Actually, I have noticed it like 15 hours ago. I was in hurry, I didn't have the time to write a report then, and I've missed the BotXXX part, but I have bookmarked some of those GAs (wasn't aware of the scale though, got just like 20-30 of them), and I was about to do this shortly. Checking them now I see, that all those accounts are already suspended. Great job, Zarddin and Mods :)
Also, probably it was not "just" 500, but at least 800 of them. The highest, that I have found on my list is Bot792. I'm curious, if there is a chance to ban them on Steam as well?
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@%&$& ... what the hell did I set in motion when I commented yesterday lol.
Thanks Zarddin and all for following up on my comment and finding the evidence to the scandal!
I was literally just about to turn off the PC when I posted that so didn't have time to further investigate myself.
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That sure would be nice. But is he breaking Steam rules? As I understand, it's OK with Steam to have multiple accounts (actually I do have 1 alt account, created for MMO, in which is was OK to run alts, but the 2nd account was needed to run a 2nd copy of the game in VM).
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I'm not sure, what Steam thinks about SG, but possibly it could work the best, if this request was sent by our Mods, alongside the list of all accounts banned for exploiting here. Also, again not sure, if this would be OK with our rules (naming and shaming), but sharing the name of his main account on Steam would make easier for more of us to report him, where it really hurts.
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Well we can hope that Mods will or already did create request on Steam about this.
It would be easier if naming and shaming rule would be lifted for this one case so mods could put his SG and Steam account links here.
Good this is that naming and shaming apply to SG but not to let say Steam chat ;)
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I always heard about bots being active here, good work on stopping some Zarddin!
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His main account and 50 bots accounts were reported to Steam. We will see if they take action.
It's not forbidden to have multiple accounts on steam (unlike SG). So I don't know what action you expect from steam support.
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They were banned for abuse, not for mere existing. And violation of rules on third-party site like SG is not abuse on Steam.
Like, some people bought accounts for their farm - and got banned.
Some people were mass-registering accounts for their farm with third-party service - and got banned.
Some people just created a great load on steam by sending too much requests at the same time - and got banned.
There is always a reason why. And still many users with big bot farms are still not banned, because they did nothing wrong.
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So we can't be sure if they got banned for those reasons or just detected by Steam for those reasons and would've got banned before if just reported by someone. That was just my point, so there might be a bigger chance this one gets banned too.
I wouldn't trust them to be that strict about following the letter of the TOS when they can just spiritbanhammer anything they want. :)
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I don't think steam support will consider it a scam or steal.
But hell, you lose nothing by trying to report it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Thanks a lot. This just made me check every giveaway I have made. I admit I have been lucky since I have always done level 1 giveaways...until now.
But why are users with private profiles allowed to enter giveaways? I always lookup the winner before I send the key. How do you know they activated it on their account?
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afaik Users with private profiles need to periodically make their profile public so Steamgifts can check it.
And yea, level 0 and 1 should generally be avoided if you want to avoid bots and other unscrupulous users.
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Good Job... and better only make lvl5+ giveaways...and also the more the lvl the lesser the trouble; mostly :)
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Damn, this leacher has taken it to higher level it seems
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Take care guys there are about 500 bots right now creating GAs to get to level 1 and also entering your GAs and winning them!
How to spot that BOT did win your GA?
The main account is a guy from Philippines and he is level 4 on SG thanks to all the 1$ bundles. He have all the bots as his friends.
EDIT:
He and his bots are now Suspended - Permanent <3
GREAT JOB SUPPORT <3
EDIT 2 - UPDATE:
His main account and 50 bots accounts were reported to Steam. We will see if they take action.
List of games lost to this guy: The Gardens Between, Cultist Simulator, GRIP: Combat Racing, Europa Universalis IV, Mages of Mystralia x2, Two Point Hospital, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Ancestors Legacy, X-Morph: Defense, Aegis Defenders, Motorsport Manager, Hand of Fate 2, Dead In Vinland, Street Fighter V, Sword Legacy: Omen.
I had 0 people in my BL but now I have this one guy but he takes 50 spots.
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