Acceptable Use Policy

Scrywire works because thousands of strangers are willing to point a webcam at their kitchen table and play a game together. That only works if everyone behaves. This policy is part of our Terms of Service and applies to anyone using the Service — players, hosts, and spectators.

What's welcome

• Good-faith play with proxies, paper cards, or whatever you've got, as long as your pod agrees.
• Casual chat, banter, and competitive rivalry.
• Calling judges, asking rules questions, and looking things up mid-game.
• Streaming or recording your own tables with the consent of everyone on camera.

What's not

Harassment & hate

• Slurs, hate speech, or harassment targeting anyone based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
• Threats, stalking, doxxing, or sharing anyone else's personal information without consent.
• Sustained disruption of a pod, repeated unwanted invites, or evasion of a block.

Sexual or violent content

• Sexually explicit video, voice, or imagery on camera or in chat.
• Anything sexual involving minors. We report this to the relevant authorities and ban on sight.
• Gratuitous violence, gore, or content that glorifies real-world harm.

Cheating & manipulation

• Hidden cards, stacked decks, marked sleeves, or any sleight-of-hand designed to deceive opponents.
• Using bots, scripts, or automation to host fake tables or grief real ones.
• Impersonating other players, judges, content creators, or Scrywire staff.

Illegal activity

• Anything illegal in your jurisdiction or ours, including the sale of stolen or counterfeit cards.
• Soliciting illegal goods or services on the platform.

Spam & abuse of the Service

• Unsolicited advertising, mass invites, or shilling unrelated products.
• Scraping, reverse engineering, or hammering our APIs.
• Attempting to break security controls, access other accounts, or interfere with normal operation.

Reporting

If something on Scrywire crosses the line, report it from inside the table or email trust@scrywire.com with as much detail as you can — table link, usernames, timestamps, screenshots. We read every report.

Consequences

Depending on severity and history we may warn the account, remove content, kick the user from a table, temporarily suspend the account, or permanently terminate it. Repeat or egregious violations skip straight to a ban. We will cooperate with law enforcement where the law requires.