed by this Agreement as amended in accordance with section 20.

3.5. The Service is solely an entertainment word application and is not intended for organizing gambling, carrying out financial transactions, investment activity, or providing educational, medical or other professional services. Game Items, in-game currency, rankings and other elements of the Service have no monetary value outside the Service and cannot be regarded as an object of investment.

4. UPDATES AND CHANGES TO FUNCTIONALITY

4.1. The Owner may at any time, at its discretion, release updates to the Service that change game balance, the rules for awarding points and rewards, remove or add game modes, change the composition and content of dictionaries and collections, change game mechanics, and change the terms and composition of the Premium subscription and other paid features.

4.2. Making such changes does not oblige the Owner to preserve the previous version of the Service, or its individual features, modes, dictionaries or other elements unchanged, except where such an obligation is expressly provided by applicable law in respect of rights already paid for by the User.

5. ACCESS TO THE SERVICE AND ACCOUNT

5.1. The Service is accessed exclusively through Telegram. The User is identified on the basis of data provided by the Telegram platform (Telegram ID, username, display name, profile picture, language settings).

5.2. Separate registration, creation of a password or any other form of account outside Telegram is neither provided nor carried out.

5.3. The User is solely responsible for keeping access to their Telegram account secure and for all actions performed in the Service under that account.

5.4. The Service may be used by persons who have reached the age from which, under applicable law and the rules of the Telegram platform, independent use of services of this kind is permitted. A User who has not reached that age may use the Service only with the consent and under the supervision of a parent or other legal representative.

5.5. One Telegram User may use one game Account, unless the functionality of the Service provides otherwise. Creating several accounts to obtain unjustified advantages (multi-accounting) is a violation of this Agreement.

6. RULES FOR USING THE SERVICE

6.1. By using the Service, the User undertakes:

not to disrupt the normal operation of the Service, including attempts to overload it, interfere with the server infrastructure or bypass technical restrictions;

not to use automated means (bots, scripts, macros, input emulators) to interact with the Service without the Owner’s written permission;

not to attempt unauthorized access to the source code, the server side, the databases or the administrative functions of the Service;

not to exploit vulnerabilities, errors or other technical defects of the Service to gain an unlawful advantage and, when discovering them, to report them to support;

not to post as User Content materials that violate the law or the rights of third parties, or that contain obscene language, extremist, pornographic or discriminatory material, spam or false information;

not to impersonate another person or mislead other users or the Owner;

not to use the Service commercially without the Owner’s written consent, including selling, transferring or exchanging Accounts and Game Items outside the mechanisms provided by the Service itself;

not to use the Service in violation of applicable sanctions, export or other restrictions established by the law of the Russian Federation, the User’s country, or other applicable law.

6.2. Violation of these rules is grounds for the measures provided in section 11 (Anti-cheat and enforcement measures) of this Agreement.

7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

7.1. All objects that make up the Service and its accompanying materials are results of intellectual activity and are protected by copyright, neighbouring rights, trademark and other applicable laws. Such objects include, in particular:

the name “Slovoblood” (“Словоблуд”) and designations derived from it;

the logo and elements of the project’s corporate style;

graphic images, icons, animations;

music and sound design;

the user interface and the design of the application screens;

the program code of the Service, including the client and server parts;

the application programming interfaces (APIs) used for the Service’s operation;

technical and user documentation;

text materials: descriptions of modes, game rules, descriptions of achievements;

dictionaries, sets of words and definitions, word databases;

editorial materials prepared by the Owner or on its instructions;

the structure and architecture of the Service’s databases;

collections compiled by users and accepted by the administration (with respect to their selection, structuring and inclusion in the Service);

game balance parameters and the algorithms for awarding points, rewards and rankings.

7.2. The exclusive rights to the listed objects belong to the Owner or are used by it on lawful grounds (under a licence, with the consent of rights holders). This Agreement does not transfer to the User any rights to these objects, except for the limited right to use the Service for its intended purpose to the extent determined by this Agreement.

