Steam

BelgarionBelgarion Join Date: 2002-07-19 Member: 973Members
in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">What is it....</div>i searched the entire NS board and found nothing having to do with "Steam" besides some mapping questions.  So i ask the question... what is Steam?

Belg
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  • Phoenix1Phoenix1 Join Date: 2002-08-14 Member: 1150Members
    VALVe's Steam will allow easy and automatic updates for players with fast connections. For Steam-users, downloading patches, maps and new content will be a thing of the past

    Straight from the front page. I didn't know either but that helped me figure it out...Sorta.
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  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    it sounds like a program that downloads patches, maps, etc. when you connect to a server, but then again, i have no idea
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  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <a href="http://www.natural-selection.org/ns_home.html" target="_blank">http://www.natural-selection.org/ns_home.html</a>

    more specifically;

    <a href="http://www.steampowered.com/" target="_blank">http://www.steampowered.com/</a>
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  • BelgarionBelgarion Join Date: 2002-07-19 Member: 973Members
    sooo.. what? it's just a program that will allow you to click a button and download the patches etc?

    "With Steam, developers are given integrated tools for direct-content publishing, <b>flexible billing</b>, ensured-version control, anti-cheating, anti-piracy, and more"

    sooo.. what? now i have to pay for them to do what i could do on my own anyway? i'm not very excited about that.

    Belg
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    NO. Right NOW, its for downloading patches. Later, it will allow you to buy OTHER games, without that CD crap. Just buy, then download.
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  • biobrainbiobrain Join Date: 2002-02-18 Member: 224Members
    that's lame, the reason why I buy games is so I don't have to waste time downloading them
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  • Sgt_XSgt_X Join Date: 2002-03-01 Member: 261Members
    It's for us broadband users. Say I want a new game that has just been released. Instead of going to the store and trying to find a store that still has a copy I just fire up STEAM, chose the game, pay for it, and then play it like 10 min later. (downloading CS completly only takes a couple of minutes) Right now of coarse it just has HL mods, and it's in free public beta.
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  • PseudoKnightPseudoKnight Join Date: 2002-06-18 Member: 791Members
    I'm amazed at how many people don't understand Steam. Remember, it's a GOOD thing. VERY good. This is actually a HUGE thing for NS and I'm very excited.
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  • TraneTrane Join Date: 2002-02-01 Member: 148Members
    I was pretty excited when i heard, cause what it really means to me is I dont have to wait in that frickin file planet line forever.  I just installed steam just to see if maybe... sooner then we think, but not that soon.  <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
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  • SmokeMastaSmokeMasta Join Date: 2002-04-13 Member: 430Members
    actualy steam is realy SLOW in downloading the files
    it goes at same speeds where u downloads maps from a server
    the only nice thing about steam is the auto anti cheat update for the servers. and the tracker for the steam client.
    to bad the tracker is not standalone
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