Archived 76561198067586587 (w00t)

The victim (Squirtle)
| steamname: PeeSquirtle49
| steam3ID: [U:1:147102635]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:73551317
| steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198107368363
| customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/CherryDonuts
| steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198107368363

The accused (w00t)
| steamname: W00t | trade.tf
| steam3ID: [U:1:107320859]
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:53660429
| steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198067586587
| customURL:
| steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198067586587

The accusation:
Trade sharking.

Context:

To accused frequents an unusual trade server that I also frequent, one Vatican Unusual. The accused, while on this server, has shown a profligate history that made me suspicious to some degree. Upon inspection, the user's backpack value has increased from US$60 in late January to over US$900 as of today, the 14 March 2016. Upon inspecting this user's backpack history, I came across the Cotton Head trade and felt obligated to report the user for trade sharking.

1. The victim was unaware of the information that updated the Cotton Head from a singular Pyro class specific hat, to an all-class hat.
-1.1. The trade was made on the 2nd March, and the following day the Cotton Head was updated to be an all-class hat.
--1.2. However, in the Steam community workshop, as well as on unusual trade servers, knowledge of this update to be applied was available before the mentioned trade occurred.
---1.3. This would explain, why the accused paid 21 keys pure for a hat that the victim had asked for only 12 keys.
2. The accused purchased the item for 21 keys pure and then set up a tf2op trade with a b/o of 120 keys on the Cotton Head.
-2.1. This shows not only the guilty act of trade sharking, but also the intention of the accused to commit trade sharking.
3. Similar cases have applied a caution tag as a minimum sentence for such an action, and a permanent ban on tf2op. This type of behavior is damaging for the entire community, justice ought to be served.

Evidence:

All evidence will be supplied via screenshots and URLs.

1. The trade between the victim and the accused: http://files.f-o-g.eu/d0c7a7
2. The trade history of the Cotton Head: http://files.f-o-g.eu/70c5f2
3. The accused t2op trade, conveying explicit knowledge of the item's amended value: http://files.f-o-g.eu/8ea000

Steam chat evidence with the victim:

1. Chat log 1: http://files.f-o-g.eu/cgga5b
2. Chat log 2: http://files.f-o-g.eu/999cf4
3. Chat log 3: http://files.f-o-g.eu/e8e60d

Further Evidence:

bp.tf display history of the accused:

1. W00t | trade.tf's Backpack - backpack.tf (March 1 2016 19:00 - before trade).
2. W00t | trade.tf's Backpack - backpack.tf (March 2 2016 19:00 - post trade).

bp.tf display history of the victim:

1. PeeSquirtle49's Backpack - backpack.tf (March 1 2016 19:00 - before trade)
2. PeeSquirtle49's Backpack - backpack.tf (March 5 2016 19:00 - sometime after the trade with no bp value reflecting the true price of the Cotton Head).

 

@Ulysses

Thank you for this report.

Unfortunately, we do not handle sharking reports at Fortress of Gamers.

We will suggest you to create a report at the Harpoon Gaming community, who does handle sharking reports. Be sure to read over the sharking section of Harpoon Gaming's FAQ prior to submitting a report: https://forum.harpoongaming.com/threads/how-to-report.1070/

Archiving.