Valve against websites using bots

[Zeph]

Will valve be attacking sites like op skins or bit skins with their so called "anti bot" rule? Or are they only using this rule to take down gambling?

[c313]

Valve made a post about being against sites using Bots? Where is it at

[Zeph]

yes its against one of their ruled. read what valve said about gamblind on the new section of the game

[c313]

Messaggio originale di Zephan:

yes its against one of their ruled. read what valve said about gamblind on the new section of the game

Well that's about Gambling, not automated functionality. If the website has a Gambling feature you can expect it to go down. But if its only something about bots then likely not.

OP Skins in Valve's current stance will not be targeted. Unless they decide to completely restrict selling Valve developed virtual items for cash.

The whole Gambling mess that has happened in recent times just created a huge mess that Valve has to respond to. And in the way they did it. As it stands right now, any site using the Steam API and the Gambling feature will likely run into issues.

[Zeph]

Ok thank you for the informational response and i agree with what you state

[The End]

You may not use Cheats, automation software (bots), mods, hacks, or any other unauthorized third-party software, to modify or automate any Subscription Marketplace process.

http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

[Darren]

As Rockon has provided from the SSA sites like OPSkins are violating the subscriber agreement with their trade bots (in exactly the same way the gambling bots are).

Steam may not directly target sites like OPSkins initially but likely they will have to shut them down as well because:
- Anything they use to automatically detect the bots of the gambling sites will likely detect OPSkins bots as well.
- If they don't take down OPSkins as well the gambling sites will move one more layer of indirection and require you to have an OPSkins account and setup bots to trade into/out of OPSkins accounts instead of Steam accounts.

[Zeph]

Do you think that not being able to use sites like op skins where you can turn items into real money would result in a full market crash??

[Darren]

Messaggio originale di Zephan:

Do you think that not being able to use sites like op skins where you can turn items into real money would result in a full market crash??

*shrug* Given I personally value skins at less than 20c a piece they are definitely overpriced now from what I see.

But they've had this value for a lot longer than OPSkins has been around, and even before people were even trying to exchange them for real cash. So probably not have a huge impact no.