Steam Account Market

[Baytinator]

Some people buy steam accounts from the internet that opened 10 years ago. These accounts are stolen or otherwise compromised. And whenever I play games (CS: GO) I always see these accounts in front of me. Players who opened 10 years ago or 5 years ago and bought the account I played in front of me or with the same team are exhibiting suspicious behavior. I don't care if they cheat, they were eventually banned. What I'm really upset about is that these people don't have the old tolerance and respect in the Steam community. I see many players cursing me, someone else, or my religious and national values ​​that I respect. It really saddens me to feel more upset in these bad days when we play games for fun. If you do some research, you can find many sites where these accounts are sold (there are accounts with games in them). It may not be a problem for you to sell these accounts this way.

But if you ask my opinion, if you step in for a Steam account sale or transfer, people will be able to make more reliable purchases and that will be another part. You can make a profit on Steam. You make rules, for example, those who complain about bad and abusive communication get negative points and the value of the accounts decreases, so people avoid bad and abusive communication when they don't sell their accounts or think they will sell it someday, and it can become a little more fun to play.

Thank you for the good old days. İ love you all.

[Wolf Knight]

if you believe an account was bought/sold/traded, report it. account selling is a scam, the original owner can recover it at any time they wish, and we have seen them do this.

companies do not want to get dragged into legal disputes about who owns an account. and the SSA clearly states YOU CANNOT TRANSFER an account in any fashion.

accounts are not an investment, they are an expense. your account has a value of zero and will always have a value of zero, it can be terminated at any time valve wishes without any reason.

[Default User]

Selling accounts is a violation of the terms and agreements.
"Your Account, including any information pertaining to it (e.g.: contact information, billing information, Account history and Subscriptions, etc.), is strictly personal. You may therefore not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account, nor may you sell, charge others for the right to use, or transfer any Subscriptions other than if and as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use) or as otherwise specifically permitted by Valve."
https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

[Baytinator]

Originally posted by Wolf Knight:

if you believe an account was bought/sold/traded, report it. account selling is a scam, the original owner can recover it at any time they wish, and we have seen them do this.

companies do not want to get dragged into legal disputes about who owns an account. and the SSA clearly states YOU CANNOT TRANSFER an account in any fashion.

accounts are not an investment, they are an expense. your account has a value of zero and will always have a value of zero, it can be terminated at any time valve wishes without any reason.

I play CS: GO and it is very simple to distinguish these accounts in the game. They have 5-year and 10-year badges, but they haven't earned an "for whatever" annual badge.I report every account I see and I'm sure of.The main thing that bothers me is that people who communicate badly are people with such accounts for some reason.These accounts, which I have not seen much for years, increased a lot last year. It's as if people are no longer opening new accounts and giving money to such old accounts. and this created a separate market.I reached out to Steam support and wanted to see people joining me here as well.There are a lot of people who think old accounts create more power. It's as if the bigger the account, the stronger you will be in games. It's true that older accounts are more respected in some games as they are more experienced, but why should unused accounts be respected? It was created years ago and sits on the sidelines.

Originally posted by datprorebel:

Selling accounts is a violation of the terms and agreements.
"Your Account, including any information pertaining to it (e.g.: contact information, billing information, Account history and Subscriptions, etc.), is strictly personal. You may therefore not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account, nor may you sell, charge others for the right to use, or transfer any Subscriptions other than if and as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use) or as otherwise specifically permitted by Valve."
https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

"Perhaps in the future, for example deleting an account that has not been used for a certain period of time or has not purchased a product. Deletion of empty and previously created accounts." If corrections are made like Steam becomes a better and better quality place.

[ShelLuser]

Originally posted by Baytinator:

I play CS: GO and it is very simple to distinguish these accounts in the game. They have 5-year and 10-year badges, but they haven't earned an "for whatever" annual badge.

