All major cell carriers (when you're on a business plan) in Canada offer you the ability to change your number within 5 minutes, an unlimited number of times. I doubt this is an exclusive feature for Canadian Telcos. Even going pre-paid and just burning numbers in the States would do the same thing for a nominal fee ($5). Like any Steam binding there's no constant heartbeat, it's the same throwaway situation.
This is doesn't solve anything besides significantly harm the dedicated server communities when Steam has it's hourly flinch. The 90 emails back and forth over the last few hours show this. Kyle. On 13 Oct 2015 9:12 p.m., "zAfLu - Dennis" <za...@justgameplay.de> wrote: > OK fyi: > > Using the same phone number on 2 accounts is not working. > "This phone number is already associated with a different Steam account. > Adding this phone number to your account will remove its association from > any other Steam account" > So i need to buy a new phone/number to get server running? that sux -.- > > > > Am 14.10.2015 um 04:17 schrieb Daniel Barreiro: > > A single phone number can be used on two Steam accounts last I checked. > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 10:16 PM, zAfLu - Dennis <za...@justgameplay.de> > wrote: > >> Is it possible to link a phone number twice? Because i have a standalone >> server steam account (because of security reasons) but only one phone >> number. >> >> >> Am 14.10.2015 um 03:37 schrieb Ido Magal: >> >>> Q. What is the purpose of this update? >>> A. We had intended to adopt Favorites migration from TF2 for some time >>> now. Game Server Providers' complaint about the impact that the current IP >>> banning method has on their operation has made this more urgent since with >>> this feature we'll also be able to shield GSPs from bad actors. >>> >>> Q. Is this [ new method ] just to generate the token, or if this occurs >>> will the tokens become invalid while that ban/lock is in place? >>> A. Any such or similar infraction by the GSLT owning Steam User will >>> result in the disabling of all of that user's GSLTs. >>> >>> Q. So does this mean I can't run a CS:GO server unless I own CS:GO? >>> A. That will be correct as of Stage 3. >>> >>> Q. So people need to have landlines to run servers now? >>> A. No. But there are currently restrictions on what constitutes a >>> qualifying phone number. VOIP / burner numbers are currently non-qualifying. >>> >>> Q. What specifically happens if you don't log into an account after >>> stage three? >>> A. The result will be identical to the current IP ban: players will not >>> be able to connect. >>> >>> Q. So can these tokens be used in place of the webapi_authkey ? will we >>> need BOTH keys now to use the workshop? >>> A. The webapi authkey was previously an intermediate step to creating a >>> GSLT. It is no longer necessary. >>> >>> Q. And just to be clear, it's 50 at any one time, not 50 total lifetime, >>> correct? >>> A. Correct. You can delete unused GSLTs and generate new ones. We're >>> reevaluating the 50 token limit. >>> >>> Q. Why don't my previously registered servers show up? >>> A. Fixed. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Csgo_servers mailing list >>> csgo_serv...@list.valvesoftware.com >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Csgo_servers mailing list >> csgo_serv...@list.valvesoftware.com >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing > listCsgo_servers@list.valvesoftware.comhttps://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > csgo_serv...@list.valvesoftware.com > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
