On the other hand there there are also games that may erroneously flag accounts for cheating using false positives from other anti cheat systems. Can’t remember the exact details but iirc CoD had this issue a few years back and it affected the VAC status of Steam accounts.
I know it’s probably to stop scalpers, but it does seem weird that there are requirements that need to be met in order to even buy one.
I think the biggest one for me is the “account must be in good standing”
why? Hackers keep losing. Seems like a good reason to me.
On the other hand there there are also games that may erroneously flag accounts for cheating using false positives from other anti cheat systems. Can’t remember the exact details but iirc CoD had this issue a few years back and it affected the VAC status of Steam accounts.
I’ve seen some people with 5+ year old VAC bans still have good standing on SteamDB. Not sure if thats the same thing valve is looking at, though