RogueSix wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 21:28:
This nails it that Valve is completely out of touch with their customers. Family shit?!? Since when do gamers get laid? No self-respecting true™ gamer has a fucking family. Man, seriously...

Hehe, very funny. Ms Sauron Sr and Jr beg to differ, and they do love their GTAV. My challenge will be to keep this news from their radar-like ears.

Sepharo wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 23:22:
If anything, the intention seems to be to close an exploit rather than open a new one... the offender and the owner of the game are banned.

For anyone who can't think of how the system could be exploited if the owner wasn't banned, consider the ability to make a dummy account and inviting into your Steam Family. Then use the dummy account to cheat in the game with no repercusions other than having a dummy account banned.

Yes, with this system there still seems to be the option to just continue to make dummy accounts for cheating, but the system has both limitations on how many can be in a family (seemingly not enforced at this point, but they claim to be monitoring for abuse) and a cooldown on each famility slot after a member leaves before a new person can take that slot.

Am I to understand that Prez has a particularly fine collection?

I've been too embarrassed to mention this before but I've always found him to be very charming and handsome

Sepharo wrote on Sep 12, 2024, 03:18:

The Half Elf wrote on Sep 12, 2024, 02:16:

Sepharo wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 20:48:
Papa Prez plz

Oh no no no no sir. Some of us Blue's Elders have already asked and been on the reserve list for many many moons.

You think you beat me to it eh? That's cute

Laughs in 4 digit User ID...

The Half Elf wrote on Sep 12, 2024, 02:16:

Sepharo wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 20:48:
Papa Prez plz

Oh no no no no sir. Some of us Blue's Elders have already asked and been on the reserve list for many many moons.

You think you beat me to it eh? That's cute

Sepharo wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 20:48:
Papa Prez plz

Oh no no no no sir. Some of us Blue's Elders have already asked and been on the reserve list for many many moons.

It's not much of an exploit when your older brother beats the living crap out of you for getting his account banned.

Why does Steam show that I have 3 family members playing my games? I don't have a family 😏

Jim wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 23:13:

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 20:44:
What happens if my brother gets banned for cheating while playing my game?

If a family member gets banned for cheating while playing your copy of a game, you (the game owner) will also be banned in that game. Other family members are not impacted.

this quote does not make sense. The latter statement implies that other family members sharing the same game are not affected. I don't think that is true since that would be an exploit.

Whether it can be exploited or not seems to hinge on whether the remaining unbanned family members can still share the owner's game purchase or not.
But it doesn't go into that specifically. Just that the remaining unoffending family members won't have their own Steam accounts banned from the game.
If they have their own copy they should be able to continue to play.
I think that it makes sense regardless of whether it's exploitable or not though.
If anything, the intention seems to be to close an exploit rather than open a new one... the offender and the owner of the game are banned.

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 20:44:
What happens if my brother gets banned for cheating while playing my game?

If a family member gets banned for cheating while playing your copy of a game, you (the game owner) will also be banned in that game. Other family members are not impacted.

this quote does not make sense. The latter statement implies that other family members sharing the same game are not affected. I don't think that is true since that would be an exploit.

ArchV wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 21:28:
Can the owner be playing a separate game while family members are playing a game in the owners library? (Answered in the video it seems so)
Can the owner and a family member play the same game at the same time from the library? Found this answer online: "If only one person in the family owns a game, two people can't play it at the same time."
Do family members have to be on the same network? Ie, can I invite my son living at college to use my games. Also found online, looks like family members DO NOT need to be on the same network.

The FAQ is right there on the first link of Blue's post.

Can the owner be playing a separate game while family members are playing a game in the owners library? (Answered in the video it seems so)
Can the owner and a family member play the same game at the same time from the library? Found this answer online: "If only one person in the family owns a game, two people can't play it at the same time."
Do family members have to be on the same network? Ie, can I invite my son living at college to use my games. Also found online, looks like family members DO NOT need to be on the same network.

This comment was edited on Sep 11, 2024, 21:44.

This nails it that Valve is completely out of touch with their customers. Family shit?!? Since when do gamers get laid? No self-respecting true™ gamer has a fucking family. Man, seriously...

Papa Prez plz

What happens if my brother gets banned for cheating while playing my game?

If a family member gets banned for cheating while playing your copy of a game, you (the game owner) will also be banned in that game. Other family members are not impacted.