Remember you don't own your own skins, valve does

@andreinicolae7050

2 ай бұрын

Yep, if it was some kind of blockchain involved, prices of skins would've been triple :D

@cerberus4261

2 ай бұрын

@@andreinicolae7050 Worst solution possible :D Skins as NFT’s = scammers and money launderers dream

@stealthysaucepan2016

2 ай бұрын

@@cerberus4261 and the current system isnt?

@slainthemaid

2 ай бұрын

@@cerberus4261 you don't think people already money launder or scam using skins? Even though i don't want blockchain integration it's way easier to catch scammers on the blockchain rather than this.

@Petter_GM

2 ай бұрын

So what exactly are we paying for when buying cases, sticker capsules, souvenir packages, and operation items?

Crazy situation, scary for everyone's inventories

@Spartanin2857

2 ай бұрын

Let's don't panic. Valve most of the time knows what they are doing and when they make mistake, they fix it

@user-pe6ct7ut8t

2 ай бұрын

@@Spartanin2857 Faceit exists for a reason. Valve is not great at handling their problems nor are they admitting it. Faceit is a consequence of Valve horribly failing on their own product in a multitude of ways and if you fail at one corner, likelyhood of you making huge mistakes elsewhere is very likely.

@nicolaiw

2 ай бұрын

What kinda shit are you doing that you‘re afraid for everyones inventories..

@DylanHavens

2 ай бұрын

@@nicolaiw are you dumb or slow?

@Paterq

2 ай бұрын

@@nicolaiw how do u think he gets all skins for trade ups

So Anomaly cash trading ban next? xd

@Bootchair

2 ай бұрын

Nah, big man is insulated

@Gurupimp10

2 ай бұрын

@@Bootchair Layers, onions has Layers.... Anomaly is SHREK I knew it xD

@ChaosPromotions

2 ай бұрын

Syncho unbanned now woop!

@isaacs3413

2 ай бұрын

deffo deserves it more than this dude.

@ChaosPromotions

2 ай бұрын

@@isaacs3413 nah anomaly a top tier lad, I was just havin' a giggle :3

Unfortunately, those bans are more common than you might think. I own a really old account that was created around 2014, though I'm not exactly sure of the date. I used to trade there very frequently. That's all I did - never selling anything for cash or buying anything off someone for cash. Can you guess what happened after a few months of constant trading? I was trade banned. The reason? This account has been reported for scamming other people, etc., etc. I'm surprised that people are only now noticing this. Steam support is severely lacking, and it has been for a really long time. This is mainly because Steam, to my knowledge, outsources this work to other companies, and most of the time, the people working there don't really care.

@pvp216

2 ай бұрын

To clarify, yes, I did try appealing my ban. Actually, I attempted a few times over the years, but I never progressed beyond receiving their copied-and-pasted responses. It feels like they simply didn't care at all. I actually got banned (I think twice) and couldn't send any more tickets for a month. Love you, Valve.

@sensorer

2 ай бұрын

Happened to me too

@512TheWolf512

2 ай бұрын

yep. exactly.

@S4NSE

2 ай бұрын

source on this being outsourced?

@pvp216

2 ай бұрын

@@S4NSE Heyzeus's video titled: „The BIGGEST SCAM on STEAM | TDM_Heyzeus” and simple, plain logic.

Anomaly got banned!?? Oh no ok the biggest in that sense.

@xamtastic

2 ай бұрын

LOOOL

@rltelite9090

2 ай бұрын

What a corny fkn joke

@ourchicken

2 ай бұрын

@@xamtastic bro ur everywhere

If I remember correctly Syncho sold M9 Ruby that Dycha inspected for someone else, he had another ruby in his storage but it was different pattern and float. Even though after some backlash he did gave Dycha his M9, however it was not the same one as Dycha inspected and payed for, which you might consider a scam.

@Maybeabandaid9

2 ай бұрын

Yea, that dycha story sounds a lot more sus than heyzeus made it out to be.

