June 21 Rock into Mordor, the user who unboxed a Burning Team Captain long ago, traded it for the cursed TC and a few keys in items. He got off without being marked, which means that in his naivete he broke the curse. Congratulations to him, though he now holds a hat worth far less than the one he owned before. Read the report here to better understand the case.▐ Toughsox and his wife have decided to sell their enormous and comprehensive TF2 item collection.
June 22 PP7 and Rock Into Mordor were cleared of their trades with scammers in the events surrounding the Burning Team Captain swap, the one that freed the 'cursed TC'. Both Team Captains are now clean.
June 23 An argument broke out in the status updates between the alt of Bomber Rat and multiple other users, on the subject of scamming.
June 24 A Valley Forge alt named RIP -Bot was banned this morning.▐ Steam released a guide to help newer users avoid scams. It covers most popular types of scams, including phishing.▐ Itsy Bitsy requested a permanent ban from the main site.▐ Dabaers was banned for a week for racist and genocidal content on status updates.▐ Wubsies was banned for five days for a status he made a few days ago.
June 25 TheVenomWithin finished serving his one month ban, returning to the forums this morning.▐ Zcrab made a PSA about his SFM poster thread. Anyone interested in having their poster made must come to reaffirm that they want the poster made, to help cut down on the overwhelming workload.
June 26 The Supreme Court ruled in favor of nationwide legalized gay marriage, sparking a debate about it in Politics, Religion, and Science.▐ A SteamRep admin named Samalex was demoted after making multiple trades with a marked scammer in CS:GO trading. It is currently uncertain as to whether he will face a mark or not. Read the report that lead to his demotion here.▐ A CS:GO gambling site called CSGOCasino.net lost 13,000 dollars when a user exploited the system by abusing a specific knife's value on the site. Here is the reddit thread explaining the situation.
June 27 TheVenomWithin and Kablam got into an argument in the status updates, despite Venom's adamant claims that he would refrain from arguing on the forums.
June 22 PP7 and Rock Into Mordor were cleared of their trades with scammers in the events surrounding the Burning Team Captain swap, the one that freed the 'cursed TC'. Both Team Captains are now clean.
June 23 An argument broke out in the status updates between the alt of Bomber Rat and multiple other users, on the subject of scamming.
June 24 A Valley Forge alt named RIP -Bot was banned this morning.▐ Steam released a guide to help newer users avoid scams. It covers most popular types of scams, including phishing.▐ Itsy Bitsy requested a permanent ban from the main site.▐ Dabaers was banned for a week for racist and genocidal content on status updates.▐ Wubsies was banned for five days for a status he made a few days ago.
June 25 TheVenomWithin finished serving his one month ban, returning to the forums this morning.▐ Zcrab made a PSA about his SFM poster thread. Anyone interested in having their poster made must come to reaffirm that they want the poster made, to help cut down on the overwhelming workload.
June 26 The Supreme Court ruled in favor of nationwide legalized gay marriage, sparking a debate about it in Politics, Religion, and Science.▐ A SteamRep admin named Samalex was demoted after making multiple trades with a marked scammer in CS:GO trading. It is currently uncertain as to whether he will face a mark or not. Read the report that lead to his demotion here.▐ A CS:GO gambling site called CSGOCasino.net lost 13,000 dollars when a user exploited the system by abusing a specific knife's value on the site. Here is the reddit thread explaining the situation.
June 27 TheVenomWithin and Kablam got into an argument in the status updates, despite Venom's adamant claims that he would refrain from arguing on the forums.