General Questions
What is AORY.TOP?
AORY.TOP is a catalog and ranking of game servers: RF Online, Lineage 2, Aion, MU Online, Perfect World, World of Warcraft, Minecraft and other online games. Each game has its own section with a server ranking, upcoming launch announcements, server pages, voting and player reviews.
Do I need an account?
You can browse the ranking, announcements and reviews without an account. An account with a confirmed email is required to vote, write reviews and comments, add your own servers, buy promotion and contact support.
What are the username and password requirements?
Username: 3 to 50 characters — Latin letters, digits and "_". Password: 8 to 128 characters with at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter and one digit. Do not reuse a password from other websites or game servers.
I did not receive the confirmation email
Check your Spam and Promotions folders. The link in the email is valid for 24 hours. You can resend the email no more than once every 5 minutes. If it still does not arrive, contact us on the Contacts page.
I forgot my password. What should I do?
On the sign-in page click "Forgot password?" and enter your account email. The reset link is valid for 15 minutes. You will get a notification email once the password is changed.
How do I change my email?
Open "Profile" in your dashboard and request an email change. A 6-digit code will be sent to the new address; it is valid for 15 minutes. Until you enter the code, the account stays linked to the old email.
Why is sign-in temporarily blocked?
This protects against password guessing. After 5 failed attempts sign-in is blocked for 15 minutes; further failures increase the block up to several hours. Wait until the block expires or reset your password.
How do I sign out on another device?
The dashboard home page lists your active sessions: browser, device, approximate location and sign-in time. You can end any unknown or forgotten session right there. If you see a session you do not recognize, end it and change your password.
What avatar can I upload?
A JPG or PNG image up to 2 MB. Other users see your avatar next to your reviews and comments.
How do I contact support?
Registered users can create a ticket in the "Support" section of the dashboard and attach screenshots. You can also use the form on the Contacts page or email support@aory.top. We usually reply within 5 business days.
How do I delete my account?
Create a ticket in the "Support" section asking to delete your account. The request comes from the account itself, so no extra ownership check is needed. The data linked to the account is deleted with it, except for information we are required to keep by law.
How do I change the language or theme?
The language (Russian / English) and theme (light / dark) switches are in the site header. Your choice is saved and applies across the whole site, including game subdomains.
Ranking Questions
How is the server ranking calculated?
Server rating = counted player votes for the current month + rating stars purchased for the current month. Servers are sorted by rating, ties are sorted by name. Only servers approved by moderation that have at least one world take part in the ranking.
How do I vote for a server?
Sign in with a confirmed email, open the server page and go to the "Vote" tab. Choose a world, enter your character name or nickname, pass the bot check and click "Vote".
How often can I vote?
One vote per calendar day — for any one server. A new day starts at 00:00 Moscow time; the countdown to your next vote is shown on the voting page. You cannot vote for your own server.
Why was my vote rejected?
A vote is rejected if a vote has already been counted today from your IP address or from another account that signed in from this IP in the last 30 days, if this nickname has already voted for this server today, or if the server has been unpublished. The reason is shown in the vote history in your dashboard.
It says this nickname has already voted
One nickname gets one counted vote per server per day — from any account, case-insensitive (Nick and nick are the same). Your daily vote is not spent in this case: you can enter another nickname right away or vote for another server.
How do I get a reward for voting?
Rewards are given by the server administration on their own website: using the nickname and world you entered, the server site retrieves your counted votes. The server decides the reward terms — AORY.TOP does not grant rewards and is not responsible for them. Claim your reward before the end of the month: votes are deleted when they reset.
When do votes and ratings reset?
Every month on the 1st at 00:00 Moscow time. Last month's votes are deleted, every server's rating starts from zero, and stars purchased for last month expire too.
How do I add my server?
In the dashboard open "Servers" → "Create server", choose the game and fill in the name, description, website and social links. Then add at least one world (version, rates, type, launch date). After a moderator reviews it, the server appears in the ranking. Up to 20 servers per account and up to 30 worlds per server.
What does moderation check?
A moderator checks the server website, social links and banner: everything must work, belong to your project and comply with the Project Rules. If rejected, the reason is shown — fix the data and the server goes back for review. Significant changes to a published server are reviewed again too.
Why is my server not shown in the ranking?
Possible reasons: the server is still under moderation or was rejected, you paused it, it has no worlds, or filters are enabled on the game page. The server status is shown in the "Servers" section of your dashboard.
What paid services are available?
Rating stars (100 to 50,000, valid until the end of the current month); server highlight with a color and an 850×110 banner in the ranking; world highlight in "Opening soon"; world pin (5 slots per game section); ads — 3 placements in each game section: header (1920×1080), below "Opening soon" (543×150) and below the ranking (841×150). Highlights and pins are bought for 3–90 days, ads for 7–90 days. The exact price is shown before payment.
How do I set up vote rewards on my server website?
On the server page in your dashboard open "Vote API for rewards" and create a key — it is shown in full only once. Your server site requests votes by nickname from its backend with the key in the X-Api-Key header and receives counted votes for the current month, each with a unique ID so the site never rewards the same vote twice. Instructions and a code example are provided there. Keep the key secret and reissue it if it leaks.
How do reviews work?
Any user with a confirmed email can leave one review per server, 20 to 2,000 characters long. Reviews, comments and server owner replies are published after moderation. You cannot review your own server.
How are views and clicks counted?
A server page view is counted at most once per day per IP address; a click is counted when someone follows the link to the server or world website. Daily statistics are available to the owner in the dashboard.