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Tickles May 18, 2024 @ 3:06pm
What if it's not my fault?
Hey, my question is, what are the other possible ways you might get VAC banned from?

A teammate cheating? (many pubg players got game banned because of this)
Sharing library with a cheater? (same or different device)
Deleting some game files

I'm not a competitive player and I wouldn't care much. but I'm curious to learn
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Originally posted by Zarineth:
Originally posted by Tickles:

A teammate cheating? (many pubg players got game banned because of this)
No, only cheaters themselves get VAC banned.
Originally posted by Tickles:
Sharing library with a cheater? (same or different device)
Yes, sharing phone number too.
Originally posted by Tickles:
Deleting some game files
Tampering with protected game files can get you VAC banned.
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Zarineth May 18, 2024 @ 3:09pm 
Originally posted by Tickles:

A teammate cheating? (many pubg players got game banned because of this)
No, only cheaters themselves get VAC banned.
Originally posted by Tickles:
Sharing library with a cheater? (same or different device)
Yes, sharing phone number too.
Originally posted by Tickles:
Deleting some game files
Tampering with protected game files can get you VAC banned.
Last edited by Zarineth; May 18, 2024 @ 3:12pm
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Tickles May 18, 2024 @ 3:27pm 
Originally posted by Zarineth:
Originally posted by Tickles:

A teammate cheating? (many pubg players got game banned because of this)
No, only cheaters themselves get VAC banned.
Originally posted by Tickles:
Sharing library with a cheater? (same or different device)
Yes, sharing phone number too.
Originally posted by Tickles:
Deleting some game files
Tampering with protected game files can get you VAC banned.
Thank you
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TheLevelCap May 18, 2024 @ 6:05pm 
You can also get vac banned by mistake, last year many people got banned due to AMD tampering with files to offer a game feature to compete with Nvidia (they got unbanned later).

Others (me) got GAME BANNED (not vac banned) due to unknown reason, still Valve removed it the same day
Last edited by TheLevelCap; May 18, 2024 @ 6:06pm
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Wock73 May 18, 2024 @ 6:20pm 
Originally posted by TheLevelCap:
You can also get vac banned by mistake, last year many people got banned due to AMD tampering with files to offer a game feature to compete with Nvidia (they got unbanned later).

Others (me) got GAME BANNED (not vac banned) due to unknown reason, still Valve removed it the same day
Which happened to be a one time thing caused by a conflicting update by AMD. Yes, it can happen but it isn't as if it happens on the regular. As you said, it wasn't a VAC Ban therefore it is irrelevant to this forum.
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