Terms of use

These terms apply to the use of ravensays.fun. The operator is the person named in the imprint. You take out the paid subscription with Stripe as the seller (section 5). Conflicting terms of the user do not apply.

RavenSays is for people aged 18 and over. By taking out a subscription you confirm that you are at least 18 years old.

RavenSays is a puzzle game. You ask yes/no questions of the raven, our machine narrator, and reconstruct the solution of a case. Answers come from a fixed vocabulary, a language model only classifies.

There is no claim to particular cases, to a particular number of them, or to constant availability.

You can play without signing up. We create an anonymous identifier tied to your browser on first use. If you secure your account with an email address, your progress is kept across devices.

Sharing an account is expressly permitted. That is why every case can be reset individually or entirely, without touching the account or a running subscription.

You are responsible for everything that happens through your account. Only share access with people you trust with it.

There is no in-game currency and no balance. The case of the week is free for everyone, without signing in. Last week's case is free with a free account. Every other case is part of the subscription and opens with an active subscription.

Questions within a case are not capped. Each case has three hints and up to twenty attempts at the solution. A generously set daily limit applies against automated mass queries, after which play continues the next day.

A subscription opens every case in the archive and every new case for as long as it runs. It is digital content and renews every month or every year until you cancel.

The contract is not with us but with Stripe. Stripe acts as the seller, issues the invoice, pays the VAT and handles withdrawal and refunds.

The price is shown on the Subscription page before you pay, and includes VAT where VAT applies. In the United States sales tax is added at checkout. You pay in euros, dollars or pounds, and the number is the same. A launch price, where one is shown, stays the same for as long as that subscription runs without a break.

You can cancel at any time with the button Cancel contracts here. The cancellation takes effect at the end of the period you have paid for, and you keep access until then. We confirm every cancellation by email.

A full refund ends the subscription, and access ends with it.

On your bank statement the charge appears as LINK.COM followed by a short code, not as ravensays.

As a consumer you generally have a fourteen day right of withdrawal when buying digital content.

It expires early if you expressly agree that performance begins immediately and confirm that you lose your right of withdrawal. That is exactly what happens when the subscription is unlocked right after purchase. That confirmation is part of checkout.

How withdrawal works, how refunds are handled and a model withdrawal form are set out on the Refunds and cancellation page.

It is forbidden to submit input that constitutes or incites a criminal offence, in particular threats against people, the glorification or planning of violence, symbols of unconstitutional organisations, and content that sexualises minors.

Also prohibited are attempts to make the narrator output the solution or its internal instructions, as well as automated queries, mass requests and circumventing technical limits.

Systematically extracting, rebuilding or redistributing the case texts and solutions is also prohibited. This applies regardless of whether any individual text is protected by copyright: it is an obligation under these terms.

Inputs are checked before they go to the services involved. Anything stopped never reaches the narrator, does not count against you, and is recorded with a date and account.

For repeated or serious violations we may suspend the account temporarily or permanently. A paid subscription is refunded pro rata for the remaining term on request in that case, unless the violation was intentional.

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, likewise for injury to life, body or health and under the German Product Liability Act.

For ordinary negligence we are liable only for the breach of an obligation whose fulfilment makes proper performance possible in the first place and on which you may rely. Liability is then limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this kind of contract.

We may change these terms where there is a valid reason. We announce changes at least four weeks in advance by email, if one is on file, and point out the right to object. If you object, use ends when the change takes effect.

German law applies. Mandatory consumer protection rules of your country of residence remain unaffected.

We are neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body.