Archived Appeal: 76561198043653078 - (Almonds / BANNED BY SR)

Appeal for BANNED BY SR

Steam profile: 76561198043653078 (Almonds)

Appeal Plea: I am innocent of all listed offenses
Appeal Reason: [Evidence] Missing - Evidence is missing or not enough

Victim Repayment: No, I committed no fraud or had no direct victims
Previous Appeals: Yes, I appealed here before under a different account.​

Alternate Accounts:

Idling (Both)

| steamname: Buying Craft Hats 1 Ref Each
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:91129901
| steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198142525531
| customURL:
| steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198142525531

| steamname: Buying TF2 Items w/ Paypal
| steamID32: STEAM_0:0:92437908
| steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198145141544
| customURL:
| steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198145141544​

Appeal description:

Hey, I've been banned for around 3 years now on false accusations. You're probably wondering why i've waited so long to make my case but, It's because i have not been playing tf2 since I was very busy with personal stuff.

I just got back into the game and no one will trade with me since my huge red mark on my SR page, I'd like to become a trusted trader and rebuild my rep but that mark doesn't just vanish and it always messes up any deals I'm conducting. I'd like to appeal it on my Main account (Almonds).

My primary account is a few years old and I used to really enjoy tf2, I got mixed up in the "wrong crowd" when I saw some youtube videos online. These guys were trolling some players on tf2 and I thought it was pretty fun although a bit harsh. I was interested in playing with these guys whose videos I enjoyed so I contacted a member since I saw his steam name in the video. I was invited into their group and played on servers with them mainly trade servers, spycrabbing, and things of that nature. I enjoyed the company since I was fairly new at the time and although I had some suspicions I was not completely aware of their malicious intent. The group was known as Team Deviate and I'm sure a few members have heard of them. They were awfully sinister people but, I had not come to the realization until I was banned and looked into the reasoning, also seeing the admins and owner got into massive trouble.

I was trade banned solely for the reason that I was in the group. There was no proof I scammed there were not even claims against me! I was upset at this and decided to contact steam right away. To mu surprise this attempt was successful and the man that assisted me came to the realization that I was wrongfully banned for what my "friends" were doing with no proof that I took part in this or claims against me. There were no victims or anything of that sort. Below I will provide the proof that Steam Support lifted my trade ban after noting I was wrongfully banned.

The man assisting me said it best and I suppose it was my fault for initially joining a group I was unsure of but that is by no means a ban worthy offense (In my opinion)

Since my ban was lifted and the charges basically removed due to lack of evidence I feel as if the same actions should be taken here so I can begin trading again and rejoin my favorite websites that have denied me access.

Thanks for reading,

~Dom​

why still associate with them then?

As for steam support message, that was a 1-time gesture... that means some else entirely.

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I don't still associate with them? Where did you get that idea?

http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198043653078

I don't get it, Are you saying that because they're on my friends list? If so, I have tons of people I don't even speak to from 3 years ago, I didn't get around to cleaning it up. I have no issue removing all of them if it helps my case, I just tried to move away from that account and make my other account my main so I would have a clean rep but, surely enough that got banned too

Please keep in mind this played a part in me distancing myself from tf2 and I have already served about 3 years ban for this