Suggestion: remove deadlock invite to game as it looks like a scam

[76561199648916059]

I just browsed the deadlock community hub and seen tons of recent "invite me as a friend for invite to game post"

What is up with this gimmick and why is valve encouraging this.

It would be much better to remove this invite to the game all together and allow everyone on steam to participate and experience it, or perhapes have users request the game and give them 48 hour windows to try the game out before having to request addition play time.

I'm not sure to be honest as this valve game looks like a total scam trying to get accounts to friend randoms so they can get profile and gain trust with users for scams.

I realize it says valve. Studio but something just looks fishy, I never see a steam game where another steam user could invite you to play it.

Very odd

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Majestically Awkward:

Suggestion: remove deadlock invite to game as it looks like a scam

I just browsed the deadlock community hub and seen tons of recent "invite me as a friend for invite to game post"

What is up with this gimmick and why is valve encouraging this.

It would be much better to remove this invite to the game all together and allow everyone on steam to participate and experience it, or perhapes have users request the game and give them 48 hour windows to try the game out before having to request addition play time.

I'm not sure to be honest as this valve game looks like a total scam trying to get accounts to friend randoms so they can get profile and gain trust with users for scams.

I realize it says valve. Studio but something just looks fishy, I never see a steam game where another steam user could invite you to play it.

Very odd

All people need to do is add the person, get the official invite through Steam and unfriend.

Everything else is unnecessary.

[Mr. Smiles]

Is this the new conspiracy we get to hear about?

Sounds fun, continue.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

What they should do is move all the Deadlock threads being spammed across the main forums to the game hub.

[Eidolon]

It is a real game by the real Valve. I think the reason they picked the invite system is likely because it probably makes people more engaged with it. If it was just a free game put into everyone's library or that you could add yourself, you might not ever think about trying it out.

But if someone on your friends list invites you or you have to go out of your way to be able to play it, it feels more "special" and seems more interesting.

[76561199648916059]

I can't participate cause I can't add people, can we get a request to be given the game button

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Majestically Awkward:

I can't participate cause I can't add people, can we get a request to be given the game button

That's what your friend code and friend invite link are for, so they can add you instead.

[76561199648916059]

I never used that stuff and I have no idea, is a limited account even able to play the game?

This is not so e conspiracy but a genuine mistrust of people online that makes me question the invite process to the game. After days of seeing topics about deadlock and just seeing another deadlock topic locked on discussions it raised my concern as to why steam was blocking the thread.

Which promoted me to review the game store and check the community hub. It all seems a little strange to me, I get that it basically a early alpha edition with errors/ incomplete game, but surely there has to be some kinda legitmet way to contact steam support and ask for this game to be added to an accounts game list.

[Eidolon]

Are you talking about this thread? https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/4328600722524260781/

It was locked for being a necro.

[76561199648916059]

Right I am just saying that thread made me curious, may wasn't all that long ago, but as stated more so it made me look into the game and review deadlocks community hub where I instantly seen what looks like bots posting for people to friend invite them to get invited to the game.

It was a little troubling as there were 100s of, add me'sin a short period of time , which is what ultimately sparked me to create this topic because my initial response to seeing that was "this looks scamy"

[Eidolon]

I can see why you think it looks scammy but no, it's really a game by Valve and the invite system is really how it works. I think it's okay as it is, it's positive for engagement with the game and gets people talking about it more than if it was just a free game silently dropped on the storefront.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

What they should do is move all the Deadlock threads being spammed across the main forums to the game hub.

:nkCool:

Heeeeeeyyyy.... now that's logic. We don't do that here. Or, at least, anymore.

Originally posted by Majestically Awkward:

I realize it says valve. Studio but something just looks fishy, I never see a steam game where another steam user could invite you to play it.

Several games have, or have had, invite systems in place on Steam. I still have guest passes for Red Orchestra and Red Orchestra 2 in my inventory. It Takes Two only requires one person to own a game that two can play at the same time with the available Friend's Pass. IIRC, some of the Jack Party Pack games collab with many other players with an invite system.

Nothing new.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Violate others’ personal rights
Examples of such prohibited behavior include: doxing; scamming; stealing; impersonating; stalking; accessing other users’ Steam accounts; and posting libelous or defamatory statements.

https://store.steampowered.com/online_conduct/

Interestingly enough. That last part also applies to statements made against developers.

[76561199648916059]

Interesting information. That's why I don't trust steam users or developers to be honest, the second you open up friendship to people and let them earn a little trust you often times get a scam attempt at best, at worst people have lost whole accounts , person property in the forum of online currency, and possibly even sanity.

It's perfectly acceptable to declare that it looks scammy when you see 100s of add me messages in a short amount of time, it's also perfectly logical to assume they are bots, simply due to steams lack of forum exposure to this game, no real mention of it and some extremely weird suppression of content about it.

I will also note that I'm greatful for the responses, and it's good to know it's a valve game. However I will hold fast to the suggestion that they should remove any invite based community.

And it's also kinda shady because if your only inviting people who you want to the game it becomes a echo chamber of acceptance where some people question the true validity of the game.

Next question I suppose is which one of you has the game, cause I'd enjoy seeing what it's about, and honestly I'd slightly trust some of you on the forum which I communicate with often vs some random add me bot on the games community hub.

So if any of you could invite me to this deadlock game that would be great and would most likely fix this issue at least for me.

But, and I strongly encourage steam to create additional avenues for steam users to gain access to this game.

[MonkehMaster]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

What they should do is move all the Deadlock threads being spammed across the main forums to the game hub.

:nkCool:

agreed, sadly even reporting them for spam hasn't yielded expected results, ie.. moving them to the games forum.

[76561199648916059]

Honestly I haven't seen steam support or the mods move topics in months, they just seem to lock them or delete them, I think really only the volunteer mods use to move topics, it's been a good year since I noted any topic moved on the steam forum, and someone not harassed over a ban for something like , topic doesn't belong on this forum. Which is exactly extremely redundant and weird to get banned for posting something accidently in the wrong place.

I could see a ban being worthy if it's was a slew of wrong placed topics intensionally placed where they don't belong.

However. This is a suggestion to ultimately allow more steam users to gain access to the game which doesn't require random stranger danger friend invites in the hope of a deadlock invite