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No, it's clearly not. There are people in the linked issue saying they had no cheats and just the username and got banned and the last comment is a Valve employ
by FRex 9y ago
No, it's clearly not. There are people in the linked issue saying they had no cheats and just the username and got banned and the last comment is a Valve employee stating this is all intentional and forbidding any further discussion of it. This is an incredibly dumb way to catch "cheaters" and now that they know they will easily defeat it.
This is absolute bullshit and like saying "issue of rape in prison was raised by criminals who are evil so it's a feature for society they get raped".
And here's a money quote (guess whose):
> When the truth of one issue goes against a person's political leanings, that person will generally say whatever they can to avoid feeling guilt or shame.
- user5994461 9y agoA cheater claiming to not be a cheater. That's ground breaking.
- Kr4ken 9y agoI think it should be easier to get past the cheater part after Valve confirms that it is banning people based off of usernames now...
- user5994461 9y agoValve didn't comment. They could have more information, like checking that multiple users are called catbot. If you look at the history, you will find that there were a handful of ban waves that were reverted or adjusted after they were found to be false positives. It seems that the discussion was opened and driven by the developers and users of the bot. Not expecting too much for them.
- Kr4ken 9y agohttps://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/2475#issuecomment-354618175 https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/2475#... Kisak, a Valve Employee, confirms that VAC bans are being handed out for usernames matching catbot. Yes, it was open and driven by the people that were banned because of a username.
- user5994461 9y agoIt appears you are affiliated to the cheat and maybe got banned. Would you mind to comment about your involvement with the catbot? edit: your other messages have confirmed that you are either a user or a developer of the bot. Thank you for your participation.
- Kr4ken 9y agoWhat confirmation? I am neither a user or a developer of the bot. I also have not been banned by Valve's decision to ban usernames either. My affiliation is to the extent of creating an issue on their github repository. Why are you making such unfounded accusations?
- hitekker 9y agoThe person you're replying to is attempting to claim that Valve has confirmed a blanket username ban. Instead, Kisak's exact words were: > Good day, I've received word from the VAC team that this is intentional and not open for discussion on Github. In context of the cheaters and their sockpuppets, "this" probably refers to Valve going after the catbot malware makers and not banning based on one username specifically.
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