steam prevents me from buying hl2

Post by **redfella** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:06 am

yea you read it.

I downloaded the hl2 demo a couple days ago. I think the game is great... but steam is just shit. I will not buy hl2 because steam is shit. Anyone questions?

Post by **tnf** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:07 am

nobody questions.

and this discussion has been had many times, a long time ago. you didn't know steam was shit already?

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:14 am

Never had any issues with Steam here.

Post by **Mogul** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:15 am

I've never thought Steam was a failure. I think they could add a little bit more funtionality so that gives the player a _little_ bit more freedom with what he chooses to do with the software, but I personally have had a pretty good experience with it.

Post by **tnf** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:16 am

I don't have problems with it aside from it being a hassle during install.

Post by **Dave** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:18 am

OS X prevents me from buying HL2

Post by **redfella** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:21 am

tnf wrote:nobody questions.

and this discussion has been had many times, a long time ago. you didn't know steam was shit already?

Yea, I forgot to board on the hl2 hoopla train... Never played it or anything when it first came out. Silly meh. -I heard people ranting about Steam before... now I know why.

Post by **Scourge** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:30 am

I was skeptical at first, but have not had any problems with steam whatsoever.

Post by **7zark7** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:33 am

scourge34 wrote:I was skeptical at first, but have not had any problems with steam whatsoever.

Post by **mik0rs** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:36 am

Bite the bullet and buy it, I'm not a fan of the idea of Steam either but you're just cutting your nose off to spite your face by not getting it.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:44 am

redfella wrote:yea you read it.

I downloaded the hl2 demo a couple days ago. I think the game is great... but steam is just shit. I will not buy hl2 because steam is shit. Anyone questions?

Yep, i read it, and find it to be ignorant..

Post by **dnoyc** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:52 am

funny you should say that, cuz that's usually your position. on all matters.

(ignorant that is)

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:53 am

dnoyc wrote:funny you should say that, cuz that's usually your position. on all matters.

(ignorant that is)

:icon26:

Post by **redfella** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:03 am

Why is steam necessary? Why must steam run as a process? Why must steam run in my taskbar? Why must steam give me info about its shit company whenever I start my computer? All of these things are unnecessary in the life of a minimalist/purist and will only lead to corperate power-mongering.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:06 am

redfella wrote:Why is steam necessary? Why must steam run as a process? Why must steam run in my taskbar? Why must steam give me info about its shit company whenever I start my computer? All of these things are unnecessary in the life of a minimalist/purist and will only lead to corperate power-mongering.

MSCONFIG

Turn off steam from running at startup

Steam options, turn off news..

tehre you fuck..

Post by **redfella** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:12 am

ha. Good laff. :lol:

doesnt matter if I can turn it off or not... the fact is that steam is still shit and powermongering.

Post by **shiznit** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:21 am

No one cares and your maps suck. Anyone questions?

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:23 am

redfella wrote:ha. Good laff. :lol:

doesnt matter if I can turn it off or not... the fact is that steam is still shit and powermongering.

Its far from a peice of shit.. but ok, dont play HL2, possibly the best SP fps made.. or its mods..

Post by **redfella** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:14 am

shiznit wrote:No one cares and your maps suck. Anyone questions?

haha -Guys are really providing me with a good laugh tonight. Keep it up. -Seriously.

Post by **SoM** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:16 am

4g3nt_Smith wrote:Never had any issues with Steam here.

yeah, but ur an idiot

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:07 am

I myself don't have a true issue with Steam, but I honestly don't see the point to it. I having to log in before being able to play my game, especially when I want to play single player. While I have not had this happen, what if my DSL was down for a day or so and I wanted to play some HL2?

Also, a rant mroe about HL2, what is its problem with overclocking? I can pull 140 FPS solid with overclocking, and I don't recall what I pull withour overclocking, but damn is it a total bitch about it. Also the load times, even on my 74GB WD Raptor, are horrible for any game, especially when it loads off the HDD

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:54 am

Kills On Site wrote:I myself don't have a true issue with Steam, but I honestly don't see the point to it. I having to log in before being able to play my game, especially when I want to play single player. While I have not had this happen, what if my DSL was down for a day or so and I wanted to play some HL2?

Also, a rant mroe about HL2, what is its problem with overclocking? I can pull 140 FPS solid with overclocking, and I don't recall what I pull withour overclocking, but damn is it a total bitch about it. Also the load times, even on my 74GB WD Raptor, are horrible for any game, especially when it loads off the HDD

Point?
Centralized way to push out patches, and prevent (or try to) warez

YOUR software?
Nope, sorry, its not YOURS, its VALVEs software, you just pay to USE it..

Load times and Overclocking.
Never had any issues with overclocking myself.. only game that hates it so far has been WoW..
Load times tho, honestly, arnt near as long as games like BF2..

Post by **schlockey** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:57 am

You really seem to like steam, i dont really see why you feel the need to use all your energy backing up an unneeded program.

People have differing opinions, its called life.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:59 am

schlockey wrote:You really seem to like steam, i dont really see why you feel the need to use all your energy backing up an unneeded program.

People have differing opinions, its called life.

I very much like steam, its a step in the right direction for gaming.. while i agree it "KINDA" sucks for people that dont have net, fuck em. you can at least get dialup out in the sticks..

Its not a huge deal either, its not like is uses much resources anyways..

Post by **schlockey** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:04 am

I dont really care either way. I have internet, as for people that dont, its a pain in the ass if they want to play any games released by the company.

Sure they can get internet in the sticks, but what if they dont want to pay for internet just for Steam? I know i wouldnt want to pay $12 or whatever it is a month just to play Half Life 2.

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