Maskirovka
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so...before leaving for class it finished updating for the 2nd time...
this time it didn't give me the option to convert my old hl/cs install...so i just opened the monitor screen and clicked on cs.
this promptly caused all 3 windows to freeze and become "not responding" in the task manager.
i repeated this 3 times...and on the 3rd time it actually started downloading....i'm in class now :\
lame
this time it didn't give me the option to convert my old hl/cs install...so i just opened the monitor screen and clicked on cs.
this promptly caused all 3 windows to freeze and become "not responding" in the task manager.
i repeated this 3 times...and on the 3rd time it actually started downloading....i'm in class now :\
lame
Dr. Freeman
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i think Steam is going to take anywhere from a few days to a week for things to settle down.. especially when u have everyone trying to update at the same time..
as far as playing Steam games go, forget about it.. Valve's aim right now is to have Steam updated for as many pple as possible and continue adding more bandwidth for the HL2 release cause gawd knows they will need it.
so be patient and slowly but surely Steam will start to respond better and gaining more bandwidth..
as far as playing Steam games go, forget about it.. Valve's aim right now is to have Steam updated for as many pple as possible and continue adding more bandwidth for the HL2 release cause gawd knows they will need it.
so be patient and slowly but surely Steam will start to respond better and gaining more bandwidth..
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JaG
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in contrast, i am going back home from work
my home rig is faster but the connection is slower, so no hope for me
my home rig is faster but the connection is slower, so no hope for me
Maskirovka
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i agree...things will settle down and it'll be better...i'm not freaking out or anything. just posting a lot because i'm in class and the teacher isn't explaining anything about flash MX i don't already know 
the thing is...they released the dedicated server updates as if they were saying "get ready for everyone to have 1.6"
so now lots of servers have updated to 1.6...
now if ppl wanna play 1.5 until things "settle down," tons of servers (including almost all the ones i usually play on) have updated already :\
the thing is...they released the dedicated server updates as if they were saying "get ready for everyone to have 1.6"
so now lots of servers have updated to 1.6...
now if ppl wanna play 1.5 until things "settle down," tons of servers (including almost all the ones i usually play on) have updated already :\
Gorgon
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the time (traditional vs buying online)
Go to game store takes 5 min
buy HL2 and com back takes 10 min
read the booklet and install the game takes 15 min
Total time =30 min
online
downloading at speed of 57.5 KBYTES with
a filesize of 3.5GB or larger (Gabe Knows)
total time taking around =15 hours
to sum up
Traditional way of buying costs in time= 30-one hour max for me
buying online through steam =15-20 hours
Go to game store takes 5 min
buy HL2 and com back takes 10 min
read the booklet and install the game takes 15 min
Total time =30 min
online
downloading at speed of 57.5 KBYTES with
a filesize of 3.5GB or larger (Gabe Knows)
total time taking around =15 hours
to sum up
Traditional way of buying costs in time= 30-one hour max for me
buying online through steam =15-20 hours
coax
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after i created an account, and all that shit, it started doing the steam platform update, like i expected.
but then it froze at 56%, and like 30 minutes after i had gone out and done some shit, it fu cking gave me a message, a windows error window, with a long message saying somehing about winsock and debug mode. haheha
but then it froze at 56%, and like 30 minutes after i had gone out and done some shit, it fu cking gave me a message, a windows error window, with a long message saying somehing about winsock and debug mode. haheha
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GraphicFoxx
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What I have found odd is that it says your existing CD Key entitles you to a free month subscription to the following games: And then lists them. Free month? What's up with that?
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GraphicFoxx
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Must have mis-read it. Not that I'll be playing much CS, DoD or whatever, but I thought it was odd.
Jesus, this launch is like the Steam beta 2.0 launch all over again. If Steam can't get at the servers it starts acting screwy as hell, there are too many people updating at once so the downloads are crawling....
I got Ricochet to work though, and it started a server really fast, and the Friends network seems to work pretty damn well.
With any luck Valve will get some more content servers up, and in a few days everything will calm down and it should all be fine... please god...
I got Ricochet to work though, and it started a server really fast, and the Friends network seems to work pretty damn well.
With any luck Valve will get some more content servers up, and in a few days everything will calm down and it should all be fine... please god...
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i keep getting an error message
i get an error message when i close steam, and when i have it open, it freezes every time i try to download anything (i try and see if it doesnt freeze by tryin to download sumthin, then coming back in an hour to see if anything has changed, but nothing ever does).
i get an error message when i close steam, and when i have it open, it freezes every time i try to download anything (i try and see if it doesnt freeze by tryin to download sumthin, then coming back in an hour to see if anything has changed, but nothing ever does).
