Terms of Service
Effective date: The moment you clicked "Create Game"
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing Misery Lane, you acknowledge that you are voluntarily choosing to spend your finite time on Earth ranking terrible life events against each other. We respect that decision, even if your loved ones don't.
2. Eligibility
You must be old enough to have experienced at least mild existential dread. If you have never questioned whether "being stuck in traffic" is worse than "a bad haircut," you may not be ready for this game. We recommend starting with something gentler, like staring at a wall.
3. User Conduct
You agree not to use Misery Lane for purposes other than competitive suffering assessment. Specifically, you agree not to: (a) use the game to settle actual legal disputes, (b) cite your misery rankings in therapy as evidence, or (c) base major life decisions on where a card falls on the misery scale.
4. Intellectual Property
All misery cards, misery scores, and the general concept of quantifying despair belong to Worst Case Scenario LLC. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works based on our misery index without written permission. Creating your own personal misery index is, unfortunately, unavoidable.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
Misery Lane is provided "as is" and "as terrible." We make no guarantees that the game will function without interruption, that your friends will still speak to you afterward, or that you won't discover something deeply unsettling about your partner's moral framework.
6. Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances shall Worst Case Scenario LLC be liable for: emotional damage caused by a friend's terrible guesses, existential crises triggered by misery card content, arguments about whether "wet socks" truly deserves a 72, or any friendships destroyed during gameplay. You assumed that risk when you sent the invite link.
7. Termination
We may terminate your access to Misery Lane at any time, for any reason, including but not limited to: being suspiciously good at guessing misery scores, attempting to hack the misery scale, or somehow making the game less fun than it already isn't.
8. Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws of whatever jurisdiction best understands that ranking "stepping on a Lego" at 85 out of 100 is not an overreaction. If no such jurisdiction exists, we'll settle it over a round of Misery Lane.