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30,000 steam accounts banned

30,000 Steam Accounts Banned

DchozN @ 6:35 pm pst on 12/22/04 - community

Valve disabled an additional 30,000 Steam user accounts that were found "to illegally gain access to Valve games without a valid purchase".

Today Valve disabled more than 30,000 Steam accounts which had been used to try to illegally gain access to Valve games without a valid purchase. Here's the quote for non-Steam forum members.

Valve takes such activities seriously and reserves the right to disable Steam accounts engaging in piracy, cheating, illegal activities, or any other activity in violation of the Steam Subscriber Agreement. The accounts that are disabled today will not be reactivated. - Erik Johnson (Valve)

It looks like somebody is getting a lump of coal this Christmas.

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comment #1 Urban Terror 6:37 pm pst - 12/22/04	Lol. They didnt pay for the games in the first place, so its no loss to them.

comment #2 Scroto rizzuh is kind :D 6:37 pm pst - 12/22/04	You go girlfriend!!!

comment #3 cabeza 6:41 pm pst - 12/22/04	perfect.

comment #4 int3rnil Novacurity 6:42 pm pst - 12/22/04	Hmm, paid for my package. But today seems after the update, I cannot connect to steam or any games. Hmmm.. Uninstalled, and reinstalled fresh, same errors. Weird. Anyway, good job VALVe!

comment #5 Scroto rizzuh is kind :D 6:45 pm pst - 12/22/04	int3rnil wrote.. Hmm, paid for my package. But today seems after the update, I cannot connect to steam or any games. Hmmm.. Uninstalled, and reinstalled fresh, same errors. [ read full quote (6 more words) ] Weird. Anyway, good job VALVe! Same here.

comment #6 wingm8 6:47 pm pst - 12/22/04	I would say they got owned, but they can just make new accounts. The only ones that are hurt by this are the ones dumb enough to apply the cracks to accounts with games already on them.

comment #7 HankPym Prove me wrong. 6:47 pm pst - 12/22/04	I believe I speak for everyone when I say, "holy crap!" For those who can't connect, don't worry too much. I'm pretty sure people whose accounts are disabled get a message saying so.

comment #8 HitmanCodename48 Valve Software can do no right! 6:53 pm pst - 12/22/04	funniest shit evar!

comment #9 acc_int 6:54 pm pst - 12/22/04	POINT AND LAUGH

comment #10 Smurfzilla tbh m8, I love DaveJ. 6:57 pm pst - 12/22/04	lol i think its funny how the people who posted at hlfallout practically suck valve's dicks just cuz they did something they are supposed to do.."valve, have my babies!" wow..can anyone say nerd? even if he is joking.. everyone hated valve a few weeks ago, now they cherish them in there fat sweaty geek hands.. NOW FLAME ME

comment #11 robbyd007 6:59 pm pst - 12/22/04	damn, i was hoping for '30,000 Steam Accounts Banned' FOR CHEATING....

comment #12 HankPym Prove me wrong. 7:00 pm pst - 12/22/04	shrug I liked Valve before, and still do now.

comment #13 N*-DAnk 7:01 pm pst - 12/22/04	nice one valve HAHA merry xmas fools

comment #14 NightSh4de 7:01 pm pst - 12/22/04	damn...Im speechless

comment #15 MrZero	-this comment was removed by a moderator at 6:15 am pst on 12/23/04-

comment #16 acc_int 7:01 pm pst - 12/22/04	robbyd007 wrote.. damn, i was hoping for '30,000 Steam Accounts Banned' FOR CHEATING.... Don't even let VALVe try that. I don't want that to happen...

comment #17 wolf8218	-this comment was removed by a moderator at 6:16 am pst on 12/23/04-

comment #18 xlokix 12 7:13 pm pst - 12/22/04	Wouldn't it be more effective to just...you know... FIX the exploits that get valve games illegally?

comment #19 jedicmdrwedge 7:16 pm pst - 12/22/04	xlokix wrote.. Wouldn't it be more effective to just...you know... FIX the exploits that get valve games illegally? No. This way they scare people out of doing it again. And I'm sure they fixed the problem anyway.

comment #20 daniel88c 7:18 pm pst - 12/22/04	Good job Valve! =).

comment #21 peagle 7:23 pm pst - 12/22/04	MrZero wrote.. Honestly, I had CS: S and HL2 illegaly but i ended up buying them cuz i loved em so much. I was playing CS: S online fine and everything. Owned Valve So they're such good games, you went out and bought them legally? How exactly did Valve get owned?

comment #22 farmer brown 7:23 pm pst - 12/22/04	Hahahahahahahahaha! Glad I'm not one of them!!!!

