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Posted by Crono on Tue Dec 12th at 10:58pm 2006

Implying continuous development and maintenance of Steam doesn't cost money is idiotic.

The platform also allows Valve, a relatively small development company, to compete with multi-million dollar companies. Their content distribution allows them more freedom and control.

It would be nice, however, if it had a better support option. SteamPowered.com is just a load of garbage and trying to find anything useful is a chore. By the time you're onto the right track, you don't care anymore.

Just to point out, also, Valve implementing a "Share" system with the Friends network. It will allow to you give limited full game trials to friends on games you own. That is badass.


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by Nickelplate on Wed Dec 13th at 2:36am 2006

I'm not implying that further development and whatever of steam doesn't cost money.

  1. Valve IS a multi-million dollar company. They own the rights to as many games as many other companies, PLUS they have a system set up to bypass publishers cost. What, if not more money, does this mean?
  2. Any extra costs incurred by STEAM are a result of Valve's own greed in trying to cut publishers out of the process. So why cut down on gameplay quality (their BUSINESS) by placing ads in their games?
  3. If it's something like a soda-machine that reads "pepsi" instead of "Soda" then that is fine. But billboards and web-style banners on the scoreboard, that's freakin ridiculous. Ads will destroy gameplay just like they destroy a good webpage. And don't think for an instant that ads wont get more and more intrusive in-game ust like they did in webpages. Remember when a banner at the top of a page was an annoyance? Now they have huge pop-up javascripts that cover over the text you're trying to read. soon, all the muzzle flashes are going to flash ads instead of fire. COKE! COKE! COKE! COKE! COKE! COKE! COKE! COKE!
  4. Steampowered is HORRIBLE trash. I agree.



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Posted by Bewbies on Thu Dec 14th at 6:39pm 2006

cut publishers out of the process? seems to me like a great business move.. am i the only one that FACKING LOVES not having to bust out the cds and serials whenever i re-install my games? not to mention updates.. geez. i remember back when i had to install hl, download and install the hl patch, THEN go and track down the 80mb download for cs. since steam, it's just a few clicks and the entire thing downloads and installs. it has its bugs, but any system that takes on such a task is bound to. to me, all the advantages dramatically outweigh the bugs. but anyway,

having a cocacola banner on an in-game billboard isn't going to kill anybody. might make you want a coke, but that's how capitalism goes. unlike many MMORPG networks, steam doesn't charge monthly for its services.. and while valve does have tons of cash, it's not all delegated to steam updates and content servers. in-game advertisements would ensure a monthly upkeep cost, and is exactly the course i would take if i were them.




the players tried to take the field
the marching band refused to yield



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Posted by Nickelplate on Thu Dec 14th at 7:25pm 2006

  1. No-CD crack
  2. don't be a dumbass who has to reinstall games all the time.. I ahve not reinstalled HL1 in about 5 years and it still runs like a charm.
  3. I am fine with an occasional coke ads on the wall "as long as its not all bright and shiny in a dull map) I just KNOW they will get more numerous and more intrusive as it goes on.



I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com



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Posted by Bewbies on Thu Dec 14th at 7:33pm 2006

1. unnecessary in light of steam system. why crack when you don't have to?
2. reinstalling as in on other systems. i have my current games installed on 3 PCs, including this one. (at work.)
3. nobody can say for sure. TV commercials have yet to overlay the actual show, rendering it unwatchable.. and that's one of the oldest and most common forms of electronic marketing. i doubt valve will let ads get to that point.. but if you want to be pessimistic about it, go right ahead. =D




the players tried to take the field
the marching band refused to yield



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Posted by Nickelplate on Thu Dec 14th at 8:15pm 2006

actually, man, the whole bottom half of TV in cable/satellite TV is taken up by ANIMATED ads. Seriously, it's not a half, but probably a third of the screen has ads for the next show in line... whereas it used to be just the little, transparent logo for the station you were watching.




I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com



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Posted by FatStrings on Thu Dec 14th at 8:20pm 2006

yeah, if i see a big ad show up taking up half the screen in cs:s i might change i mind about the whole ad thing



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Posted by reaper47 on Fri Feb 16th at 11:52pm 2007

Excuse me, Valve, but you just turned a little suckier.


Why snark works.



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Posted by Stadric on Sat Feb 17th at 2:11am 2007

Those look anything but inconspicuous.


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Posted by omegaslayer on Sat Feb 17th at 2:15am 2007

I woudlnt mind ads so much if they made logical sense. Like Pepsi in a vending machiene in cs_office, or a bilboard in a cannal in HL2, or even a Video game ad on a video game box near a computer (like in DarkStar with PC Gamer Mag), but this is just stupid.



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Posted by mazemaster on Sat Feb 17th at 8:00am 2007

Best way to get around searching for your cds (no cracks required):

1) Burn ISO image of cd to disk.
2) Get filedisk. (make sure to restart after installing)
3) Make batch file to mount the ISO image with filedisk, then launch the game.
4) (optional) make shortcut to batch file and give it the game's icon.
5) Launch the game by running the batch file.

eg:
This mounts the starcraft image file to the drive letter s:/ as if it were a CD, and then launches the game.
Starcraft.bat:
C:filediskfiledisk /mount 0 c:StarcraftStarcraft.iso /cd s:
C:Starcraftstarcraft

You can unmount the drive (if you want) with another batch file containing:
c:filediskfiledisk /umount s:


http://maze5.net



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Posted by Flynn on Sat Feb 17th at 10:23am 2007

? quoting FatStrings
i don't really mind, i can't see them really causing any disturbance, as long as they stay away from motion ads

Meh, some of the sprays the other players use are just that...




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Posted by Andrei on Sat Feb 17th at 11:07am 2007

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Excuse me, Valve, but you just turned a little suckier.


What da fugg is that s**tty thing supposed to be?
It's about as discreet as hitting someone with a cudgel in the eye. I was actually thinking they'd do the non-sucky thing of placing a faded pepsi poster with arabic characters on it. Pretty soon they'll have the nerve of putting advertisements in custom maps claiming they have the right to do so because THEY made hammer.



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Feb 17th at 11:12am 2007

The suckiest thing about that page? Some inconsiderate asshole posted 2 screens at nearly 1.7 megs collectively.

How f**king tard is that? <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">

Its the suckiest thing that ever sucked a suck.





The best things in life, aren't things.



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Posted by G.Ballblue on Sat Feb 17th at 10:10pm 2007

After playing Race, and seeing how that game had ads in it, I calmed down quite a bit. The ads in race were incredibly well hidden, and were really nothing more than "subliminal messages as you drive". After my experience with that, I began to feel that maybe the whole ads-in-cs thing wouldn't be that bad.

Meh, I blew another blood vessle when I saw the contents of those images :/

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Pretty soon they'll have the nerve of putting advertisements in custom maps claiming they have the right to do so because THEY made hammer.


Nah, HL2 maps are gonna have a new entity in them called "info_ad"s, and if you don't place at least 3 of them in your map, Valve will claim you completely broke their EULA, or something. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/heee.gif">


Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it



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Posted by amanderino on Sat Feb 17th at 10:23pm 2007

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Nah, HL2 maps are gonna have a new entity in them called "info_ad"s, and if you don't place at least 3 of them in your map, Valve will claim you completely broke their EULA, or something. image
<img src=" SRC="images/smiles/rofl.gif"> I don't even know how to reply.



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Posted by Nickelplate on Sun Feb 18th at 9:28am 2007

HAH! I hate to (read: "Love To") say "I told you so."




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