This might fall on deaf ears or you might have already but try to the Valve Employee Directory. <http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/people.html> To email Vitaliy or Matt Wood or whoever else is known to handle issues for CSGO or possibly the issues relating to GSLT's, community management or development.
Also here are the rule changes stated months ago with regard to valid plugins (not how GSLT's will work). Therefore, we are asking server operators to remove any mods and plugins > that falsify the contents of a players' profile or inventory. > > To be clear, the services that should not be offered on a community server > include (but are not limited to): > > - Allowing players to claim temporary ownership of CS:GO items that > are not in their inventory (Weapon skins, knives, etc.). > - Providing a falsified competitive skill group and/or profile rank > status or scoreboard coin (e.g., Operation Challenge Coins). > - Interfering with systems that allow players to correctly access > their own CS:GO inventories, items, or profile. > > If your server provides any of the above services then we request that you > disable them. If for some reason you are unable or unsure of whether a > particular plugin should be removed, feel free to contact us. > They come from this reddit post by Wickedplayer <https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/3ci2ov/vitaliy_genkin_has_sent_a_request_to_community/> which is just copy pasted from this mailing list I'm like 99% sure. Plus Wickedplayer's pretty trustworthy and on top of such things. Anyway contact them. Be polite and respectful (even if you think it's bullshit) say you're sorry for any oversight in what you thought you could or could not do and if there is anything you can do to be unbanned. No guarantee if anything will happen or they'll even bother to reply but worth a shot. I will say I personally think the system is designed wrong. Maybe not inherently in that GSLT exist but the unspecified bans and no way to appeal is super stupid. Plus scanning and banning for disabled plugins feels pretty overkill. On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:39 PM, Max Krivanek <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, 12 years is practically indefinite anyway. CSGO probably won't even > be played in 12 years. > > Either way, this is a very crappy system. I've already expressed concerns > about the complete lack of security around GSLT. If someone can acquire > your GSLT token then well, your screwed. Since its obvious they're in > infinite ban mode (why display a date?). They're treating GSLT like its > VAC bans. But this entire system is worse, and obviously designed to > stifle community servers. I can only guess Valve wishes to go the way of > CoD:MW2, Titanfall, etc. In not having community servers at all, but > they're keeping them for now because it'd cause way too much of a backlash > to just kill community servers. > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Nathaniel Theis <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The bans are likely indefinite, not in 12 years; they expire in 2038 >> because of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem . >> >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Max Krivanek <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Correction: The ban is apparently for 12 years. >> > >> > Which of course really sucks, since we don't use any of those plugins. >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:46 PM, Max Krivanek <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Yup, HeLLsGamers servers were just hit with this ban. Its nice that >> the >> >> ban message tells me nothing about why HG servers got banned. Just >> tells me >> >> it expires in 2 days. It'd be very nice if we knew why. And as far >> as I'm >> >> aware none of HG's servers use retake or any other plugin like it. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Matthias "InstantMuffin" Kollek >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> There is for me, because I read all those messages. >> >>> Feel free to find them, it shouldn't be too hard. Until then, please >> >>> don't be a dick and call "bullshit" on others. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 27.01.2016 03:29, Daniel Barreiro wrote: >> >>> >> >>> For all we know, when Valve said "custom content" they could have >> meant >> >>> "custom knives" and not "existing knives with custom skins". There's >> no way >> >>> to 100% know for sure without someone either finding that original >> message >> >>> where it was OK'd that Asherkin is referencing, or we get a statement >> >>> straight from Valve. >> >>> >> >>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Matthias "InstantMuffin" Kollek >> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> "he claimed that it's not against Valve's rule" >> >>>> Depends on what you use it for. >> >>>> >> >>>> That said, sure, go ahead, trust Francisco with anything. rofl >> >>>> FYI: As all his other plugins, this one is riddled with numerous >> >>>> (beginner) mistakes. It runs the risk of potentially using >> uninitialized >> >>>> memory, and putting that into a query/in the db. >> >>>> It also improperly uses the admin/command access system. Few things >> on >> >>>> top of my head. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> On 27.01.2016 03:17, Ben Roy wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> The plugin used was Custom Weapon Models. It can be linked: >> >>>> https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=276779 >> >>>> It allows community-made weapon models instead. >> >>>> Read the OP(plugin link)'s post, he claimed that it's not against >> >>>> Valve's rule. >> >>>> >> >>>> On 1/26/2016 9:06 PM, Daniel Barreiro wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> Let's drop the word semantics and view it how it is. >> >>>> >> >>>> Did you let someone use a knife that was not in their inventory. >> Don't >> >>>> bullshit "it wasn't a flip knife slaughter, it was just a flip >> knife". Don't >> >>>> bullshit "it wasn't an official knife it was a custom one therefore >> it's >> >>>> okay!". Don't bullshit "It was the original knife model so it was in >> their >> >>>> inventory! I may have put a custom pattern onto that default knife, >> but the >> >>>> knife itself was in their inventory! It's totally different than >> giving a >> >>>> player with a vanilla karambit a karambit slaughter" >> >>>> >> >>>> Did you let someone use a knife that was not in their inventory. It's >> >>>> that simple of a question. If you let someone use a knife that was >> not in >> >>>> their inventory, you broke the rule. It's that simple. >> >>>> >> >>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Ivan Ho <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Yep, my server has been banned. No custom skins active what so ever. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Anyone else? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On 27/01/2016 12:46 pm, Absurd Minds wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Custom skins are not "csgo items". They're custom items viewable >> >>>>> within csgo. >> >>>>> On Jan 26, 2016 8:44 PM, "Daniel Barreiro" >> >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Going back to the original message, I see this: >> >>>>> -Allowing players to claim temporary ownership of CS:GO items that >> >>>>> are not in their inventory (Weapon skins, knives, etc.). >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Were those knives in their inventory? If yes, then it was a false >> >>>>> ban. If no, it was a legit ban. >> >>>>> I'm fairly sure custom knives are CS:GO items that are not in their >> >>>>> inventory. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Kevin C <[email protected]> >> >>>>> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Our servers were all just hit with a ban of our server tokens. >> >>>>> Anyone else have this issue? We don't run any knife skin plugins >> >>>>> after valves announcement, we recently added a custom knife plugin >> >>>>> that allows players to have knives that are community-made and not >> >>>>> sold by valve. Based on valves original statement this should be >> >>>>> allowed. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Our GSLT account has this message: >> >>>>> Your account has an active ban on its game server tokens. >> >>>>> This ban expires on Friday, 01-Jan-38 00:00:00 GMT >> >>>>> >> >>>>> WTF Valve? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>>> Csgo_servers mailing list >> >>>>> [email protected] >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> >>>>> >> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>>> Csgo_servers mailing list >> >>>>> [email protected] >> >>>>> >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>>> Csgo_servers mailing list >> >>>>> [email protected] >> >>>>> >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>>> Csgo_servers mailing list >> >>>>> [email protected] >> >>>>> >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Csgo_servers mailing list >> >>>> [email protected] >> >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Csgo_servers mailing list >> >>>> [email protected] >> >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Csgo_servers mailing list >> >>>> [email protected] >> >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Csgo_servers mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Csgo_servers mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Csgo_servers mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Csgo_servers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > -- Have a good one, Jack McEachern
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