Terms of Service

RivalSkills (“we”, “us”, “the platform”) operates a real-time competitive skill-based gaming platform featuring head-to-head games (Maze, Water Sort, Blocks, Snake). By creating an account with your email and password, you agree to these Terms.

1. You are at least 18 years old, or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is higher.
2. RivalSkills is a global, international platform — we do not maintain a default geo-block. By signing up, you confirm that skill-based wagering is lawful where you are accessing the service from. You are responsible for your jurisdiction’s rules; if play isn’t legal where you live, don’t play. See the Privacy Policy for our jurisdictional posture.
3. You are accessing the platform on your own behalf, not as an agent of a third party, and not using funds derived from criminal activity.
4. You are not on, and are not acting for anyone on, any applicable sanctions list (OFAC, EU, UK HMT, UN). We reserve the right to refuse service to, suspend, or close any account we believe to be sanctioned or otherwise prohibited.

RivalSkills is a skill-based real-time multiplayer gaming platform. Players stake USDT into a segregated balance and the winner of each match receives the pot, less a 5% platform fee. Winning condition varies by game: first to the maze exit (Maze), first to fully sort every tube (Water Sort), highest placed + cleared score (Blocks), longest surviving snake (Snake). Every match’s starting board is derived from a publicly verifiable seed (server-seed commit-reveal scheme). Outcomes are determined entirely by player skill against an identical starting state.

You are solely responsible for the security of your account credentials — your email and password. Keep your password confidential and do not share it. We will never ask you for your password. Notify us immediately if you suspect unauthorised access to your account.

1. USDT deposits are processed by our third-party crypto payment processor over BEP-20 · BSC. The processor generates a one-off deposit address per invoice and we credit your USDT balance via signed IPN callback once the chain confirms the transfer. Each invoice accepts 25–25,000 USDT; the processor deducts its own fee, so the amount credited is slightly below the amount sent. Sending tokens to that address over any other network (TRC-20 · Tron, Polygon, ERC-20 · Ethereum, Solana · SPL) is unrecoverable.
2. Your balance is segregated into available + locked columns. Stakes are held from the moment a terminal fills until the match settles, and are only ever paid to the match winner in the same currency they were staked in.
3. Withdrawals are sent over BEP-20 · BSC to a withdrawal address you specify. The chains available for withdrawal are not the same as those available for deposit. The network’s own transfer fee is deducted from the amount withdrawn — RivalSkills does not add a withdrawal fee and does not absorb the network’s. The exact net amount is shown before you confirm.
4. We may pause deposits or withdrawals briefly for security incidents or scheduled maintenance. Active stakes always settle, even during pauses.
5. Withdrawals above a threshold (set per currency) require an extra one-time step-up confirmation — a code from your authenticator app or sent to your verified email, bound to that specific amount, destination address, and network. Large payouts may also be held briefly for manual review, and a daily withdrawal cap applies. This is a security check on the payout itself; we do not require identity documents, proof of address, or KYC to withdraw. Identity verification is optional.

Cheating, the use of external automation (bots, scripted clients), exploitation of software bugs, collusion between accounts, or any attempt to manipulate match outcomes results in immediate forfeiture of stakes and a permanent ban. The game server is authoritative on win detection. We log every move event server-side and may publish fraud signals on request.

Each match’s starting board — whether it’s a maze, tube rack, block queue, snake-and-food layout, coin map — is generated from a seed produced by a server-seed commit-reveal protocol shared across all games. We publish sha256(serverSeed) before the match, the client seed is the sorted list of player ids plus the game type, and after the match we reveal the server seed so the seed derives from sha256(serverSeed | clientSeed | nonce). Any user can verify the starting state for a finished game matches its proof. The verification recipe is published with every settled match on its public replay page.

Tools to set deposit limits, schedule reality checks, and self-exclude are available in your Account → Limits & Self-Exclusion. Self-exclusions of 7 days or longer cannot be reversed early on the same device. If gambling stops being fun, free confidential help is available at BeGambleAware, Gambling Therapy, and the National Council on Problem Gambling (1-800-GAMBLER).

Raise disputes within 30 days of the disputed match through Contact Support or by email to [email protected]. Provide the game ID and your account email. We aim to respond within 72 hours. Unresolved disputes are governed by the arbitration clause to be specified by counsel for the operator’s jurisdiction.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, RivalSkills and its operators are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the service, including lost profits, data loss, or service interruption. Our total aggregate liability to you is capped at the total platform fees you paid us in the 30 days preceding the claim.

We may update these Terms with 30 days’ notice via email (if subscribed) and a banner on the site. Continued use after the notice period constitutes acceptance. Material changes (fee increases, scope reductions, jurisdiction changes) are flagged explicitly in the change-log.

We may suspend or terminate your access for breach of these Terms, suspected fraud, regulatory request, or to protect other users. You may close your account at any time via Contact Support; existing stakes still settle.