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minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·12 hours agoPeople who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked. Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc. The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.
minus-squarechunkystyles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoI only got Steam when HL2 released because I had no need for it before then. I don’t remember having any real negative feelings about it.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·12 hours ago friends/chat was offline for literally months Friends lists didn’t work reliably for years.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·12 hours agoWhat if he really wanted to make it up to you? Is there anything he could do to apologize?
minus-squareuniquethrowagay@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoYeah he could hand over a couple billion dollars, that would make up for it.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 hours agoHALF. LIFE. FUCKING. THREE.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoExactly. How tf do you propose to get it if you digest him? You’ve hit on the crux of the issue here.
People who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked.
Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc.
The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.
I only got Steam when HL2 released because I had no need for it before then. I don’t remember having any real negative feelings about it.
Friends lists didn’t work reliably for years.
What if he really wanted to make it up to you? Is there anything he could do to apologize?
Yeah he could hand over a couple billion dollars, that would make up for it.
HALF. LIFE. FUCKING. THREE.
Exactly. How tf do you propose to get it if you digest him? You’ve hit on the crux of the issue here.