DarkNecridquintoshDarkNecridNormally I'd be like "haha nice excuse" or something, but Valve has warned about using plugins like these in the past and that they might throw VAC bans for it, and considering it's Moose, I kinda doubt he cheated.
there was no warning about it. a forum post is not official and i've only seen it just now
Just because you've only now just seen that forum post (and imo, it coming from a Valve employee makes it official) doesn't mean there was no warning about it. It's been known for awhile now that Valve doesn't really like these transparent viewmodel plugins or FOV changing plugins, and that VAC bans could take place due to the nature of how they work. This is a big part of why no leagues in North America allow them.
oh but ugc allows them right
anyway, they've released announcements saying steam customers should watch out for xxx before, they could've done that now too and therefore the bans are unjustified considering that the plugin went quite viral with releases all over competitive tf2. Valve could've made it clear to everyone if they wanted to.
also a forum post is not official because who would check the thread on SPUF about it when it was released in a different place