co-operator Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Hello there, I just stumbled upon an oddity in the server browser and I wanted to share with you. There are at least 45 dedicated password protected servers -that originated in Eastern Europe- have strange similarities: *All of them only have simple map editor mod. *All of their residents are Wilson. *All of their profiles are either steam level 0 or private profile. No actual people at all. Seems like a massive scale skin farm operation to me. Even I, myself idle for skins sometimes to be fair, but this is ridiculous. Just look at the screenshots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlZalph Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 The inefficiency of it all. But yeah, definitely looks like a skin farmer. The server host's KleiID: KU_7veFLEFM GeoIP locates that their IP originates from Russia. Mods: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=679788618 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1309401477 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=747335073 Steam group: https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791461621084 Head administrator: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198401238091 Hmm, I'mma poke into the chat and see what's what. Can't join in the chat, or they have it automatically kick you on join before you can see anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxposting Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 oh that is good, thats good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaisen_ Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Doesn’t really seem that worth it when you’re just going to get icons constantly =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloomRide Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 45 dedicated servers?? This guy might as well be mining bitcoin with that kind of power, holy smokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terra B Welch Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 25 minutes ago, Kaisen_ said: Doesn’t really seem that worth it when you’re just going to get icons constantly =/ farm ALL the icons! ...Sorry I had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Da LOLs Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 spools aren't transferable so that takes out like 70% of their gains to only those accounts they are farming from lol what a waste of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlZalph Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, 4 Da LOLs said: spools aren't transferable so that takes out like 70% of their gains to only those accounts they are farming from lol what a waste of time Check his steam group. Of his 286 accounts a majority of them have 699 games. He's doing this for card idle drops too and is (probably) selling them or using the discounts to get more games and is gaming the Steam market. If it were a waste of time, then I'd highly doubt all of his accounts would exist and have that many titles on their accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Da LOLs Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 minute ago, CarlZalph said: Check his steam group. Of his 286 accounts a majority of them have 699 games. He's doing this for card idle drops too and is (probably) selling them or using the discounts to get more games and is gaming the Steam market. If it were a waste of time, then I'd highly doubt all of his accounts would exist and have that many titles on their accounts. oof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeliarBAD Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 i could imagine he sells the accounts with the games on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snugglysnootertoot Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 This isn't exactly a new thing. Here's a screenshot from October 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
co-operator Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 52 minutes ago, snugglysnootertoot said: This isn't exactly a new thing. Well I haven't seen a thread about it. Also I have doubts if klei is aware of the situation and its scale ( We are talking more than 48+ dedicated servers here.) 280+ accounts are farming skins for 10k game days , majority of the servers are around 20000 yes 20k game days old, oh boy just imagine how long they have been farming. If this is fine with klei's Tos I have nothing to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datanon Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 13 hours ago, co-operator said: If this is fine with klei's Tos I have nothing to say. since the game works with the steam market and allows mods i dont think they can do much about RMT, but i could be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrzelik Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I mean, he (or them) had to buy dozens of copies of DST and if he counts the cost of electricity, I doubt he is making any resonable money out of this. Hes plrobably not gonna sell commons to the market as their already at their lowest so the only thing I can see happen is trading-in for end tier items and selling thos, which may eventually flood the market and decrease its value, but nothing you can do about that, it's the probablem for every game that has regular drops. I remember how this inflation went in tf2, you could buy a key (2.5$) at 2.66 ref like 6 years back and now its at 46.22 ref (ref is 18 items). If anything I remember the devs making cool "bread chests" that require you to put tons of items to make them which battled the inflation (kind of like being able to weave Vortox) for a bit but the more popular the game the more idling bots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallichydra Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 20 hours ago, Skrzelik said: the cost of electricity perhaps he isnt using 1 computer for each account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeliarBAD Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 2 hours ago, metallichydra said: perhaps he isnt using 1 computer for each account? certainly hes simulating them all on 1 computer. for sure you wont get rich from that but its good pocket money. better then sitting at home and drinking beer all day. ok he still sits infront of his pcs and maybe he drinks beer all the time too but he makes some money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKoopa Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Yeah it's probably virtual servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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