Valve Bans Over 40,000 Steam s for Cheating After Steam Summer Sale: Reports 6j1a62

Cheating in an online game can result in ban and this fate was experienced by over 40,000 s on Steam last week. In an unprecedented manner, Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) system is Steam s on July 6, just a day after the conclusion of Steam Summer Sale. To give an fair idea of this number, the previous record high for bans was 15,225, which was ed in October last year. 585t10

If you are wondering whether this is a co-incidence, there is a good chance that it is not. As part of Dota 2 were available at cheaper rates and the cheaters tend to purchase the games on different s at their lower-than-usual prices, as pointed out in a report by Dot Esports.

Though VAC usually detects and bans around 3,000-4,000 s on a daily basis, the system flagged off 30,000 bans by 12pm ET itself on July 6. Additionally, 4,972 s got banned due to in-game reports and this brought the total value of lost skins and other digital items to a $9,580, as pointed out in a report by Kotaku.

Online cheating is not a new thing and it is almost impossible that it would stop anytime soon but this move from Valve might send across a strong message to all those s who fail to play by the rules. Even if this incident makes the cheaters think twice the next time around before indulging in this practice, Valve can give itself a pat on the back