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[ThA KiNG]

when i played last night on the de_dust2 server there was a hacker Spaz, idk if anyone remembers, well i stayed on for a few rounds to see if he leaves or gets kicked out. idk what happened with him but like i went on to play today and it said i was banned (from all secured servers). anyone ban me by accident and report my IP address??

some of you know me, i dont hack. just wondering if there was a misunderstanding.

*sigh*

[Raccoon00]

\(from all secured servers). \
\

Sounds like to me that you got Caught By Valve..LOL


if thats true...LOL!!!!!

GTFO Hacker!!

Edited by Raccoon00, 10 September 2007 - 05:12 PM.

[ThA KiNG]

nah dude i dont hack, i dont even have hacks. :\

trust me if i did, i would tell you. i dont hack. plus i suck most of the times i play.

[Novahawk]

Lols.... but if you really never hacked, you should talk to steam about it, they are the ones that banned you, but there's like a picochance (pico=10^-12) that they'll unban you, so gl with that

[ThA KiNG]

how do i contact them? thats what ive been trying to find out.

[Cleric]

You need to make a post on the steam forums. I am willing to bet you downloaded a couple of skins and did not read the fine print about them that they change the exe. file and thus count as a hack. YoU g0T f*ckED!~!! AHAHAHAHAHAh

[ThA KiNG]

nope no skins lol. but ill post on the steam forums.

[DarkShadow]

Lol gtfo cheater.

[Chris82]

how do i contact them? thats what ive been trying to find out.

It doesn't matter what you do, VAC doesn't detect anything that not a cheat. Any textures/models/etc... will not get you VAC banned, but you were quite obviously using a hack that probably hooked into the .exe of the game. That's what VAC detects. If VAC made a mistake and if it happens to a lot of people, your ban will probably be reversed. Don't count on it though.

nope no skins lol. but ill post on the steam forums.

Your topic will be closed, you cheated, and you got what you deserved.

[Novahawk]

Lawls:

READ THIS

First, if your account just got banned, you are probably pissed off. Before you go posting, read this so you can understand what has happened.

WTF I got banned?!?!
Your account got banned because VAC detected a cheat being used with your account. Period. It didn't make a mistake.

We will not un-ban your account regardless of the reason. It doesn't matter if someone else used your account, you didn't know what you were doing was wrong, your brother or sister downloaded a cheat you didn't know about, etc.

Use of your Steam account is your responsibility.

VAC may not ban your account immediately, the cheating violation may have occurred weeks earlier. That means you might have used a cheat, thought you were not caught, but actually you were caught. VAC just didn't ban you right away.

What can I do if I get banned?

You can still play single-player games or on non-secure servers through Steam (you can filter the server list in Steam to show "Insecure Servers" only (from the main Steam menu -> Servers -> Anti-Cheat -> "Insecure Only").

If you are going to purchase a new copy of the game, make sure you delete all previous versions of Valve's software prior to doing the install and make sure you get rid of any cheats you've installed (unfortunately, this might even require re-formatting your hard-drive).

If your account is banned then any new key (like if you buy CZ for example) you assign to that account will be banned as well. To prevent this, you should create a new Steam account so you can access VAC enabled servers with your new key.

Be advised that if the cheat is still on your system, then you will most likely get VAC banned again with the new key. Make absolutely sure the cheat is gone before starting a new account with a new key.

VAC Myths
There are some things people often blame or think is true about VAC. Most are false. Below are facts, not Myths ...

* Winamp or HLamp (a plugin for winamp) DO NOT get you banned.
* Using buy scripts, or any other cfg file script will NOT get you banned.
* Custom skins, sounds, etc. WILL NOT get you banned. However some custom skin packs also have cheats installed. Be VERY careful about what you are installing before you install it.
* Microsoft Windows Service Patch 2 won't get you banned.
* VAC does NOT scan your hard drive
* VAC does not exist to make Valve money, but rather because players said they wanted Valve to do something about cheaters.
* People on servers or server admins can't get you banned on all VAC enabled servers.
* Modified versions of maps (clear walls, etc.) do NOT get you banned. If you can connect to a server with a map, it's fine.
* The "AKS WARRIOR" friendslist phenomenon was not responsible for any "false bans" either, it was merely a DB problem.


I AM STILL SO %#(*)@%# MAD!
Do us a favor. Don't post on here and ask for "proof" or say you weren't cheating. Nobody will believe you, and it won't do you any good except maybe to vent a bit.

Common Spelling Errors

* It's "banned" not "baned"
* It's "server" not "sewer"
* Si teh "is" n0t "si"

[Xiertic]

First of all, roffle @ you. You fail.

Secondly, why isn't this in the unban forum? I mean, did THIS honestly seem like a better forum than that one for this?