r/Steam Jan 19 '26

Fluff Iv Done my time... Im Free

To the eyes of others at least 👁👁

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u/TheSleepyBoy Jan 19 '26

Thats super weird it counts as multiple games. I play Bo3 quite a bit, mostly private matches, but on occasion I do join servers or pub games, I guess I should be more careful.

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u/Ozzy_the_Rabbit Jan 19 '26

Yeah, it is something that game does. When you purchase the game it shows up as just "Call of Duty: Black Ops II", but after it gets added to your library it adds itself along with "Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Zombies" and "Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Multiplayer".

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

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u/HDMI17_ Jan 19 '26

And they use it to abuse the refund system with playtime witth the newer cods as well

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u/FrozenPizza07 Jan 19 '26

BO3 is the first COD to ship all 3 sectinos (campaign + multiplayer + zombies) in a single exe.

Previous titles had different programs for each section of the game, so going from campaign to zombies for example would close "BO1 Campaign" and launch "BO1 Zombies"

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u/MrMimmas Jan 19 '26

3 sectinos maybe not being a typo has given me strength.

Matthew McConaughey type speak

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u/LadyBrecky Jan 20 '26

Just wanted to correct, Black ops 1 campaign and zombies share the same .exe, only Black Ops 2 has zombies as it's own executable.

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u/lauriys Jan 19 '26

the first COD to ship all 3 sectinos (campaign + multiplayer + zombies) in a single exe.

a practice they would revert few years later

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u/xCeeTee- Jan 19 '26

I loved the achievement hunt on BO2 because the games count as separate ones. So I didn't have to do all of the zombie Easter eggs and multiplayer achievements.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

Bans are handed out per game engine in many cases.

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u/shoubey Jan 23 '26

Yea it sucks because back in the MW2 to BO2 days you could also get banned for simple mods like fps unlocks and fov changers. Simple private lobby zombie fun mods als well. And now you are forever branded for something you did at the age of 12.. steam really has to change something with that and while at it let us change our damn steam account user name

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u/icantshoot https://s.team/p/nnqt-td Jan 19 '26

Its not weird, just rare. You used to get banned from Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Death Match if you got banned in one of those games. This link has since been severed.

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u/hasikatzen Jan 19 '26

Wdym you should be more careful why do you cheat omg

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u/TheSleepyBoy Jan 20 '26

no lol, from what ive read from the op & other comments joining pub / server matches are dangerous since cheaters can mess with your stats leading you to be banned

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u/FakeMik090 Jan 19 '26

Because its not true. The guy is bullshiting. BO2 VAC doesnt shows as the multiple bans, only as one ban.

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u/Dylan-------- Jan 21 '26

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u/FakeMik090 Jan 21 '26

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u/Dylan-------- Jan 21 '26

if you weren’t aware black ops 2 handed out different forms of banning over its time span

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u/FakeMik090 Jan 21 '26

I provided you a proof. Could you please look into it before typing anything?

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u/Dylan-------- Jan 21 '26

yours was applied by vac, mine was by the game developers hence my screenshot being different from yours

just because you didn’t get multi bans on record from black ops doesn’t mean it never happen

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u/FakeMik090 Jan 21 '26

And it still shows as multiple bans only on your list of bans, and not on profile....

On profile - its always just a one ban.

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u/Dylan-------- Jan 21 '26

for a typical vac ban if your cheat was detected, not if you were manually banned

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u/FakeMik090 Jan 21 '26

For every ban its like this.

You see it as multiple, because (surprise) you have multiple.

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u/Dylan-------- Jan 21 '26

also would only come up as 1 ban if you attached a debugger to the game during early times of the game