[quote who="SumoX" reply="25" id="2631952"] Quoting KickACrip, reply 15 Atleast Steam has a purpose, however. Permanently running DRM on my computer hardly qualifies as a "purpose."[/quote] Maybe you should explore it a little more... Steam is a community, performs auto updates in the background, performs downloads in the background, lets you stay connected to receive message/game requests from friends...
Steam isn't slow on my computer...
[quote who="SwerydAss" reply="16" id="2631597"]Its good to see that the offline mode works now. I'm still not inclined to buy games there however. Also its still a pain to try to get custom maps for a lot of games to work since it installs games in the Steam folder instead of the same folder a store bought copy would.[/quote] Don't you just direct it to the Steam/game folder? Again, I haven't played mods in awhile, but that's what I remember having to
[quote who="kyogre12" reply="13" id="2631530"] Quoting KickACrip, reply 11It's very easy to right click the Steam icon and click "exit." I believe there's even a "start Steam when windows starts" option that can be disabled. But some people will even complain that spending literally less than 1 second closing a program on a computer is torture, I just don't get it.... I already said that the point isn't that it is a huge hassle, it's just a minor annoyance. My poin
[quote who="Nesrie" reply="12" id="2631502"] Quoting KickACrip, reply 11 I just don't get the "it's built around Steam, so it's Steams problem" argument. You bought a game from a company that considers the PC platform bottom tier - put the blame where it belongs. Perhaps you missed the part where Steamworks is involved. It's part of the game. It's built in, which means its not just built around steam... it is Steam. They get the part of the blame. Valve
It's very easy to right click the Steam icon and click "exit." I believe there's even a "start Steam when windows starts" option that can be disabled. But some people will even complain that spending literally less than 1 second closing a program on a computer is torture, I just don't get it....
Shouldn't EVERY game be having these issues then, if the problem is Steam? It was known before release that MW2 wasn't going to be PC friendly...but Steam gets the blame? I haven't played them in awhile, but I played BFBC2 & L4D without any problems (once the first day server crashes got fixed, which again I don't believe was due to Steam). I just don't get the "it's built around Steam, so it's Steams problem" argument.
Funny how Steam gets blamed when the reason for his problems are other issues.
[quote who="TheDarkKnight2008" reply="8" id="2626516"]I mentioned that, but the nuke doesn't stop there as of importance. The nuclear bomb was then used to send rockets into space. We owe MANY things to the nuke.[/quote] You're talking about nukes and conductors... - what about vaccinations and other medical inventions...?
where did you get it from for $10?
My wife and I are both nursing students, we recently each bought an Ipod Touch after seeing the number of other nurses/students/medical professionals with them or similar devices. The amount of medical applications (professional drug reference book, disease references, lab values etc) on it is amazing. It's really nice not having to carry around bulky books when the exact same thing (with a nice search feature!) is in your pocket, ready to go in an instant! </p
[quote who="Aractain" reply="396" id="2620383"]Are those combat pets or just vanity?[/quote] Hahaha! I think the Pitmix said he's not gonna get Civ5...
