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Is it bad to use Steam achievement manager?

Steam Achievement Manager, or SAM, is an open-source program that allows the user to organize and unlock any achievement available for any game on the Steam platform. While not officially endorsed by Steam, SAM has seen widespread use since 2008, remaining functional with very few updates.
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Can you get banned for Steam achievement manager?

Can you get banned for using Steam Achievement Manager? steam will not ban you for using SAM. the only people that may care are the game developers, and you can count on one hand (possibly one finger) the number of developers that will issue a game ban for cheating achievements.
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Is Steam achievement Manager safe to download?

SAM is largely safe but it can break your achievement showcase percentages. Also some developers will ban for it and have tailored their anti-cheat systems to automatically detect such behaviour.
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Would I get a VAC ban for using Sam?

Sam does not cause Vac -Bansoo, you can ban on playing any game you are cheating on the results, but there are some games they do. Note. It should only be used to report spam, advertising and problematic news (racing, battle or rudeness).
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Is Steam achievement Manager bannable Reddit?

Is Steam achievement Manager bannable Reddit? No you won't get banned, but DO NOT DO THIS because it won't work. SAM only looks at the actual achievements and not the variables behind them. SO you can actiavte and deactivate achievements ffreely, but if you deactivate them you CANNOT earn them again properly.
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Add/Remove ANY Steam Achievement with one click | Full Guide [Steam Achievement Manager - SAM]

Can you get VAC banned on any Steam game?

No. We are aware that cheat software exists for single player and offline games, but VAC bans are only issued when software provides an advantage on VAC-secured servers.
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What happens if you get 100 achievements on Steam?

Ptetty much nothing. If you have an achievement showcase on your profile then it'll show how many games you've managed to perfect... but there isn't any way to show off which games you've managed to 100% which makes it kind of a half measure.
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Has anyone ever had a VAC ban removed?

It's incredibly rare to get a VAC ban removed, but it has happened in very specific circumstances. Your ban won't be removed. It would have been done a long time ago if it was a mistake.
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Is VAC ban applied due to phone sharing?

How do VAC bans relate to my phone number? VAC bans are applied to all accounts sharing a phone number at the time of the infraction. For this (and many other) reasons we do not recommend sharing your phone number or using another user's phone number on your account.
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Are VAC bans immediate?

It is only after a delay of "days or even weeks" that the account is permanently banned from "VAC Secure" servers for that game, possibly along with other games that use the same engine (e.g. Valve's Source games, GoldSrc games, Unreal Engine games).
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Does Steam track achievements?

Steam keeps a local cache of the stats and achievement data so that the APIs can be used as normal in offline mode. Any stats unable to be committed are saved for the next time the user is online.
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Can you get banned for boosting hours on Steam?

hour booster? if the program tampers with the game files, you risk a ban. I would say if it does something that isn't supposed to happen you should stay away.
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Can you ask Steam to remove achievements?

Achievements and Stat Commands

The command we'll need to use is achievement_clear.
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What happens when you get a VAC ban?

VAC bans prevent you from playing on secured servers across all of Steam. Server administrators may issue a Server ban, but these are not as severe as a VAC ban. We cannot prevent Server bans at Valve; whoever runs the server can ban players for any reason they desire.
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Do I keep achievements if I refund game Steam?

If I refund a game, will my playtime and achievements be removed from my Steam Community Profile? No, playtime and achievements will not be removed from your Steam Community Profile.
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Will mods disable Steam achievements?

Once a game has a mod enabled, you will not be able to unlock achievements or trophies. If you wish to unlock achievements and trophies in your game, you will need to disable all mods and revert to a save game prior to the mods being enabled.
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Can you get around a device ban?

Use a new phone number, email, IP address using a VPN and an android emulator on your laptop will allow you to create a new account. You can also get a new cell phone, with a new phone number and email.
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What is phone sharing on steam?

Either you used someone else's number and they got banned so you got banned or the other way around you gave your number to someone and again they got banned. Pretty much this. VAC bans are issued to all accounts at time of conviction which share the same phone number.
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Is a VAC ban an IP ban?

No it does not ban by IP, it bans the account only.
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How to bypass VAC ban?

Method 1:
  1. Close Steam client if open.
  2. Disconnect from the internet.
  3. Run Steam as Administrator.
  4. Inject VAC-Bypass. dll into Steam.exe process.
  5. After successful injection messagebox saying Initialization was successful! ...
  6. Reconnect to the internet.
  7. Press Retry in steam window saying 'Could not connect to Steam servers'.
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Why did I get VAC banned for no reason?

all VAC bans come from the detection of a known cheat, whether it is used on the account itself or some sort of sharing has occurred (account, library or phone number). Users are responsible for the security of the account and all that happens on it.
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What is the rarest Steam achievements?

The Least-Unlocked Achievement In Every Steam Awards Winner And How To Get Them
  1. 1 Resident Evil Village - Knives Out.
  2. 2 Cooking Simulator VR - Don't Stop Me Now. ...
  3. 3 Deathloop - The Spice Of Life. ...
  4. 4 Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy - This Is What We Do. ...
  5. 5 Terraria - Supreme Helper Minion! ...
  6. 6 It Takes Two - Minigame Megalomania. ...
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How many people have 100% of the achievements on Steam?

So, taking the cheaters out, you can safely say that there's less than 1000 players with 100% achievements on Steam, since 30500 is really close to the minimum required to 3 stars that challenge.
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What is the max Steam rank?

Currently, the highest level on Steam is 5001 ( St4ck ). To raise your level you can: Craft badges (100 XP per badge, can up to 5 levels of regular and 1 Foil Badge per game, special badges have no limit)
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What is the oldest Steam VAC ban?

What was the earliest VAC ban? VAC's initial release was with Counter-Strike in 2002. During this initial release, the system only banned players for 24 hours.
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