Valve updated Steam conduct rules. Smurfing and boosting are prohibited
Author: Hawk Live LLC
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Valve updated the Steam conduct rules and added some new clauses that directly prohibit the use of smurf accounts and somehow artificially boosting MMR.
Prohibited:
- Engage in unlawful activity: exploiting minors; stealing; encouraging real-world violence; engaging in fraud; and creating a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
- Upload or post illegal or inappropriate content: Real or disturbing depictions of violence; Content that exploits children in any way; Sexually explicit content (his does not forbid game content posted in its own game hub).
- Violate others’ personal rights: doxing; scamming; stealing; impersonating; stalking; accessing other users’ Steam accounts; and posting libelous or defamatory statements.
- Harass other users or Steam personnel: trolling; baiting; threatening; spamming; intimidating; and using abusive language or insults.
- Disrupt, damage, or manipulate Steam: instituting an attack on a Steam server; artificially manipulating Steam reviews or other content; and automatically generating Steam accounts.
- Disrupt or damage other users’ computers: uploading or linking to malicious software such as a virus or Trojan horse; and instituting an attack on another user’s computer.
- Cheat: running cheat programs; smurfing; and artificially boosting your match-making rank.
- Violate others’ intellectual property rights: uploading materials that you do not own the rights to; using another’s trademark or copyrighted material; and infringing someone else’s patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right.
- Improperly gather or distribute information: harvesting or otherwise collecting information about others, including e-mail addresses; and distributing surveys, multi-level marketing materials, chain letters, or junk email.
- Engage in commercial activity: posting advertisements; running contests; gambling; buying or selling Steam accounts; selling content, gift cards, or other items; and begging.
