I'm the 100th member :D

Man i still havent get unban yet :(

I never got an email from gabe, just an email back from support asking if i needed to worry about anything. So keep checking your ban status. Also try what danieleriz did and reinstall steam. But keep trying.

all of those that put a support ticket in should have gotten an email regarding it, and all of those still unbanned you need to stay persistant and ask questions. Bug the ♥♥♥♥ out of them. Dont forget the temaspeak 3 guys and the website. That is all there at your disposal.

@ manbearpig. My girlfriends brother had his unlocked. Plus all his prestige callsigns. Was only lvl 70 no prestige at all. He just prestiged so he could do it all himself. Don't worry though because that can't get you banned. He is still playing.

My MW2 has returned playable only after a reinstall of all (STEAM included)
For those still not unbanned try to contact support again and again and email gabe. "SGT REG" try to see if in the:" YOUR QUESTIONS" you have the question that you made to support if not, they have simply delete the message, try again and don't give up.

anyone else experiencing lag every 5minutes for about 40 secs? its happening in mw2 and l4d2...only things ive gotten since the ban......

anyone else have all there guns unlocked and leveled to 70?

BTW, to those still not unbanned, email Gabe Newell direct, Steam Support is trained to send a copy paste response

ADMINS: PLEASE MAKE THIS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL MEMBERS: A user going by the name of Mishor (he will most likely change his name) is trying to snake your guest copies of L4D2, the guy is a d**khead, dont give it to him, keep it for your REAL friends like I have

Steam still hasnt responded to my q of why im still not unbanned :<

I'm scared to play .....

I am unbanned .. i have got a free L4D2 game and a copy .. lol

Have you already contact the forums or the support? (maybe now they listen to you)

Same :<

Hmm, I still didn't get unbanned ~_~

I'm good been playing^^

So, have all of you get unbanned yet?

IM SO FAWKING HAPPY!!! YEAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAWK YEA!!! GHOD DAMNIT!!!! HOLY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!!! FNICE!

Belief in a just solution led us to a happy end. Thank you all, especially you Rogozhin.

I've emailed VACBanned.com in the hopes of them updating their database and having our names removed. If you type in a Steam name, it checks the ID to see if it's banned. If it is, it's added, if it's not, nothing happens. I added mine in again after the ban was lifted but it never removed my name from the database. If you want your name removed, you can email them: [email protected]

Justice.

Thankyou Gabe and Steam. Is it me or has everyone else lost interest in MW2 now? I cant take my self to load it up atm.

Victory! The righteous prevail!

Looks like some of us rightfully got our game back. Good work guys!

Wow.. im so happy. All my faith in Valve is restored all because they handeld it right. Thanks to all u guys!!

Just found out a few hours ago. Sweeeeeeet. As iBeatVAC says, I'm already in a clan I don't want to scrap as well, but I'll stay in this group for sure. We should celebrate this date every year.. :D

Part 2
"To share your extra copy of Left 4 Dead 2 with a friend, you can 'Manage Gifts and Guest Passes' from the 'Games' Menu in Steam, or visit this article on the Steam Support site for detailed instructions: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4502-TPJL-2656 .

To access your own copy of Left 4 Dead 2, visit your library of games in Steam. If you didn't already own the game, it will now be listed among your others there, and is available for download immediately.


Regards,
Gabe Newell
President, Valve

Hi I send Gabe Newell a E-Mail and this is the Answere
Part one:
"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 version of a DLL and a latent memory version. This was caused by a combination of conditions occurring while Steam was updating the disk image of a game. This wasn't a game-specific mistake. Steam allows us to manage and reverse these erroneous bans (about 12,000 erroneous bans over two weeks).

We have reversed the ban, restoring your access to the game. In addition, we have given you a free copy of Left 4 Dead 2 to give as a gift on Steam, plus a free copy for yourself if you didn't already own the game.

It's all good. We got our game back. Tha'ts all that matters. And L4D2 is a nice touch.

I won't be wearing the tags. I'll remain in the group, but I already run a clan:)

Read :D

http://kotaku.com/5597038/valve-bans-modern-warfare-players-by-mistake-apologizes-with-free-left-4-dead-2

The tag is adding in extra things and taking out the crosses in MW2 so i am just going to pu {uNV}

Just paste it from our announcement.

Thank you, how do you do the crosses in the tag? I know how to do µ

here you go, gorak

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4502-TPJL-2656 .

To access your own copy of Left 4 Dead 2, visit your library of games in Steam. If you didn't already own the game, it will now be listed among your others there, and is available for download immediately.

Regards,
Gabe Newell
President, Valve

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 version of a DLL and a latent memory version. This was caused by a combination of conditions occurring while Steam was updating the disk image of a game. This wasn't a game-specific mistake. Steam allows us to manage and reverse these erroneous bans (about 12,000 erroneous bans over two weeks).

We have reversed the ban, restoring your access to the game. In addition, we have given you a free copy of Left 4 Dead 2 to give as a gift on Steam, plus a free copy for yourself if you didn't already own the game.



To share your extra copy of Left 4 Dead 2 with a friend, you can 'Manage Gifts and Guest Passes' from the 'Games' Menu in Steam, or visit this article on the Steam Support site for detailed instructions

Too bad I'm still banned from the forums. XD

Nevermind i found it on the forums

I haven't gotten the email yet, can I get a forwarded message? or something I would like to read it.

and afree copy of L4D2 woot, thanks valve

TWELVE THOUSAND MW2 users cant be wrong!

sorry I was typing that when you posted.

Just said that, and we get two free copies of L4D2. Now then, he better not sleep until he is ENTIRELY SURE this NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN

Finally , justice served.
btw anyone who didn't know , email from Gabe Newell in your inbox or junk folder.
He apologizes and explains the reason of the bans.

WE WON, JUST GOT THE EMAIL FROM GABE, FREE COPY OF L4D2

YUP good job people, if anyone wants to add me i'll be on MW2 all night :P

And thank you all for pushing for the right of the community. We may have been small but it didn't stop us! Huzzah!

I want to cry I am so happy. I still want to message Valve and see if this is fixed so it wont happen again.