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NJ5 on 30 June 2011
TWRoO said:

Ok I got it, not played online yet, and probably won't be much as I don't have a working mouse... one thing though, playing the training against the bots it gives my screen name as my email address (well the first part of it)... I can't find the option to change the name, and I have no wish to display my email (inc my name) to random people. Does anyone know how to change it? I checked online and I seem to have to change something on my Steam account, but 1) I don't have a steam ID/ friends list etc... do I really have to set one up just to change my name and 2) What if I want a different name for a different game for example, personally I won't be playing on many Steam games online much anytime soon (mostly due to my inability to run most games) but in general I don't like using the same name across different online games... being forced to have the same screen-name is annoying.

How is it possible you don't have a Steam ID and you're playing TF2 from Steam?



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TWRoO on 30 June 2011
NJ5 said:
TWRoO said:

Ok I got it, not played online yet, and probably won't be much as I don't have a working mouse... one thing though, playing the training against the bots it gives my screen name as my email address (well the first part of it)... I can't find the option to change the name, and I have no wish to display my email (inc my name) to random people. Does anyone know how to change it? I checked online and I seem to have to change something on my Steam account, but 1) I don't have a steam ID/ friends list etc... do I really have to set one up just to change my name and 2) What if I want a different name for a different game for example, personally I won't be playing on many Steam games online much anytime soon (mostly due to my inability to run most games) but in general I don't like using the same name across different online games... being forced to have the same screen-name is annoying.

How is it possible you don't have a Steam ID and you're playing TF2 from Steam?

I have a Steam account, but not an ID (or at least I haven't set up my ID)

TF2 is only the 2nd game I have played online in, the first being TrackMania, which just used my Steam username (twroo). I wouldn't mind if TF2 did the same but for some reason it uses my email (everything before the @ anyway)