how do i report an obviously bought steam account?

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Mortis 🥒 Sep 17, 2019 @ 7:29am

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Originally posted by owo:
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
You don't report them for purchasing an account without a sufficient amount of proof backing that up.

If they are bullying you, report for harassment, block, do NOT engage and move on.

As if you say so,that's OK,i won't report them for it then.
for the 2nd,i keep doing it AND they get banned,but they keep coming with brand new [private profile or level 0] accounts.

Keep reporting them and also report the previous accounts in every new report on each new account.

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Mortis 🥒 Sep 17, 2019 @ 7:46am

Originally posted by kaz:
through the report function? how do you know its obviously bought though?

account claims its made in 2003 yet no play or post history till 22 february 2019. i'll try,thanks!

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Brian9824 Sep 17, 2019 @ 7:48am

Originally posted by 君の知らない物語:
Originally posted by kaz:
through the report function? how do you know its obviously bought though?
account claims its made in 2003 yet no play or post history till 22 february 2019. i'll try,thanks!

That doesn't mean its bought, it just means that it hasn't been used in a while.

Mortis 🥒 Sep 17, 2019 @ 7:50am

Originally posted by brian9824:
Originally posted by 君の知らない物語:
account claims its made in 2003 yet no play or post history till 22 february 2019. i'll try,thanks!

That doesn't mean its bought, it just means that it hasn't been used in a while.

but ain't it's weird that they got no history past this year? shady to me reported them in profile and also to the support [for further investigation]
and that inactivity being 15 years? what? did the owner literally FORGOT about the account for 15 YEARS?

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Brian9824 Sep 17, 2019 @ 7:52am

Originally posted by 君の知らない物語:
Originally posted by brian9824:

That doesn't mean its bought, it just means that it hasn't been used in a while.
but ain't it's weird that they got no history past this year? shady to me

Not really, could have very easily have made the account because 1 game required it and then forgot about it and came back to it later.

Or forgotten they had it and recently reclaimed it.

I mean if someone wanted to sell an account it makes no sense they'd sit on it and do nothing for 16 years with it...

You'd be surprised how often people forget they have multiple accounts. We see posts on it all the time with people claiming their games disapeared but they actually logged into an old account they had set up on the same email and forgot they even had.

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eram Sep 17, 2019 @ 7:52am

Originally posted by 君の知らない物語:
Originally posted by brian9824:

That doesn't mean its bought, it just means that it hasn't been used in a while.
but ain't it's weird that they got no history past this year? shady to me

My 2nd old account is 16 years old, last logged in 4000 days ago. if i log into it now am i shady?

Mortis 🥒 Sep 17, 2019 @ 7:54am

Originally posted by eram:
Originally posted by 君の知らない物語:
but ain't it's weird that they got no history past this year? shady to me

My 2nd old account is 16 years old, last logged in 4000 days ago. if i log into it now am i shady?

that explains but well they had really bad acts towards me (bullying,stalking and so) bit of bad history,and they act like kids,so thats why i thought account might be bought.
oh,reported about the bullying too + got in-touch with support as of now.
Also nice to see you here,eram!

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Kargor Sep 17, 2019 @ 8:08am

Also, we don't need wannabe-mods and hobbyist-policing. If you're bored, play a game.

Mortis 🥒 Sep 17, 2019 @ 8:19am

Originally posted by Kargor:
Also, we don't need wannabe-mods and hobbyist-policing. If you're bored, play a game.

who said im a wannabe mod?
im not bored im just sick of their bullying ;/

feytharn Sep 17, 2019 @ 9:07am

Originally posted by owo:
Originally posted by Kargor:
Also, we don't need wannabe-mods and hobbyist-policing. If you're bored, play a game.
who said im a wannabe mod?
im not bored im just sick of their bullying ;/

Then report them for their bullying, don't report them for something that may or may not be trou because you could only guess at it.

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Mortis 🥒 Sep 17, 2019 @ 9:12am

Originally posted by feytharn:
Originally posted by owo:
who said im a wannabe mod?
im not bored im just sick of their bullying ;/
Then report them for their bullying, don't report them for something that may or may not be trou because you could only guess at it.

Reported them for both. Fine or not?

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Nik Sep 17, 2019 @ 9:17am

Jeez you literally have no proof of anything dude

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Mortis 🥒 Sep 17, 2019 @ 9:22am

Originally posted by No_Nickname_Idea:
Jeez you literally have no proof of anything dude

Of them bullying me? I have their profile descriptions DIRECTLY targeted towards me and calling me a pedophile without any proof. And forum posts about their trolling and bullying too,and I already contacted support.