7.3. Without the Owner’s prior written consent, the User may not: reproduce, copy, distribute, modify, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer the intellectual property objects of the Service; create derivative products based on them; or use the name, logo and corporate style of the project in their own materials, including commercial ones.

7.4. Any use of the intellectual property objects of the Service beyond the rights expressly granted by this Agreement is a violation of the Owner’s rights and may entail liability provided by applicable law.

7.5. Using any materials of the Service to create services, applications or products similar in functionality and (or) content is prohibited.

7.6. Without the Owner’s written consent, it is prohibited to use the designation “Slovoblood” (“Словоблуд”) in ways that may create an impression of a connection with the Owner, including in names, domain names, accounts, channels, bots or other materials, including before the state registration of the designation as a trademark.

8. PROTECTION OF THE SERVICE DATABASE

8.1. The set of words, definitions, themed collections, editorial materials, the structure of their organization, the criteria for selecting and including materials, and other game data used in the Service (the “Database”) is an independent object of protection as a result of intellectual activity requiring substantial financial, organizational and labour investment in its creation, processing and keeping up to date.

8.2. The Owner holds the exclusive right to the Database as a compilation (with respect to the selection and arrangement of materials) and as an object of the neighbouring rights of a database maker, to the extent provided by applicable intellectual property law.

8.3. Without the Owner’s written consent, the User may not: extract a substantial part of the Database’s materials and subsequently use it; systematically extract and (or) use insubstantial parts of the Database if, by their consequences, such actions amount to the use of a substantial part of the Database; or create their own databases, products or services on the basis of the Database.

9. USER CONTENT AND LICENCE

9.1. The Service may allow the User to submit their own topics, word collections, definitions, suggestions and ideas (User Content) for review by the Service administration.

9.2. By submitting User Content, the User warrants that they hold all necessary rights to that content and that its use within the Service does not infringe third-party rights.

9.3. If User Content is accepted by the Service administration for inclusion in the Service, the User grants the Owner a simple (non-exclusive), royalty-free licence, valid for the whole term of protection of the relevant rights and throughout the world, to use such content in any way necessary for the operation, promotion and development of the Service, including reproduction, modification, inclusion in the Database, public display, communication to the public, and translation into other languages.

9.4. The User’s authorship of accepted User Content is preserved where expressly provided by applicable law. The author’s name is indicated when the content is used inside the Service to the extent technically provided by the relevant functionality, unless the User has expressed an intention to remain anonymous.

9.5. The Owner may reject, edit, moderate or delete User Content at its discretion without giving reasons, including after its initial acceptance, if the content no longer meets the requirements of this Agreement.

9.6. Within the licence granted by clause 9.3, the Owner may combine accepted User Content, including collections, with other collections and materials, divide it into parts, modify and supplement it, and use it in part, if this is necessary for the operation, promotion and development of the Service.

9.7. Any ideas, suggestions, comments and other materials sent by the User to the Owner as feedback on improving the Service (Feedback) may be freely used by the Owner in any way without paying the User any remuneration and without any obligation of the Owner to credit the User.

10. DIGITAL GAME GOODS, PREMIUM AND TELEGRAM STARS

10.1. The Service may provide for the purchase of digital game goods (in-game currency, hints, Premium status, collection licences, profile customization and other similar objects) using Telegram Stars or other payment mechanisms supported by the Telegram platform.

10.2. Digital goods that are purchased are provided to the User under a limited, revocable, non-transferable licence to use them within the Service; they are not things within the meaning of civil law and are not exchangeable for money, except as expressly provided by the rules of the Telegram platform with respect to Telegram Stars.

10.3. All transactions using Telegram Stars are carried out in accordance with the rules of the Telegram platform. Matters of refunds of funds credited as Telegram Stars are resolved in the manner established by Telegram, unless otherwise expressly provided by applicable consumer protection law.

10.4. The Owner does not guarantee that the price, range and terms of provision of digital goods will remain unchanged and may change them at any time, except where this affects rights already acquired by the User.

