Introducing Steam Families - eviltoast
  • nous@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    If a family member gets banned for cheating while playing your copy of a game, you will also be banned in that game.

    This sucks.

    Yeah, but I an see why as it would be easy to abuse. Only need one copy of the game and you could cycle accounts that never owned the game out of the family sharing when they get banned.

    Might be other ways to limit that, but would also likely need more restrictions on the feature that might be more annoying.

    • scops@reddthat.com
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      9 months ago

      Do bans typically only affect the multiplayer portion of a game? I could see my nephew fucking around and finding out with one of my games. I never play competitive multiplayer, but if I got locked out of the game completely, I’d be pretty cross with him.

      • Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de
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        9 months ago

        Even worse, a VAC ban in your game will probably transfer to your account in general. You won’t only be affected in that game, but in any games that check your VAC status.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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        9 months ago

        I guess don’t share it with them, or have a conversation about the consequences of their actions if they happen to cheat if you can trust them. Allowing for the loophole is worse than it possibly hurting a few people though. Cheaters ruin games for everyone else, and they don’t have any control over it at all.