Thanks for sharing this. I was unaware of it since I haven't been around much.

Originally posted by BossGalaga:

Originally posted by The Great Escape ⚔:

Thanks for the heads up. I haven't gotten any, but it's good to know anyway.

I haven't been very active lately so these had to be profiles/groups that I had reported months ago at least, which would indicate to me that they're digging into some backlog or perhaps more people have reported them and they're getting the attention that they deserve...from the mods/staff.

I've been very inactive myself, for the most part - at least in the forums. I'll see if I receive any.

Thanks for the heads up. I haven't gotten any, but it's good to know anyway.

The whole thing was a bit ridiculous, but of course they weren't getting VAC banned just because of their names. I think one person accepted that finally and realized that a good chunk of those people were actually cheating.

Thanks for the warning. I'm still on vacation from the VAC forum ... lol.

Originally posted by BossGalaga:

Well, like I already pointed out there are numerous unbanned Steam accounts with the name catbot. And another thing about this claim that only "linux" Steam accounts were being banned. There is no such thing as a Linux Steam account or a PC or Mac Steam account. There are Steam accounts, period.

Yes, I know - thanks a lot for your help.

I mentioned the likelihood of people using alternates and such, but discussing it with another Linux user was rather difficult - until this morning, when that statement (provided by Flurdy and Zyro) was brought to my attention. I think one user at least realized that VAC does not work how he/she thought.

So hopefully that sets the record straight for the paranoid Linux folks. I know a few of them have changed their usernames to include the word "bot" in them, probably to prove a point.

Originally posted by Flurdy:

https://np.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/7ndjdt/valve_will_vac_ban_you_automatically_for_having/ds2dulw/

I came across this today; it was an update of sorts from another user in the Linux forum. A lot of those users in the GitHub thread *shockingly* had cheat software on their track lists. I figured that was the case.

Thanks, Flurdy. I'll probably keep an eye on that still and see what else comes up. I refused to believe that a username was the only reason.

So, I just noticed that the OP deleted all his comments and edited his post. I'll edit my post here as well.

Originally posted by BossGalaga:

Originally posted by The Great Escape ⚔:

Yep. That's exactly what I was thinking. I posted a comment in response to the original post, so I suppose I'll see if that goes anywhere.

Really, though ... why use a name like that? I could be jumping to conclusions here but I feel like a few people were probably cheating and thought they could get away with it because they were using a Linux system.

That's what triggered 40,000+ VAC bans in a single day in July 2017, a linux kernel cheat for CSGO.

I remember that. I'm just glad it shows people that Linux won't protect them from punishment. I'm pretty sure that was the case here, but I was curious what others would think of it.

Originally posted by BossGalaga:

18 accounts on the first page of search results alone, all named catbot, many of them obvious alts, not a single VAC ban which leads me to believe that people getting banned are getting banned for actual cheats.

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/search/users/#text=catbot

Yep. That's exactly what I was thinking. I posted a comment in response to the original post, so I suppose I'll see if that goes anywhere.

Really, though ... why use a name like that? I could be jumping to conclusions here but I feel like a few people were probably cheating and thought they could get away with it because they were using a Linux system.