So you determine that an account was bought / stolen based on the amount of badges they have? Seriously, that doesn't mean anything at all, and if that's all the proof you have then you might want to re-consider reporting them. Having (or not having) a certain badge is hardly a reportable offense.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by Baytinator:

Originally posted by Wolf Knight:

if you believe an account was bought/sold/traded, report it. account selling is a scam, the original owner can recover it at any time they wish, and we have seen them do this.

companies do not want to get dragged into legal disputes about who owns an account. and the SSA clearly states YOU CANNOT TRANSFER an account in any fashion.

accounts are not an investment, they are an expense. your account has a value of zero and will always have a value of zero, it can be terminated at any time valve wishes without any reason.

I play CS: GO and it is very simple to distinguish these accounts in the game. They have 5-year and 10-year badges, but they haven't earned an "for whatever" annual badge.I report every account I see and I'm sure of.The main thing that bothers me is that people who communicate badly are people with such accounts for some reason.These accounts, which I have not seen much for years, increased a lot last year. It's as if people are no longer opening new accounts and giving money to such old accounts. and this created a separate market.I reached out to Steam support and wanted to see people joining me here as well.There are a lot of people who think old accounts create more power. It's as if the bigger the account, the stronger you will be in games. It's true that older accounts are more respected in some games as they are more experienced, but why should unused accounts be respected? It was created years ago and sits on the sidelines.

Originally posted by datprorebel:

Selling accounts is a violation of the terms and agreements.
"Your Account, including any information pertaining to it (e.g.: contact information, billing information, Account history and Subscriptions, etc.), is strictly personal. You may therefore not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account, nor may you sell, charge others for the right to use, or transfer any Subscriptions other than if and as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use) or as otherwise specifically permitted by Valve."
https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

"Perhaps in the future, for example deleting an account that has not been used for a certain period of time or has not purchased a product. Deletion of empty and previously created accounts." If corrections are made like Steam becomes a better and better quality place.

That's the biggest stretch of imagination possible. Simply owning the game is enough to get the veteran coins while barely playing it such as myself. You're really reaching pretty deeply to explain these people making you so upset.

[Zephyr]

SheILuser is right. Isn't CS:GO also free to play now? Maybe some people come back after a time and only found it out recently. I didn't know about it two months ago.

And I think people would most likely only buy accounts for impersonation, scams or to mislead people that their alts are real profiles, not to be annoying and cuss at people in CS:GO.

[Baytinator]

Actually, it is Steam who knows them. I think it can see when an account was last active. It's not just badges that I separate between profiles, for example, those with public accounts have a 10-year account but not a single friend.Additionally, we can expect at least a quality game from an account that seems to have played the game for 10 years, but when they act like BOT and die, my effort is wasted. And yes the game is free. As someone who pays for the game, I play with people who pay for the game. Or with people who have at least 21 levels and are elite.

I just want the game world to become a little more respectful, but this is very difficult, I guess guys.

[candleja]

I have had my steam account for well over 10 years, and only just recently started putting it to good use again. My son and my roommate's kids asked to play games on my account (I have an Nvidia Shield Pro with GeForce Now) and so I let them, but right away they started in with their toxic n00b crap and I had to cut them off as soon as I noticed. I could see this being an issue with other people in my age group as well.

Man, I miss the good old days of online gaming. The day some random guy in Quake Online showed me how to keybind my various moves so I could last more than 20 seconds in a match, all through text chat over 56k internet -- man, that was super cool.. Nowadays if you even hint at the fact that you might be new to a game, kids are quick to start throwing slurs around and griefing the crap out of you until you are forced to either rage out or quit the server.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by candleja:

I have had my steam account for well over 10 years, and only just recently started putting it to good use again. My son and my roommate's kids asked to play games on my account (I have an Nvidia Shield Pro with GeForce Now) and so I let them, but right away they started in with their toxic n00b crap and I had to cut them off as soon as I noticed. I could see this being an issue with other people in my age group as well.

Man, I miss the good old days of online gaming. The day some random guy in Quake Online showed me how to keybind my various moves so I could last more than 20 seconds in a match, all through text chat over 56k internet -- man, that was super cool.. Nowadays if you even hint at the fact that you might be new to a game, kids are quick to start throwing slurs around and griefing the crap out of you until you are forced to either rage out or quit the server.

Yeah some of these people take their vidya a tad too seriously and think they somehow should be the arbitrator of VIDYA GAME JUSTICE