10.5. As of the date this Agreement was approved, the Service does not provide draws of real cash prizes, physical goods or merchandise. If such features are introduced in the future, additional rules will apply to the relevant relations and will be brought to Users’ attention before they take effect.

11. ANTI-CHEAT AND ENFORCEMENT MEASURES

11.1. The Owner applies technical and organizational measures aimed at ensuring fair gameplay and preventing fraudulent actions, the use of cheats, exploits, automated tools and other ways of gaining an unfair advantage. The specific algorithms and criteria for detecting such violations are not disclosed in order to preserve their effectiveness.

11.2. If signs of a violation of this Agreement, use of cheats, attempts to bypass technical restrictions, multi-accounting or other unfair actions are detected, the Service administration may, without prior notice and at its discretion, apply one or more of the following measures:

delete or block the User’s Account;

reset or adjust the User’s position in the rankings;

delete achievements, accumulated progress and statistics;

delete or cancel Game Items, including those purchased with Telegram Stars;

cancel Premium status without compensation;

delete collections and other User Content connected with the violation;

cancel results obtained (in games, quizzes, ranked events);

restrict access to individual features of the Service;

block the User’s access to the Service for a fixed period or indefinitely.

11.3. Applying these measures does not oblige the Owner to compensate the User for any expenses, including the cost of previously purchased digital goods, except where such an obligation is expressly provided by applicable law.

11.4. The User may appeal the measures applied by contacting the Service support in the manner provided in section 18.

12. USE OF AUTOMATED TECHNOLOGIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

12.1. Without the Owner’s prior written permission, the User and any third parties are prohibited, with respect to the materials of the Service (including, among other things, texts, dictionaries, collections, the interface, program code and the structure of the Database), from:

scraping and other forms of automated data extraction;

data mining and mass copying of materials;

using the Service’s materials to train (including re-training and fine-tuning) artificial intelligence models, including large language models (LLMs);

building vector representation databases (embeddings) from the Service’s materials;

using the Service’s materials to train, develop or improve generative models;

developing functional analogues (clones) of the Service based on materials or structure obtained from it.

12.2. Violation of this section is a gross violation of this Agreement and of the Owner’s rights to the intellectual property objects and the Database provided for in sections 7 and 8.

13. TELEGRAM AS AN INDEPENDENT PLATFORM

13.1. The Service operates on the Telegram platform using the Telegram Bot API and the Telegram Mini Apps API. Telegram is an independent technology platform that is not affiliated with the Owner and is not under its control.

13.2. The Owner is not responsible for: the operability, availability and stability of the Telegram platform; actions, inaction, restrictions or blocks applied by Telegram to the User or the Service; changes to the Telegram Bot API, the Telegram Mini Apps API and related technical interfaces; changes to the rules, policies and terms of use of Telegram, including the terms on which Telegram Stars operate; or the User’s loss of access to the Service as a result of Telegram blocking or restricting their Telegram account.

13.3. Matters relating to the operation of the Telegram platform itself, including Telegram’s processing of personal data, are governed by Telegram’s own documents, which the User must review independently.

14. WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMER

14.1. The Service is provided “as is”. The Owner does not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation of the Service, that the Service will meet the User’s expectations, or the preservation of the User’s data in the event of circumstances beyond the Owner’s reasonable control.

14.2. The Owner takes reasonable technical and organizational measures to keep the Service operational and Users’ data safe, but cannot guarantee the complete absence of failures, errors or temporary unavailability of the Service.

15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

15.1. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Owner is not liable for:

any indirect, incidental or punitive damages, or the User’s lost profit, arising in connection with the use of, or inability to use, the Service;

loss of game progress, Game Items, ranking or achievements as a result of technical failures, actions of third parties, force majeure, or the application of measures provided in section 11;

actions and decisions of the Telegram platform, including restriction or termination of the User’s access to Telegram;

actions of other users of the Service, including the User Content they post;

loss of the User’s data resulting from the User’s own actions, including deleting the application, logging out of the Telegram account, clearing device data or other similar actions.