@TDMHeyzeus

2 ай бұрын

ehhhhh I don't think there was ever any agreement for a specific M9 Ruby. The sale wasn't for a BTA skin.

@Maybeabandaid9

2 ай бұрын

@TDMHeyzeus Love the content, btw.

@krk1-

2 ай бұрын

Syncho sold the m9 ruby what dycha paid and gave to him a diferent one.m9 ruby

@zn9219

2 ай бұрын

its still incredibly shitty to sell off the specific skin you want and say "oh ill just get you another one", its like picking out a specific fruit or veg at a store and than for some reason there is a problem and the lousy cashier goes and picks some bruised trash from the front because they dont care about the customer, same for skincells

These bans are more common than what you might think. The only reason most people would be surprised that this happened is that it is a "high-profile" account, nobody cares about the millions of account that they ban for the same reason but have less than $1000 in skins inventory.

@S4NSE

2 ай бұрын

millions of accounts xD

@KeksimusMaximus

2 ай бұрын

Based valve banning shitty scammers left and right

@GodOfCS

2 ай бұрын

He got unbanned

It's so weird seeing a popular YT channel posting a vid about a friend's little brother.

@S4NSE

2 ай бұрын

I can imagine

@1Myojin

2 ай бұрын

small-world moments like that are always interesting

@von...

2 ай бұрын

is he actually doing ok dealing with this loss? I hope so, because that'd be tough if you're not in the mindset to just eat the loss when faced up against an immovable wall like Valve.

@Linda-

2 ай бұрын

@@von... someone with an inventory like that has more than enough money for this to not ruin him financially

@roberts1877

2 ай бұрын

@@von... he's unbanned now

Valve is actually pretty chill about traders even though they admit they are violating TOS by selling off platform for real money/crypto.

it feels illegal to just outright ban someone that has this amount in their inventory that has a good reputation, then basically telling them to fuck off

@sleepytattoos

2 ай бұрын

It's absolutely not. None of the items in your Steam account belong to you. Dude probably should have read the ToS for his 300,000 investments

@destiny_xd9126

2 ай бұрын

Valve know this that's why u are actually not owning ur account and everything on ur account legally belongs to valve (u agree with this in terms of service part). This seems like a cruel solution but it helps valve to dodge some sketchy situations like this one (they know guy is involved in working with scammers so they bad him without having to sue with him) or u cant sue valve for changing how skin looks and etc, I guess u get the idea. Legal terms are so fucked and differ from country to country so valve rarely wants to integrate with them and I honestly can't blame them, like nobody really wants to fuck with taxes on unboxed knife.

@toobyy4554

2 ай бұрын

outright? :D :D :D how often do they have to warn someone?

@XANA96

2 ай бұрын

Sleepy is harsh but the truth usually is. Unfortunate :/​@@sleepytattoos

@FuckYoutubeAliases

2 ай бұрын

Why? If you did stuff that you agreed not to do and scam people, it doesn't matter how much stuff you have and now much reputation. If someone with a good reputation does a crime irl, he gets to jail.

Possible theory People mass reported him and valve then saw some of his "dirty" deals and ban him for them

@arr3business939

2 ай бұрын

That sort of what the purpose of the video was

@asaptherm

2 ай бұрын

Yea but the video clearly states if there were dirty deals like scammed skins sold to him there is no way for him to know about it

@Jukeboksi

2 ай бұрын

@@asapthermYeah right, a massively experienced trader ”wouldn’t know” when a shady deal presents itself

@asaptherm

2 ай бұрын

@@Jukeboksi a random guy coming to ask him if he can buy his knife isn’t shady at all… like at this you’re making stuff up. “A massive deal” how could you know he’s getting a massive deal?

I really feel for syncho. He didint really deserve it but i respect him for not making a scene and just accepting it

@yukariyakumo3724

2 ай бұрын

probably he remembers something thats why he accepted it OR steam support did something dirty again (they are not 100%bot so...)

