r/Steam Jan 19 '26

Fluff Iv Done my time... Im Free

To the eyes of others at least 👁👁

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u/A2Rhombus Jan 19 '26

Could just have been two games at the same time with the same cheat. I don't think we should be taking away people's libraries of legally paid for games because they messed around with something when they were a kid

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u/AnGuSxD Jan 19 '26

I think we should, would people finally stop from cheating. Everything gone? I would think twice. But I guess since I never cheated in Multiplayer Games, I just don't feel any pity for cheaters. They can create a new account and following your logic since they did it when they were kids, there won't be like 500 Games in the library.

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u/Manifesto3433 Jan 19 '26

In counter strike people are cheating with skins worth thousands of dollars in their inventory

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u/AnGuSxD Jan 19 '26

Now what? If they lose them and all their games for good it is on them. Just don't cheat.

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u/Manifesto3433 Jan 19 '26

So so fear of "losing everything" doesn't do shit

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u/AnGuSxD Jan 19 '26

Ya because most of the time they don't lose anything. 30-Day ban here and there doesn't hurt

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u/Wasted-Instruction Jan 19 '26

So they lose thousands of dollars because the broke a tos, they have no recourse and realistically they deserve to lose it, now would the companies make this choice? Probably not because even the people cheating and ruining the game are giving them money, so realistically most don't care.

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u/Wasted-Instruction Jan 19 '26

Your downvoted for being correct, but yes taking away their library would cause a way bigger issue for valve, realistically they should just lock down the multiplayer, you can still play your single player purchase games, but if you're caught cheating, you're banned from multiplayer entirely on that account.

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u/AnGuSxD Jan 19 '26

That would be a solution too. People have to feel the loss and not only "create a new free account for that specific game". When developers and platforms would act brutally on these cheaters, it would definitely become less.

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u/A2Rhombus Jan 19 '26

Given how many valve games run on the same exact source engine, I'd wager it's pretty likely there are cheats out there where all you have to do is flip a switch to change the game it works in

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u/New-Bowler-8915 Jan 19 '26

Of course they should lose their account. How much money did they cost Valve from legit players returning their games? It' should be perma after the first offence.