Bonbon Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Many of you have been asking me recently what these new "Family shared tlists" are that are appearing on HG Bans. So, here comes the explanation. First off, what is family sharing? Family sharing is a system designed by VALVe to allow a steam account share all it's games with a certain computer. (Read: http://store.steampo...n/familysharing ). Why is this a problem? The addition of family sharing has made it easier for trolls to misbehave on our servers. They will come to our server, troll, get banned/tlisted on an account, and then immediately come back 5 minutes later with a new steamid, for free. So how does it work? When a player joins the server, there are tlist and ban checks that happen. If a user is not on a family shared account, those checks are only done on the steamid that connected. However, if it is a family shared account that user will be checked for both bans and tlists on both their steamid, and the steamid of the owner account. Any ban/tlisted found on either steamid will be applied. What happens if the owner account gets tlisted/banned? All "child" accounts of that owners account will also be tlisted/banned on our servers What happens if a "child" account gets tlisted/banned? A duplicate ban will be inserted under the owner's steamid, causing all other child accounts to be tlisted/banned. Example Account that triggered automatic freekill protection was a "family shared" account - http://hellsgamers.c...hp?i=142327-bun The owner of that "family shared" account was also automatically tlisted - http://hellsgamers.c...42328-049985736 Any other accounts that share the same owner will also be tlisted when they join the server. I've enabled family sharing with my "brother". He plays my games on a different account, and got tlisted/banned. Can I get untlisted/banned? Absolutely not. Your account, your responsibility. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingpolo Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 This is pure quality, and should definitely help to stop people mass trolling with just one copy of the game. Thanks Based Bunbun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 rekt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 bonbon is aiming in on new tlists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRedPanda Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 This has definitely been needed. Thank you Bonbon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy With The Face Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Nice, Bonbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDevil6193 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yay bonbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youthedog Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I've enabled family sharing with my "brother". He plays my games on a different account, and got tlisted/banned. Can I get untlisted/banned? Absolutely not. Your account, your responsibility. why won't you let shortkid get unbanned tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic King Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 dis good shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonbon Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 why won't you let shortkid get unbanned tho Oh em gee he's not my brother, he's my cousin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathShot Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Yay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Awesome work again Bonbon great job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCII Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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