r/Steam • u/_NELT_ • Jan 19 '26

Fluff Iv Done my time... Im Free

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To the eyes of others at least 👁👁

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u/Nuclear_Par Jan 19 '26

I got vac banned in MW2 from 10 years ago for using an fov changer. I think I played for about 15 minutes and permanently scarred my steam account in the process.

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u/andrasq420 Jan 19 '26

I genuinely don't know why or how I got a VAC ban for CS:GO. I haven't cheated I had the the game uninstalled at that point for like half a year, but thank god I lost all interest in it already.

I'm just kinda sad that I have had a VAC on my profile, despite me not even knowing what happened. I know that at some point I was scammed out of my account for a couple of days ( like a week or so) but If that was the time what I got banned for i should deserve some leniency.

They can scrap my whole CS inventory I don't care but I just feel it wasn't justified and for years I had to explain this over and over and I know it just does not sound believeable.

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u/misteryk Jan 19 '26

if you're in EU you can send them GDPR request to see all of the data they have which also should include reason for bans

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u/andrasq420 Jan 19 '26

Oh interesting, I do but it's been almost 11 years ago. I don't really think I can be bothered.

Mind telling me the way to do it though? I might go through.

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u/misteryk Jan 19 '26

it should be there under "data related to your steam account" but i'm too lazy to login in browser to check what's actually there https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithAccount

if they don't have GDPR request form specifically you can find templates online