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Posted by matt on Fri Oct 3rd at 2:45pm 2003

whenever I try to find a server on Half life, it just keeps requesting, and never finds one. Whats goin on? i'm using freeserve if that helps. (dont refer me to steam, cos that'd take me 4ever to download) [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Fri Oct 3rd at 3:41pm 2003

? posted by matt
whenever I try to find a server on Half life, it just keeps requesting, and never finds one. Whats goin on? i'm using freeserve if that helps. (dont refer me to steam, cos that'd take me 4ever to download)

ok, i won't tell you that most likely, everyone in the world running a server, is..

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Posted by matt on Fri Oct 3rd at 3:47pm 2003

how long do you think 400Mb would take to download on 56kbit? Anyway, the problem has resolved itself now, something to do with my firewall. [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Fri Oct 3rd at 3:53pm 2003

? posted by matt
how long do you think 400Mb would take to download on 56kbit? Anyway, the problem has resolved itself now, something to do with my firewall.

depends on your connection.. i used to manage a filesize like that in 2 days..

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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Fri Oct 3rd at 3:59pm 2003

400Mb would take me near 3 weeks to d/l I'm only able to connect to the internet after 10pm as other people use the same phoneline in our household (after 10 nobody tends to call/need to use the phone). So I get a total of about 1-2hrs each evening to d/l things. As you can imagine, 400Mb would take a fair while - and then Sod's Law will strike and the file will appear on a magazine cover CD about a day after you've finished d/ling the damn thing [addsig]



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Posted by matt on Fri Oct 3rd at 4:02pm 2003

I only got my own connection this week , so i havn't really done a lot yet. I did a little searching and found the base steam installer - 500k, its updating itself now. As for only be able to go online after 10, damn that sux.

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Posted by scary_jeff on Sat Oct 4th at 11:18am 2003

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400Mb would take me near 3 weeks to d/l I'm only able to connect to the internet after 10pm as other people use the same phoneline in our household (after 10 nobody tends to call/need to use the phone). So I get a total of about 1-2hrs each evening to d/l things. As you can imagine, 400Mb would take a fair while - and then Sod's Law will strike and the file will appear on a magazine cover CD about a day after you've finished d/ling the damn thing <IMG src="images/smiles/mad.gif">


Haha, I used to have the exact same 10pm limit, the solution is stay online until 2



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Posted by fishy on Sat Oct 4th at 11:43am 2003

i dont think i'd be too keen on downloading 400mb on a 56k connection if i knew that the software was still a buggy beta. i know they said it was the finished article, but i really don't think so. it will probably show up, stuck to some mag cover, once they get it sorted.






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