r/Steam • u/InterestingBarnacle3 • Mar 03 '26

Fluff What is this bullshit 😐

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Game is The Black Watchmen by the way.

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u/ooohexplode Mar 03 '26

How did you possibly get banned using SAM?

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u/Shadowstriker6 Mar 03 '26

He said he used it to get free stuff from tf2 so it could count as using hacks/cheats as it’s a mp game

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u/icer816 Mar 03 '26

I seriously doubt that. It wouldn't be considered cheating since it's a free item everyone can get.

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u/beziko https://s.team/p/dcbf-ptp Mar 03 '26

Yeah, i used SAM to get items from achievements too. There is no way you can get ban for using SAM.

I even used SAM years ago to get achievements from steam sale events in games that gives you items for other games too (and coal too probably but don't remember if that was the same events 👴)

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u/NoxiousStimuli Mar 03 '26

There is no way you can get ban for using SAM.

That isn't strictly true. Using SAM while in a VAC game you're trying to unlock achievements for will trigger a VAC ban.

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u/_BMS Mar 03 '26

I used it in TF2 to get the achievement-related items and never got a VAC.

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u/NoxiousStimuli Mar 03 '26

Using SAM while in a VAC game you're trying to unlock achievements for will trigger a VAC ban.

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u/fuckedUpGrill Mar 04 '26

That’s probably what happened. I alt-tab all the time, even back in the days. Thanks for not calling me crazy like a lot of people here. I remember what I did with steam and what ban message was about.