@hexagon2178

2 ай бұрын

Steam support is lacking they out source a lot of stuff to ppl that don’t care and so accounts that frequently trade get banned very often

@staman1

2 ай бұрын

@@yukariyakumo3724 i feel like he just accepted after the 3 tickets that he’s not getting unbanned

@Maybeabandaid9

2 ай бұрын

Yea, I mean... It sounds like he profited off the theft of other peoples money. I have no sympathy.

@A3r0XxLol

2 ай бұрын

@@staman1 ah yes accepting -300k because of a ticket. first thing i'd do if i know that i am innocent is talking to a lawyer and going to court. looks like he knew what he did therefore he ain't pressing charges and keeps his mouth shut. scummy little rat.

With how many accounts that’s been hijacked recently, I do not doubt that he got banned because he cashed a few out.

The second line in Kal's Support ticket to Hodshy, after the one you highlighted, is the line I think that is currently affecting Syncho. His trades look one sided since he is likely prominently a cash trader, steam is not supporting him since the transactions took place out side of the steam market?

@toilet_cleaner_man

2 ай бұрын

That could play a role, but Valve knows that people do third-party/p2p trading. They don't directly support it, and they never will, but literally every single trader would be banned if they simply took 2,000+ trades with only one party receiving items as a scam. What is more likely is that he (unknowingly) "cashed out" an account (or several) that was stolen, which would be next to impossible for him to know for 2 reasons: 1) People with inventories they don't use generally sell the whole inventory at once for a bulk sum, with many players who quit in 2014-16 having skins now worth thousands; and 2) Syncho does not run KYC checks with his clients, so he does not know if he is talking to William "billyjenkins2009" Jenkins (the legit owner of the account), or Igor "fr0stedw1sd0m" Malenkovich (the dude who just hijacked the account). Inevitably, this is just a reality check that cutting corners in a grey market is an excellent way to lose everything. You do not own your steam items, You do not own your steam account, play with fire, you will be burned.

they normally fix their mistakes, but waiting on that is so stressful - i wouldn't wish dealing with steam support on my worst enemies

This reminds me of when I got a really good trade offer but my skins had to be "verified" by a middle man

I had something similar happen to me, I had been trading for a while, and managed to get my way all the way up to a BS Dragon Lore. The night I purchased it off of the steam market, i went to bed and woke up with a community ban... I tried contacting steam support to no avail, the only way they said I could get access back to my account was to prove I owned by showing them the PHYSICAL receipt for Half Life 2 that was used to buy the game like 15 years ago.... Obviously that wasn't happening, so now I have a BS Dragon Lore in a useless account worth THOUSANDS, banned for no apparent reason. Sucks to suck i guess :/

@ventsid5963

2 ай бұрын

I don't think you have it in your banned account tho. The person who sold it to you reported you that same night for scamming the skin. That's how it works sometimes with skins worth too much money

@user-gm8mn1ig2j

2 ай бұрын

@@ventsid5963 I’m able to play offline csgo with the skin. I literally sold every skin I had to just be able to afford the dragon lore. Not sure why the person who sold it on the steam market would report me?

@ventsid5963

2 ай бұрын

So he could try to get his expensive skin back and try to keep your money too?

@user-gm8mn1ig2j

2 ай бұрын

@@ventsid5963 but he wouldn’t get the skin back, it’s just locked in my account

@ventsid5963

2 ай бұрын

Or another possibility is that person sold you scammed skin. Or the account was hijacked. Sadly you may never find out.

I was so confused when i saw a random string of numbers in my friend list at level 300, poor syncho

Innocent until proven guilty. ...which they did. So Guilty until proven innocent, I guess. I know this has a ton more nuance than "hey its me ur brother" but I aint gonna side with people until they get unbanned.

yes that sounds right when you actively buy from scammers. I have a list with some names I tracked that frequently sell scammed items.

