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KrunchTime writes "The Steam network seems to be having some problems tonight. This is not good new for fans of counter-strike, day of defeat and other half-life mods. Some people seem to be able to log on fine while others, like me :(, cannot connect at all. The steam forums were filling up with invective when I was last able to get on. The forums now seem to have imploded under the strain of complaints. The question that was being asked most is why there isn't more redundancy on the log-in side of steam. They say that if one of the master servers goes down that the accounts held there become unavailable immediately. The other big problem is that while the Steam network is down even the offline games are unplayable. There was no sign of responses from Valve staff or forum moderators."
And on a Saturday night, no less! Mothers, lock up your daughters! Smithers in on the town!
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I always thought that steam power was the worst type of combustion....
It's good to know that companies protect customers from playing their games so well ...
At least all the smoking server comments will finally be on topic.
/.-ing the forum will greatly help the cause... :P
"I always thought that steam power was the worst type of combustion...."
It's great for pressing wrinkles out of clothes though.
>I smell LAWSUIT!
Jesus H. Get a grip.
It's new technology. Bugs happen.
If you want an old, reliable, never-failing game, pull pong out of the closet.
The last thing steam servers needed right now was being slashdotted !!
Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.
By clicking accept on the EULA, which you had to do in order to install and create the account, you signed away any rights to actually play the game. The fact that you actually get to, usually, play it is a happy accident.
SP LiveWire - Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Responding to 10,000 gamers complaining of non-access to game servers, the Maricopa County Sheriff Department investigated a break-in at the Valve DataCentre near Phoenix, AZ. The grisly finding by the deputies prompted them to call in the FBI Anti-terrorist Strike Force.
FBI ATSF raided the remaining part of SteamPowered computer control room and its server room. All the big fat system administrators were found passed out and lying about with excessive amount of twinkie wrappers strewed about.
FBI ASF spokesman, J. Edgar Hoover, III, reported that 5 kiddie terrorists, claded in black bulletproof body armor, were videotaped as storming the Valve lobby. FBI Counter-Strike Computer Task Force (CSCT) sergeant reported that the DRM were disabled so that only hacked CS can play.
It is not known how the SAs were force-fed the trademarked sugar snack or how they passed out in a "Half-Life" state without incurring any mortal injuries.
No groups has step forward to claim responsibility.
I bought the collectors edition of HL2. I'm not into counterstrike or any of the other games, I just wanted HL2. I installed it on my machine and tried to run it and ended up spending the better part of 2 weeks trying to get it working.
I had the priviledge of participating in live chat, e-mail and phone support with several different reps working from scripts in India. None really knew what was going on, but their flow charts did point in the right direction: there was some problem with the DVD or the drive that was keeping the game from running.
Upon launch the HL2.exe process would run, ramp up it's memory and processor usage and then quietly quit. no error, no feedback. After several reinstalls of both game and OS I exchanged my dvd for a new one, only to have the same problem. Rather than swap out my drive I pulled disc check crack off the internet and sure enough the game loaded without any issues.
Not only is there issues with their remote auth for the game, but there are issues with the SecuROM protection they use on the actual discs, forcing me to crack my legit copy of HL2 just to get the damn thing to *run*.
Fuck You Valve, If you release any more worthwhile games I'm just going to steal them to begin with... It's easier in the long run.
Even people that believe in pre-destiny look both ways before crossing the street.