One of the most important aspects of Rising Star to me is to allow people to play for free.
Many games exclude people with low incomes from playing due to the requirement to buy packs or cards to start and I wanted to see if it was possible to create a game without this requirement. I didn't know if it was possible!
After nearly two years I am really pleased that we have not only managed to continue allowing people to play for free but we have also built an amazingly passionate and helpful community that welcomes players from around the world with open arms.
The Constant Challenge
The obvious challenge with a free to play game that pays out crypto is that people will try to take advantage of this by creating multiple accounts or using bots.
Our solution, whilst not ideal, has been to restrict play to one "real" person within a "network".
To quote the terms and conditions in-game (which you should all read):
Please note that bots are not allowed. Any user suspected of using bots may have their account terminated without notice.
VPNs are not allowed.
Only one account is allowed per user. Anyone using multiple accounts will have all additional accounts banned and may have their main account banned for violations of these Terms & Conditions. This also includes multiple players sending cards and or STARBITS between accounts to gain an advantage that they would not be able to gain by playing independently.
No Cards To Be Sent Between Accounts
There has been some confusion regarding the sending of cards between accounts so we have now updated the game to use a whitelist system. Only players who do giveaways will be allowed to send cards from within the game. Other players will see the image above from now on.
Player Accounts Must Be Played Independently
Our systems for detecting multiple accounts get better all the time and we monitor activity on every account to detect behaviour that we need to investigate.
If you are an honest player who just plays your account independently and uses the market to buy and sell cards then you have nothing to worry about.
If you are trying to gain an unfair advantage and evade detection then expect to be found out at some point.
Multiple Accounts In The Same House
We understand that it is frustrating that we only allow one account per "network" and that many of you may want to introduce others in your family to the game but it is hard for us to know if multiple accounts are being played independently or not even if we did introduce something like KYC (which we have no plans of ever doing).
This restriction will therefore remain in place.
VPNs
People also use VPNs to try to hide the fact that they are multi-accounting so we do not allow VPNs to be used for Rising Star. If you have a legitimate reason for using a VPN then please let us know in discord. We would ask that you disable your VPN at least once a day when playing so we can see your actual IP address.
Person To Person Trading
Person to person trading is not supported by us.
If you wish to trade then you will need to use a third party app to send the cards. Please be aware that we monitor all card transfers and if we see anything suspicious we will investigate.
The đŸ“ˆtrading-zone channel in our Discord is there so people can see if anyone has been ripped off (which has happened on more than one occasion!). We recommend using the market for risk free trades.
Thank You All!
In closing I just want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to the majority of players who abide by our rules to allow Rising Star to work as a free to play game and continue to function in a sustainable way. The Rising Star community is SIMPLY AMAZING!
Jux.