Code of Conduct

Locwars is a programming game built around experimentation, competition, and clear technical feedback. This Code of Conduct defines the behavior expected from players and the conduct that may lead to moderation or enforcement.

It applies to public profiles, display names, bot names, submitted code, match activity, leaderboards, support interactions, security reports, and any other Locwars-controlled space.

• Compete through legitimate strategy, iteration, and understanding of the game rules.
• Use display names, bot names, and public profile details that respect other people.
• Report bugs, exploits, vulnerabilities, and scoring problems responsibly.
• Accept moderation decisions without harassment, retaliation, or evasion.
• Keep private information, credentials, and third-party secrets out of bot code.

Do not use Locwars to:

• harass, threaten, bully, stalk, or target another person or group;
• use slurs, hateful conduct, or demeaning language toward protected characteristics;
• impersonate another person, player, project, company, or Locwars operator;
• publish or hint at private personal information without consent;
• use public names, profiles, or game activity to shame, intimidate, or provoke others.

Locwars competition depends on reproducible matches and trusted scoring. Do not:

• abuse bugs or unintended behavior to gain leaderboard advantage;
• manipulate scores through multiple accounts, collusion, spam, or unauthorized APIs;
• tamper with match artifacts, replay data, challenge definitions, or result reporting;
• hide exploit attempts in obfuscated bot code or repeated probing submissions;
• misrepresent exploit-derived results as legitimate strategy.

Locwars executes player-authored bot code in controlled environments. That access is for gameplay only. Do not submit code or activity intended to:

• escape sandboxes, bypass restrictions, or weaken runtime isolation;
• read environment variables, credentials, files, network resources, or data not exposed by the Bot SDK;
• attack, scan, overload, or degrade Locwars infrastructure or third-party services;
• exfiltrate data, deploy malware, mine cryptocurrency, relay traffic, or run spam;
• interfere with queues, workers, databases, logs, rate limits, or monitoring systems.

If you find a vulnerability, sandbox weakness, data exposure, scoring exploit, or serious abuse path, report it to security@locwars.com. Give enough detail to reproduce the issue, but do not access another user's data, persist access, publicly disclose the issue before it is addressed, or use the issue for leaderboard advantage.

Good-faith, limited testing that avoids harm and is promptly reported will be treated differently from attempts to exploit, conceal, monetize, or repeat an issue after being asked to stop.

Do not submit or publish content that:

• is illegal or promotes illegal activity;
• contains malware, credential theft, phishing, or unauthorized access instructions;
• infringes copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights;
• contains sexual exploitation, especially involving minors;
• encourages self-harm, targeted violence, or violent extremism;
• exists mainly to spam, flood, mislead, or disrupt Locwars.

Locwars may remove content, reject bot submissions, hide public profile fields, invalidate match results, adjust leaderboard entries, throttle activity, suspend accounts, terminate accounts, preserve evidence, or report activity where appropriate.

Enforcement decisions may consider severity, intent, user history, impact on others, impact on infrastructure, whether the issue was responsibly reported, and whether the user cooperated after notice.

Abuse, harassment, impersonation, leaderboard manipulation, and policy violations can be reported to support@locwars.com. Security vulnerabilities and sandbox concerns should be reported to security@locwars.com.

We may update this Code of Conduct as Locwars grows. Material changes may require re-acceptance before you continue using the service.