Steam ID?

XenoSaber

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Steam ID
Your Valve Steam ID (format: STEAM_X:Y:ZZZZZZ). Used for rank icons.

I've never seen any ID from steam formatted like this.

Thansal

Steam ID can be gotten by typing status into the console when in game. It gives a list of all current players and their IDs.

Basically it is how Valve keeps track of us (if you cheat on a VAC server, your steam ID is what is banned).

However, unless you are a constellation member (donated $$ to UWE), then it doesn't matter, so don't fret it <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

Comprox

<a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/steamid/" target="_blank">Instructions to look it up</a>.

Faskalia

The steamID is the primary key of the account-table in in valves database <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />

Or in other words: It is a way to keep track of players without having to give out their login-names to everyone, thus enshuring higher account security.

Drfuzzy

I miss my old 5 digit steam id account <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />