Steam Shenanigans

[CSN NewsBot]

It seems that the Steam network was the victim of a distributed denial of service attack (DDOS attack). According to Valve software's Greg Coomer, the DDOS attack happened yesterday around 8:30 AM PST, which would explain the sluggish behavior of Steam. Greg also addresses a problem with the new email validation feature, explaining that it may take some time for the validation e-mails to be sent out. You can catch the rest of the news over at the Steam website or you can click below.[break="click here for more info"]

This morning at about 8:30 PST, Steam was hit by a distributed denial of service attack. For about two and a half hours, Steam and its games were unavailable to users. We have since fixed the problem, and player numbers have returned to a normal state.



Steam's content servers are still busy with yesterday's update, but for the most part Steam users have been able to get up and running without problems.



The new email validation feature has been causing some users confusion. Our network problems have caused the validation emails to be delivered too slowly -- if you are waiting to receive your automated email response from Steam, please give it some time. We're sorry if this is causing inconvenience; the delivery speed will be improved soon.



Let us know if you're experiencing any other problems.

[kerosine99]

hey farva, what's that restaurant you like with all the crazy shit on the walls?!



i hope you catch the reference.



anywho, is the email validation feature just for siging up new accounts?

[Andeh]

this might explain why steam has just ceased to function for me completely.

[dominic06]

kerosine99 wrote..

anywho, is the email validation feature just for siging up new accounts?

It's made to verify your email so that you can use the offline mode I believe. Instead of signing on to the internet to activate your account, it should automatically.



2nd, I think that lots of the emails have had to be sent 2 times. I verified, but had to wait overnight for my confirmation. Then in order to enter my code, I had to send another verification which will slow them down once more. I was able to enter the code though, so just give it time everyone.

[Seaweed]

lol nice super troopers referance

[KarmaPolice]

I just received the email but I cant log into steam .

[Seaweed]

steams down AGAIN atm

[TheCowboy~]

I've received no email. I had the d*man thing up and running all night. This morning I rebooted, and now can't sign in! :-/



WTH?

Here's the error message I'm getting.



Could not connect to Steam network.

This could be due to a problem with your internet connection, or with the Steam network. Please visit www.steampowered.com for more info.



I think the later is the far more likely problem. :-/

[marc___1]

car RAMROD

[john_sheu]

who the heck would DDoS Steam? If the HL2 source leak didn't piss off gamers enough like Gabe threatened, maybe more of this will....

[HowlinMadMurphy]

Off topic: Super Troopers was so great, and Club Dread was so disappointing. I hope somebody else lets Broken Lizard make another movie someday, and that it turns out decent.



On topic: Haven't they claimed to have been DDoSed after a couple of big updates already?

[DeAceShooter]

HowlinMadMurphy wrote..

Off topic: Super Troopers was so great, and Club Dread was so disappointing. I hope somebody else lets Broken Lizard make another movie someday, and that it turns out decent.



On topic: Haven't they claimed to have been DDoSed after a couple of big updates already?

Well a DDoS could come from their own Steam client, after every major update, everyone tries to download the update via the Steam client.



Hence it's a DDoS.

[Seaweed]

they blame hackers for hl2 and ddos for steam yeah right valve

[HowlinMadMurphy]

Indeed, DeAceShooter.

[Spookie4551]

Or it could be disgruntled steam script kiddies...