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Steam Beta Ends Tuesday
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09-06-2003, 11:03 AM
I'm not getting my information threw 3rd parties, i'm getting it directly from the horses mouth.

http://www.steampowered.com

This is steams homepage. They are saying that EVERYONE will be forced to moved to steam with the next couple of patches. If they don't they will not be able to play.

Quote:Is Steam really free?

Yes, Steam is really free.

Steam also provides access to several free products and services, like the dedicated game server, instant messaging, the game server browser, etc.

And if you've already bought Half-Life or one of the other Half-Life family of games, several add-ons are available via Steam for no extra cost.

After installing Steam, check your "Games" list to see what's available.


Here are a few more things that bother me, these are all copied out of the FAQ from http://www.steampowered.com

Quote:Do I have to be connected to the Internet when I play Steam games?

The short answer is yes.

All Steam-enabled games require you to be connected to the Internet in order to play.

Note: some Steam-enabled single-player games (such as Half-Life 2) purchased at a retail store will allow offline play until the user decides to play online or enable other Steam functionality. From that point on, an Internet connection will be required.

So I play online once, don't like it and goback to playing single player but I still have to be connected to the net to play?!?!?!?


Quote:What are the system requirements for Steam?

Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP
500 MB HD space
256 MB RAM
1.0 Ghz processor
1GB HD space (strongly recommended)
Broadband Internet connection (128kb/s or higher strongly recommended)

It is also recommended that Steam be installed on a hard disk formatted using NTFS. Fat32 drives will work, but performance will be slower.

Ok from my understanding its only a p2p program that is only suppose to download data now and then... why does it require a 1 ghz processor and 500 megs of space?!?!?!



I'm going to send them an e-mail with lots of questions and hope that I get it back this decade (which I doubt).
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Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Gwarsbane - 09-05-2003, 08:53 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Gwarsbane - 09-05-2003, 09:01 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Wha? - 09-05-2003, 09:22 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by soulsolution - 09-05-2003, 09:47 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by _Acid_Head_ - 09-05-2003, 09:56 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by soulsolution - 09-05-2003, 11:04 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Power and Glory - 09-06-2003, 12:53 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Gwarsbane - 09-06-2003, 01:37 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by _Acid_Head_ - 09-06-2003, 02:49 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by jabbahunt - 09-06-2003, 08:06 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-06-2003, 09:15 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by soulsolution - 09-06-2003, 10:13 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Gwarsbane - 09-06-2003, 11:03 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by _Acid_Head_ - 09-06-2003, 12:45 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by soulsolution - 09-06-2003, 01:02 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Power and Glory - 09-06-2003, 05:11 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by FreeFall - 09-06-2003, 08:52 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Power and Glory - 09-06-2003, 09:40 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by [CAKE]anonymity - 09-07-2003, 12:14 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Quickening - 09-07-2003, 10:48 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Gwarsbane - 09-07-2003, 11:00 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-07-2003, 05:38 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Wha? - 09-07-2003, 05:39 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Quickening - 09-07-2003, 05:40 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-07-2003, 05:45 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Gwarsbane - 09-07-2003, 06:11 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-07-2003, 07:17 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Gwarsbane - 09-07-2003, 10:28 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Gwarsbane - 09-08-2003, 02:11 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-08-2003, 09:01 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Gwarsbane - 09-08-2003, 12:09 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-08-2003, 01:06 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by FreeFall - 09-08-2003, 01:30 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-08-2003, 01:34 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Power and Glory - 09-08-2003, 04:31 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-08-2003, 05:03 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by [CAKE]anonymity - 09-08-2003, 08:15 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-09-2003, 03:22 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Power and Glory - 09-09-2003, 08:00 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by fritoman - 09-09-2003, 08:30 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by soulsolution - 09-09-2003, 08:47 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Power and Glory - 09-09-2003, 09:05 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-10-2003, 03:22 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by _Acid_Head_ - 09-10-2003, 03:43 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-10-2003, 07:15 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by ][_ i m i t | e s s - 09-10-2003, 07:44 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-10-2003, 08:15 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by _Acid_Head_ - 09-11-2003, 01:35 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-11-2003, 03:18 AM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by FreeFall - 09-11-2003, 07:18 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Wha? - 09-11-2003, 07:25 PM
Steam Beta Ends Tuesday - by Guest - 09-12-2003, 09:57 PM

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