Well, I think your opinion is irrelevant.

Originally posted by kotovasia:

I think these restrictions are unnecessary.

Should have thought about those restrictions before cheating.

You can thank the many users and malicious groups who abused those features to hijack more accounts.

Originally posted by kotovasia:

After receiving a ban (reasons as usual are not important) restrictions are introduced on evaluating guides and writing your own even if they are not related to the game in which the ban was received.

This right here sums up how you feel about what happened to cause the ban on your account, and shows that you only care about YOUR restrictions, and not those that were negatively affected by what CAUSED the ban on your account in the first place.

On the contrary, the reasons ARE important, because you can't return the lost playtime that players had to give up to cheating that resulted in the ban on your account, as well as other accounts that have VAC bans.

Ask those players that lost that time if the reasons are important, then get back to us.

Originally posted by kotovasia:

I think these restrictions are unnecessary.

1. Can I upload content to game hubs if I have a VAC ban on my account?
   No. New content (guides, illustrations, etc.) cannot be uploaded to the community hub of a game that has a VAC ban.
   
   
2. Can I rate works in the Steam Workshop if I have a VAC ban on my account?
   No. If you have a VAC ban, you will not be able to rate works in the Steam Workshop, either in the game that you were banned in or in free games and their communities.

After receiving a ban (reasons as usual are not important) restrictions are introduced on evaluating guides and writing your own even if they are not related to the game in which the ban was received.

You know why you cannot? You could originally, even though the account was VAC banned. Your fellow VAC banned users raged and downvoted everything and also wrote troll guides and uploaded troll content all because they were mad about their accounts being banned.

The VAC ban itself use to be temporary, guess what happened there? People kept cheating.

Valve started working on a "long-term solution" for cheating in 2001. VAC's initial release was with Counter-Strike in 2002. During this initial release, the system only banned players for 24 hours. The duration of the ban was increased over time; players were banned for 1 year and 5 years, until VAC2 was released in 2005, when any new bans became permanent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Anti-Cheat

Temporary VAC bans were tried.

Valve was lenient and gave people second chances. Valve stopped being lenient and cheaters were the reason.



Valve use to remove VAC bans from hijacked accounts. Guess how that went?

Cheaters abused it and forced Valve to adopt new policy.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/discussions/forum/9/2996547001746207416/?ctp=5#c2996547001745305874


The policy we have now:

You are responsible for the confidentiality of your login and password and for the security of your computer system. Valve is not responsible for the use of your password and Account or for all of the communication and activity on Steam that results from use of your login name and password by you, or by any person to whom you may have intentionally or by negligence disclosed your login and/or password in violation of this confidentiality provision.

https://steamhost.cn/subscriber_agreement/

and here:

I was not using my account when it was VAC banned. Can the ban be removed?
No. Any bans added to an account will remain regardless of who was using the account at the time the infraction occurred. Ultimately, the use and security of your Steam account are your responsibility.

While we understand this can be frustrating, we must maintain a zero tolerance policy for cheating to foster a fair game that all players will enjoy.


https://steamhost.cn/help_steampowered_com/en/faqs/view/647C-5CC1-7EA9-3C29#compromised










So. As you can see, Valve was lenient at first with A LOT of things and the community ruined all of it. Valve will not allow any of this again, because the community has proven many times over that they don't care enough to respect leniency.

Originally posted by kotovasia:

I think these restrictions are unnecessary.

1. Can I upload content to game hubs if I have a VAC ban on my account?
   No. New content (guides, illustrations, etc.) cannot be uploaded to the community hub of a game that has a VAC ban.
   
   
2. Can I rate works in the Steam Workshop if I have a VAC ban on my account?
   No. If you have a VAC ban, you will not be able to rate works in the Steam Workshop, either in the game that you were banned in or in free games and their communities.

After receiving a ban (reasons as usual are not important) restrictions are introduced on evaluating guides and writing your own even if they are not related to the game in which the ban was received.

1 VAC ban on record | Info
1445 day(s) since last ban

doesn't matter how you look at it or whatever story you making up, all the restrictions are part of the ban.

Originally posted by JacquesPatat:

1 VAC ban on record | Info
1445 day(s) since last ban

doesn't matter how you look at it or whatever story you making up, all the restrictions are part of the ban.

I understand, but the fact that I can't even thank you for the guides for other games is too much in my opinion.

Well those punishments are not new so you could have thought about that before you decided to cheat

Originally posted by kotovasia:

Originally posted by JacquesPatat:

1 VAC ban on record | Info
1445 day(s) since last ban

doesn't matter how you look at it or whatever story you making up, all the restrictions are part of the ban.

I understand, but the fact that I can't even thank you for the guides for other games is too much in my opinion.

I think its great.

bad actors used VAC and game banned accounts in the past for brigading, spamming and vote manipulation. Hence the restrictions.

Originally posted by C²C^Guyver |NZB|:

You know why you cannot? You could originally, even though the account was VAC banned. Your fellow VAC banned users raged and downvoted everything and also wrote troll guides and uploaded troll content all because they were mad about their accounts being banned.

Insults and trolling are one thing, but allowing communication to continue is another.
Even people without bans engage in trolling and insults.

Originally posted by kotovasia:

Originally posted by C²C^Guyver |NZB|:

You know why you cannot? You could originally, even though the account was VAC banned. Your fellow VAC banned users raged and downvoted everything and also wrote troll guides and uploaded troll content all because they were mad about their accounts being banned.

Insults and trolling are one thing, but allowing communication to continue is another.
Even people without bans engage in trolling and insults.

There is a large chance people with the mindset of a cheater will start trolling and abusing like they already did by cheating.

Originally posted by kotovasia:

I think these restrictions are unnecessary.

1. Can I upload content to game hubs if I have a VAC ban on my account?
   No. New content (guides, illustrations, etc.) cannot be uploaded to the community hub of a game that has a VAC ban.
   
   
2. Can I rate works in the Steam Workshop if I have a VAC ban on my account?
   No. If you have a VAC ban, you will not be able to rate works in the Steam Workshop, either in the game that you were banned in or in free games and their communities.

After receiving a ban (reasons as usual are not important) restrictions are introduced on evaluating guides and writing your own even if they are not related to the game in which the ban was received.

Argue with cheaters in the game — that's the trend now. I just watched two cheaters arguing about who’s cheating :-) . It seems like that’s become fashionable.