Talk:SteamID

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"However, if a player is playing well but has a high steamid then it is likely that the player is cheating" is ridiculous and false

If you disagree with the statement then edit it. I agree with you so I'm going to change it and I'm changing the example Steam ID's because I don't think showing your Steam ID is a very good idea publicly.

Guys a reminder to follow standard wikipedia etiquette by signing your comments please. You should also make an indent when replying to a comment above. -- RND  T  C  00:57, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

The article states that IDs below 4000 were created before steam went public. This can't be true, as I have 3542 as my steam ID. I created it within seconds of it going public... Sadly I'm quite proud of it :) EAi 19:36, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Mine is a few hundred lower than that, and I got mine before steam went public, so it is probably in the 3500 or so range 211.30.50.167 (talk) 14:07, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Possible Error: The article states that "X" is the "universe", and that a value of 0 is invalid and thus can not be on a usable/valid account. I have never, ever, found a Steam ID that had any value OTHER than 0 for X, however, and thus I believe this to be false. I do not know what the correct information is, however, so I am not about to edit the wiki page. Phil H. 72.73.118.190 04:49, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

In responce to the above comment by Phil H, perhaps the reason you have never seen a different universe to 0 is because A) ordinary users cannot get developer, beta or internal accounts and, b) you cannot use said accounts to connect to ordinary game servers. True, however, the numbering may be invalid. It is possible that Steam developers have not used the system as it is suggested in its code headers anyway.

I've removed the "Max" universe type, and replaced it with RC. The "Max" is purely in the header file as a useful value for programmers, it isn't a valid value. EAi 21:23, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Steam Community

Valve are now using the term SteamID for user accounts on the Steam Community. Although the technical SteamID (as described by this page) and the Steam Community's usage of the term Steam ID are similar (and have a one-to-one relationship), they aren't exactly the same. I'm not sure how to go about modifying the page to reflect this. Any ideas? EAi 02:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I recommend using a separate article for the community one 'SteamID (Online Community)' perhaps, and having a disambiguation type link at the top of this article. -- Tsuite ^T/C 07:24, 16 September 2007 (UTC)