The rules, in plain language

What osu! ascent is

A free community project around osu!: the osu! Codex (an improvement handbook), a website, a Discord bot and server dashboards (a server dashboard needs an Ascent Boost from a supporter tier). It is not affiliated with ppy or osu!. osu! statistics come from the official osu! API and are never invented; practice data made up for testing is labelled DEMO.

Supporter tiers and boosts

• Supporting is optional. Tiers are monthly subscriptions paid through Stripe; we never see or store card details.
• Perks are cosmetic items and extra tools for Discord servers. They never include osu! data that is otherwise free, Cookies, rank, votes or any advantage in predictions or tournaments.
• You can cancel any time from “Manage subscription”; perks last until the end of the paid month. Boosts on servers pause when a subscription ends; the servers keep their settings.
• If you are under 18, ask a parent or guardian before subscribing.
• Refunds: if something went wrong, contact us and we'll sort it out; where the law gives you a right to cancel or a refund, you have it.

Cookies have no monetary value

• Cookies are points for taking part. They can't be bought, sold, traded for anything of value, withdrawn, cashed out or redeemed.
• Predictions on matches use Cookies only. Nobody can put money in and nobody can take money out, so there is nothing of value to win or lose.
• Cookies can be adjusted or reset to fix bugs or abuse. Using multiple accounts to farm Cookies isn't allowed.

Younger players

Many osu! players are young. If you're under the age your country requires for online accounts, ask a parent or guardian before signing in.

Your account

• You sign in with osu! or Discord. We never see your passwords.
• Be decent: no harassment, cheating, impersonation or spam. Moderators can hide content and suspend accounts, and every moderation action is logged.
• You control your data on Privacy & account: visibility, unlinking, export, stopping tracking, and deletion. See the privacy notice.

Your contributions

Suggestions, corrections and comments you post can be shown, edited for clarity and used to improve the Codex and the site. Accepted contributions are credited. Opinions are labelled as opinions; only sourced claims carry an evidence tier.

Sticker art you upload stays yours. By uploading it you confirm you made it (or may share it) and let osu! ascent show it on the site, in the bot and in the app, credited to you. Staff can decline or remove art, and deleting your account removes it.

Discord servers

Server admins decide how the bot works in their server and who is on its roster. If a boosted server makes a public page, its admins are responsible for what they put there (the name, banner and invite). We can remove a page or a server that breaks these rules.

Support

Donations are optional and pay for running costs. They never buy Cookies, rank, evidence status, voting weight or moderation power (support).

No warranty

The site and the bot are provided as they are, run by volunteers, and can change or go offline. Skill numbers are estimates from public data, not judgements of you as a player. Training advice is general information, not medical advice: stop if something hurts.

Changes and contact

If these terms change, we'll say so on the Updates page. Questions: our Discord or osuascent@pocketcomet.net.