Four fields and some twenty seconds, then Ermyn inks 100,000 coins onto your page.
Three slot-style worlds, all our own work and all played on virtual coins, make up Fellside Observatory, a free-to-play social casino; Lingfrost Watch, the first of them, asks for no sign-up. Real-money gambling plays no part, wins are worthless outside the game and nothing is for sale in-app. Signing up gathers your coins, your level and your daily missions onto one page under your nickname, the way Ermyn heads a fresh page of her observing book with each watcher’s name.
| Line on Ermyn’s form | Why Ermyn asks |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The name Ermyn writes at the top of your page. Choose any you like; your real name is not needed. |
| Email address | How Ermyn finds your page when you log in again. No marketing mail. |
| Password | Written down only as a one-way hash, so nobody at the dome can read it. |
| 18+ tick | Because the reels look and sound like gambling, only adults are let into the dome. |
No real name, date of birth, address, phone number or payment detail of any sort. The observatory has no payment page they could ever be used on.
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Only adults of 18 and over may play at Fellside Observatory. All spins use virtual coins of no monetary value, which cannot be bought, sold, withdrawn or exchanged. You will find no coin shop and no payment page from the stile to the dome, no prize of real-world value is ever offered, and success here does not imply future success at real-money gambling.
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