The debate on the possession of digital content Is the order of the day. To what extent do we own the games, expansions, skins and other add-ons we buy? Currently, all this depends on the internet connection and the existence of your account. A perfect example is found in the former professional player of CS:GO and Valorant, Bradley “Android” Fodor, who lost access to his Steam account a few days ago.
On March 25, Android shared on Twitter (via Dotesports) some screenshots in which he recounts his problem with Valve: he lost access to his Steam account after changing the mobile number linked for authentication. Now the system requires the original cd key that he used 15 years ago to create the account. It goes without saying that all that is already dust.
I sent them my passport and driver’s license. I also offered to give them my birth certificate, but it was not enough to get the account back.
Looks like I’ll never get my steam account back. I put my life into getting the quarter finalist emblem/stickers, and because I changed… pic.twitter.com/Sf4fY6ztee
— android (@androidfps) March 25, 2023
Translation: I sent you my passport and driving license. I also offered to give them my birth certificate, but it was not enough to recover the account. It seems that I will never get my Steam account back. I put my life into getting the quarterfinal emblem/stickers, and because I changed my number, I’ll never see it again. How sad, man… who has the original cd keys of him with an account of more than 15 years.
The Android account is very valuable, as it has very exclusive and valuable cosmetics in CS: GO. We are not talking about paid skins that anyone can buy, that too, but about elements that he got for reaching the quarterfinals of the FACEIT London Major with Complexity in 2018. The value amounts to thousands of euros, specifically $84,000 between CS:GO and Valorant, according to the MeinMMO medium.
Former professional player Nikola “LEGIJA” Ninić told Android in comments that also had this problem with Valve and that they finally returned the account after pressing. We hope that the Android case will be resolved in the same way. Not only because of the monetary value, but because it is an account with a lot of history.
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