Valve apologizes for banning over 12,000 legit Modern Warfare 2 players (PC)

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The anti-cheating software embedded in Valve's Steamworks platform recently took on a mind of its own, banning over 12,000 non-cheating Modern Warfare 2 players over the past two weeks. The cause for its insatiable ban lust? Valve president Gabe Newell explained in an email to those affected, "the problem was that Steam would fail a signature check between the disk version of a DLL and a latent memory version." See, we were just thinking that that had something to do with it.

Newell begged pardon for the erroneous bans, adding "this was our mistake, and I apologize for any frustration or angst it may have caused you." An apology and a swift reversal of the ban aren't all that these users will receive -- Newell promised a giftable copy of Left 4 Dead 2 to all those affected, as well as one copy for themselves, provided they don't already have it.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/27/valve-apologizes-for-banning-over-12-000-legit-modern-warfare-2/#comments

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Aznboy38Posted:

LOL thats some funny stuff but.... they get a free copy of L4D2

AzraelrsPosted:

HA! You people are looking at this all wrong... How many times has someone gotten in trouble on XBL for something they may or may not have done. Does MS offer to even look at what happened.. Nope... automatically your fault, with no recourse. Atleast Valve stepped up and said "our bad", oh and here's something to make up for our mistake... seems beyond what most if any other game companies do for their customers.

BlistexPosted:

banned for being good?! wow

MinymoPosted:

I was one of them its was a real piss off ...

usprayPosted:

that really suks but at least they get something from the deeloper

NinjaNoFearPosted:

I would be so angry if i was banned for that reason. Imagine a person got a 4.78 ratio legit they would get banned for that.

XBL-ABPosted:

WOW, good thing i dont have 10th 70 for mw2 on PC legit
i would be pissed if i got banned :P
they are just being stupid banning mw2 players to make them want to play l4d2

MawderzPosted:

Faceplam...

RedguardstolemehorsePosted:

better unban my second account apparently i was banned for having a 5.32 kd which is stupid

MonthuPosted:

i think this was something planned so more people would go to l4d2