False Engagement

UPUN is committed to fostering genuine interaction and fair play on the platform. Any attempts to manipulate engagement metrics through artificial means, automated systems, or deceptive practices are prohibited. This policy outlines various forms of false engagement and the consequences for violating it.

Prohibited False Engagement Practices

The following actions are considered false engagement on UPUN and will result in penalties, suspensions, or account terminations (not a complete list):

• Multiple Tabs Exploitation: Opening multiple browser tabs to engage with multiple Materials simultaneously to maximize rewards without spending the appropriate amount of resources. While certain costs (e.g., NRG) may limit the effectiveness of this activity, persistent abuse will trigger penalties, such as increasing resource costs or limiting rewards.

• Unresolvable Interactives: Creating or designing Interactives that lead Players through a series of interactions without providing a clear resolution or “Finale,” forcing Players to engage repeatedly without receiving full rewards. Players are encouraged to report Interactives deemed "Impossible to End." Moderators may review reports or manually audit Interactives, calculating completion ratios and reviewing Player playbacks.

• Encouraging False Engagement for Personal Benefit: Encouraging other Players to engage in activities that solely benefit one individual, such as repeatedly gifting Boosts or consumables, is prohibited. While receiving gifts is allowed, organizing mass gifting activities to unfairly gain advantages in the game is considered false engagement. Safeguards such as caps on consumable capacities are in place to limit the impact, but repeated attempts to abuse this system will result in penalties.

• Using Automated Systems (Bots): Automating interactions with UPUN, including generating content, engaging with other Players, or modifying the platform’s functionality, is strictly prohibited. The platform detects and penalizes scripted actions, AI-driven activities, and macros used to simulate engagement. While UPUN recognizes the complexity of bot systems, genuine human engagement is required to maintain fairness. Programs that attempt to bypass detection by simulating human behavior will also face penalization once identified.

• Falsifying Carryover Values in Interactives: Interactives that involve carryover values submitted to leaderboards must rely on server-side calculations to ensure fairness. Attempts to falsify carryover values through client-side manipulation or using external tools to view scene contents or predict the best outcomes are prohibited. This behavior undermines fair competition and will result in penalties. Moderators or system checks may audit these Interactives to verify the integrity of the carryover submissions.

Detection and Penalties

UPUN employs various systems to detect false engagement practices (not a complete list):

• Repeated engagement patterns or simultaneous interactions across multiple tabs will trigger system alerts.

• Interactives with impossible-to-end patterns will be reviewed by Moderators.

• Automated or bot-driven interactions that exploit the platform’s features will be flagged by our systems.

Penalties for false engagement include (not a complete list):

• Increasing costs for repetitive behavior.

• Reducing or voiding rewards for engagements that violate this policy.

• Suspension or termination of accounts for severe or repeated violations.

Reporting False Engagement

Players are encouraged to report suspected false engagement through the platform’s Report feature. All reports are reviewed by Mods, and appropriate action will be taken if violations are found.