15.2. Nothing in this section limits the Owner’s liability where such a limitation is not permitted by applicable mandatory law (in particular, in respect of harm caused to life or health, or resulting from intentional acts).

15.3. The Owner’s total liability to the User on any grounds connected with the use of the Service is limited to the amount actually paid by the User to the Owner for paid features of the Service during the three months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, unless otherwise established by applicable law.

16. FORCE MAJEURE

16.1. The Owner is released from liability for full or partial failure to perform obligations under this Agreement if such failure results from force majeure circumstances that arose after the Agreement was concluded and are beyond the Owner’s reasonable control, including natural disasters, military action, a state of emergency or martial law, mass failures of communication systems and the Internet, actions and decisions of public authorities, power or other infrastructure outages, and the termination or substantial restriction of the operation of the Telegram platform, the data centres used, or other service providers necessary for the operation of the Service.

16.2. For the duration of force majeure circumstances, the performance of the Owner’s obligations is suspended in proportion to the time such circumstances last.

17. PERSONAL DATA

17.1. The User’s personal data is processed in accordance with a separate document — the Privacy Policy, which is an integral part of this Agreement.

18. SUPPORT AND USER REQUESTS

18.1. For any questions connected with the use of the Service, the User may contact: the support Telegram bot WTGAdminBot (@WTGAdminBot); by e-mail at slovobloodbot@yandex.ru.

18.2. The Owner reviews Users’ requests within a reasonable period not exceeding 30 (thirty) calendar days from receipt of the request, unless a different period is established by applicable law.

19. TERM AND TERMINATION

19.1. This Agreement is effective from the moment the User starts using the Service until either party stops using the Service.

19.2. The User may stop using the Service at any time and may also request the deletion of their data in the manner provided by the Privacy Policy.

19.3. The Owner may terminate access to the Service for an individual User or discontinue the Service entirely, notifying Users within a reasonable period, except for cases of blocking for violation of this Agreement, where prior notice is not required.

19.4. The Owner may at any time, at its discretion, discontinue the development, support, distribution and operation of the Service, in whole or in part, without any obligation to continue providing any features of the Service thereafter, except where applicable law expressly provides otherwise.

20. CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT

20.1. The Owner may unilaterally amend this Agreement. The current version is published in the Service and (or) on the project’s information website, stating the date it takes effect.

20.2. Continued use of the Service after the amendments take effect means the User’s agreement to the new version of the Agreement. A User who does not agree with the amendments must stop using the Service.

21. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

21.1. This Agreement is governed by the law of the Russian Federation, unless mandatory law of the User’s country of permanent residence, applicable by virtue of consumer protection rules, provides otherwise.

21.2. Disputes arising from this Agreement are to be resolved by negotiation, subject to mandatory compliance with the pre-trial claim procedure. A claim is sent to the contact details specified in section 18 and is reviewed within the period provided in clause 18.2.

21.3. If no agreement is reached, the dispute is referred to the court at the place of residence (location) of the Owner, unless mandatory consumer protection law provides otherwise.

22. FINAL PROVISIONS

22.1. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, this does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the Agreement.

22.2. The Owner’s failure to act in response to a breach of the Agreement by the User does not deprive the Owner of the right to demand compliance with these terms later.

22.3. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties regarding the use of the Service and supersedes any prior arrangements on this subject.

22.4. This Agreement is drawn up in Russian. The English translation (/terms/en) is provided for the User’s convenience only; in case of any discrepancy between the Russian and English texts, the Russian text prevails and has legal force.

23. CONTACT INFORMATION

Owner: Evgeny Vasilyevich Rogachev (Рогачев Евгений Васильевич), an individual applying the special tax regime “Tax on Professional Income”.

E-mail: slovobloodbot@yandex.ru

Support: Telegram bot WTGAdminBot (@WTGAdminBot)