[quote]Hoh boy are they ever! She doesn't bark, get in the garbage, trash the house -- none of that. Very independent, maybe too much lol. Are yours Siberians too, or malamutes or...? Do they bark? Got any pics (pm if you don't want to do it here)?[/quote] Ours are Siberians, one's a wolly (long fur) the other is a standard. Your dog sounds like an angel! Our male (the wolly) is about 7 and doesn't pretend to be an alpha male, he gave that up and lets
[quote]My point is mods that replicate the "function" of a DLC but don't actually copy anything.[/quote] Ok: The Half Life 2 mod Zombie Master/Zombie Panic Source is available on Steam, along with Left 4 Dead. Fortress Forever is available on Steam, along with TF2. If you type "Garrys mod" in the search you will see that paid version for $10USD - you'll also see the free mod for HL2. <
[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="385" id="2620099"] Quoting KickACrip, reply 384Doesn't Impulse do a similar "collect info and share it with advertisers for profit" thing? I've made it clear I not only support but am glad that Civ5 players who want steam have that opportunity. I've made it clear I don't mind a one-time online activation for DD games (from steam or whoever). I've made it clear I don't want to be forced to run an unnecessary third-party program in the backgr
[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="383" id="2619997"] Second, I'll answer anyways -- a main reason is that steam collects information. Their privacy policy is too long to quote here (see [url]http://www.valvesoftware.com/privacy.html[/url]) but here's a part: "By using Valve's online sites and products, users agree that Valve may collect aggregate information, individual information, and personally identifiable information, as defined below. Valv
[quote who="bonscott" reply="374" id="2619696"] Quoting KickACrip, reply 363 Wait - so you're saying people have copy/pasted the content from BTS and put it directly into the original? If so, that's pretty nice of Firaxis, I figured copying the leaderheads and all the art styles and code that went into released content would of been copyrighted. Again, you don't understand how mods work for Civ do you? No need to directly copy and paste from BTS at all.
[quote who="bonscott" reply="359" id="2619413"] Quoting KickACrip, reply 353 Again - mods based on direct content taken from a paid DLC release would probably be between the company that made it (ie, not valve/steam), and the modders. I mean, isn't this already common place? Or do people normally take direct content from a paid releases, and release it as is free to the community? Pretty obvious that you don't know much about the Civ modding community.&n
[quote who="bonscott" reply="350" id="2619092"] Quoting KickACrip, reply 349 Quoting arstal, reply 348http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=125721 Valve putting a banhammer on the TF2 mod community for making custom hats. Another reason to be worried about Civ V and modding. That doesn't make sense at all. Two different games made by two different companies. T
[quote who="arstal" reply="348" id="2618687"]http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=125721 Valve putting a banhammer on the TF2 mod community for making custom hats. Another reason to be worried about Civ V and modding. [/quote] That doesn't make sense at all. Two different games made by two different companies. That's like saying "it doesn't look good for Impulse, becaus
I'm just curious, I've never really used Direct 2 Drive, but I vaguely remember hearing that there's a one year time period on game downloads...is that true? I could be confusing it with a different company, or maybe I'm confused as it's just something I heard on some forum. Anyway, is that, or was it ever, true? Edit - It seems to be the EA Store, atleast according to the wiki on it. I've never used them, so I don't know.. http:/
I think the only weird thing is, is that you're going around telling everyone what type of people you're attracted to. So what - you meet a new friend "How are you doing? Oh, guess what type of women I'm attracted to?" Anyway, this reminds me of the scene in "I Think I Love My Wife" where Chris Rock's character talks about liking Asian porn, or something like that.
[quote who="XeronX" reply="295" id="2616837"] Quoting DeCypher00, reply 124I find all this fear of Steam becoming a big evil empire kind of funny. It's already a big empire. Impulse is the Linux to Steam's Windows. Being afraid that Valve will control all publishing is silly. You know what happens when they overstep boundaries? Consumers and developers can easily move to consoles. It's already happening for the most part. Valve is not stupid enough to destroy the PC
[quote who="TheJaker" reply="275" id="2616371"]I'm surprised anyone defending Steam exclusivity would try to ignore the modding issue. I presume they don't use mods? Steam requires games to have the latest version of the game without exception. Mods, by contrast, sometimes lag behind a bit and have to be updated. My favorite mod might not work with the latest version right away. [/quote] You can turn off autoupdate... I guess
[quote who="SwerydAss" reply="269" id="2616318"] Not true - even with Steam you can easily install mods to the game yourself (downloading from the mod site, and installing it yourself Actually if any of my friends buy an rts off of steam they can't use my custom maps. Also steam likes to make people pay for mods and such. Kind of kills some of the advantages of playing a game on pc.[/quote] Really? In my experience it was pretty much th
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