could valve's network get down due to massive activation 16 nov

[bxstreetlife]

i wonder what will result with hundreds thousands of poeple tryin to activate their copy of hl² what do u think about that?

 

[Alyx]

I'm sure they will be ready. I doubt it will take much on the part of the server to activate copies of the game.

 

[Robskiwarrior]

yes lol... im glad I am away for that reason, by the time I come back (night of the 17th) the world and his dog should have hopefully activated and it wont take me long lol

 

[mutt]

the thread above this asks the same question. personally i think it will be fine, maybe a little slow tho

 

[Solver]

Nope. They've increased the bandwidth, and the activation is much less intense for servers than the preloads were.

 

[fredbass]

I think the downloading might be the only issue, even though the increased bandwidth will help. I don't foresee a problem if you've already preloaded it, but I could be wrong.

 

[axeil]

Either activate right when its released (3 AM EST) or wait a few hours because between the release time and probably noon it'll be chaotic. Also will probably be bad around 2 PM-7 PM when people are getting home from school/work.

 

[Sharrd]

As long as they don't throw in some stupid picture to go with the progression bar they should know what is to come.

 

[Biggleska]

i wonder what will result with hundreds thousands of poeple tryin to activate their copy of hl² what do u think about that?

Definately not.

 

[Ownzed]

By the time I get back from school, it should be calmed down.

 

[pblse]

Oh, so now people are starting to wake up to all the possible issues the Steam crap introduces ?

Yes, it could happen, their servers coudl crash, your ISP could have problems on the day it's released...etc..etc and that's what makes it so stupid !

Even MS has phone activation !

 

[Ivan_B]

It could happen...I would laugh if it happens.

What if they unlock it, the servers shits, they lock it, but my retail copy is already installed. Hehe.

 

[frusion]

i dont think the final activation thing is very big

 

[Sharrd]

Oh, so now people are starting to wake up to all the possible issues the Steam crap introduces ?

Yes, it could happen, their servers coudl crash, your ISP could have problems on the day it's released...etc..etc and that's what makes it so stupid !

Even MS has phone activation !

Oh, don't worry; this is one of the hundreds of not-so-interesting topics which would have minor effects that have been discussed a long time. Not like it helps, though.

 

[AzzMan]

I doubt it will slow anything down, I mean activation takes what, like 2 seconds?

 

[kayjay]

The activation shouldn't take very long. I think they're prepared for massive amount of people who's gonna activate their copy

 

[BlackMesaDude]

lets hope they did.

 

[ukfluke]

definite crash going to happen, either that or they will limit the number so you may have to queue a bit b4 u activate.

 

[chaotic_one]

might crash the server's , look at the steam forums last night , they had to close due to the amount of people viewing

 

[incognito]

They've probably thought it through really carefully. The only things they likely need to send is a key and maybe a few DLLs, probably less than 1MB.

 

[glHalfLife]

Well I have already pre-loaded it but I am waiting for my key from Amazon

 

[Garric]

I doubt that HL2 will sell that well for this to be a problem.

 

[Lanthanide]

It depends how much data they need to send back.

If it is a simple key system, it could be as little as 50-100 k. If that happens, the steam servers shouldn't have any problems in terms of bandwidth, but connections may be a problem (have to wait in a queue because only so many people can be connected at once). However with such a small size the queues should vanish pretty quick.

If you are required to download a key and some other critical files (fairly likely, although we don't really know) then it could be around 800k-1meg, which will put a little bit of stress on steam, but not really any more than the preloads did. However connections/queues will become more of a problem as people are stuck behind 56k-ers and others who are trying to activate (retail copies also need to activate, remember).

But, in my rather clue-less prediction, looking at how they handled the preload, the activation should be a piece of cake.

 

[Platinum]

By the time I get back from school, it should be calmed down.

Same ..