Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of scrmaps.com (the "Service"), operated by an individual (the "Operator"). By using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the Service.

SCRMaps is a free, curated directory where StarCraft: Remastered map creators can showcase and share maps they made, together with optional web-based tools for creators - including a save/load code generator and hosted leaderboards, described in section 7. SCRMaps is a website. It does not distribute or operate any software that runs on your computer or interacts with StarCraft. SCRMaps is an independent, fan-operated project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. StarCraft and Battle.net are trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

You must be able to form a binding agreement in your jurisdiction to use the Service, and you must be at least 13 years old. The Service is not directed at children under 13.

You sign in with your Battle.net account - that is the only sign in method. SCRMaps stores four things about your account: your username, your email address (used solely to recover the account), the account identifier Blizzard issues, and a hashed sign-in IP. We never ask for your real name, date of birth, phone number, address, payment details, or government ID, and there is no password. Your username is self-declared and is not a guarantee that it matches your BattleTag or your in-game name. You are responsible for all activity under your account. Keep one account per person - do not create multiple accounts, and do not impersonate another person or creator. Usernames cannot be changed; deleting your account is the only way to give one up.

Signing in to SCRMaps uses Blizzard's Battle.net service. The Operator accesses that service under Blizzard Entertainment's Developer API Terms of Use, and your own use of Battle.net sign in is additionally governed by Blizzard's terms and privacy policy, which are an agreement between you and Blizzard. Nothing in these Terms modifies them.

Two consequences are worth stating plainly:

• Sign in depends on a licence Blizzard controls. Blizzard may limit, change, suspend, or terminate access to their APIs at any time and without notice. If that happens, signing in to SCRMaps may stop working, temporarily or permanently, through no fault of the Operator and with no liability under section 12. Content already posted to the Service is not affected.
• The Service is free. The Operator does not charge to use SCRMaps or any feature of it, and no feature is gated behind watching, clicking, or dismissing an advertisement. The Service is funded by ordinary display advertising, which Blizzard's Developer API Terms permit; what those terms prohibit - and what the Operator does not do - is using data obtained from Blizzard's APIs to target advertising, or transferring it to an ad network. See the Privacy Policy for what our ad provider collects.

What Battle.net sign in discloses to us, what we keep, and what we deliberately do not keep - including your BattleTag, which is not stored at all - is set out in section 4 of the Privacy Policy. That is the operative statement and it is referenced rather than repeated here, so the two documents cannot drift apart.

You keep ownership of any map, description, comment, or other content you post ("Your Content"). By posting it, you grant the Operator a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, and make Your Content available for download for the purpose of running the Service.

Only upload maps you made yourself as a Project or Legacy Map. SCRMaps is not an anonymous map archive for those two content types - uploading someone else's work as though it were your own is a violation of these Terms and can get your account banned.

The one exception is the Public Map upload feature, built specifically for adding a map you didn't create yourself - useful for well-known community maps never uploaded by their original author. A Public Map isn't associated with your account (no comments, no portfolio credit), and you may optionally credit the actual creator's name if you know it. You still may not use Public Map to upload content you don't have the right to share, and if the real creator later wants it under their own name, they can claim it once they've posted their own Project or Legacy Map for it.

You agree not to:

• Upload content you don't have the rights to share, or content containing malware
• Harass, impersonate, or threaten other users
• Post spam, or abuse the report/moderation tools
• Infringe anyone's intellectual property rights
• Attempt to bypass account, storage, or sign-up limits
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service's normal operation

SCRMaps offers an optional tool that generates save/load code for a creator's own map, and hosts a leaderboard where players can submit the codes that map produces.

What the tool does. It is a text generator. You describe which values your map should save, and the Service outputs script text that you copy and paste into your own map using third-party map editing software. The Service does not distribute, bundle, install, or run any program on your computer or on any player's computer. It does not attach to, read from, write to, inject into, or otherwise interact with StarCraft or any other running software. It does not modify game files, memory, or network traffic. Nothing produced here runs anywhere except inside the map file you choose to build and publish, executed by the game's own trigger system exactly as any other content in your map is.

The generated text is your content. Once generated, the script is yours to use, modify, or discard, and it becomes part of the map you author. You alone decide whether to include it, and you are solely responsible for your finished map - including whether it complies with Blizzard Entertainment's end user license agreement, terms of use, and any applicable policies for custom maps. SCRMaps does not review your map, cannot verify what you build with the output, and makes no representation that any particular map, feature, or use is permitted by Blizzard. If you are unsure, do not use the tool.

Leaderboards. Leaderboard entries are generated from codes submitted by players and are provided for entertainment only. Save codes carry a checksum tied to the individual project and player, and submissions are rate limited, but a save code is by necessity readable by anyone who possesses the map file, and the Service cannot guarantee that any entry is genuine. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or fairness of any leaderboard. We may correct, reset, hide, or remove entries and leaderboards at any time, including in response to suspected manipulation.

Beta status. This feature is in beta. The code format, generated output, and stored leaderboard data may change or be reset without notice, which can invalidate codes already issued to your players. The tool is provided "as is" with no warranty of any kind, and the disclaimers and liability limits below apply to it in full.

Project listings may include links you provide (a website, Patreon, or an external download link for maps too large to host directly). These links point to third-party sites we do not control or vet - you follow them at your own risk, and we are not responsible for their content or availability.

We may remove content, or suspend or ban an account, at our discretion, with or without notice, if we believe these Terms have been violated. You can stop using the Service at any time. You may delete your account yourself from your dashboard, or request deletion through our contact form.

Accounts are subject to a combined storage quota and the Service may cap the total number of accepted sign-ups. These limits, and the values in effect, may change at the Operator's discretion.

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not guarantee uptime, that content will be preserved indefinitely, or that uploaded files are free of viruses or malware - download and run any file at your own risk.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Operator will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Service.

These Terms are intended to be interpreted under generally applicable principles of contract law. Nothing in these Terms limits any non-waivable consumer-protection rights you have under the law of your country of residence, including the Republic of Korea, Canada, or the United States.

We may update these Terms from time to time. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

Questions about these Terms can be sent through our contact form.