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[Firestorm]

Anybody know if there are midnight openings in vancouver canada?

Doubt it. EB just got the game in tonight according to my friend.

 

[brandonh83]

Oh my sweet lord

Spoiler

Eleanor's Lullaby

on the soundtrack is out of this damn world

 

[Firestorm]

Aaand Steam is down.

 

[Snapshot King]

Aaand Steam is down.

 

[Oreoleo]

Aaand Steam is down.

Same shit, different release :|

 

[Deleted member 30609]

best GIF I've seen in a while

 

[speculawyer]

Aaand Steam is down.

Came here to post this.

weird because that is almost the exact sentence too. Probably with a few more 'a's in "Aaaaaaand Steam melts down."

Fuckers for not putting up a pre-load at least a couple days in advance.

 

[Snapshot King]

best GIF I've seen in a while

I'm not sure who made it, but first time I saw it was during the L4D2 demo insanity. Seems fitting everytime anything comes out on steam.

 

[Firestorm]

I hope nobody on my list has it set to show a notification whenever I sign on.
Otherwise they're gonna be really pissed off.

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

Greatest gif in the fiefdom of gifs.

Since some of you know of this happening before, at what time did the titles get released?

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

Well, at least they don't seem to be bullshitting.

 

[JaseC]

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l84/Snapshot86/valveHQ.gif

I actually laughed. :lol

 

[Firestorm]

Since some of you know of this happening before, at what time did the titles get released?

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Before I post impressions just want to say like everyone else that I adored Bioshock.

3 hours into Bioshock 2 and I'm loving it too. Yes, the textures are bad up close and it isn't as good as a shooter as most top-tier FPS's. BUT, the gameplay mechanics have been refined, the art direction is even more impressive, the story is on point so far (the devs truly KNOW that the best part of BS1 was the audio logs - there is talking ALWAYS during the game) and the music remains great. Can't wait to fire it up again tomorrow. Oh and pro-tip: turn off the fucking helmet.

 

[Snapshot King]

Since some of you know of this happening before, at what time did the titles get released?

Left 4 Dead 2 demo was an hour late, then got delayed a full day. Then it was 3 hours late, then another 3, then another day. About an hour for the full version too.

Dragon Age took about an hour or so to actually unlock once it was supposed to, if I remember right.

 

[Deleted member 30609]

on the flip-side, Mass Effect 2 was pretty much available right away (in Australia, anyway)

 

[Snapshot King]

Well that's interesting. It doesn't even have the hourly countdown anymore, but still allows for pre-purchase :lol

 

[Deleted member 30609]

and steam is back, countdown isn't, pre-purchase still only option.

lame.

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

on the flip-side, Mass Effect 2 was pretty much available right away (in Australia, anyway)

Yeah, I was gonna say, that's the only other game I remember waiting to grab online when it was first unlocked. Most other games I'd just wait until the next day but I wanted to start the download tonight, so I could play it when I get home tomorrow.

 

[JaseC]

and steam is back, countdown isn't, pre-purchase still only option.

lame.

All I can think about right now is the reaction had this been Episode Three. :lol

 

[Deleted member 30609]

well, I'll be back in an hour, maybe less

I assume it's been delayed.

 

[Quagm1r3]

I pre-ordered this shit on steam! I want my Biocock NAOOOO

RAAAAAAAAAAGE

 

[Struct09]

*sigh*

I stayed up for this At least I got a good amount of Mass Effect 2 in.

 

[Red]

Should have known better than to stay up

 

[Oreoleo]

All I can think about right now is the reaction had this been Episode Three. :lol

Been there done that. It's 2010 and Steam can't get its shit together for a 3rd party release. Try 2004 when Half-Life 2 was the first game to get released in this fashion on Steam. I don't know if you remember, but it wasn't pretty.

 

[Truant]

Playing a new game for the first time should only be done when well rested.

 

[Deleted member 30609]

Playing a new game for the first time should only be done when well rested.

7:22pm, ready to go!

 

[speculawyer]

Should have known better than to stay up

yeah, I stayed up so I could start downloading before going to sleep. :-/

 

[Red]

Playing a new game for the first time should only be done when well rested.

I agree, which is why I'd like to download overnight and finish tomorrow afternoon instead of starting in the morning and finishing at 4 a.m. Wednesday.

 

[Firestorm]

Playing a new game for the first time should only be done when well rested.

It's 12 AM. I can get by on 6 hours of sleep. I've done 4. I have to get up at 8:30 for class so that means I have 'til 2:30. I should be playing now dammit >=[

 

[Volcynika]

I went to bed 3 hours ago and set my alarm for.......disappointment :lol

 

[Oreoleo]

I went to bed 3 hours ago

YOU ARE BABY!

 

[JaseC]

Try 2004 when Half-Life 2 was the first game to get released in this fashion on Steam. I don't know if you remember, but it wasn't pretty.

I remember reading about it at the time. While I've had a Steam account since day dot, I didn't actually extend my games list beyond Half-Life + expansions and Counter-Strike until late 2006 ("Source Complete Pack", IIRC). :lol

 

[Volcynika]

It's up now. Restart Steam.

DONT TAKE MY BANDWIDTH. 600 kb/sec Going to bed.

 

[Firestorm]

It's up now. Restart Steam.

DONT TAKE MY BANDWIDTH. Going to bed.

Sometimes you DO have good news!

 

[Volcynika]

Sometimes you DO have good news!

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

Clocks in at 9310...

And with that, goooooooooooooooood night.

 

[Oreoleo]

Getting 1MB/s+ from Miami (shhhh!) 9.3GB though, good lord.

 

[Firestorm]

3 hours at this rate. Ah wells
Why oh why didn't they let us preload.

 

[Moatman]

2.3MB/s at 5% right now, gogo FIOS! I was trolling the steam forums waiting, figured that was easier than constantly restarting steam every 30 seconds...

 

[Oreoleo]

worst part is you can't even play tf2 to pass the time

 

[Sinatar]

worst part is you can't even play tf2 to pass the time

You can you just have to alt tab out and resume the download.

 

[JaseC]

Any Aussies had success with AU-based content servers?

 

[Quagm1r3]

YESSSS (rage ends here)

 

[Oreoleo]

You can you just have to alt tab out and resume the download.

What I meant is playing a game online would either make the download slow down or cause a world of lag in-game, neither of which are particular desirable so I'm just avoiding the situation entirely.

 

[twdnewh_k]

At last.

Goin to work now, will be a looong day

 

[Deleted member 30609]

Any Aussies had success with AU-based content servers?

I had to restart Steam after getting the error, but yeah, it's going now.

But it's crawling.

 

[mileS]

does the PC version have AA settings or is it something you have to force like Mass Effect 2?

 

[JaseC]

I had to restart Steam after getting the error, but yeah, it's going now.

But it's crawling.

Any idea what content server you're using?

 

[Deleted member 30609]

it stopped again, so I can't check.

 

[JaseC]

Bugger. I haven't had any success getting beyond the install phase.