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voidCaster Sep 17, 2019 @ 9:32am

Originally posted by No_Nickname_Idea:
Jeez you literally have no proof of anything dude

I've pointed out in other threads that Steam wasn't always an online marketplace. For the longest time it was just what GameSpy was, or what GameRanger is today, which is a piece of software that exposed older/LAN-only games to internet-based multiplayer matchmaking. At the time I had signed up for a Steam Account, then decided I liked GameSpy better because Steam was only for Valve but GameSpy was for everything (Valve included). Then games started having internet-based multiplayer alongside LAN-multiplayer, then net-based became the primary option, and I quit using GameSpy too.

So from around 1999 or 2000 my Steam account sat collecting dust until 2007 or 2008 when GameTap (a subscription service that allowed consumers to play a laundry list of games, including new titles, for a flat monthly rate - kind of like Netflix for games) started going to hell in a handcart and while looking for a replacement I found Steam. Pretty obviously I don't put any stock into any claim that an account that sat idle for a long time and then went active again (especially an account that sat idle since Steam was something else entirely) represents shady activity.

I'd be interested to know what "bullying" entails. Not devaluing OP's sense of being wronged, but that victim mentality is a wacky thing these days... and to play amateur detective myself I'm going to point out that this was not the first or even second justification for the report. A decade ago already, some guy and a few of his friends broke into a WoW player's home in real life and beat the living daylights out of the victim, whose act of "bullying" had amounted to PvP killing a character played by somebody's wife who apparently didn't know she was on a PvP server and running around in enemy territory. Playing the game as it was intended is not bullying or stalking. I'd put trying to get their account banned or even reviewed by platform moderators in the same bucket as hunting a victim down by stalking them across gaming forums to their Facebook account and eventually their RL home address.

Originally posted by owo:
Of them bullying me? I have their profile descriptions DIRECTLY targeted towards me and calling me a pedophile without any proof. And forum posts about their trolling and bullying too,and I already contacted support.

This popped up in the thread around the time I posted everything above the quoted bit. I guess I would count that as bullying. Definitely not "stalking" though. Maybe inciting others to stalk, if their in-profile remarks prompted abusive messages from other users than themself. I realized inciting stalking is in fact stalking too.

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Mortis 🥒 Sep 17, 2019 @ 9:34am

Originally posted by Gematria:
Originally posted by No_Nickname_Idea:
Jeez you literally have no proof of anything dude

I've pointed out in other threads that Steam wasn't always an online marketplace. For the longest time it was just what GameSpy was, or what GameRanger is today, which is a piece of software that exposed older/LAN-only games to internet-based multiplayer matchmaking. At the time I had signed up for a Steam Account, then decided I liked GameSpy better because Steam was only for Valve but GameSpy was for everything (Valve included). Then games started having internet-based multiplayer alongside LAN-multiplayer, then net-based became the primary option, and I quit using GameSpy too.

So from around 1999 or 2000 my Steam account sat collecting dust until 2007 or 2008 when GameTap (a subscription service that allowed consumers to play a laundry list of games, including new titles, for a flat monthly rate - kind of like Netflix for games) started going to hell in a handcart and while looking for a replacement I found Steam. Pretty obviously I don't put any stock into any claim that an account that sat idle for a long time and then went active again (especially an account that sat idle since Steam was something else entirely) represents shady activity.

I'd be interested to know what "bullying" entails. Not devaluing OP's sense of being wronged, but that victim mentality is a wacky thing these days... and to play amateur detective myself I'm going to point out that this was not the first or even second justification for the report. A decade ago already, some guy and a few of his friends broke into a WoW player's home in real life and beat the living daylights out of the victim, whose act of "bullying" had amounted to PvP killing a character played by somebody's wife who apparently didn't know she was on a PvP server and running around in enemy territory. Playing the game as it was intended is not bullying or stalking.

about that bullying part,they somehow [?] found me from outta nowhere [probably from an online game] and directly began spitting nosense stuff towards me such as pedophile and so,they got banned meanwhile,but they keep coming and stalking me with new accounts, and i am reporting them one by one to support and the moderators ;)

Last edited by Mortis 🥒; Sep 17, 2019 @ 9:34am

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Sep 17, 2019 @ 9:35am

You don't report them for purchasing an account without a sufficient amount of proof backing that up.

If they are bullying you, report for harassment, block, do NOT engage and move on.

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