12 Long Years
Hello! I was banned for 12 years for complaining about Valves/Steam offline mode! I essentially wrote "Let me play my games in offline mode you mother **********!"... I guess you shouldn't do that.

originally set as a perma-ban, they let me go because I wrote Steam support a ticket that I felt this was a bit excessive. I never actually meant any harm to Valve or the community.

Do you feel bans like this are excessive or reasonable?

How do you feel about bans in general?
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rawWwRrr 11 月 19 日 上午 9:52 
Don't be toxic and toxic things won't happen to you.
BlackRayPlayer 11 月 19 日 上午 9:56 
引用自 rawWwRrr
Don't be toxic and toxic things won't happen to you.

I was going through a hard time! The frustration though! Not to worry now, I have steady internet.
x 11 月 19 日 上午 10:02 
It appears that you kind of agree with the ban, so I guess it was totally justifiable. 12 years is a long time and hopefully you have become a better person.
t9 11 月 19 日 上午 10:31 
Support lifted my perm ban years ago, after 1 year I asked for mercy lol

I got the ban from one of these voluntary mods we used to have. One time offense, direct perm. What a joke

Bans are useful to stop repeating offenders but it is a disgusting injustice when a power tripping mod abuses this
RPG Gamer Man 11 月 19 日 上午 10:34 
引用自 t9
Support lifted my perm ban years ago, after 1 year I asked for mercy lol

I got the ban from one of these voluntary mods we used to have. One time offense, direct perm. What a joke

Bans are useful to stop repeating offenders but it is a disgusting injustice when a power tripping mod abuses this

Yes but how do we determine if the person who did it is power tripping or just doing the right thing? Ever been to a prison? Every prisoner claims they are innocent even if they have them on film holding a bloody knife showing they killed someone. So that is why it is hard to determine who is telling the truth or not. For all we know this could just be he said, she said. Is the person who got banned lying or telling the truth? We do not know. And we cannot trust anyone's words nowadays. Just look at how many scammers they are in this world.
最后由 RPG Gamer Man 编辑于; 11 月 19 日 上午 10:35
t9 11 月 19 日 上午 10:42 
引用自 RPG Gamer Man
引用自 t9
Support lifted my perm ban years ago, after 1 year I asked for mercy lol

I got the ban from one of these voluntary mods we used to have. One time offense, direct perm. What a joke

Bans are useful to stop repeating offenders but it is a disgusting injustice when a power tripping mod abuses this

Yes but how do we determine if the person who did it is power tripping or just doing the right thing? Ever been to a prison? Every prisoner claims they are innocent even if they have them on film holding a bloody knife showing they killed someone. So that is why it is hard to determine who is telling the truth or not. For all we know this could just be he said, she said. Is the person who got banned lying or telling the truth? We do not know. And we cannot trust anyone's words nowadays. Just look at how many scammers they are in this world.
I don't really deny my wrongdoing. But a warning or 1 week cooldown would have been enough for a start.
Perm ban was just excessive and support agreed
最后由 t9 编辑于; 11 月 19 日 上午 10:43
nullable 11 月 19 日 上午 10:44 
引用自 BlackRayPlayer
引用自 rawWwRrr
Don't be toxic and toxic things won't happen to you.

I was going through a hard time! The frustration though! Not to worry now, I have steady internet.

Actions still have consequences even if you're going through a hard time. And lots of people have hard times and still manage to behave themselves. Just sayin'

I don't think there's much sympathy for bad customers.

最后由 nullable 编辑于; 11 月 19 日 上午 10:46
76561198407601200 11 月 19 日 上午 10:49 
引用自 BlackRayPlayer
Hello! I was banned for 12 years for complaining about Valves/Steam offline mode! I essentially wrote "Let me play my games in offline mode you mother **********!"... I guess you shouldn't do that.

originally set as a perma-ban, they let me go because I wrote Steam support a ticket that I felt this was a bit excessive. I never actually meant any harm to Valve or the community.

Do you feel bans like this are excessive or reasonable?

How do you feel about bans in general?
It was reasonable. Ban in general are fine, after all this is not our forum to run.
Stakanov 11 月 19 日 上午 10:51 
引用自 BlackRayPlayer
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I don't get it. I've said much worse to Support and never got anything close to what you describe. Not saying you're lying, but are you sure you're telling the full story? Because by your logic, I should have been permanently banned too. And honestly, I didn't even know permanent bans were a thing. Aren't the longest ones usually 12 months max?
最后由 Stakanov 编辑于; 11 月 19 日 上午 10:51
PocketYoda 11 月 19 日 下午 3:40 
Yes luckily i had a year ban at some point but it was a perma ban as well before that because of too many bans.. Many of which were unessecary bans from game hubs..

Crazy here tbh.. the automated system is terrible here, but nothing we can do.
最后由 PocketYoda 编辑于; 11 月 19 日 下午 3:41
SLG 11 月 19 日 下午 4:57 
I think there is more to this story, like bans/warnings before this 12 year ban, post history, etc.
SoulReaperAxel 11 月 19 日 下午 10:26 
excessive. every platform: mods vs the users
AnG 11 月 19 日 下午 10:38 
12 years? Wooooow ......
WILDCORE 11 月 20 日 上午 2:32 
It seems you did not learn much from your failings, putting you at risk to get banned in the future again. Here is why:
1. You weren't banned for complaining, you where banned for insulting.
2. You say you did not meant to harm anyone, but insulted nevertheless.
3. You say you had a hard time, and there will always be a next hard time. Have a plan to deal with hard times.
Learn from it and you will be fine. Not only at Steam.
x 11 月 20 日 上午 3:50 
引用自 SoulReaperAxel
excessive. every platform: mods vs the users

I've been admin and mod for forums for many years. You have no idea how hard it is to maintain a certain "balance". While you say mods vs users, a lot of people would say mods are just protecting users from a few unruly elements. And usually there isn't a "single" event. It might start with a post deletion and a friendly warning and a request to try and stay amiable. Then it might go towards a "less friendly" warning or a cooldown "ban" of maybe a couple of days. Then maybe a bigger ban. A permanent ban is something very extreme and nobody wants to do it. But sometimes it's the only way to keep the bad apples out of the basket. It is harsh, but sometimes necessary.
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