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Get rid of Steam, and let us play CS like ANY OTHER NORMAL GAME.
"Updating Steam platform"
"Downloading updates for Counter Strike: Source"
"Steam has encountered an error and must shut down"
"Steam has detected that your game files are corrupt and will now redownload GCF files"
"cannot connect to Steam network"
ffs
Good idea with regards to anti-piracy, but the implementation is absolutely awful.
"Updating Steam platform"
"Downloading updates for Counter Strike: Source"
"Steam has encountered an error and must shut down"
"Steam has detected that your game files are corrupt and will now redownload GCF files"
"cannot connect to Steam network"
ffs
Good idea with regards to anti-piracy, but the implementation is absolutely awful.
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Suicide Soldier wrote:
> I can see the logic behind Steam. You don't get people skipping out
> updates to the game which could cause problems. Everyone always has
> the latest build of the game for the online play.
>
> It makes sense.
So can I. On paper it is a great idea but in practise it is useless. It causes too many problems. I thought I was the only one suffering at the hands of the giant mess that is Steam, but evidently not.
> I can see the logic behind Steam. You don't get people skipping out
> updates to the game which could cause problems. Everyone always has
> the latest build of the game for the online play.
>
> It makes sense.
So can I. On paper it is a great idea but in practise it is useless. It causes too many problems. I thought I was the only one suffering at the hands of the giant mess that is Steam, but evidently not.
Emitime wrote:
> And X-fire is telling me I have no Valve games installed.
>
>
> FFS.
>
> $$@%&£$* Valve. GRrrr.
yeah my xfire was playing up yesterday after the update, tried to join some of you ingame and steam was loaded but nothing happened, then connected manually to the server and all my walls were a shiny pink, had to restart my computer and then all was well. (to be fair my computer had been on for 5 days and probably needed to be restarted.)
> And X-fire is telling me I have no Valve games installed.
>
>
> FFS.
>
> $$@%&£$* Valve. GRrrr.
yeah my xfire was playing up yesterday after the update, tried to join some of you ingame and steam was loaded but nothing happened, then connected manually to the server and all my walls were a shiny pink, had to restart my computer and then all was well. (to be fair my computer had been on for 5 days and probably needed to be restarted.)
Lipe wrote:
> Tbh I've had Steam since it came out and I've never had problems with
> it. Guess I'm one of the lucky ones...
Nah, I've never had a problem with it either. I think these guys have spent too long hanging out with the NATO clan. I imagine their HQ as some kind of really intense Byker Grove, where they didn't laugh when Jeff died.
> Tbh I've had Steam since it came out and I've never had problems with
> it. Guess I'm one of the lucky ones...
Nah, I've never had a problem with it either. I think these guys have spent too long hanging out with the NATO clan. I imagine their HQ as some kind of really intense Byker Grove, where they didn't laugh when Jeff died.
And X-fire is telling me I have no Valve games installed.
FFS.
$$@%&£$* Valve. GRrrr.
FFS.
$$@%&£$* Valve. GRrrr.
It was working again last night.
This morning : Could not connect to Steam.
*explodes*
GRRRR.
This morning : Could not connect to Steam.
*explodes*
GRRRR.
I can see the logic behind Steam. You don't get people skipping out updates to the game which could cause problems. Everyone always has the latest build of the game for the online play.
It makes sense.
It makes sense.
Lipe wrote:
> Tbh I've had Steam since it came out and I've never had problems with
> it. Guess I'm one of the lucky ones...
> Tbh I've had Steam since it came out and I've never had problems with
> it. Guess I'm one of the lucky ones...
Tbh I've had Steam since it came out and I've never had problems with it. Guess I'm one of the lucky ones...
I had backups of my saves after the last time I had to uninstall Steam.
I deleted them when I realised I "didn't need" a backup when it left my games alone.
Then today I uninstall Steam and it deletes all my games too.
wtf?
I deleted them when I realised I "didn't need" a backup when it left my games alone.
Then today I uninstall Steam and it deletes all my games too.
wtf?
chippxero wrote:
> Solider Suffocate wrote:
> Compared to a lot of people I have gotten off quite lightly with
> Steam. Loads of others have had sh*t loads of problems but aside
> from
> this recent problem it has been pretty sound.
>
> A bit of a ba*tard having to download the games from scratch as it's
> like trying to shaft a super-glued ass hole, it takes way too long.
>
> I too have been lucky, even my friends lis**t works.
>
> I am very glad that i have made backups of all my s**team games, s**till
> have to unlock them if i wanted to play again after a reins**tall but
> at leas**t i won't have 4 gig to download again.
It was only this evening that I thought about backing them all up.
> Solider Suffocate wrote:
> Compared to a lot of people I have gotten off quite lightly with
> Steam. Loads of others have had sh*t loads of problems but aside
> from
> this recent problem it has been pretty sound.
>
> A bit of a ba*tard having to download the games from scratch as it's
> like trying to shaft a super-glued ass hole, it takes way too long.
>
> I too have been lucky, even my friends lis**t works.
>
> I am very glad that i have made backups of all my s**team games, s**till
> have to unlock them if i wanted to play again after a reins**tall but
> at leas**t i won't have 4 gig to download again.
It was only this evening that I thought about backing them all up.
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