Terms of Service

You must read the ENTIRE TOS before joining. It contains information that you will need to know in order to play the site.

General

First and foremost, keep in mind that you are only allowed ONE account on khimeros. To read more about rules regarding sharing of accounts and accounts on the same IP, please read the appropriate section below.

Everyone 13 years of age and older are welcome to join the Khimeros community, however all potential users should be aware that this is not a site geared toward children or younger teens. Khimeros does not allow graphic sexual content, however we DO allow mild to moderate swearing, and discussion of religion, politics, and some other topics that may be uncomfortable to some people.

All site content found on khimeros.com, khimeros.net and the official khimeros forums belongs to Khimeros Entertainment and/or its respective owners. Please do not copy, distribute, or in any way use our site content without permission. "Site content" refers to coding, art, layouts, content and any other elements of the site framework. It does NOT refer to content such as art or writing submitted or displayed by our users. Khimeros will never try to claim any user-submitted writing, art, or intellectual property except in the following instance:

Should you submit art, writing, or ideas to any kind of site-run contest or suggestions thread that clearly requests "ideas" or "suggestions" to be used by the site, then by submitting your art, writing, or idea to any such contest or thread, you grant Khimeros Entertainment the right to use any such content in any way they see fit, in so far as to developing ideas for implementation on the site. We will not, however use any particular piece of art or writing "as-is" without permission from the user.

Khimeros Entertainment values your privacy and will never sell or give out your private information, including email address, except in the case of aiding an investigation into theft/fraud or other illegal/suspicious activities.

User Conduct

Please be aware of the risks involved in posting detailed personal information like your full name and photograph on this or any website. You will not have any control over who can view this information and must take full responsibility for any problems that may arise due to sharing such information. You are not permitted to post your full home address, school name or address (for those high school age or younger), or telephone number, for your protection.

Users are responsible for all content they upload to the site, and accept liability for any infringement of copyright that may occur by posting unauthorized content to khimeros.com, khimeros.net or the official khimeros forums. We reserve the right to remove any content from the site should we be made aware of any kind of copyright infringement including art theft.

Mild to moderate swearing is allowed, however, do not post any grossly vulgar, offensive, or demeaning words or phrases, especially those targetting any particular religious, ethnic, or gender-based group. When in doubt, ask a mod. We do NOT allow any kind of bashing or flaming, including but not limited to that based on gender, ethnicity, sexual preference, or religion. In addition, we do not allow linking to any site containing hateful content aimed at any group based on gender, ethnicity, sexual preference or religion. Please note that this goes both ways - you are expected to respect other users' right to their own opinions, and are not to try to force your own views on other users.

You may not engage in any scamming, hacking, or harassing behavior.

"Begging" is prohibited, whether through the forums, chat, or messaging system. "Begging" constitutes asking other users to give you items, pets, or currency, whether such requests are phrased politely or not. The fact that you are new to the game or "poor" are NOT legitimate excuses to ask other players to give you things. This includes asking to be given items at unrealistic discounts, for example "please give me your khimera, I will pay 24 trinkets".

Do not exploit game glitches or bugs. If you discover a glitch or bug, report it to staff immediately via the Help Desk.

Do not utilize any kind of cheat or hack to enhance game play, including but not limited to auto-refreshers or scripts designed to play the game for you in any way.

Do not impersonate Khimeros staff members (or anyone else, for that matter).

Please avoid posting any graphic sexual content of any kind, including during roleplay. We do not allow posts seeking girlfriends, boyfriends, or anything of this nature.

You are expected to treat all other users courteously. We do not tolerate bashing, flaming, spamming or trolling. Constant offenders or anyone deemed to be intentionally spamming or trolling may have their communication priveleges curtailed or their account frozen.

Usernames

Please do not choose usernames that are profane, offensive, racist, vulgar, or otherwise inappropriate. Please do not choose usernames that are related to religious or well-known political figures ("God", "Satan", "President Bush", etc.) Do not intentionally impersonate staff or NPCs. When in doubt, contact Onyx at admin@khimeros.com, with any questions. Staff reserve the right to change usernames if necessary.

Accounts - Owning, Selling, and Sharing

You may have one account only. If you wish to sell your account (virtual currency only), you must submit a help desk report, and pay the 10 bead "moving fee". Staff will move all your account contents, trophies, forum posts etc. for you. You then have two weeks to dispose of your previous account or submit a help desk report to have the account disabled.

If you wish to share an account, you may only posess ONE account between however many users are sharing that account. You may not have one account, and your friend have another account, and share those accounts between you, or create a third account for sharing.

If you share an account, however, or give your login name or password to another user for any reason, you have NO recourse should anyone you have allowed access to your account, sell, transfer, move or otherwise dispose of any currency, items, or pets on your account. Therefore, think VERY carefully about who you allow to access your account.

This does NOT mean that you can intentionally scam people into allowing you access to their accounts for the purpose of stealing currency, items, or pets. Any such behavior will be dealt with severely.

In addition, please be aware that you are responsible for the behavior of anyone you allow to share your account.

Multiple Accounts on the Same IP Address (same household)

"Same household" includes anyone who accesses the site from the same IP address as you. Please note that just because an account is accessed from a different computer at the same address, it is still the same IP. Therefore if you invite friends over and they access their account from your house, you fall under the "same household" rules.

If more than one person in a household has a Khimeros account, each account must be played separately by its owner. You may, once every two months, send one khimera, generation 2 or above, or one item worth roughly 1 bead or less, between accounts in the same household, as a gift. Any additional transfers between accounts will be grounds for investigation of multiple account abuse and possible account banning.

Trading With Other Sites

You may trade Khimeros currency, items, or pets for currency or pets from any other site that also allows cross-site trading of such items. Be aware that Khimeros staff have no jurisdiction on other sites however, and that if you run into difficulties with such trades, we may not be able to help you. You may not trade Khimeros currency, items, or pets for any real-life currency (or items or pets, for that matter :P)

Purchasing Accounts and Beads

Beads: Beads are used as counters to keep track of your purchasing power on the site. $1 worth of beads entitles you to $1 worth of purchasing power. Currently, each bead is worth $1. Should we at any time in the future decide to change the denomination of beads to each be worth 50 cents, or any other dollar amount, we reserve the right to adjust the number of beads a user has on hand to reflect their new value. We will NEVER change the purchasing power of your beads. If you pay $1 you will always retain $1 worth of purchasing power for buying upgrades, chrysalids, or any other item available to purchase for beads.

When purchasing our cash shop currency "beads", be sure that you are entitled to use the funds with which you are paying! Khimeros does not allow chargebacks, and fraudulent use of funds to purchase items or accounts from the site may result in the deletion of items, accounts, and/or a permanent site ban.

You will be notified of any changes to the TOS via site news bulletins. It is your responsibility to read any updates to the TOS, and should you decide at any time that you cannot abide by the TOS, you agree to immediately terminate your use of the site.