Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and PeakBridger ("PeakBridger", "we", "us") governing your use of the peakbridger.de website, the PeakBridger Minecraft server network, and our associated Discord server (together, the "Service"). By visiting the website, connecting to the Minecraft server, or joining the Discord server, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please don't use the Service.

1. Acceptance of terms

Connecting to the server, browsing this website, or joining our Discord counts as acceptance of these Terms and of our Privacy Policy. We may update these Terms at any time as described in Section 14; continued use after an update means you accept the revised Terms.

2. Eligibility & age

You must be able to form a binding agreement under the law of your country to use the Service, and where required, have your parent or guardian's permission. Several staff roles carry their own minimum ages (for example, 14 for Support and Content roles, 15 for Developer) — see the Apply page for specifics. Discord's own minimum age (currently 13) also applies to use of our Discord server.

3. Accounts

• Some features require a premium (paid) Minecraft: Java Edition account. You're responsible for the security of your Minecraft, Discord, and any other account you use to access the Service.
• One person, one primary Minecraft account. Sharing accounts to bypass bans or rank requirements is not allowed.
• You're responsible for all activity that happens under your account, whether or not you authorized it.
• We may suspend or terminate access to any account at our discretion, including for suspected fraud, cheating, or Terms violations.

4. Acceptable use

While using the Service, you agree not to:

• Use hacked clients, cheats, exploit bugs, macros for unfair advantage, or otherwise circumvent normal gameplay;
• Harass, threaten, doxx, or discriminate against other players or staff;
• Impersonate staff, other players, or PeakBridger itself;
• Advertise other servers or unrelated services in our chat, Discord, or in-game;
• Attempt to disrupt the server, network, or Discord (including DDoS, spam, or exploiting vulnerabilities);
• Buy, sell, or trade accounts, ranks, or in-game items outside of any official store we may operate; or
• Use AI tools to generate applications, code, or content submitted for a staff role, where our role requirements say this is forbidden.

Breaking these rules can result in a warning, mute, kick, temporary ban, or permanent ban, at our discretion and without prior notice.

5. Staff, ranks & applications

Meeting the published requirements for a rank (YouTube, Support, Content — Promotion, Content — Builder, or Developer) does not guarantee you will receive it. All applications are reviewed manually and may be denied at our sole discretion, even where every listed requirement is met. Ranks and staff privileges are granted at our discretion and can be revoked at any time, for any reason, including inactivity or conduct that reflects poorly on the network.

6. Your content

"Your content" means anything you create and submit through the Service — in-game builds, schematics, promotional graphics, videos, applications, chat messages, and ticket submissions.

• You keep ownership of your content.
• By submitting it, you grant PeakBridger a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, and adapt that content for operating and promoting the Service (for example, using a build you made on a public map, or featuring a promotional graphic on our Discord).
• You confirm you have the right to grant that license — don't submit content you don't own or aren't licensed to share.
• We may remove any content at any time, for any reason.

7. Purchases & virtual goods

If we offer ranks, cosmetics, or other virtual goods for purchase, note that:

• Purchases may be processed by a third-party payment provider. See our Privacy Policy for details on how that works.
• Virtual goods have no real-world monetary value, cannot be exchanged for cash, and are non-transferable outside any mechanism we explicitly provide.
• All purchases are final. Refunds, where legally required, are handled case-by-case and are not guaranteed outside that.
• We do not guarantee that any rank, item, or piece of progress will be preserved permanently — resets, wipes, and rebalancing can happen as part of normal operation of a Minecraft server.

8. Moderation & bans

Our staff enforce these Terms and any in-game or Discord-specific rules at their discretion. Moderation decisions — warnings, mutes, kicks, and bans — are final unless overturned on appeal through our Discord. We are not obligated to explain, justify, or reverse a specific moderation action.

9. No warranties

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free. We don't guarantee the server's uptime, performance, or that any data (including scores, ranks, or purchased items) will be preserved. The live status widget on our homepage pulls data from a third-party public API and is shown for convenience only — we don't warrant its accuracy.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, PeakBridger and its owners, operators, staff, moderators, developers, and affiliates ("the PeakBridger Parties") will not be liable for any claim, loss, or damage of any kind arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Service. This includes, without limitation:

• Any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages;
• Loss of data, in-game progress, items, ranks, currency, or purchases;
• Loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, or anticipated savings;
• Service interruptions, downtime, lag, data loss, or hardware/software failure;
• Unauthorized access to, or alteration of, your account or transmissions;
• Actions or omissions of other players, staff, or moderators, including moderation decisions, bans, and content removal;
• Any issue arising from a third-party service we rely on or link to, including payment processors, Discord, or status-check APIs; and
• Any other loss or damage of any kind, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damage.

This limitation applies regardless of the legal theory the claim is based on (contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise). Where liability cannot be excluded under applicable law, the PeakBridger Parties' total aggregate liability to you for all claims arising from the Service is limited to the total amount, if any, you paid us in the twelve (12) months before the event giving rise to the claim.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold the PeakBridger Parties harmless from any claim, demand, loss, or damage, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of your use of the Service, your content, or your violation of these Terms.

12. Not affiliated with Mojang

PeakBridger is an independent, community-run Minecraft server. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Mojang Studios, Microsoft, or Minecraft. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies AB.

13. Third-party services

The Service links to, or relies on, third-party platforms — including Discord, our live-status data provider, and, where applicable, a payment processor. Your use of those platforms is governed by their own terms and privacy policies, and we're not responsible for how they operate.

14. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We'll update the "Last updated" date above when we do. Material changes may also be announced on our Discord. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

15. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to any part of the Service at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including a breach of these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 9–13) will continue to apply.

16. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Germany, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, to the extent permitted by applicable law — without prejudice to any mandatory consumer-protection rights you may have under the law of your own country of residence.

17. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Reach us on our Discord server, or by email at legal@peakbridger.de.