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Steam Users Steamed

Posted by michael on from the hot-topic dept.

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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  1. Since When...? by twoes00 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since when does Slashdot post Steam's technical issues, because if they do, there is a HUGE list. Steam is heavily bugged, easily overcome, and irritating. Why is Valve keeping it? Stupidity! Hell, the owner of the company made his password gaben (His name is Gabe N.) As some would put it, Steam 1s t3h 5ux0r

  2. Re:This is crap! by rzaireic · · Score: 0, Troll

    OK, the fact that YOU can log in and play the (obsolete) DoD regularly does not mean that Steam is fine. I can get on most of the time, but quite frankly that doesn't even cut it for a game I paid $50 to play whenever I wanted to. Actually, YOU are the exception to the rule if it always works for you. I guess you're just lucky...my friends almost never works any more...

  3. Re:This is crap! by LighthouseJ · · Score: 0, Troll

    What, an obsolete game reduces it's importance or something? I don't see how luck enters into the equation, me and thousands other individuals manage to make it online just fine at any given second. Steam stats put an average 2.5M unique users are on Steam servers, so all 2.5M users are lucky and how many are not?

  4. It's a GAME by Craig+Ringer · · Score: 0, Troll

    Um... Sure, I can see it'd be frustrating, but dude it's a *game*. The fact that there can even be an outage is stupid, but rather unlikely to be lawsuit material.

    Also ... paid, not payed.

  5. Re:Nice going, Valve! by dj42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    "And two, I will be getting them both cracks when HL3 (or whatever else) comes out next." great work on being a dick and helping to do your part by driving artists into bankruptcy by allowing your stupid friends to steal from them... how... noble

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  6. Re:duh by dj42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...except you want to play it lol

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