Steam Users Steamed

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."

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[Associate]

Fresh from the Steampowered forums:

If your Steamid starts with 0:0 you should be able to login with no problems. If your steamid starts with 0:1 then it won't work. 0:1 Auth servers are down.

Offline can still work

[doofer]

The other big problem is that while the Steam network is down even the offline games are unplayable.

This is only half-true.
Once Half-Life 2 is decrypted and fully running, it is possible to set it to be playable offline, hence not needing an internet connection to run it, and the original single player games can be played from their original applications, not through steam.

Re:You (don't) get what you (don't) pay for.

[Dioxin Dude]

Try going Steamless