1. Purpose
These Terms of Use govern access to and use of MK8DX Times (https://mk8dxtimes.com), a free, unofficial, community-run leaderboard for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe time trials (the "Site"), published by Hennetin Hugo (the "Publisher").
2. Acceptance
By browsing the Site you agree to these Terms. Submitting a time requires you to explicitly accept them together with the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.
3. Access to the Site
The Site is free and does not require an account. The Publisher makes reasonable efforts to keep it available but does not guarantee uninterrupted access and may suspend, modify or close it at any time, in particular for maintenance.
If you are under the age of digital consent in your country (15 in France, 13 to 16 elsewhere in the EU), you must have the permission of a parent or legal guardian before submitting a time.
4. Submitting times
When you submit a time, you confirm that:
- the time was set by you, personally, on an unmodified copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe running on a Nintendo Switch console;
- no cheat, hacked save, modified game file, emulator speed-up, macro or any other unfair tool was used;
- the proof you provide is genuine, unedited and shows the submitted time;
- you have the right to share the proof (e.g. you made the video or screenshot yourself) and it does not infringe anyone else's rights.
Each submission must be confirmed with a Discord account, using the /verif command on our Discord server. The first verified submission links your player name to your Discord account: afterwards, only this account can submit times under that name, and each Discord account can only be linked to one player name. To change this link, contact a moderator.
Only one player name may be used per person. Do not submit times under someone else's name.
5. Moderation
Every submission is reviewed by volunteer moderators before publication. Moderators may approve or reject any submission at their sole discretion, may ask for additional proof, and may remove an approved time or a player from the leaderboard at any time if a rule appears to have been broken. Moderation decisions are not subject to any compensation.
6. Content you submit
You remain the owner of the proofs you submit. By submitting them, you grant the Publisher a free, non-exclusive, worldwide licence to store, reproduce and display them on the Site and to share them with moderators, for as long as the time is displayed, solely for the purpose of running the leaderboard.
You must not submit content that is illegal, offensive, hateful, sexually explicit, violent, defamatory, contains personal data of other people, or is unrelated to the submitted time. The same applies to player names and comments.
7. Prohibited behaviour
- Attempting to disrupt, overload or gain unauthorised access to the Site or its database;
- Sending spam or automated submissions;
- Impersonating another player or a moderator;
- Harassing other players or moderators.
Any breach may lead to the removal of your times and a ban from submitting.
8. Intellectual property
Mario Kart, Nintendo Switch and the names of tracks and cups are trademarks of Nintendo. The Site is a fan project, is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Nintendo, and does not use any game assets. All other elements of the Site (design, code, texts) belong to the Publisher, unless stated otherwise.
9. Liability
The Site and the leaderboards are provided "as is", for entertainment purposes only. The Publisher does not guarantee that the rankings are complete or error-free and cannot be held liable for any indirect damage resulting from the use of the Site. External links (videos, social networks) are under the sole responsibility of their publishers.
10. Personal data
The processing of your personal data is described in the Privacy Policy.
11. Changes
These Terms may be updated at any time. The date of the last update is shown at the top of this page. Continuing to use the Site after a change means you accept the new version.
12. Governing law
These Terms are governed by French law. In the event of a dispute, please contact us first so we can try to find an amicable solution. If no solution is found, the competent French courts will have jurisdiction, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer protection rules of your country of residence.
13. Contact
Any question about these Terms: contact@mk8dxtimes.com or on our Discord server.