[TheKingOfGames]

Were you wrongfully accused of cheating and summarily banned from the PC version of recently? You weren't the only one. Valve's anti-cheat software goofed
and they're offering free copies of Left 4 Dead 2 as an apology.
Many players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 were surprised to find
their Steam accounts banned this past weekend by Valve's anti-cheat
software, more succinctly known as VAC. Valve president Gabe Newell says
that was mass banning a mistake and offered an apology to those
affected.


In addition to restoring players' access to the game, Valve is giving players a copy of Left 4 Dead 2
and one to gift to a friend, along with an explanation of how even
players exhibiting good behavior were hit with the banhammer.


Read Newell's message to Modern Warfare 2 players below and take
comfort in the fact that you totally did nothing wrong and you're not crazy.

[indent]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:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article...=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

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Wow steam is hella kool and not like "oh sorry and ur account is banned forever sorry"