@ralp2418

2 ай бұрын

When ur just into profit and doesnt care wether they are scammed skins are just greedy af

Another theory….There’s a chance that the authorities have been in touch with valve about the crypto scammer …

@DylansPhotos

2 ай бұрын

woke

@mum-your

2 ай бұрын

authoroties dont care about crypto scammers

The song at the start of the video is so nostalgic

Ive got one of my awp fade API scammed and it went through Rambo's account after a series of trades. Does that mean that eventually all big traders will get banned?

@S4NSE

2 ай бұрын

I don't think so, they would destroy their market, but then again the small fish make a ton more money than the whales since they use external sites and private purchases anyways

He gotten a huge warning from valve when they said that its gonna be really problamatic for him if it continues.

I mean, this sounds like they did look into it. I mean sucks for the guy, but the tos is the tos. We don't really own the pixels that make our skins, Valve does.

@Sim-po1mc

2 ай бұрын

so you dont buy skins you just rent them... thats why i sell everything and buy games instead with valves credit, since im selling all boxes and skins i get im almost at 40 euros and bought some games

This is why it’s an issue that you get a community ban if you comment the word “buy” “sell” or a few other trigger words on someone profile. Only a matter of time before steam support goes full restart and refused to unban you

i got the same tradeban for playing on csgoempire, also the steam support answers was same as showed on the video

I got trade banned because someone either hijacked an account to buy my emerald Glock or the guy did a chargeback hoping he would keep the skin. From the market. Steam unbanned me less than 24 hours

Ok go delete the video now, he's unbanned.

@ximmeh1987

2 ай бұрын

Lol

This is actually pretty crazy, I had Syncho cashed out hundreds of thousand for me and he was one of the nicest traders I have personally dealt with. He is so helpful and offered me really good value and negotiable on the buff% with float. I can't comment on what has happened because I don't know enough about the community but I really do feel for him.

Syncho- "Why am I being banned?! Also, have a great weekend and a great Saturday, and I hope you have an amazing week and a great life in general"

8:03 that is not actually correct. Even if Valve owns the platform, the game, the assets, everything, they still have to obey contract law. So you do have rights. Especially when you live in a customer rights friendly area like the EU or Australia. "Give us money for some digital goods" is a legally binding contract and if one party renegs on their side of the deal they might have broken civil law.

Iv always said if you gonna be a skin trader, have multiple accounts and spread your inventory out for this exact reason.

he got unbanned.This become hit-piece.Remvoe this

Surely the way to mitigate this kind of issue is to not hold large amounts of skins in your trading account and to only hold what you are currently trading. Why keep such a large inventory instead of cashing out completed trades.

Big Black Juicy Men

@kianmarcial8884

2 ай бұрын

same

@S4NSE

2 ай бұрын

yes

@lavenderlolxd

2 ай бұрын

💯

@cookiewithsunglasses6786

2 ай бұрын

word 🗣🗣🗣🗣

Recent update: syncho was unbanned but it gots me worried I just started investing on cs skins and was thinking if I also play with my skins and people I against with doesnt like me, they can falsely report my account I know syncho is one of the big traders and community can help him. But what if my account get falsely banned and I'm not a big part of the community? Is there any suggestion? Anything will means a lot 🙏

@Stratocasterhead51

2 ай бұрын

Dont start investing in CS skins? Its shady at best.

Didn't Syncho admit to intentiaonally stealing like $10k+ from the Patersky? I'd not be surprised if it was that.

@tehjamerz

2 ай бұрын

4:08

@UnfitToLive

2 ай бұрын

​​@@tehjamerz When he says "cashing out" the skins, I think he means that he working with Patersky to cash out his skins (I think). After working with the guy for a while, Syncho dipped with about 10-15k. He did a call with Sparkles admitting it.

