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Valve Bans Another 30,000 Steam Users

Posted by Zonk on from the you-get-what-you-pay-for dept.

bryhhh writes "Valve has announced that they have banned another 30,000 steam accounts which had been used to try to illegally gain access to Valve games without a valid purchase. Only last month 20,000 accounts were banned for the same reason, only this time Valve states that, 'The accounts that are disabled today will not be reactivated'."

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  1. RTFF by HavokDevNull · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to a mod on the Valve forums

    Banned is different than "disabled"

    Banned = VAC caught your account cheating

    Disabled = You tried to steal HL2 (the first 20,000)

    big difference between the two IMHO...

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    1. Re:RTFF by realdpk · · Score: 3, Informative

      "And you dont have to worry about no-cd patches, as its already a cd'less game."

      Huh. What? My copy requires I put in the CD to play, even though I'm signed up through Steam. Another reason I don't play this game very often -- what a pain.

      How do you get it so you don't have to put the CD in to play the game, other than a no-cd patch?

      Or does what you're saying only apply to those who bought the game online?

    2. Re:RTFF by mdbales · · Score: 2, Informative

      Have you tried it recently? The last patch removed the CD check due to some problems that users reported.

  2. Re:Good riddance... by Alrua · · Score: 2, Informative
    What are you talking about? I got the regular preorder HL2 edition and it comes with CS Source.

    CS: Source != HL1: Source