remove the unecesary stupid game key activation limit (if there are no invalid attempts)

[blueface]

so i bought on main acc like 350+ crap game keys from bot, to boost my game count, i used bulk activator first ~40 keys no problem, all of them worked.... and despite that on all further activations it gave me this stupid limit....... "too many attempts"...... and from what i heard, its like 1-2 hours cooldown. DESPITE NOT A SINGLE INVALID ACTIVATION ATTEMPT , all of the keys worked.

conclusion: this is pointless, dumb and idiotic = get rid of it. If there was even a single wrong activation it would be understandable, but not like this.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Exactly 1 full hour and not a second less. It is to prevent key generators.

[blueface]

Автор сообщения: cSg|mc-Hotsauce

Exactly 1 full hour and not a second less. It is to prevent key generators.

:qr:

but if all the keys are working / there are no invalid activation attempts, only real working keys..... why then?

I understand if its after wrong activations... but if all keys activated worked, then why not let activate more games?

[Satoru]

The limiter is there for a reason. You wantin gto 'boost' your account isn't relevant with regards to the throttling limits.

Note "i dont like something" does not make something "pointless"

There's no practical reason an account would be triggering that many activations. your situation is an edge case which is easily resolved by WAITING

[blueface]

Автор сообщения: Satoru

The limiter is there for a reason. You wantin gto 'boost' your account isn't relevant with regards to the throttling limits.

Note "i dont like something" does not make something "pointless"

There's no practical reason an account would be triggering that many activations. your situation is an edge case which is easily resolved by WAITING

yea sure talk a lot of ♥♥♥♥ but still cant give an explanation.....

IT IS POINTLESS TO LIMIT HOW MANY WORKING GAME KEYS I CAN ACTIVATE

Edge case or not doesnt fcking matter, if it is not THEN EITHER EXPLAIN OR USE BRAIN ONCE BEFORE TALKING TRASH

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Workaround...

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/1327844097117951453/#c1621724915767846006

I do not endorse it or have anything to do with that. Use at your own risk.

[Perrin]

Sorry to boost but I agree with RETRO here, I just bought a few $1 game bundles from Fanatical and I shouldn't have to wait an hour to finish redeeming the codes. I get why it is a feature but really, with all of the bundle sites out there it makes it extremely inconvienent for people just buying games. The "no practical reason" argument kinda goes out the window with how popular those sites really are.

[Satoru]

Автор сообщения: Cmdr. Perrin

Sorry to boost but I agree with RETRO here, I just bought a few $1 game bundles from Fanatical and I shouldn't have to wait an hour to finish redeeming the codes. I get why it is a feature but really, with all of the bundle sites out there it makes it extremely inconvienent for people just buying games. The "no practical reason" argument kinda goes out the window with how popular those sites really are.

Note I had to activate 50 keys before hitting the limit

50

FIFTY

You're not going to be hitting this limit under normal circumstances

[blueface]

Автор сообщения: Satoru

Автор сообщения: Cmdr. Perrin

Sorry to boost but I agree with RETRO here, I just bought a few $1 game bundles from Fanatical and I shouldn't have to wait an hour to finish redeeming the codes. I get why it is a feature but really, with all of the bundle sites out there it makes it extremely inconvienent for people just buying games. The "no practical reason" argument kinda goes out the window with how popular those sites really are.

Note I had to activate 50 keys before hitting the limit

50

FIFTY

You're not going to be hitting this limit under normal circumstances

it doesnt change the fact that its unecesary and pointless on VALID gamekeys.... if there was even a single invalid game key, i understand the cooldown, fine, but again not on all valid keys.

[Perrin]

Автор сообщения: Satoru

Note I had to activate 50 keys before hitting the limit

50

FIFTY

You're not going to be hitting this limit under normal circumstances

I don't know what you consider normal circumstances but I just counted and I redeemed 53 codes. About halfway through, with no invalid keys or other errors, I had to wait an hour. Maybe steam just hates me but that is kinda ridiculous. At least verify the seller before giving me a cool down, I redeemed them all straight from Fanatical, right on the page.

It doesn't even matter now, but I'm just saying I wasn't happy.

[Fear dot Com]

IDK...I mean, how many people buy 300 games regularly? That's a lot of keys you gotta punch in...take a break, relax and do something fun (like maybe...play some of these games) during that hour.

[Washell]

Hypothetical situation without a limiter:

• Use stolen CC to buy keys in bulk,
  
• create multiple accounts with hundreds to thousands of games,
  
• sell said accounts for a ton,
  
• be gone with the money before everything is revoked.

I'm sure Valve either experienced or thought of many more scenarios that makes the limiter needed.

[cinedine]

Автор сообщения: Fear dot Com

IDK...I mean, how many people buy 300 games regularly? That's a lot of keys you gotta punch in...take a break, relax and do something fun (like maybe...play some of these games) during that hour.

Buying? ... not many.
Activating for card farming? Far too many.

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

Sorry but this should stay.

If you bought these keys and they are legit then you should have no problem waiting an hour or so to continue to activate these keys.

Sure it's a little time consuming but I'd rather have that then bots constantly trying to activate an unlimited amount of keys (and yes people would do that) or have bots run around like they already do and activate random keys posts everywhere and allow them to have no limit.

And these are more good reasons;

Автор сообщения: Washell

• Use stolen CC to buy keys in bulk,
  
• create multiple accounts with hundreds to thousands of games,
  
• sell said accounts for a ton,
  
• be gone with the money before everything is revoked.

[Tito Shivan]

Автор сообщения: Fear dot Com

IDK...I mean, how many people buy 300 games regularly? That's a lot of keys you gotta punch in...take a break, relax and do something fun (like maybe...play some of these games) during that hour.

I've been an avid bundle buyer for years and I've never been close to hit that number in a sitting, not even half, not even 1/4th of it. And I've never been blocked for activating too many keys.

Op's issue is far from being a normal ocurrence and the existing limits are put so the average user is almost never going to hit them.

[Niteowl427]

This BS still exists. I'm on my third night of trying to activate all my Humble Bundle keys and, btw, it is stopping me from activating at much less than 50. It is inconsiderate of customers and there is no legitimate reason. Activation is not tying up bandwidth or servers for God's sake. It's already a pain to begin with and this just compounds the aggravation and frustration.