Long Awaited Steam Update

[a_russak]

People do the same thing for EQ and games like that....

This update might have other stuff *hopes*...three hours, thats pretty big...

[Dis Guy Here]

3 hours. wow.

[I2o[G]uE TacT-X]

not including offline play with steam is the biggest let down. the second is the frequency of the friends network to go down. third is all the bugs that have been in steam since the launch. this is the least valve can do.

[EL17E]

Detonator^ wrote..

EL17E, remove your avatar picture now. Reporting to moderators. It's not fair to display that of an innocent man. Get rid of it now.

I sincerely hope you are being sarcastic.

[Helkite]

You gotta admit, though, you can't stop lovin' Michael Jackson~~

[Sok4r]

Do any of you little kiddies really think it's a good idea to buy software via Steam when they can't even keep the fucking instant-messenger component working?



Steam sucks.

[raging dragon]

nice!



Keep up the good work!

[a_russak]

Sok4r wrote..

Do any of you little kiddies really think it's a good idea to buy software via Steam when they can't even keep the fucking instant-messenger component working?



Steam sucks.

you try it and tell me how it goes...it's not easy running a service like that..let alone for free. And saying steam sucks is pointless, they won't be going back.

[bullet_head]

Sok4r wrote..

Do any of you little kiddies really think it's a good idea to buy software via Steam when they can't even keep the fucking instant-messenger component working?



Steam sucks.

Considering the fact that they won't be handling half of the transaction themselves (from what I've heard and logic leads one to belive) the transaction details go through a different company, but obviously yes the extra bandwidth will be a killer for a few reasons. The previous setup and pipeline were bogged down by pre-teen script kiddies that like to DoS things, then theres the fact that they were under run half the time, and logic comes into play here they have figured out, isolated the problems and now that they feel confident in a finished product, why not release it? Quit your moaning you're just afraid another 'early/gittery' release is going to happen. All I have to say is, lets wait and see if things go as planned or like they, and all us CSers hope.

[a_russak]

I'm thinking bandwith won't be a problem this time: http://www.steampowered.com/status/content_servers.html

[_Morphine_]

a_russak wrote..

I'm thinking bandwith won't be a problem this time: http://www.steampowered.com/status/content_servers.html

holy crap! 2 gigs a second of available bandwidth! think of the porn...

[-:Nighthawk:-]

ozmer wrote..

To die from hunger would take a pretty damn long time and I think you'd be incapable of playing CS in your last days. I think the kid you're talking about was from Romania and died from over-exertion from staying up a whole weekend or something.

I believe the death in Chiang Mai, Thailand is what you're thinking of. Remember, though, there was some speculation of foul play related to that incident. I found it interesting simply because my brother lives pretty close to Chiang Mai, but it's not like any of you happen to care about that, heh.

Sok4r wrote..

Do any of you little kiddies really think it's a good idea to buy software via Steam when they can't even keep the fucking instant-messenger component working?

Whether or not you agree with this, you have to admit that was a pretty funny comment. :) Well, I'm still laughing, anyway...

[Tek]

_Morphine_ wrote..

holy crap! 2 gigs a second of available bandwidth! think of the porn...

ahahahhaha ))

[-:Nighthawk:-]

Man, I can't believe I passed up an opportunity to make Michael Jackson jokes!



Q: What does Michael Jackson like about thirty-five year olds?

A: There's thirty of them.



Q: When do you know it's time to go to bed at the Jackson residence?

A: When the big hand touches the little hand.



Oh, how classic. :)

[FatboyTim]

a_russak wrote..

I'm thinking bandwith won't be a problem this time: http://www.steampowered.com/status/content_servers.html

Also, consider the fact that the guy who wrote BitTorrent now works at Valve...



Steam peer-to-peer, coming soon to a PC near you! :)