Announcement Legacy Ban tags for defunct communities -discontinued

You Are The One · Feb 4, 2018

@Fred JonesTheMemeLord I am not going into our defunct appeal policy with you, its already clearly explained as to why we chose this route for these old tags. Your thread was archived because your appeal was swapped over to the new appeal system for such tags, that's the only reason, it has absolutely nothing to do with your thread "not being finished" so please dont characterize it as being as such. Furthermore, I am not going to address the merits of any specific case(s) with you as that is not allowed in the general discussion section. And finally, we make clear defunct tag decisions are final and not appealable. I understand you are unhappy that your defunct tag appeal was DENIED and that is why you are now posting here complaining about it. If our policy changes in the future, we will notify such users, until then, nothing can or will be done for you at this point, you have fully exhausted all avenues of relief regarding your tagging. You committed a serious offense, fake middleman scamming, that's the long and short.

Fred JonesTheMemeLord · Feb 4, 2018

Alright

Dj Remix. · Aug 14, 2019

I suggest you add -GoV- !!

I wrote a appeal on their website 1 year ago, with no response from -GoV- at all. And since i can't get my SR tag away b4 i get rid of the GoV tag, there's nothing I can do.
-GoV- died a long time ago, It's barely even a TF2 Community.

I may sound desperate, but please, take a look at their appeals forum
http://www.wantedgov.it/ban-appeals/
http://www.wantedgov.it/ban-appeals/ban-appeal-sweggie/

the 2nd link, is my appeal. It's the only appeal that's been there, the past 1,5years. And there is nobody answering.

This is 100% a legacy community, which no longer exist.

epic jyfrl · Jul 1, 2020

I'm not sure if anyone will read this since it is such an old post, but I not received anything and I clicked the appeal button well over 3 months ago. I submitted a written appeal about 2.5 months ago since I had already waited around 3 months at that time and was told to wait. My ban on Tf2OP is probably 7 to 8 years old now, and I'd really like it removed for trading purposes. I just want to know if my case is being handled or if it's just sitting there.

You Are The One · Jul 1, 2020

epic jyfrl said: ↑

I'm not sure if anyone will read this since it is such an old post, but I not received anything and I clicked the appeal button well over 3 months ago. I submitted a written appeal about 2.5 months ago since I had already waited around 3 months at that time and was told to wait. My ban on Tf2OP is probably 7 to 8 years old now, and I'd really like it removed for trading purposes. I just want to know if my case is being handled or if it's just sitting there.
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I have looked into the status of the defunct tag, I see it is indeed still pending, you did everything correct in submitting it. The system is set so after a certain amount of time, if its still pending with no admin action be it grant, deny, stay, the tag will be automatically downgraded (currently six tags that would be affected by this, yours is not one of them tho). I am not 100% sure if that is set as active currently as I am not the admin who usually deals with those particular tags. I will followup with them and make sure they are addressing the tags or the system is turned on and working. I hope this addresses your concern as best I can. Feel free to comment again if you do not have an updated status in a month.

Грустный жульен · Sep 8, 2020

Good evening, guys. I appealed some time ago. I'm not rushing anyone, but can you find out the approximate waiting time?
Many years have passed since the punishment. The site is no longer working. I'm not a thief.

Banned
TF2 Trading Post
Appeal Status: Pending

Грустный жульен · Sep 19, 2020

Will I receive email notification under any circumstances? I am a doctor. I have to leave for two weeks. Or wait here? I'm confused = (

You Are The One · Sep 19, 2020

My previous reply to another user was an explanation of how the system works/was working internally, not an open invitation for everyone to ask for a status update. No, your case does not meet the criteria as outlined previously yet. Please do not ask again.

Going forward, all such requests from any users will not be addressed/answered here.

Vinirius · Jan 3, 2021

I made my call a few days ago and I have no return. can anybody help me?

You Are The One · Jan 4, 2021

Read the post above yours. No further comment will be made.

Red Hood · Oct 2, 2021

I got banned like 5or 6 years ago by darkly gaming i spycrabbed runned and i stop doing that cuz of ban i stopped doing long ago

Red Hood · Oct 2, 2021

You Are The One said: ↑

Read the post above yours. No further comment will be made.
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What can i do i dont wat steamrep i return to tf2 and i cant join servers to trade items

Horse · Oct 2, 2021

Red Hood said: ↑

What can i do i dont wat steamrep i return to tf2 and i cant join servers to trade items
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Follow directions on the very first post of this thread.

