Valve mistakenly swings banhammer at MW2 players, apologizes by giving away L4D2

[Maffia171]

Being wrongfully accused sucks. Depending on the situation, you could be looking at years in a state prison, loss of job/money/life, or – worst of all – a permanent ban from the PC version of Modern Warfare 2.

Fortunately, Valve – whose anti-cheat software erroneously tossed good, law-abiding citizens in the slammer – saw the error of its ways, and set things right in the best and most sensible way possible: zombies.

“Hello, recently, your Steam account was erroneously banned from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This was our mistake, and I apologize for any frustration or angst it may have caused you,” read a message from Gabe Newell to those who were given the boot.“

We have reversed the ban, restoring your access to the game. In addition, we have given you a free copy of Left 4 Dead 2 to give as a gift on Steam, plus a free copy for yourself if you didn’t already own the game.”

Valve is awesome

 

[MiRc34]

Plz mistakenly ban me as soon as I get MW2 ;_;

Epic find :3

 

[Mauri]

Plz mistakenly ban me as soon as I get MW2 ;_;

For a long time I really want to get banned too

 

[Impulse]

+1 for Valve.
I saw this somewhere else about the same thing:
[quote author=Jormungandr ]
[quote author=Fkevry1hre ]Well to be honest you should be banned for having picked up MW2 to begin with.[/quote]I think Valve figured that, so they used the bans as an excuse to give them something better.[/quote]

 

[GPow69]

If it was IW that accidentally banned everyone they would just send everyone a message that says "sorry" and thereby prove that they hate their customers.

Valve is great. <3

 

[Mave]

Valve ftw.