PEN FIGHT

Terms of Use

Effective date: 24 August 2026. Last updated: 24 August 2026. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) form a legally binding agreement between you and the publisher of the website at https://penfight.xyz/.

1. Parties and the Service

1.1 These Terms govern access to and use of the website located at https://penfight.xyz/, including the browser game known as Pen Fight, related pages (including these Terms and the Privacy Policy), and any invitation or room links we issue (together, the “Service”).

1.2 In these Terms, “we”, “us” and “our” mean the publisher of the Service. “You” and “your” mean the individual who accesses or uses the Service.

1.3 The Service is an unofficial recreation of a schoolyard pen-flicking game, offered for entertainment. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any school, education board, or manufacturer of pens. Names and photographs of pens appear so that in-game objects resemble pens that people actually owned. Those names and designs are trademarks or copyright works of their respective owners.

1.4 The Service is currently offered free of charge. If we introduce paid features, we will say so in updated Terms before those features are charged.

2. Definitions

In these Terms:

“Display Name” means the name you enter for use on rankings, share images, and multiplayer rooms.

“Match Record” means a completed match that is written to our servers for scoring and ranking.

“Player Record” means the identifier we associate with you and the related progression data (including pens held, seat or championship status, scores, and a match in progress), whether stored on your device, on our servers, or both.

“Privacy Policy” means the notice at https://penfight.xyz/privacy/, which describes our processing of personal data and constitutes our notice under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

“User Content” means any information you submit through the Service, including your Display Name and any text that appears on a share image you generate.

“Virtual Items” means in-game pens, points, ranks, championship status, defences, corridor progress, and any similar status or object that exists only inside the Service.

3. Acceptance and changes

3.1 By accessing the Service, creating a Display Name, signing in, joining a room, or playing a match, you agree to these Terms and to the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.

3.2 We may amend these Terms. The effective date at the top of this page will change when we do. The updated Terms apply from that date. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

3.3 We will also publish a change by updating this page. Where a change is material, we will use reasonable efforts to draw it to your attention on the Service. A change does not rewrite a Match Record that has already been accepted on our servers, except where we must do so to comply with law, to correct a proven error, or to address abuse.

3.4 At least once in every year of your use, you are informed that if you do not comply with these Terms, the Privacy Policy, or other published rules of the Service, we may terminate your access or remove non-compliant information, or both. That statement is repeated here so that this page itself satisfies the periodic notice required of intermediaries under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules, 2021”).

4. Eligibility

4.1 The Service is directed at persons who are 18 years of age or older. By using the Service you represent that you are at least 18.

4.2 We do not knowingly offer the Service to, or collect personal data from, persons under 18. If we learn that we have done so, we will delete the relevant personal data as described in the Privacy Policy.

4.3 If you use the Service on behalf of another person, you represent that you are authorised to bind that person to these Terms.

4.4 You are responsible for ensuring that your use of the Service is lawful in the place from which you access it.

5. Licence to use the Service

5.1 Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable licence to access and use the Service for your own private entertainment, and not for any commercial purpose.

5.2 You may not, and you may not assist anyone else to:

copy, modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service, except to the limited extent that applicable law expressly permits you to do so and you first give us written notice;
rent, lease, sell, sublicense, or otherwise commercially exploit the Service;
frame, mirror, or scrape the Service, or use automated means to access it, other than ordinary use of a web browser or a publicly documented interface we provide;
remove or obscure any proprietary notice; or
use the Service to build a competing product.

5.3 All rights not expressly granted are reserved. The licence ends when your access ends.

6. Accounts and authentication

6.1 You may use parts of the Service without creating a named account. When you first use the Service, your browser is issued a player identifier and a session so that writes to our servers can be associated with that identifier. That identifier is the key for rankings, Match Records, and progression.

6.2 Signing in with Google is optional. It is not required before you can play. If you sign in, one Google account is bound to one Player Record. A second device that signs in with the same Google account receives that same Player Record. We do not merge two Player Records. We do not receive your Google password. Google’s terms and privacy notice apply to the sign-in process itself.

6.3 Signing out on a device issues that browser a new, empty Player Record. Unfinished match reports that exist only on a device do not travel with the Google binding, so that two devices cannot commit the same match.

6.4 You are responsible for the Google account you use and for activity under your player identifier. Notify us promptly at hello@penfight.xyz if you believe your identifier or binding has been used without your authority.

6.5 We may refuse, suspend, or reset a player identifier or a Google binding where we reasonably believe it is being used in breach of these Terms, to evade a restriction, or to falsify rankings.

7. Virtual items and game progression

7.1 Virtual Items are licensed to you, not sold. You obtain no ownership, title, or property interest in any Virtual Item. Virtual Items have no cash value, are not redeemable for money or any real-world thing, and may not be sold, traded, or transferred outside the functions of the Service.

7.2 “Winner keeps the pen” and similar phrases describe a change to your Player Record inside the Service. They do not describe a physical delivery or a transfer of any legal title.

