There has been quite a bit of controversy regarding the Tux item released to people who use Linux distros. People have been “faking” linux installs to get the item and Valve is paying attention.
Well I didn’t personally but, this is something that I was curious about and, a friend just confirmed it. I offered him the use of my Linux machine via Teamviewer to get his Linux Penguin. He said he was uneasy about doing that and, said he was gonna look and, see if there was another way on Youtube.
Okay, whatever, it’s no skin of my nose. He came upon a video about changing what TF2 reads as your OS and, I guess he did it because I later saw that his name changed to I cheated for a tux. I thought he did it himself so I didn’t press the issue but, we started talking about the penguin like 30 minutes ago and, he mentioned that Steam changed his name on it’s own.
I wondered why and, then it hit me. It had to have been because he didn’t get it through the correct means and, the outcome made me laugh. I did a search for the name “I cheated for a tux” and, this is what I saw “Showing 1 – 50 of 3,884” amazing, huh.
That is hilariously awesome.