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Red Hood · Oct 2, 2021

Lava said: ↑

As of this month, we have adjusted the appeal process for defunct communities. These changes take effect immediately. This post is to explain the new process, which will apply to you if you have a BANNED BY tag from any of the following communities:

AF2 (Ace Fortress 2)
ASBO
DGN (Darkly Gaming Network)
D2T (DotA2Traders.com)
MCT (Mann Co Trading, commonly known as Pink Taco's unusual trade server)
RAWR
TF2T (TF2-Trader.com)
UTC (Unusual Trade Club)
UHC (Unusual Hat Club)
TF2OP (TF2 Outpost)

If you instead had a CAUTION from any of these communities, your case has already been reviewed. The vast majority of CAUTION tags from all the above communities have been discarded outright, while a small handful with overwhelming evidence still intact were converted to SR CAUTION, so no defunct caution tags exist. If you have already submitted an appeal through our forums before 27 August 2016, as we routinely instructed those who were anxious to get their tag removed, you still need to follow these instructions, but your case will be prioritized over anyone else who hasn't. No new appeals for defunct tags will be handled through the forums. As an added note, you should still keep an eye on your existing appeal thread if you made one; in the early stages of this process we will communicate any issues we encounter with the new functionality through appeals for those who have already waited in line.

To address your defunct community ban, you should log into steamrep.com using the grey and black Sign in through Steam button next to the search bar.

Once you're logged in, the login button will be replaced with your Steam profile picture; click on it to bring up your profile. Each BANNED BY tag, whether defunct or not, will have a "Submit an Appeal" link below it. You will need to do this whether you have an open appeal in our forums or not.

Before proceeding, make sure your profile and inventory privacy settings are set to public. If set to "private" or "friends only", the link won't work for you, and you will receive an error. You should also resolve any trade bans with Steam Support before you submit an appeal, as it won't be accepted until the trade ban is removed. Trade probation and tags from other communities will not prevent you from appealing. Assuming these prerequisites are met, and your tag is for a defunct community (others will simply link to you where you should appeal), you will be presented with a dialog box explaining the process:

Once you have read and agreed to these terms, the "Submit an Appeal" link will be replaced with your appeal status. By default, it will say "Pending".

The admin reviewing your case will have an opportunity and discretion to remove your tag if no information about your offense is available, or reject your appeal if they feel there's substantial evidence despite the community no longer existing, but most cases will be converted to a Legacy Ban. If the appeal is not reviewed for 3 months, it has not been manually pulled aside for further investigation, and the tag is at least 2 years old, then this conversion will happen automatically. Example profile (subject to change):

This type of tag is meant to indicate that you were banned as a scammer by a SteamRep partner community who no longer exists, so evidence supporting your reputation may be gone. It is up to each individual community whether or how they wish to treat such tags, but they will be treated as a completely different type of reputation status in future versions of the API. Older versions, which currently ban for any BANNED BY tag by default, will see this as a CAUTION, and no longer automatically ban. Legacy bans will effectively provide immediate relief to anyone with old scammer tags from communities that no longer exist. They cannot be appealed, and are only issued automatically through this legacy appeal process.

Disclaimer: New appeal system is in beta. Some handling procedures and display of legacy bans subject to change. This note will be removed when system is no longer beta.
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Lava said: ↑

As of this month, we have adjusted the appeal process for defunct communities. These changes take effect immediately. This post is to explain the new process, which will apply to you if you have a BANNED BY tag from any of the following communities:

AF2 (Ace Fortress 2)
ASBO
DGN (Darkly Gaming Network)
D2T (DotA2Traders.com)
MCT (Mann Co Trading, commonly known as Pink Taco's unusual trade server)
RAWR
TF2T (TF2-Trader.com)
UTC (Unusual Trade Club)
UHC (Unusual Hat Club)
TF2OP (TF2 Outpost)

If you instead had a CAUTION from any of these communities, your case has already been reviewed. The vast majority of CAUTION tags from all the above communities have been discarded outright, while a small handful with overwhelming evidence still intact were converted to SR CAUTION, so no defunct caution tags exist. If you have already submitted an appeal through our forums before 27 August 2016, as we routinely instructed those who were anxious to get their tag removed, you still need to follow these instructions, but your case will be prioritized over anyone else who hasn't. No new appeals for defunct tags will be handled through the forums. As an added note, you should still keep an eye on your existing appeal thread if you made one; in the early stages of this process we will communicate any issues we encounter with the new functionality through appeals for those who have already waited in line.

To address your defunct community ban, you should log into steamrep.com using the grey and black Sign in through Steam button next to the search bar.

Once you're logged in, the login button will be replaced with your Steam profile picture; click on it to bring up your profile. Each BANNED BY tag, whether defunct or not, will have a "Submit an Appeal" link below it. You will need to do this whether you have an open appeal in our forums or not.

