Tag: mistake

  • Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC): Another proof that false positive bans are real

    Since I’ve started using Steam back in 2007 I had this little obsession of mine, well more of a concern. You see, every now and then I have some sort of paranoia that I might get VAC banned for no reason, like I sometimes read online. I used to be very cautious of what I’m…

  • Team Fortress 2 poster mistaken for US propaganda on Russian TV

    I know it’s kind of old news but this is just getting ridiculous. Some very ignorant person used a Team Fortress 2 poster as an example of US propaganda during the cold war I assume, check out the poster and video below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4SrQSdbJQ#t=590

  • GamersGate: Bethesda and Borderlands 2 fails explained

    Here’s the latest update from GamersGate about the whole Bethesda Complete and Borderlands 2 fourpack holiday fail – in case you missed it, they put up those two for a really low price during the holiday sale and then their servers crashed. Dear Members,   Over the holidays we had a few problems with our…

  • GamersGate: Update on the Bethesda Complete glitch

    Remember when you could get Bethesda Complete on GamersGate for 24€? It turns out it was a huge mistake. Lets just hope nothing bad happens to GamersGate. Check out their official statement on the situation: We made a mistake. Our computer program grossly multiplied the discounts we were authorized to offer on these bundles and…

  • VAC does make mistakes – Gabe Newell apologizes!

    Here’s an official letter from Gabe Newell! Please read it. Hello, Recently, your Steam account was erroneously banned from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This was our mistake, and I apologize for any frustration or angst it may have caused you. The problem was that Steam would fail a signature check between the disk…