Are Steam community market scripts against the rules?

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[RUS] Election Hacker Jun 12, 2014 @ 10:42am

I hear about many people using scripts to buy cheap stuff fast but are they against the rules?

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chowdah908 #BringBackQuickPlay Jun 12, 2014 @ 11:15am

Well if they are i'm positive that's against the rules.

Ineffable Anathema Jun 12, 2014 @ 11:33am

That would fall under automation or "bots" - which are expressly forbidden.

[RUS] Election Hacker Jun 13, 2014 @ 3:20am

Originally posted by I AM SHODAN!:
That would fall under automation or "bots" - which are expressly forbidden.

You mean to tell me that all the traders who use bots to sell their stuff are also violating the terms of service?

Meatbug Jun 13, 2014 @ 3:22am

Originally posted by NRA GOP:
You mean to tell me that all the traders who use bots to sell their stuff are also violating the terms of service?

Yes.

You may not use [...], automation software (bots), [...] to modify or automate any Subscription Marketplace process.

Last edited by Meatbug; Jun 13, 2014 @ 3:23am

Ineffable Anathema Jun 13, 2014 @ 11:43pm

Originally posted by NRA GOP:
Originally posted by I AM SHODAN!:
That would fall under automation or "bots" - which are expressly forbidden.
You mean to tell me that all the traders who use bots to sell their stuff are also violating the terms of service?

That is exactly what I'm saying, and what the SSA says.
Note that violating the SSA can lead to a number of punishments up to and including account suspension. I don't know what the 'standard punishment' for running a market bot is however, or how they determine if an account is a bot.

Last edited by Ineffable Anathema; Jun 13, 2014 @ 11:44pm

Cathulhu Dec 31, 2016 @ 1:23am

You don't need bots to pull that off, just run multiple games at once and you can get such hours easily. Won't get you banned either.
But running multiple games at once slows the droprate of cards immensely, so it wouldn't have any advantage, the contrary to be exact.

Ogami Dec 31, 2016 @ 1:37am

Originally posted by Saturn:

A very specific example would be a person used a bot to get cards, then someone noticed that they had placed 90 hours in 1 week (obviously not normal), and the person got trade banned. I won't name the program or the person.

Idle Master is completely legal and does not infringe on any Steam rules.

But running multiple games at once slows the droprate of cards immensely, so it wouldn't have any advantage, the contrary to be exact.

Also not true, at least not with Idle Master. You can easily get a few hundred drops a hour with it.
Well, as long as you have card drops open. I had around 3000 card drops open before the sale started and got them all in about 5 days. Then sold everything for around 200 Euro.
Financed my whole Steam Sale. :P

Last edited by Ogami; Dec 31, 2016 @ 1:38am

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MancSoulja Dec 31, 2016 @ 2:05am

Originally posted by It's 2016:
Originally posted by I AM SHODAN!:
That would fall under automation or "bots" - which are expressly forbidden.
You mean to tell me that all the traders who use bots to sell their stuff are also violating the terms of service?

The traders are breaking the SSA just by selling Steam gifts.

Last edited by MancSoulja; Dec 31, 2016 @ 2:16am

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B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t Dec 31, 2016 @ 2:15am

Yes it's againsted the rules but that won't stop people from using them and I don't see Valve doing much againsted it since it makes them money (but they have banned people that have done it and admitted to doing it), but there will always be market bots and scripts that snipe items at low price (what you set them for), and even some websites that can do the same.