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CrankRank Terms of Use

Effective date: 6 November 2026 Last updated: 6 November 2026

Welcome to CrankRank ([DOMAIN]), a fan-run community for rating, reviewing, and talking about Playdate games. These terms are the rules for using the site. By creating an account or using CrankRank, you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

CrankRank is run by [OPERATOR LEGAL NAME], [OPERATOR ADDRESS] ("CrankRank", "we", "us"). Contact: [CONTACT EMAIL].

1. Not affiliated with Panic

CrankRank is an independent fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Panic Inc. "Playdate" and related names and logos are trademarks of Panic Inc. Game names, artwork, and trademarks belong to their respective owners. We use them only to identify and discuss the games.

2. Who can use CrankRank

  • You must be at least 13 years old.
  • If you're under 18, make sure a parent or guardian is happy for you to use the site.
  • You must not use CrankRank if we've previously banned you.

3. Your account

  • Give accurate details when you sign up, and keep your email address up to date.
  • Keep your password safe. You're responsible for what happens on your account.
  • One person, one account. Don't create extra accounts to boost ratings, dodge a ban, or pretend to be someone else.
  • If you think someone has got into your account, tell us at [CONTACT EMAIL].
  • If you sign in with Google or Discord, their terms apply to that sign-in too.

4. Your content

"Your content" means anything you post: crank ratings, reviews, comments, threads, questions and answers, feature requests, lists, and your profile.

You own it. Posting on CrankRank doesn't change who owns your content.

You give us a licence to show it. By posting, you give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, display, reproduce, format, and share your content on CrankRank and in our notifications, digests, and promotion of the site. We may also make small technical changes, such as resizing images or showing an excerpt. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account. The exceptions are copies already shared by others (for example, quoted in someone else's reply) and copies in backups, which are cleared within a reasonable time.

It's public. Your content and profile can be seen by anyone, including search engines.

You're responsible for it. Only post content you have the right to post. Make sure it follows these terms and our Community Guidelines.

5. Ratings and rankings

  • You can leave one rating and review per game. You can edit or delete it at any time.
  • Ratings from accounts less than 7 days old are shown but not counted in a game's score.
  • We may adjust or exclude ratings we reasonably believe are fake, coordinated, or manipulated. This includes developers rating their own games, or ratings bought or swapped.
  • Rankings reflect community opinion. They aren't our endorsement or a statement of fact.

6. Moderation

  • To keep things friendly, new posts may be screened automatically. A flagged post is held until a human moderator reviews it.
  • Anyone can use the report button to flag content they think breaks the rules.
  • We may remove, hide, or edit content, and warn, suspend, or ban accounts, if we reasonably believe they break these terms or the Community Guidelines, or the law. Where it makes sense, we'll tell you why.
  • If you disagree with a decision, email [CONTACT EMAIL] and we'll review it.
  • We don't check everything before it's posted and can't promise to catch everything.

7. Game catalogue and links

  • Our game catalogue is put together from Panic's public Playdate Catalog pages, and we link back to the original page.
  • "Buy on Catalog" links go to Panic's store. Any purchase is between you and Panic (or the seller) and is covered by their terms. We don't sell games and don't take a cut.
  • We link to YouTube videos and written reviews from other sites, with credit to the source. We don't control third-party sites and aren't responsible for them.
  • We try to keep game information accurate, but we can't promise it is always correct or up to date.

8. For game developers

  • Claiming a game. If you made a game listed on CrankRank, you can ask to claim it. We'll check your request, and an admin approves it. Once approved, you may get developer features, such as replying as the developer or updating details.
  • Developer conduct. Don't rate or review your own games, ask for fake ratings, or punish critics.
  • Removal. If you'd rather your game wasn't listed, ask us at [CONTACT EMAIL] and we'll remove the listing. Community discussion of the game may stay unless it breaks the rules.

9. Copyright and takedown requests

We respect intellectual property. If you think something on CrankRank infringes your copyright or trademark, or is otherwise unlawful, email [CONTACT EMAIL] with the subject "Takedown request" and include:

  1. Your name and contact details
  2. The work or right you think is being infringed
  3. The link(s) to the content on CrankRank
  4. Why you believe it infringes, and that you're the owner or authorised to act for them
  5. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate, to the best of your knowledge

We'll acknowledge your request, review it promptly, and remove or disable access to content where appropriate. If your content is removed, we'll let you know. If you think it was a mistake, you can reply with your reasons and we'll reconsider. We may close the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe others' rights.

Please don't send false or abusive notices.

10. Things you must not do

  • Break the law, or help anyone else break it
  • Post content that breaks our Community Guidelines
  • Infringe anyone's copyright, trademark, or other rights
  • Manipulate ratings or rankings, or run multiple or fake accounts
  • Spam, advertise without permission, or post malicious links
  • Scrape, crawl, or bulk-download the site without our written permission (normal search engine indexing is fine)
  • Try to hack, overload, or get around the site's security or limits
  • Impersonate another person, developer, Panic, or CrankRank staff

11. Our content

CrankRank's design, code, logo, and original text belong to us (or our licensors). Don't copy them without permission, except as normal use of the site allows.

12. Ideas and feature requests

We love feedback. If you post a feature request or suggestion, we're free to use the idea without paying you or owing you anything.

13. Price and availability

CrankRank is free. There are no ads, and we don't sell your data. We may change, pause, or shut down features, or the whole site, at any time. If we shut down, we'll try to give reasonable notice so you can download your data.

14. Ending your account

  • You can delete your account at any time in your settings.
  • We may suspend or close your account if you seriously or repeatedly break these terms, or if we have to for legal reasons.
  • Sections that should naturally continue after your account ends (such as 4, 15, 16 and 18) will keep applying.

15. Disclaimers

CrankRank is a fan-run project provided "as is" and "as available". We do our best, but we don't promise the site will always be available, error-free, or secure. We also don't promise that any content (including ratings, reviews, and game information) is accurate. Opinions posted by users are their own, not ours.

Nothing in these terms affects your legal rights as a consumer that can't be excluded.

16. Our liability

  • We aren't liable for losses that weren't reasonably foreseeable, for content posted by other users, for third-party sites or purchases, or for any business losses.
  • As the service is free, our total liability to you for any claim is limited to £100, to the extent the law allows.
  • Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that can't be limited by law.

17. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If we make a significant change, we'll tell you on the site or by email before it takes effect. If you keep using CrankRank afterwards, you're agreeing to the new terms. If you don't agree, you can delete your account.

18. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Isle of Man, and the courts of the Isle of Man have jurisdiction. If you live in the UK, the EU, or elsewhere, you may also have the right to bring a claim in your local courts and keep the protection of your local consumer laws.

If you have a problem, please contact us first at [CONTACT EMAIL]. Most things can be sorted out with a friendly email.

19. Other legal bits

  • If any part of these terms turns out to be unenforceable, the rest still applies.
  • If we don't enforce a term straight away, we can still enforce it later.
  • These terms, our Privacy Policy, and our Community Guidelines are the whole agreement between you and us about CrankRank.
  • You can't transfer your rights under these terms. We may transfer ours to a new operator of CrankRank.

20. Contact

[OPERATOR LEGAL NAME] [OPERATOR ADDRESS] Email: [CONTACT EMAIL]