Some Steam info

[Alyx_Lover]

I`m planning to buy the Silver package through Steam. And Since I`m not 18, I`ll have to use my fathers credit card. The only problem is that he doesn`t trust any company he hasn`t heard of. (how can he not trust VALVe?) So I just wonder if someone could please give me something I can show my father, so that he think its safe. Any awards, number of purchases from steam would be good.
Thanks in advance :cheers:

(some huge typos)

 

[KagePrototype]

I'll say this:

I've bought over Steam twice myself, and it's very legitimate, very safe, and damned convenient.

 

[Kirkburn]

VALVe are bound by USA law just like any other USA company, and the credit card purchase service is an entirely secure service ... maybe you could even email someone in VALVe, maybe even Gabe, to see if they can help u out (believe me, they're very good at helping people)

(I just bought the Silver purchase option, btw. ALready preloaded HL2, and having a whale of a time on CS: S)

 

[Ansur]

I'll say this:

I've bought over Steam twice myself, and it's very legitimate, very safe, and damned convenient.

Amen

Really nice to just input some numbers and start playing right away :cheers:

 

[soccerdude21490]

yea I would say E-Mail Gabe, cause him, and other Valve/Steam employees, don't just delete every message someone sends them E-mail.. they basictly read them all! And they reply... they are the greatest company out there... PERIOD

 

[Alyx_Lover]

I`ll try to email Gabe

 

[Koffern]

some stuff:

VALVe

awards and honors

"Best Game of All Time" - PC Gamer
Half-Life was named "Best Game of All Time" by PC Gamer magazine in its November, 1999 issue.

Game of the Year
In addition Half-Life has won Game of the Year honors from 50 publications, including:

Industry
Computer Game Developer Spotlight Awards
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Awards
Print Publications
PC Gamer
PC Games
PC Accelerator
Computer Gaming World
Houston Chronicle
Online Publications
CNET GameCenter
Gamespot Reader's Poll
Antagonist Games Network
Adrenaline Vault
Teen People Online
Houston Chronicle
Blue's News
Gamers World
Game Over Online Magazine
Download.net
Gamer's Depot
Gamezilla
Digital Entertainment On-Line
Loony Games
sCary's website
Game Asylum
Voodoo Extreme
Intelligamer
Electric Games
The Electric Playground
Game Power
Around the World
PC Player (German)
PowerPlay (German)
Gamesmania (German)
NBC Giga (German)
Missil.net (Sweden)
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Gry Komputerowe magazine (Poland)
Pelit magazine (Finland)
Slitz (Sweden)
PC Home (Chinese Edition)
Megascene (Austria)
PC Gamer (UK)
PC Format (UK)
.NET (UK)
Ultimate PC (UK)
Game.EXE (Russia)
Speltorget (Sweden)
Generation 4 (France)
ECTS Interative Entertainment Award 1999 (Game.EXE - Russia)
ECTS Interative Entertainment Award 1999 (France)
ECTS Interative Entertainment Award 1999 (Eastern Europe)
Best Action Game & Game of the Year by the readers of PC Zone Benelux (Holland)
Play Online Magazine (Japan)

Peer Awards
Half-Life also won seven peer awards at the annual Computer Game Developers Conference, including:


Best of Show
People’s Choice Award
Best PC Game
Best Action Game
Best Use of Graphics
Best Artificial Intelligence
Best Use of Audio

Additional awards
Additional awards Half-Life has won include:


Interactive Achievement Awards ‘Best PC Game’
Interactive Achievement ‘Action Game of the Year’
ECTS Interactive Entertainment Award 1999 (Game.EXE - Russia)
ECTS Interactive Entertainment Award 1999 (France)
ECTS Interactive Entertainment Award 1999 (Eastern Europe)
E3 Game Critics Award Best PC Game (1998)
E3 Game Critics Award Best Action Game (1998)

Valve’s upcoming game, Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms, has won the following awards:


E3 Game Critics Award Best Online Game (1999)
E3 Game Critics Award Best Action Game (1999)

 

[switch]

This .pdf is professionaly produced and has good quotes on VALVe and stuff.

Some info from big internet sites to show him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3734122.stm

However, the game can only be bought as part of a Half-Life 2 bundle via Valve's online delivery system called Steam. Counter-Strike: Source can be played immediately, but Half-Life 2 is locked until the game is officially released in the shops.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=4784

Developer Valve Software has begun accepting purchases for forthcoming title Half-Life 2 on its Steam digital content delivery service, with Counter-Strike: Source being made available immediately to those who buy the game online.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/10/06/news_6109847.html

Valve has announced that online orders for Half-Life 2 via the developer's Steam downloading service have begun. While the oft-delayed first-person shooter still does not have a concrete release date, those who order the game will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. That game's beta has now officially closed.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=56942

This phase of the preload will see Half-Life 2's maps downloaded to Steam users in encrypted form - a sure enough sign that the game is teetering on the brink of completion. Last week Valve launched pre-order offers on Steam, and anybody who signed on for one should be able to activate the game the moment it's made available - as well as getting to play the full version of Counter-Strike: Source in the meantime.

And if he reads this, VALVe are definitelly to be trusted.