Veteran Counter-Strike pro could lose his Steam account forever because of ludicrous Valve rule

Former CS:GO and VALORANT pro Bradley “Android” Fodor has lost access to his Steam account after changing his phone number and Valve’s support told him he can only recover the account if he provides the original CD Key that was used to create that Steam account.

Given how Android complained on Twitter and the fact that his Steam account was created over 15 years ago, it’s likely that he threw away the CD Key a long time ago. The Canadian has in-game CS:GO stickers and CS:GO emblems like the one he got for reaching the quarterfinals of the FACEIT London Major with Complexity back in 2018, but this isn’t considered valid proof of ownership, according to Valve’s support, and neither are documents like a passport and driver’s license.