Just really a question, I myself am not vac banned, But it was in case I have my server up and for some reason I was banned.
> On May 13, 2016, at 2:03 PM, Chase McIntyre <[email protected]> wrote: > > How does this worry you? What exactly is your argument? > >> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 4:00 PM, A Fearts <[email protected]> wrote: >> Makes me very worried. If you saw how they were handling bans on "bad" >> accounts in CS:GO you would be worried too. >> >>> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 3:53 PM, 1nsane <[email protected]> wrote: >>> This sounds promising :) >>> >>>> On May 13, 2016 3:51 PM, "John Schoenick" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hey everyone, >>>> >>>> I wanted to give a heads-up about some upcoming changes to the way server >>>> accounts work in TF. >>>> >>>> In an future update, we are going to be introducing features that will >>>> only be available to game servers that have a registered game server >>>> SteamID, via the Game Server Login Token (GSLT) system. This system has >>>> existed for some time, but is currently only used in TF for persistent >>>> favouriting in the server browser. It has also gained some more >>>> restrictions recently that you should be aware of. >>>> >>>> - Game server accounts are tied to an owning Steam user account >>>> - This Steam account must not be currently community banned or locked. >>>> - This Steam account must not be limited. >>>> - This Steam account must have a qualifying registered phone. >>>> - Game servers that violate the community guidelines for the game they are >>>> hosting may have their access suspended or revoked. >>>> - Game server account suspensions or bans also apply to *all* other game >>>> servers tied to said Steam user >>>> >>>> More info and management tools are here: >>>> https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers >>>> >>>> For TF specifically, being free-to-play, access to some upcoming features >>>> may eventually depend on the qualifications the owning Steam user account. >>>> So, while creating dedicated individual user accounts to own individual >>>> game servers is possible, it may lead to an increased burden in the >>>> future. We recommend game server accounts be registered to the Steam >>>> account of the acting server owner -- GSPs should require clients to >>>> provide their own tokens. >>>> >>>> This change will allow us to have a greater level of confidence in game >>>> servers, by making it easier to revoke access for bad actors and better >>>> tying game servers to their owners. The increased persistence gives us >>>> many more opportunities to assign trust to community servers, and to >>>> provide them access to features that would otherwise be too open for >>>> abuse. It also provides a much better mechanism for dealing with abuse >>>> than the current IP-ban system that is both less effective and more >>>> painful for server providers that share IPs between clients. >>>> >>>> We will have more information once we are ready to begin rolling out these >>>> features, but I wanted to send this heads up such that current admins and >>>> server providers can look into integrating this support into their setups. >>>> >>>> Let me know if you have any questions or concerns and I will try to >>>> address them, >>>> - Neph >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
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