Was syncho in the wrong? I’m sort of lost

@Nelex5000

2 ай бұрын

HE IS, BUT HE IS UNBANNED BECAUSE HE IS FAMOUS.

valve done this for years, no matter what you do, no matter what you have, if few people report you for really no reason, you will get banned

He’s already unbanned

good riddance this is what he gets for ignoring my dm

got the same as him but not unban and support is boring

If valve is party to a huge third party marketplace there should be some laws regarding due process, especially in cases involving realizable market value in the 100's of thousands.

I don't know much about this guy, but I hope he's okay during this ordeal, god forbid we have another "Mcskillet" situation... 🙁

How are they scammed items if Valve says "You are responsible for your account and the items within it" they literally say they're not liable for your items and where they end up due to negligence

never have i thought id see a bulgarian that rich

@jamesnguyen7069

2 ай бұрын

😂

This is the main reason I do not cash trade. In fact 99.5% of all my trades are done through the steam market only (I have about 60 thousand market transactions, and only about 300 trades). Yes I have to deal with less profit margins and larger tax rate. But I also get less risk. less risk from getting scammed, and getting wrongly trade banned.

I hope not that something like McSkillet is happening right now with Syncho

nice to know info thjankkkks

Let that sync in

I bought a butterfly ruby from him not so long ago damn this is crazy

Fun fact: His name comes from Sleep and it basically means "Sleepy" or something along these lines. It's funny how you pronounce it way different, but it's understandable haha :)

Heyzeus is completely right, its Valves game and Valves rules. Obviously Syncho did something knowingly or not. Unfortunately we might not know all the info, but Valve does, and they are usually very consistent, so there’s not much to say if they are adamant on the ban

I don't know i believe syncho did something weird or borderline illegal steam rarely even use support to say you do deserve the ban like the way they wrote

Remember when Anomaly was part of those scam syndicates and did not get banned

So they ban traders, but when a user gets scammed out of skins they do nothing to return ur skins.

@voorachter2733

2 ай бұрын

You can't be scammed out of your skins if you enable two factor authentication. If you trade against nothing you are gifting.

@Sim-po1mc

2 ай бұрын

@@voorachter2733 poor innocent dude thinks auth is 100% secure... they will stole anythiing out of you with or without auth, steam accounts, bitcoin, even osrs accounts...

i bought my old kato 14 awp lightningstrike off him right before this

happy i got out of CS and with all my skins gone before anything dumb happened.

finally some delicious F-ing food, probably one of mans best vids

Hope not have McLaren part 2 for next video

Damn, creazy! Stay safe.

Same things happening again and again is very suspicious i dont know man

Great and all those skins are just gone to never touch the market valve needs to empty the account and put those items on like a big discount store or something

He shoulda offered 93% buff

Idc what anyone says its read SYNCHO NOT SINCO

He just got Unbanned around 2h ago

@Sim-po1mc

2 ай бұрын

from what? i dont judge bro

if you live in the gray area, you better expect this kind of thing. he's lucky valve is playing ball with him at all

Familiar face :o But yea this situation sucks and I hope Syncho will get unbanned

If someone innocent was robbed of their $300,000 asset, they would take the legal route. Huge investments and trading of online assets will always have high levels of shadiness, can't trust anyone.

Feels Bad

They should be forced to show the evidence, but once again you gotta expect this when "renting" steir pixels.

Hmm, i feel like someone trading for thousands of dollars outside of the marketplace SHOULD do KYC checks. I understand they don't, but they should imo.

@juliannowak5696

2 ай бұрын

why?

@jort93z

2 ай бұрын

@@juliannowak5696 Because if you are dealing with thousands of dollars it is your responsibility to make sure you are not funding terrorists or criminals. In my opinion.

@heypistolero

2 ай бұрын

@@jort93z I fund criminals every time I pay taxes, I stopped caring long ago

@juliannowak5696

2 ай бұрын

What do you think about financial freedom? Do you think someone who wants to buy contraband should intrinsically (by nature of being a human) deserves the choice to try to buy it? I would assume no, because you do not seem to be in support of a smaller government if you are pro KYC. So then do you think people who buy or sell fake contraband (or simply just scam) also deserve the same punishment or any punishment and why?

