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The first knownSteamaccount ever created hit its 20th registration anniversary in September, thus warranting the addition of yet another new Years of Service badge to the platform. Hundreds of thousands of other profiles createdback when Steam was just a green launcherforCounter-Strikehit the same milestone as of September 11.
A lot has changed since those early days of the platform, as underlined by the fact that Steam is nowadays the dominant digital storefront for PC games. Its massive successallowed Valve to eventually diversify into hardware, on top of providing the company with enough financial security to truly go wild with some highly experimental gaming experiences which it was always eager to explore.
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And whileSteam is still adding tens of millions of new userson a yearly basis, those that have been with the platform since its humble beginnings now have a shiny new badge to adorn their profiles. The first public account to hit that milestone has the ID Steven, while currently using the “Abacus Avenger” profile name. This user and eight others earned their 20 Years of Service badge on September 10, two days ahead of the bidecennial anniversary of Steam’s official launch.
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Abacus Avenger also remains a fairly activeSteamuser to this day, having clocked almost 33 usage hours via the platform in the last two weeks alone. That time was divided betweenBaldur’s Gate 3, benchmarking software 3DMark, andDarwinia, a critically acclaimed 2005 RTS from British developer Introversion Software. The second-oldest Steam account belonging to known Valve developer Erik Johnson clocked over 80 gaming hours in the same period, dividing them betweenPath of Exile,Slay the Spire, andDota 2.
TheSteam accountsthat already earned the platform’s newest Years of Service badge received 1,000 XP toward their overall level. This is consistent with the emblem’s existent scaling, which awards 50 XP per year of age.