7.3 The Service is a game of skill. There is no real-money stake, no wager, no betting, and no chance-based prize of money or money’s worth. You must not use the Service to conduct or facilitate gambling.

7.4 Ranked points are computed on our servers from Match Records. A copy of progression stored only on a device is not a ranking and does not bind us.

7.5 We may change rules, pens, scoring, rooms, or other features. Because the Service is free and Virtual Items have no cash value, a change does not give rise to a refund or other compensation, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

8. User Content

8.1 You retain whatever rights you have in your User Content. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence, with the right to sublicense to our processors, to host, reproduce, display, and otherwise use that User Content for operating, securing, and presenting the Service (including rankings, share images, and multiplayer rooms), for as long as the relevant record exists or as required by law.

8.2 You represent that you have the right to grant that licence and that your User Content does not infringe any third-party right or these Terms.

8.3 Display Names are cleaned by the same rules on the device and on the server: length and character limits, and a blocked-word list. You may change a Display Name once. After that it remains. Do not put a telephone number, postal address, school name, government identity number, or another person’s name in that field. A Display Name used on a ranking or in a room is visible to other users.

8.4 We may refuse, hide, or remove User Content that we reasonably believe breaches these Terms or applicable law. We have no obligation to monitor User Content, but we may do so to operate the Service and to meet our legal duties.

9. Multiplayer rooms

9.1 You may play with a person you invite by link, or be seated with one or two other users from a public queue. The other player or players can see your Display Name, the pen you select, your ready state, and how you play.

9.2 We do not promise that another person will join, remain, or play fairly. A connection that drops is held for a short grace period and then the room is closed. Idle seats are warned and then emptied by a timer on each device. A match that never started does not transfer a Virtual Item. A live match that is conceded or abandoned is settled by our servers according to the published match rules, not by a later informal claim.

9.3 You must not use a room to harass, threaten, or send unlawful information to another person.

10. Acceptable use

10.1 You must use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms.

10.2 In addition, and as required to be stated to users of an intermediary under Rule 3(1)(b) of the IT Rules, 2021, you shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information that:

belongs to another person and to which you do not have any right;
is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, invasive of another’s privacy including bodily privacy, insulting or harassing on the basis of gender, libellous, racially or ethnically objectionable, relating to or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise inconsistent with or contrary to the laws in force;
is harmful to a child;
infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights;
violates any law for the time being in force;
deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of the message, or knowingly and intentionally communicates any information which is patently false or misleading in nature but may reasonably be perceived as a fact;
impersonates another person;
threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign States, or public order, or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence, or prevents investigation of any offence, or is insulting to another nation;
contains software virus or any other computer code, file or program designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource; or
is patently false and untrue, and is written or published in any form, with the intent to mislead or harass a person, entity or agency for financial gain or to cause any injury to any person.

10.3 You also shall not:

interfere with, disrupt, or attempt unauthorised access to the Service, our systems, or another user’s Player Record;
circumvent technical measures, including session checks, write clamps, or human-verification challenges;
use the Service to send unsolicited promotional messages or malware; or
click advertisements, or cause advertisements to be clicked, by any automated, deceptive, or paid means.

10.4 We may report unlawful activity to the competent authorities and preserve information as required by law, including as provided under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the IT Rules, 2021.

11. Fair play

11.1 You shall not cheat. That includes scripting or automating play, falsifying Match Records, calling write functions other than through ordinary play, exploiting a defect to obtain Virtual Items or points, or helping another person to do any of those things.

11.2 We may hide a Display Name, refuse a write, close a room, reset progression, or stop a player identifier that we reasonably believe is being used to distort rankings or to abuse the Service.

12. Advertising

12.1 We may display advertisements on the Service, including advertisements served by Google and other advertising networks. Advertisements may use cookies and similar technologies, and may be based on your visit to the Service and to other sites. Details are in the Privacy Policy.

12.2 Advertisements are provided by third parties. An advertisement is not our offer, is not part of the game, and is not endorsed by us unless we expressly say so. Your dealings with advertisers are solely between you and the advertiser.

12.3 Invalid traffic, including automated or incentivised clicks, is prohibited.

13. Third-party services

13.1 The Service may link to, or embed, third-party services, including Google sign-in, Cloudflare Turnstile, hosting and database providers, analytics and advertising partners, and a community door on WhatsApp. Those services are governed by their own terms and privacy notices. We are not responsible for them.

13.2 If you join a WhatsApp community linked from the Service, you leave the Service. WhatsApp’s terms apply. We do not operate that chat and we do not receive its contents.

14. Intellectual property

14.1 The Service, including software, audiovisual elements, marks, layout, and documentation, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws.

14.2 Except for the limited licence in clause 5, nothing in these Terms transfers any intellectual property right to you.

