"Unapproving" isn't something Valve does. The "unapproved" plugin itself
doesn't do anything illegal, as far as I can understand it, only the
combination with another plugin does something illegal. So, when my
combination with another plugin was legal, why am I banned?

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Nomaan Ahmad <[email protected]> wrote:

> If that was in reply to me. I never said its not fine to switch to a knife
> owned by the player. But if you use an unapproved plugin that allows you to
> script a plugin that makes a player receive a weapon they do not own then
> its a problem. If you didn't do any of this then its a false ban.
>
> I am not sure the reason for using that unapproved plugin by its own as it
> doesn't do anything.
> If you used that unapproved plugin and wrote a code that gives butterfly
> knife instead of default or from their inventory then you are breaking
> valve's policy.
>
> On 27 January 2016 at 13:44, iNilo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> *Jul 10, 2015; 7:51pm  Vitaliy Genkin Vitaliy Genkin*
>>
>>
>>> (4) Assuming that I’m not granting an item that a player does not own:
>>> -Is it ok to have a “remove all weapons”/”hide knife” function on a
>>> server?
>>> -Is it ok to have a “knife drop”/”knife switch” function that allows a
>>> player to drop their knife (that they own) so another player can pick it up?
>>> *Both of these functions are fine. There are some game modes where it
>>> makes sense to have unarmed players (e.g., surf), and in a trading server
>>> being able give a player your knife to inspect is fine too. In general,
>>> letting players use what they own in a new way isn’t a problem.*
>>
>>
>>
>> *this claims its fine to switch knives with a player, just as long as A
>> player HAS the item in HIS inventory, so if its a knife that exists in an
>> inventory, it should be fine.*
>>
>>
>> *(source 
>> http://csgo-servers.1073505.n5.nabble.com/Request-to-Server-Operators-tc9684.html#a9748
>> <http://csgo-servers.1073505.n5.nabble.com/Request-to-Server-Operators-tc9684.html#a9748>)*
>>
>>
>>
>> 2016-01-27 14:30 GMT+01:00 Nomaan Ahmad <[email protected]>:
>>
>>> LANI: I am not here to argue but that unapproved plugin can be used in a
>>> way that it could give weapons to players that they do not own. You can
>>> write a plugin to use with that unapproved plugin to give butterfly knife
>>> to people that don't own it. I don't think SM dev unapprove plugins for no
>>> reason.
>>>
>>> On 27 January 2016 at 13:24, Team LANII <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nomaan: Please read again what I wrote. We DID NOT use a plugin that
>>>> gives a skin to a player that he does not own.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> They ban in waves, nothing stops them to just generate a new token
>>>>> under a new account and swap it with the banned one.
>>>>>
>>>>> They’ll be fine for the next 3-4 months and then do it again.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It doesn’t really cost much to get a csgo account and a phone number.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> BR,
>>>>>
>>>>> Niko
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>>>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Absurd
>>>>> Minds
>>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 27, 2016 14:19
>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Csgo_servers] Anyone else hit with a GSLT ban?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure that you can trust that valve's method of banning is
>>>>> effective and error-free. If others in this thread are too be trusted,
>>>>> there are some servers still running !ws and !knife that are still up.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 27, 2016 8:10 AM, "Nomaan Ahmad" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems you are confused. There are 2 plugins... well one is an
>>>>> extension.
>>>>>
>>>>> Always Weapon Skins by Neuro Toxin:
>>>>> https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=2112938
>>>>>
>>>>> GiveNamedItem Econ by Drifter:
>>>>> https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=236199
>>>>>
>>>>> I use the Always Weapons Skin. It does require dhooks and my server
>>>>> didn't get any bans. I also doubt you would get banned for the extension.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 27 January 2016 at 13:00, Team LANII <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Nomaan: Did you have an old Always Weapon Plugin installed, that needs
>>>>> to have another plugin installed, named "givenameditem.smx"? If not, an 
>>>>> old
>>>>> version with this dependency could still be the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Nomaan Ahmad <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I use Always Weapons plugin on my server and they never got banned so
>>>>> it isn't that. There might be legit bans with some false bans too. If they
>>>>> are solely relying on player reports then this system is heavily flawed.
>>>>> Server operator know more about prohibited plugins than players as they
>>>>> always ask for weapon that aren't in their inventory.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 27 January 2016 at 12:49, Team LANII <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Max: We run various servers with different plugins like DM, AIM, Multi
>>>>> 1v1, Retakes, BRush, ... Non of the server allowed players to get a weapon
>>>>> they did not own. We used a plugin called "Always weapon plugin" that
>>>>> allows players to have THEIR OWN AK skin when playing CT for example
>>>>> (Imagine a FFA DM server). An old version of this plugin had a dependency
>>>>> for a plugin called "GiveNameItemEx". This very plugin could build
>>>>> the basis for others plugins that would allow for Knife/Skinchange to 
>>>>> skins
>>>>> the players doesn't own. I repeat: WE did not use those other plugins, we
>>>>> hadn't installed them or anything, but we had installed this "base" plugin
>>>>> that could be used IN COMBINATION ONLY with OTHER, not installed plugins,
>>>>> for forbidden skinchanges.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Max Krivanek <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Marc, so your server has absolutely no plugins but still got banned?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 6:27 AM, Marc Däumichen <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> My schnitzeltreff surf servers also got hit, and i dont use any
>>>>> plugins since the announcement.
>>>>>
>>>>> First, they ban complete IPs and fuck up providers, and now this.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Im probaly out of this...
>>>>>
>>>>>
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