The German Twitch streamer ohnePixel is known for his streams of the shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Last night, on November 10th, he made history on Steam: he ensured that the highest Steam account in the world, a player from Qatar, rose to 5001 after holding the prestigious level 5000 for years. Some speak of justice, while others warn of the terrible consequences.
What’s the deal with the highest level on Steam?
- The “Account Level” on Steam is actually a bit of fun: it indicates how much time and money you have invested in your Steam account. You can check in your profile how far up you have risen in Steam level: Here is a list of the top accounts on Steam, sorted by level (via steam).
- A Steam account that went completely overboard is “St4ck”: he allegedly spent over $240,000 in 2021 to own the first Steam account with level 5000 (via win.gg). It was apparently his goal to reach this round level and gain notoriety. St4ck is from Qatar and held the highest Steam account in the world for years.
- As Jake Lucky noted on Twitter , the Steam level 5000 is indeed controversial: St4ck, a fanatical CS:GO collector, allegedly employed some “difficult tactics” to achieve the highest Steam account in the world.
The shooter CS:GO is known for its extremely expensive collectible items:
Player reportedly spent $240,000 for “round” level 5000 – German ruins it
That was the joke: The German CS:GO streamer “ohnePixel” made a fun out of letting this “5000” Steam account from Qatar now rise to 5001.
The idea was apparently to deny him the “round number” and now take this prestige number from him.
For this, he urged his fans to donate the account “cheap awards” until it rises to 5001.
In the Twitch stream, ohnePixel then celebrated his success and cheered over the successful action.
Beware, he’s rather loud:
What’s the reaction? On Twitter fans applaud the streamer for the stunt, but also warn ohnePixel: One must know that St4ck operates a cartel and only raised the Steam account to 5000 as a hobby. The streamer should better sleep with one eye open now.
A Twitter user recommends he joins the witness protection program.
Another one says: Because the fraudster cheated so many levels, it now feels like justice.
Others say: Now St4ck has to really step it up to get to level 6000.
CS:GO is one of the games that has formed its own culture around it:
At a huge CS:GO tournament in Cologne, fans cheer for a German in the audience
