Furbol

Furbol is a platform where you can find, join, and play football games hosted by other users.

Users must be older than 14 years old

Users sign-up and sign-in with an SMS verification code sent to their phone number

Users adopt Nicknames that need not to be their real name

Users can deactivate and reactivate their profile at anytime

Users can download their personal data at anytime

Users can delete their profile and their data forever

Any user can be a host and host a game

A game requires a minimum and allows for a maximum number of players that can join

A game is said to have hit its quorum the moment it reaches the minimum number of players that can join for the first time

A game is called “sold-out” the moment it reaches the maximum number of players that can join

A public game is a game that anyone can join

A private game is a game that is visible to everyone but only invited users can play

A secret game is a game that only invited users can see and play

Hosts (likely sport centres) can let other hosts buy out and take over their games coming soon

Hosts can move and remove players at will

Players can move or remove other players that are their followers

A host can cancel a game at anytime

When a game is cancelled players are refunded

A game that enters its last hour without having hit the quorum gets cancelled unless the host sets it as "game on, no matter what" mode

If a game in "game on, no matter what" loses quorum during its last hour (after the initial last-hour cut), players who have not confirmed attendance stay on the roster; Furbol does not auto-remove them only because quorum dropped again in that window — there is no second cut that clears unconfirmed players for that reason alone

Users can join a game individually

Users can place, move and remove other users (followers) in a game

Users can book spots for external guests in a game (generic guests or phone contacts)

Users can join a game anonymously showing their statistics but not their profile

Players can join a game until the maximum number of players is reached

Players can confirm their attendance for a game they joined on game day

Players can have their attendance confirmed by the host or by other players that they follow

Players having confirmed their attendance for a game cannot book other games for the same day

Players booked in a game that hit the quorum cannot book other games for the same day (except for a game in the same centre and compatible hour)

Players in a game that hits its quorum are removed from all the other games they may have booked for the same day

Players confirming or having their attendance confirmed will be removed from any other game they had booked for the same day

Players can join as many games as they want unless they are "locked" in a game that hit the quorum or they have confirmed their attendance to a specific game for the same day

Players who book a spot or are booked by others for a game in its last hour are assumed to be confirming their attendance

Players who haven't confirmed their attendance for a game that enters its "last hour" before the kick-off will be released (removed) from the game

Players can always leave a game at any time for any reason

Players leaving a game that hit its quorum, or after they had confirmed their attendance, may incur loss of participation fee and a decrease of reputation

The standard participation fee for a game is measured as the maximum amount to be contributed in the case both goalkeepers have joined and only the required minimum number of players have joined

The final charged fee can be lower than the standard participation fee depending on the actual number of players and goalies on the field

Hosts can require participation fees to be paid online or cash at the field

To join a game that requires participation fees to be paid online, players must have sufficient credit in their Furbol wallet

The online participation fee is charged to players only if and when the game has been played and to those users that left the game when it had hit its quorum or after Confirm (including shame leave where the rules treat it like leaving a committed game)

When players join a game the amount needed to pay the online participation fee is frozen as “pending” in their wallet

To join more than one game in the same day, the amount of credit needed is NOT the sum of all the games’ fees but only the highest fee among those of these games

Players that are removed from a game are not charged their participation fee

If the game is not played players are not charged their participation fee

The game can be sanctioned as "not played" if the majority of players say so in the voting process

Goalkeepers may be allowed to pay a different participation fee or even get paid a hiring fee to play

Invited users can invite other users

Invitations can be sent through the platform or by sharing the “Invitation link” that is available to all invited users

Hosts can put and remove restrictions on access to their games such as age, gender, level, solidity, etc.

When a host puts restrictions on a game Furbol removes players that are not compatible with those restrictions

Hosts can revoke invitations and block users from joining a specific game or all of their games (Blacklist)

Players can, for any reason, report other players as suspicious (SUS). A player that is reported as SUSpicious by the majority of participants can be removed from a game by anyone

Furbol aims to be rewarded by the only users it truly wants to benefit: players

After 5 free trial games, users are asked to pay the equivalent of 2 BigMacs circa for a 6-month pass

If a player doesn’t play any game in 6 months the pass is refunded

Users can cover the cost of the pass to other users

The pass is not a subscription and excludes any type of automatic renewals

Furbol will never take a cut from hosts or sport centres or from participation fees

Furbol will never sell its users' data or share it for monetization purposes nor it will bend the user experience for advertising purposes