Contact Kuro-chan @ Kuro-RPG

General email: Me for requests/information.
MSN karmellis[remove-this-spam-chunk]@hotmail.com

- All contact information is encrypted with a [spam] code so that I can post them on here without bots spamming my account with 100+ spam emails a day. Upon removing it you will get my proper accounts. Contact through the forum is no longer available.
- Any and all emails could take time to get back to. Given my current schedule, it is difficult for me to answer emails quickly.

Terms of Use: Permission to obtain the ranks for website/personal use is not necessary (In other words, go ahead and download what you need). However, should you wish to use Kuro-RPG ranksets on a website (RPG, Information, Clan, SIMM, Fleet, etc.), please include a link (and/or) banner attached to your credits, main page or where the ranks are used exclusively. Sample text for link exchange information can be found further down the page.

Sale of Kuro-RPG material: Since Kuro-RPG material deals with content based off existing copyrighted and properly distributed material, Kuro-RPG images, textures, webpage source, all content may be not sold to any person/party under any circumstances. Commissions are to be handled as donations to the site only. If you paid for Kuro-RPG ranks through a third party, then it is recommend you obtain a refund immediately. All ranks available on the website are offered freely.

Banner/Link Exchange Please email me for requests/information.

Hotlinking: Hotlinking to my ranks is strictly prohibited. There are plenty of freeservers where you can host the rank images, plus I need my bandwidth for my regular traffic. In response to hotlinking issue with my ranksets, all sets are now in .zip files.

Requests: Currently I am not taking ANY requests at this time, or likely to in the near future.

Referrencing Kuro-RPG Work: If you wish to use existing ranksets as a referrence point for your own designs, please contact me and inform me before posting them online (I have already had one serious misunderstanding due to lack of awareness since the final results of another project left with me with an impression that the pips were being pulled off my sets).

Modifications: Please do not modify material from this site without written permission from the webmaster or forum support staff. 90% of modified jobs tend to degrade the overall quality of the image (making them look "cut-and-pastey"). I work strictly with transparent templates and layers that are reduced in size and are better designed to fit together. Modifications to existing images can be requested through an email to me .

Sample Text:

If you would care to add this referrence in your disclaimer / site information page, it would be greatly appreciated.

The ranks used on the XXX pages were created by Kuro-chan of <a href="http://kuro-rpg.net."> Kuro-RPG <a> Please do not modify the images in any way.

The rank insignias on this site where created by Kuro-chan of Kuro-RPG. Please do not copy the images. If you wish to obtain them and an up-to-date copy access the <a href="http://kuro-rpg.net."> Kuro-RPG <a> Website.

XXX - Refers to the user's website.

Thanks to Rear Admiral Gregor Mormar and Markbell for the text ideas.

Also, if you could refrain from including my email in your contact information, I would appreciate it. A lot of internet bots obtain email contacts through web code that not been encrypted in some way (Example: Including [spam] or [fake] when entering in the email address on the webpage code), leaving my old kuro-rpg.com email box a victim of vicious spam attacks. Thank you for your concern.

Star Trek, Star Trek, the Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and Enterprise are all registered trademarks of Paramount Pictures and their respective owners. This site is strictly made as an information and resource site, built by fans and run for fans. Absolutely no copyright violation is intended.

Babylon 5 and Crusade are copyright and trademarks of PTN Consortium and Warner Bros.

Battlestar Galactia copyright and trademark of Universal Studios.

Starship Troopers copyright and trademark of TriStar Pictures & Touchstone Pictures.

Parasite Eve 1 & 2, characters, concept, and images are copyright Squaresoft / SquareEnix. This rank template was made based on an initiative to help promote the game and supporting forums, and such is not intended as a copyright violation.

Hanaukyo Maid Tai characters, concept and images are copyright m.o.e.

Immature Being image copyright Invader Zim. I am not 100% familiar with the image source, so information on this would be appreciated.

Sailor Moon astral sign & locket concepts copyright Naoko Takeuchi, TOEI, Kodansha, DiC, ADV, Pioneer/Geneon, Viz Manga, and at least 75,000 other copyright holders. The images used at Kuro-RPG are intended for use only within fan-operated websites and forums.

Fullmetal Alchemist State Military images copyright Hiromu Arakawa, BONES, Animax, Funimation, and other distributors.

Full Metal Panic "Mithtil" rankset and images copyright Shouji Gato, Kadokawa Shoten, TokyoPop, GONZO and other distributors.

Metroid / Samus Aran are copyright Nintendo.

Andromeda is copyright by Tribune Entertainment / Fireworks Entertainment / ADV Films.

Known owners are listed where their images are used. If there is an image listed on the site that is owned by you and either appropriate credit has not been given, or you wish to have it removed, please e-mail me.

Site Rumors

To dispel or discourage any rumours, this site http://kuro-rpg.net is in no way, shape or form a clan. It is a resource site for developing websites, forums and RPG simms. Granted, we have links to many of these active simms, but we are in no way, shape or form a clan. In addition, Kuro-RPG is not interesting in allying itself with clans, or participate in any clan wars. I choose to remain neutral in the hopes of staying on friendly terms with active rank users.