Just purchased Counter Strike Source and I have to say, if more games would be available like that and are also around $20, I'm sure as hell would buy more games.
flame away
flame away
Steam
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dabuddha
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Other than the fact that it's a pile of steaming crap? (pun intended)
Getting it to work on my setup was a nightmare and my setup isn't too strange or weird. I can't imagine how a non computer savvy person would deal with it.
wireless router ------ accesspoint (acting as a bridge) -------- pc
The "programmers" who developed steam should be taken out back and shot. They should learn how to test their software at least a little bit before releasing it.
Getting it to work on my setup was a nightmare and my setup isn't too strange or weird. I can't imagine how a non computer savvy person would deal with it.
wireless router ------ accesspoint (acting as a bridge) -------- pc
The "programmers" who developed steam should be taken out back and shot. They should learn how to test their software at least a little bit before releasing it.
daniel1113
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Nothing.
Anyone that has issues with it is either unlucky or an idiot, because the software works incredibly well for what it was made to do.
Anyone that has issues with it is either unlucky or an idiot, because the software works incredibly well for what it was made to do.
Wow.
"It freezes up." Never for me.
"You buy a game, but it doesn't show up." Never had this happen either. Call and complain.
"If you can't login, you can't play." Uh...offline mode? I use it everyday.
For, me it's the resale factor. I had my fun with Half-life 2 and CS:Source months ago, but I've never wanted to try and sell it because I'd have to give up a steam login/email address. It's not a big deal this time because I snatched up a copy off of here for like $18 when someone was selling them in mass quantity.
I'm more inclined to the usual methods of online play and verification. If I want to sell my copy of UT2K4 all I need is the cd key for online use and that's that. Same for about any other game. But with Half-life 2 I need to give up more info and make more sacrifices. On the other hand, the pirates who cracked the game can let any retard download it and play with ease even though we jump through hoops to be legit. I honestly think it's a step in the wrong direction for the time being. I'd have no problem with Steam if they made it easier to sell a game(like, not losing your login!), but why would they do that? I already bought it why would they help me sell it?
I'm more inclined to the usual methods of online play and verification. If I want to sell my copy of UT2K4 all I need is the cd key for online use and that's that. Same for about any other game. But with Half-life 2 I need to give up more info and make more sacrifices. On the other hand, the pirates who cracked the game can let any retard download it and play with ease even though we jump through hoops to be legit. I honestly think it's a step in the wrong direction for the time being. I'd have no problem with Steam if they made it easier to sell a game(like, not losing your login!), but why would they do that? I already bought it why would they help me sell it?
meltdown75
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moshquerade
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Schadenfroh
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RandomFool
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I've never really had a major problem with it. I did have a couple of hiccups when it first came out but since then it's been smooth sailing for me. I love the idea it and it works reasonably well.
I've never had a problem with Steam. I like the content distribution system, but then again, I rarely, if ever sell my old games.
thirdeye
Platinum Member
I hated Steam when I first got HL2 after it was released, because it seemed EXTREMELY slow everytime I tried to update stuff. It seems much better now though, and I can honestly say my hatred for it is not quite what it was before.
me neither so I'm actually pretty happy with it. Although the download is a little bit slow, I have to update it, 100kb/s and it takes at least another hour til it's "updated". Oh well.
slightlyhuman
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meltdown75
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