Before proceeding, make sure your profile and inventory privacy settings are set to public. If set to "private" or "friends only", the link won't work for you, and you will receive an error. You should also resolve any trade bans with Steam Support before you submit an appeal, as it won't be accepted until the trade ban is removed. Trade probation and tags from other communities will not prevent you from appealing. Assuming these prerequisites are met, and your tag is for a defunct community (others will simply link to you where you should appeal), you will be presented with a dialog box explaining the process:

Once you have read and agreed to these terms, the "Submit an Appeal" link will be replaced with your appeal status. By default, it will say "Pending".

The admin reviewing your case will have an opportunity and discretion to remove your tag if no information about your offense is available, or reject your appeal if they feel there's substantial evidence despite the community no longer existing, but most cases will be converted to a Legacy Ban. If the appeal is not reviewed for 3 months, it has not been manually pulled aside for further investigation, and the tag is at least 2 years old, then this conversion will happen automatically. Example profile (subject to change):

This type of tag is meant to indicate that you were banned as a scammer by a SteamRep partner community who no longer exists, so evidence supporting your reputation may be gone. It is up to each individual community whether or how they wish to treat such tags, but they will be treated as a completely different type of reputation status in future versions of the API. Older versions, which currently ban for any BANNED BY tag by default, will see this as a CAUTION, and no longer automatically ban. Legacy bans will effectively provide immediate relief to anyone with old scammer tags from communities that no longer exist. They cannot be appealed, and are only issued automatically through this legacy appeal process.

Disclaimer: New appeal system is in beta. Some handling procedures and display of legacy bans subject to change. This note will be removed when system is no longer beta.
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I got banned from darkly gaming like 6or 5 years ago for spycrab running and i stopped cuz of ban from some servers i dont i know about ive stopped playing then only played dota for a long time then i am back in 2021 i am still banned i ask mine friend why i get ban he says from steamrep so i did some searches a

Horse · Oct 2, 2021

Red Hood said: ↑

I got banned from darkly gaming like 6or 5 years ago for spycrab running and i stopped cuz of ban from some servers i dont i know about ive stopped playing then only played dota for a long time then i am back in 2021 i am still banned i ask mine friend why i get ban he says from steamrep so i did some searches a
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Ok, and you did what you needed to do. Now you wait. Be patient.

VenGanZa · Oct 15, 2021

I believe the SR policy on legacy bans and the mechanism for removal or adjustment is fair and rooted in sound methodology.

There are many past incidents that I feel have potentially run their course. Certainly "spy crab runner" for a few refined and suchlike should not perforce be a forever sentence, and yes certain "scams" should eternally be a chain of shame around a scammers neck.

As a senior previous senior TF2 Trader Admin, and GOV Admin and GU Australia Admin and SR MM, I approve of how SR is handling legacy tags.

I do still hold a lot of screenshots and documentation related to many bans via SR in years past, and such information is always available to my SR friends, who have always done fantastic work over the years.

I hope each and every one of you who is appealing some previous ban here, is genuine and that you have grown and moved on from whatever mistakes you made in the past.

Shout outs to Matie, sjru, horse and others.

JBGud · Oct 28, 2022

Hello, I have a LEGACY BAN status, CAUTION TAG, from TF2OUTPOST (now defunct). It's been almost 10 years since this incident happened, but in fact I can't remember what happened, why was I tagged. Anyways, I've been doing a thorough research on your forums on how to appeal, but I must admit I still haven't understood exactly how to create an appeal thread. Also, the images on the first post of the thread won't show up to me. Could anybody help me create an appeal according to the rules please? Yours truly, JB.

Roudydogg1 · Oct 29, 2022

JBGud said: ↑

Hello, I have a LEGACY BAN status, CAUTION TAG, from TF2OUTPOST (now defunct). It's been almost 10 years since this incident happened, but in fact I can't remember what happened, why was I tagged. Anyways, I've been doing a thorough research on your forums on how to appeal, but I must admit I still haven't understood exactly how to create an appeal thread. Also, the images on the first post of the thread won't show up to me. Could anybody help me create an appeal according to the rules please? Yours truly, JB.
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You already appealed that community tag and it was made a legacy tag. Read the very page you're on, it says legacy tags cannot be appealed.

JBGud · Oct 29, 2022

Roudydogg1 said: ↑

You already appealed that community tag and it was made a legacy tag. Read the very page you're on, it says legacy tags cannot be appealed.
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So basically there is no way of getting rid of that tag, even when we don't know what happened and know nothing about it, and there is no evidence? Just asking, please don't be mad.

You Are The One · Oct 29, 2022

JBGud said: ↑

So basically there is no way of getting rid of that tag, even when we don't know what happened and know nothing about it, and there is no evidence? Just asking, please don't be mad.
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You answered your own question, you will get no further replies on the topic as discussion of individual tags are not permitted in the general discussion section of the forums.

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