Why is the word "Steam" banned in names?

[RavenbtwOLD]

Is there a way to have my name include Steam by contacting support as long as I don't abuse it?

[CinthyaBunny]

It's banned to prevent abuse

[Mr. Rubber Ducky]

Because people are uncreative and naming themselves "Steamy".
Idk why it's censored tho. It might be because faking Steam/Valve

[Satoru]

Its to prevent abuse so that a user cannot pretend to be "Steam Support" or "Steam Admin" or such

[Tito Shivan]

"Hi I'm 'STEAM ADMIN' you need to hand me your items for checking or your account will be VAC banned in an hour"
[Sends trade request]

That's why Steam isn't allowed on the profile names (Valve isn't allowed either)

[Theblaze]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Its to prevent abuse so that a user cannot pretend to be "Steam Support" or "Steam Admin" or such

And yet People still fall for this "I'm a Moderator/Admin" scam.

Common Sense seems to be more and more rarely nowadays.

[RavenbtwOLD]

Alright makes a lot of sense. Thanks a lot guys! :)

[TopHat]

this doesn't make sense it makes me cringe that mods/admins listen to 8year olds about this people should be around the age of 14 on here

[Thatbrownmonster]

Originally posted by TopHatGaming123:

this doesn't make sense it makes me cringe that mods/admins listen to 8year olds about this people should be around the age of 14 on here

well the minimun age is 13,and kids with parents that don't care what they do in the computer will let them use steam soo-kid gets steam-kid gets scammed-kid cries-kid tells parents-parents want to sue steam because they let kids in

:|

[TopHat]

exactly people give no *****