Originally posted by Quint the Robot Girl:

Asperger Tangent:

I've been wondering why VAC ban threads/forum exist in the first place.

Because 99% of it is either "I was wrongly banned, I didn't cheat" or "you deserved your ban, good riddance".

In deed :-)

I think this is the first ime I can genuinely believe the OP's story. Lag spikes from 30ms to 900ms every 20 seconds....gets VAC'ed. The system could have easily eroneously detected the spike as a ping switch hack as a reult.

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/730/discussions/0/2949168687314635540/

The thread topic header is absolute evil lol. I genuinely thought I had a community message (I am on my mobile phone).

I haven't had any yet, but hey, I'm working on that one.

Originally posted by Quint the Pondering Ghost:

So I just came across a weird realization. Apparently the phrase "of CSGO one" gets filtered into hearts. (e.g. http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/discussions/forum/10/1693785669857338580/#c1693785669857389694 "if you get bored of CSGO one day").

A quick google search suggests it may be due to the existence (or prior existence?) of a site called CSGO.one, which was implicated in a match-fixing scandal.

Turned into CSGOGEM and CSMoney. Either way those posts are going to be summarily locked from now on.

Originally posted by Quint, Queen of the Giant Rabbit:

I'm more curious how often they do this.

It prevents potential hijackers from basically being able to change the contact information among other indicators that would change how the original owner's profile identifies itself accrdingly to Steam's servers. For example, if a potential hijacker attempts to change the account's support contact information, that verification is sent to the old email address that the original owner already had in place to verify that they were the ones changing it rather than the hijacker.

Originally posted by Bumbefly Sony Test םו:

Yeah they come every now and then & keep "bothering" untill the re-verification is performed. The complaining Ppl were either lazy or there were "other circumstances" why they could not confirm.

I never yet recieved one to re-verify my phone number though.

It's just a recertification for your account in general to assure that you're still using the same email address for contact information as before. I recently had to do mine.

Originally posted by budozero:

Originally posted by 🐱Sir Edmund's Spoopy Kitteh:

It was at the time of writing.

Thats what I expected, but wanted to make sure I was following the thread lol

YUeah you are lol :-) I have no qualms about going mildly off topic though.

Originally posted by budozero:

Originally posted by 🎃Sir Edmund's Spoopy Kitteh:

Ok...so I found a profile that completely private, but has virtually no viewable historic data even though that data dates back to 2016. Does anyone find that sketchy or normal?

Originally posted by 🎃Sir Edmund's Spoopy Kitteh:

Sorry for the delay on this...this is the profile.
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/profiles/76561198110003573

Is this the completly private profile? I see it as publicly viewable, also on STEAM rep.

Originally posted by Quint, Queen of the Giant Rabbit:

You usually have to go to each profile's SteamRep page, in order for it to update.

Yeah you see loads of friends that are "Unknown Profile" - Once you click them, they show up and update.

It was at the time of writing.

Originally posted by Bumbefly Sony Test םו:

Right! Sorry for leaving room for misinterpretation. I didn't mean to advertise but to show where possibly scammed items went.

Ah OK...yeah I would post a new topic and unfortunately we are unable to get your items back for you. Simply report them and move on.