A determined gamer, b00lin, waged a 763-day legal battle against Activision, successfully overturning an unwarranted Steam ban. Their arduous journey, meticulously documented in a blog post, began after a 36+ hour Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 beta session in December 2023 resulted in a permanent ban. While many would have conceded defeat, b00lin's perseverance led to a courtroom victory.
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Initially dismissed by Activision as a result of testing errors, the ban remained despite b00lin's appeals. Activision refused to provide evidence of cheating, citing security protocols, even when b00lin only requested seemingly innocuous details, such as the name of the flagged software.
The subsequent legal proceedings exposed Activision's lack of concrete proof against b00lin. The court's decision, favoring b00lin and ordering Activision to cover legal costs and lift the ban, finally came in early 2025, highlighting the extreme lengths Activision goes to protect its anti-cheat measures, even at the expense of fair play.
