Every Server Not Contacting Auth Server?

Sizer

<div class="IPBDescription">Probably just me, but who knows</div> <i>You have been disconnected from the server.
Problem: Error verifying STEAM UserID Ticket (server was unable to contact the authentication server, 31).</i>

This is the error I get every single time I try to enter a server. Didn't happen earlier today. Funny, I see the servers in the browser.

This is going on in TFC, too.

eaglec

Shut down, wait a minute, restart try again. Hopefully that will connect steam to a new content server. One that isn't being hammered. Failing that wait 24 hours and try again.

Something_Gooey

I've found you can fix this by logging out of steam and re-logging in.

Sizer

Yep, fixed it by logging out and logging back in.

Something_Gooey

HEY i actualy helped!?

/me checks to see if pigs outside 2nd story window.

Prefab

Dang, I had the same problem, I tried rebooting and exiting steam but not until I "exit and log out" of steam and reentered my password did it work, glad I came to the tech support forums!