@jort93z

2 ай бұрын

@@juliannowak5696 I mean, if they chose to knowingly buy contraband they are simply a criminal in my book. What is "fake contraband" to you? You mean like, fake goods? Like a fake rolex? Selling fake goods is, at least in my country, not a crime, just a civil offense. There is no punishment, but the rightsholder could demand compensation for lost revenue. I guess that seems reasonable. And I am not sure what that has to do with KYC.

This why I only use steam market cause I am scared of getting scammed or helping a scammer

I bought a nip holo glock brass from him a while back. Should I be concerned?

I got falsely banned for using high dpi and they still haven’t remove my ban:(

@unknownmf2599

2 ай бұрын

Nice excuse cheater 😂

Im glad he will be back soon. 23.05

If cheating had an actual and real impact on the bottom line like trading does the game would be in a much better state.

@juliannowak5696

2 ай бұрын

😂 so true

@Sim-po1mc

2 ай бұрын

it has a positve impact to valve, just imagine each cheater buying 10 accounts ... eeet voila thats why they dont do shit

That's why u trade up, investments might be gone any moment.

It's quite correct tbh. If you're being used as an outlet for scammers to cash out, you become a risk to the skins ecosystem.

Very nice how this guy got unbanned because he is famous, tho lesser known people, like my self, get community banned for no reason and all you get in return is a copy paste message whenever you write a ticket to support :) -100K and it seems like support does not even read the tickets you write.

So him receiving a trade and paying cash is clearly why he was banned. They see he has trades of high value items with no items in return by him. They think he scammed them but in reality he paid through paypal, bank transfer etc.

@shouygui4955

2 ай бұрын

The only reason you'd get banned for that is if you were buying or selling items from a hijacked account. That's stealing.

@oooooba8343

2 ай бұрын

no its not that simple, valve obviously knows that people do cash trades lol..

I got scammed 2 years ago by a guy named Striver and CSnoel. Valve did nothing even though I had in game chat log and chat log in discord with the guys laughing at me telling me I got scammed. Never will spend a dollar on the game again.

@Sim-po1mc

2 ай бұрын

so typical of them. thats why i use all the money i got from their boxes and skin, sell them and buy games... they are the ones getting played not me its so hard to be fair and watch proof? yeah they are busy being billionares

Gaben ate the cs2 operation dead game

Just made this video and he got unbanned today. Nice

This makes me happy

The issue isn’t them “not helping him” it’s they banned him for basically no reason and didn’t elaborate at all. I understand they don’t need a full judicial system but to not provide any details or what transaction it’s for etc is utterly unacceptable and deeply unethical. Seriously what is wrong with these companies? It’s beyond insane and totally not okay to not provide any details or explanation, you have some obligation to explain and justify the decision. Just another example of steam and valve being deeply unethical and dishonest organizations. Love their games but the company is verging on being a truly evil organized crime group factoring in everything they’ve been doing lately

lmao, too bad they don’t care about cheaters half as much as they care about traders… maybe i would play again.

Hopefully he doesn't take the loss as hard as McSkillet

0:04 YOOOOO bro is from Bulgaria.... BULGARIAN MENTION🇧🇬!!!!

If he is too fervent, then he isnt being like that for nothing

I got VAC banned without cheating 4 years ago and all i get is automated messages from the support... Too bad i aint famous and im not chasing down my 300k$ inventory, im just trying to get some justice lol, Steam support along with Valve suck ass and are not helping or even making an effort...

Nah, he only apologized because Dycha isn't just a nobody in CS community.

@s7ut

2 ай бұрын

True

help me out how do you get that long number for the inventory tracker on pricempire

Steam doesn't want you to get rich from their games..

I miss these topic videos, the unboxing gets stale imo

Wtf my customers are #1 priority this dude thinks he is in a shopping mall, it's a game

defletion is good

Based valve crushed another shitty scammer. That will show'em

im a simple man, i hear osrs music i like