The shit and harassment I had to deal with because teenage me didnt know any better. I think 3 years would be better, thats long enough for people to consider keeping the account and perhaps learning from it.Ĭontinue this thread level 2 2 points 3 years ago I did that on my account until this year where i made a new one. Its why prison sentences are not all life long regardless of the crime. I have a vac ban from messing around with dungeon defenders item stats in offline mode, you couldnt even take offline items online at the time.Ĭontinue this thread level 2 13 points 3 years ago I disagree with you, but only that 3000 days is too long.īut at some point, its better to rehabilitate cheaters than just a lifelong ban. Steam has been around so long now that people who had it when they were kids are now in their 20s. The (previously) permanent ban seems to be a bit too much to me. Cs Go Vac Ban Remover Update Your PostĮDIT2: The account owner can still see the ban while logged in 84 comments share save hide report 95 Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Sort by best View discussions in 1 other community level 1 210 41 points 3 years ago OP, you might update your post, these ancient VAC bans on profiles are probably only visible to account owners, visitor or friends will see a clean account Shows ban for account owner: Shows clean for account visitors: level 2 Original Poster 16 points 3 years ago I talked to a friend of mine who has a VAC ban thats over 3000 days old and he confirmed this too.Ĭontinue this thread level 1 Comment deleted by user 3 years ago More than 10 children level 2 52 points 3 years ago Im with you on this.ĭecisions someone made when they were 14 do not necessarily need to follow them around forever.Ī lot can change in 5 years and we shouldnt punish someone forever for a one time mistake.Ĭontinue this thread level 2 12 points 3 years ago I really think they should expire in two or three years. The ban is still active though as can be verified by using the Steam API EDIT: Okay so it seems to be that VAC bans older than 7 years (2556 days) dont show up on the steam profile anymore (even if you have multiple VAC bans as long as DaysSinceLastBan is higher than 2556 days the bans dont show up on your profile anymore) Heres a profile with a 2552 days old ban: ( Steam API ) Heres another with a 2558 days old ban: ( Steam API ) This change seems to have happened between 10 and 24 hours ago.