14.3 If you believe that material on the Service infringes your intellectual property, write to hello@penfight.xyz with a description of the work, the location of the material, your contact details, and a statement that you are authorised to act. We will consider the notice and take such steps as we consider appropriate and as applicable law requires.

15. Feedback

If you send us ideas, suggestions, or other feedback, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use that feedback for any purpose without obligation to you. You represent that the feedback is yours to give.

16. Availability and modifications

16.1 We do not promise that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available on every device. The game uses WebGL and a physics engine in the browser. Some devices cannot run it.

16.2 A deployment of new code does not automatically replace a tab that is already open. An open tab may reload at the next match boundary. A browser may also clear script-written storage after a period of inactivity. If you had signed in, that is a local sign-out, not a deletion of the Player Record bound to your Google account.

16.3 We may modify, suspend, or discontinue all or part of the Service at any time. We have no liability for doing so, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

17. Suspension and termination

17.1 You may stop using the Service at any time. You may request erasure of personal data as described in the Privacy Policy.

17.2 We may suspend or terminate your access immediately, without prior notice, if we reasonably believe that you have breached these Terms or the Privacy Policy, that your use presents a security or legal risk, or that we are required to do so by law or by a competent authority. We may also remove non-compliant information.

17.3 On termination, the licence in clause 5 ends. Clauses that by their nature should survive (including 7, 8, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22 and 23) survive.

18. Disclaimers

18.1 The Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied, or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

18.2 We do not warrant that the Service will meet your requirements, that rankings or Match Records will be free of error, that the Service will be secure or free of harmful components, or that defects will be corrected.

18.3 Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty or right that applicable law does not permit us to exclude.

19. Limitation of liability

19.1 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable to you for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive loss, or for any loss of Virtual Items, points, rankings, data, goodwill, or opportunity, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such loss.

19.2 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, our aggregate liability to you arising out of or in connection with the Service or these Terms shall not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for the Service in the three months before the claim, and (b) one hundred Indian rupees. If you paid us nothing, limb (a) is zero.

19.3 Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law, including liability for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, where such a limitation is not permitted.

19.4 Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations. In those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted.

20. Indemnity

You shall indemnify and hold us, and our officers, contractors, and processors, harmless from and against claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with (a) your User Content, (b) your breach of these Terms or of applicable law, or (c) your use of the Service other than as permitted.

21. Privacy

Our collection and use of personal data is described in the Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference. In the event of a conflict on a data-protection matter, the Privacy Policy prevails for that matter.

22. Governing law and disputes

22.1 These Terms are governed by the laws of India, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

22.2 Subject to clause 22.3, the courts of competent jurisdiction in India shall have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service.

22.3 Nothing in this clause takes away any non-excludable right you have under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 or any other applicable consumer-protection law, including any right to approach a forum that such law confers on you.

22.4 Before starting formal proceedings, you agree to write to hello@penfight.xyz and to try in good faith to resolve the dispute. This does not limit any right to seek urgent interim relief.

23. General

23.1 These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us in relation to the Service and supersede prior understandings on that subject.

23.2 If a provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable, or if that is not possible, severed. The remaining provisions continue in force.

23.3 A failure or delay by us to enforce a provision is not a waiver. A waiver must be in writing to be effective and applies only to the instance it names.

23.4 You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign them to a successor that assumes our obligations, including in connection with a reorganisation or a transfer of the Service.

23.5 We are not liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including failures of hosting, network, or third-party platforms.

23.6 Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship.

23.7 You and we are independent contracting parties. These Terms do not confer rights on any third party except as expressly stated.

23.8 Notices from us may be given by posting on this page, by a notice on the Service, or by email where we have an address for you. Notices from you must be sent to hello@penfight.xyz.

23.9 These Terms are written in English. If we later provide a translation, the English version prevails unless applicable law requires otherwise.

23.10 Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.

24. Contact and grievances

24.1 For questions about these Terms, write to hello@penfight.xyz.

24.2 Grievance Officer. For the purposes of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the IT Rules, 2021, and for grievances relating to the Service, you may write to:

Grievance Officer
Pen Fight
Email: hello@penfight.xyz
Website: https://penfight.xyz/

24.3 The Grievance Officer shall acknowledge a complaint within twenty-four hours of receipt and shall resolve it within fifteen days of receipt, except where a shorter period is required by the IT Rules, 2021 (including seventy-two hours for certain requests to remove information described in Rule 3(1)(b), and twenty-four hours for complaints concerning content that is prima facie sexual imagery of an individual or impersonation, including morphed images). Please include your Display Name, the player identifier if you have it, the Google email if you signed in, a description of the issue, and any relevant URL or screenshot.

24.4 If you are not satisfied with the decision of the Grievance Officer, you may, where the IT Rules, 2021 apply, appeal to the Grievance Appellate Committee through the mechanism published by the Government of India for that purpose.

24.5 Data-protection requests and complaints to the Data Protection Board of India are described in the Privacy Policy.