comment #23 xlokix 12 7:37 pm pst - 12/22/04	jedicmdrwedge wrote.. No. This way they scare people out of doing it again. And I'm sure they fixed the problem anyway. No they haven't fixed the problem. Also, this doesn't "scare" people from doing it again. I guarantee that at least 3/4 (probably more) of those accounts were completely blank or just duplicates. There are still tons of ways to get free games on steam and all anyone has to do is register a new steam account, and Valve bans that account. Pretty crappy way of scaring people, if you ask me.

comment #24 HankPym Prove me wrong. 7:41 pm pst - 12/22/04	xlokix wrote.. Wouldn't it be more effective to just...you know... FIX the exploits that get valve games illegally? They have in at least one case - they disabled that fake CD-Key that everyone was using. So they're attacking the problem on both fronts, and I don't see any problem with that.

comment #25 jedicmdrwedge 7:42 pm pst - 12/22/04	xlokix wrote.. No they haven't fixed the problem. Also, this doesn't "scare" people from doing it again. I guarantee that at least 3/4 (probably more) of those accounts were completely blank or just duplicates. There are still tons of ways to get free games on steam and all anyone has to do is register a new steam account, and Valve bans that account. Pretty crappy way of scaring people, if you ask me. What makes you say they haven't fixed it? As for not scaring people, those who hadn't done it before might hear the huge number of accounts that were banned for using illegal copies and decide not to do the same thing. Third, if most of the accounts were blank accounts or duplicates, what's the problem with Valve banning them? I'm sure it couldn't have taken more than a few hours' worth of work.

comment #26 Mikemike 2.0 Buddah in da house! 7:51 pm pst - 12/22/04	all i can say is one thing about the people who got their accounts banned: AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

comment #27 snkcube 7:58 pm pst - 12/22/04	*high fives Valve

comment #28 Pan the Goat God 8:01 pm pst - 12/22/04	Merry Christmas bitches!

comment #29 The-Moose 8:32 pm pst - 12/22/04	<3 have sex

comment #30 Stone Cold Spider 3:16 8:36 pm pst - 12/22/04	i just hope they dont make mistakes...... i would really like to know how they determined these ppl didnt buy the game.....

comment #31 avery0226 8:42 pm pst - 12/22/04	robbyd007 wrote.. damn, i was hoping for '30,000 Steam Accounts Banned' FOR CHEATING.... LOL YEAH it is very useless to ban fake accounts.. lets think about it, if their smart enuf to dl hl2 and get it working, you think they'd be smart enuf NOT to use the real account which has games on it....i mean come on, takes like 10 seconds and an email (not even a valid one) to create a steam account, their only kidding the ppl who actually believe this is stopping or slowing piracy. wtf is going on with VAC, its becomeing more of a pain to download the useless secrurity module which practically doubles my connection time to a server, when upon joining to find like 3 freaking hackers.. valve should worry just as much about their anti cheat

comment #32 kevin340 8:51 pm pst - 12/22/04	HaHa! stupid pirates! :D. is it that hard to just buy the game? If u can afford a computer that can run hl2, then i think u can afford to buy the game..

comment #33 DuKeMaN707 9:01 pm pst - 12/22/04	kevin340 wrote.. HaHa! stupid pirates! :D. is it that hard to just buy the game? If u can afford a computer that can run hl2, then i think u can afford to buy the game.. I guess they're just kids without a job using their home computer

comment #34 ImJacksAmygdala 9:14 pm pst - 12/22/04	Wow maybe Valve is making some money with Steam... If these guys are dumb enough to break the EULA with steam accounts full of legit games and get caught, then Valve will make a ton of money using this paroleware when they buy their games a second time. Moral of the story... If you're a warez monkey use a Steam emulator. Or is it crime doesn't pay?

comment #35 Kobra Wolf 9:16 pm pst - 12/22/04	kevin340 wrote.. HaHa! stupid pirates! :D. is it that hard to just buy the game? If u can afford a computer that can run hl2, then i think u can afford to buy the game.. lol Maybe they can afford it just are cheap?

comment #36 Syx 9:29 pm pst - 12/22/04	Hooray for VALVe

comment #37 The-Moose 9:41 pm pst - 12/22/04	no. i never buy a game. i download it warez.....and see if its worth buying. if it is. i go buy it. if it isnt....i play it for the hell of it. i bought hl2.

comment #38 Bokuho My whining. Reply to it and I'll kill your mother 10:03 pm pst - 12/22/04	30,000 isn't much when you look at the entire size of the CS community.

comment #39 Mikemike 2.0 Buddah in da house! 10:08 pm pst - 12/22/04	DuKeMaN707 wrote.. I guess they're just kids without a job using their home computer thats me but I dont pirate. gj valve! i love u guys

comment #40 Zips Tin God - #csnation 10:14 pm pst - 12/22/04	Bokuho wrote.. 30,000 isn't much when you look at the entire size of the CS community. You say that as if the entire CS community is warezing the game. If 40,000 of them were doing it, then 30,000 banned is a hell of a lot.
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