How to adverzise my team

this topic urgently needs more clousems: lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/what-is-a-logo#1

Really? “To prove you are human”

@CSKA_Moscou said in #31:
> it depends on the case. hosting tournaments with a cash prize pool is completely legal and welcome.
>
> "Buying" players by giving them money to play for your team is not officially illegal (some titled players charge their prices) but will give the team a very bad reputation.
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> and paying people to do a "job" on the team that breaks Lichess community rules like spamming people's DMs or being a "recruiter" is illegal

what if they advertise my team out of their own will?
is that illegal

@Chessremiss said in #43:
> what if they advertise my team out of their own will?
> is that illegal

Yes. That's illegal.

What’s the point?

@CSKA_Moscou said in #46:
> Yes. That's illegal.
What else can I do?

> What else can I do?

quite frankly, the fact that you have to advertise for people to join your team imo shows that you probably shouldn't lead a team and should instead join a team someone else created. not everybody needs to have their own team, there's nothing to gain by having one.