NEW EASY METHOD: https://github.com/DrakeWitt/steam-yellow
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That explains why ArchiBot is golden, I was wondering if it was something new.
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Time to start building that bunker.
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Stop using this. Mods have found out. http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/154645427520675908/
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damn, how much photoshop/after effects they did on Tevez's face?
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Some people are already community banned with this.
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That was just an example, I can link more if you want, but it's because those people were reported. I'm surprised ArchiBoT hasn't been hit with it yet though.
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Hmmm. Yeah. If I wanted to be fancy, It'd be on my main steam account... and there's nothing worth risking a ban over on my main lol. Be interesting to see how this plays out over the next week though.
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- make a gold border appear around your freaking steam profile picture
- get community banned
makes sense, right ?
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I don't see how it doesn't? Unless you're being sarcastic.
Some people are dense and take people's words seriously if someone is posting with a golden border on the steamcommunity forums to act like staff.
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I assume he refers to known scammers being reported by the dozens without Valve taking any action, but change the colour of your profile picture border? They bust you in a day. Shows incredibly strange priorities.
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http://steamrep.com/search?q=76561198160147881
I've seen 2 people from my friendlist using this gold border, now I see one banned, idk if he was using this script...
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I can't say for sure when it happened but I remember people talking about it several weeks ago in a chat
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wait.. here or steam itself? he banned me without any reason or conversation, deleted my question about it... ironic
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I can't even see the profile of these people. They are totally empty, it's just their name and avatar (even though their profile is set to public). Strange.
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That's what a community ban looks like, nothing strange
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Actually, of course it looks strange, you'd think they would put a notice or something instead of giving you a mostly empty page.
What I said might have come out a bit wrong, I didn't intend to be rude. Sorry for that :3
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No problem at all, I didn't take it as an offense or anything like that. I'm just surprised I've never seen something like this before even though I was fairly active on Steam in the last couple of years.
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Sorry for the stupid question, but what exactly is a Community Ban?
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It means you can't use the market and you can't trade.
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That's trade ban. Community ban doesn't let you use anything under the Community menu option. No chat, forum, anything.
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Oh my mistake, they should start doing that to all those guys that spam csgo ref links tbh.
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Technically, they do that in such cases, but only technically. Valve is not exactly known for its fast response when it comes to cheaters scamming people out of some digital monetary-like item on Steam. The cynicist (and realist) in me is saying that mostly because these kinds of transactions are really good at moving items through the market, which generates them income. I mean, they knew about CS.GO gambling long before they made any statement on that, they just didn't do anything until the press started to pick it up.
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Wow! That would really stink! Although I don't chat all the time, I like having it as an option!
Do you think the people using the gold borders will ever get OFF of the Community Ban or are they toast?
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AFAIK, these bans are only served for a set time before being lifted, and repeat offence first drastically increases the time, then eventually turns it into permanent.
Admittedly though, it has been some time since I looked into this matter and Valve has changed the ToS once or twice since then. The last change I knew was about trade bans and how they issued a mandatory state which is similar to having a limited-trade account.
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I read talgaby's comment below. A Trade Ban would be horrible as well!
Thank you for responding regardless.:)
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Does it only show gold to yourself? If so, why bother? If not, how come you haven't done it? Worried about getting banned? :D
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Shows to everybody.. And yeah I'd say he is worried of a ban. I'd imagine if it's really this easy, scammers will catch on and start using it to trick people into thinking they're staff or something.
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Congrats on spreading this around so that more people are aware of it, and therefore more scammers using this at their advantage in a malicious way. Also, I can see Valve ignoring people taking advantage of an exploit (people were banned in the past for this kind of stuff, and it'll happen again).
Seriously - spreading this information isn't something I'd do.
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you mean
learn how to make your profile RARE with gold borders :D
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now everyone has a gold border!
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now the gold border is super common :'(
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now blue borders are rare! \o/
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I'm taking it even further with a green border. crowd gasps
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Dangit, I was hoping this was like the the secret achievement last year, not just some exploit :(
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Btw, not that it really matters, but it's actually from the 2014 Holiday event, not the 2015 one.
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Please quote the part in the ToS that goes against this. Thanks
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So that means any steam extension or userscript are also against the ToS, as they derive source code from Steam?
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Extensions and userscripts are pretty safe, they just add functionality. ASF however is fully against this.
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How is ASF different in usage to the old Idle Master ?
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It's reverse engineers Steam communication functionality, where as Idle Master just fakes what game is running.
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I see, that would explain the "you don't need to be running Steam" compared to "you need to be online on Steam". Thanks!
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Why do people care about their steam profile? I don't understand people......
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Those that were banned for having the border are now reverted back to normal, but they're still community banned.
Another victim along with sy0 that I previously linked.
https://gyazo.com/a8fad57033a44df38de2c9930ea580b0 now https://steamcommunity.com/id/76561197960/
but yes that person above has been an SR scammer.
EDIT: Hm after actually seeing how it's done. I am going to retract this statement since it's a toggle.
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I like my normal borders thank you very much, I don't really want to stand out :)
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He said that he DOUBT it, while the steam TOS clearly says that you WILL get ban for this. Big difference.
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Had the yellow border for about 2 minutes then it went back to normal.
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it doesn't give it to you, it only exists while the script is running
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what kind of pride will I got?
false pride? meh
Lucifer's offer was better
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Sigh!
Install on Debian the archiway (assuming you have a vps or root shell access to a debian based linux server) Run as root
apt-get install -y build-essential
apt-get install -y curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs
apt-get install -y git
git clone https://github.com/DrakeWitt/steam-yellow.git
cd steam-yellow
npm install
node index.js username password
Input Steam Desktop Gaurd Code
run it in screen if you wanna make it run forever otherwise it will stop as soon as you terminate/loggoff shell
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The color of your Steam Profile Picture border can be changed by editing a value using java script.
By editing this value (SteamCommunity.PersonaStateFlag) using a tool to run it, you can change the color around your name from blue to gold:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/5lfii6/steam_yellow_nickname_and_profile_outline/dbvo4ss/
This supposed "Golden border" is a leftover from the "2014 Winter Background Winners" that have gotten a Winter Background from winning a contest. this included a golden border around their profile picture.
https://i.gyazo.com/c1a6fe6a589d7e55a1b1cc2c0b661fa9.png
Do note that this goes against steam's ToS, even tough nothing will happen use it at your own risk.
Please note that i am not responsible for anything that happens.
This guide is for Information purposes only...
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