Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
God, I remember this all too well...I remember this Steam.
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HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY STEAM! (12/9/13)
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Hahahahha that image is fantastic.I wish I had my first account but I think my friend got it VAC-banned so I had to make a new one when TF2 came out.
Here's to decades more!
I bought a valve/half-life christmas bundle around holiday 2006 I think, specifically for counter-strike source. It came with half life 1/2/lost coast as well. Registered early 2007, could barely run counter strike well on a piece of hot garbage laptop. Once I built my PC something like 15 months later, it was all over.
ElbowRocket
Member
Very interesting read. I hated steam at first but now cant live without it.
Here's to many more years!
I hope that many more devs will ports old console games and local multiplayer titles over. Steam in combination with MS 360 controllers was a local Multiplayer revelation for me - next to Nintendo consoles there is no other place for me that manages to be such a convenient place for local MP. Except for one thing:
If they would allow 2 player logins in local MP for stats/achivements/saves for every player it would be a dream come true
. It's the one thing where they didn't manage to 1up or have feature parity with the 360.
btw: great OP!
I hope that many more devs will ports old console games and local multiplayer titles over. Steam in combination with MS 360 controllers was a local Multiplayer revelation for me - next to Nintendo consoles there is no other place for me that manages to be such a convenient place for local MP. Except for one thing:
If they would allow 2 player logins in local MP for stats/achivements/saves for every player it would be a dream come true
for me - I know I'm in a niche/minority here
btw: great OP!
Crunch King
Neo Member
Been there since day 1. All glory to the Gaben.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I can't believe such a transformative force in gaming and digital media in general is so young. Gabe had some great foresight to get this out in 2003. That would make it contemporaneous to even the iTunes Music Store experiment.
I've been on board since 05. A year after Half-Life 2 I finally had a good enough PC to run it.
I've been on board since 05. A year after Half-Life 2 I finally had a good enough PC to run it.
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Deleted member 74300
Unconfirmed Member
I started with Steam affter I bought Counter Strike Source in 2006? Either way I remember when everyone proclaimed Steam was just full of 12 year old Americans so I always avoided it until I finally saw the error of my ways and jumped on board.
As primarily a PC gamer all my life it was such a huge, huge thing for me to use Steam and to this day I abide by it totally. In a way it's also a boon since I don't like buying anything that won't register on Steam as I like everything to be in one place haha.
Happy Birthday Steam!
As primarily a PC gamer all my life it was such a huge, huge thing for me to use Steam and to this day I abide by it totally. In a way it's also a boon since I don't like buying anything that won't register on Steam as I like everything to be in one place haha.
Happy Birthday Steam!
Steam didn't let me play Half-Life 2... I had to go for a refund of the "deluxe" edition (it was crap BTW, a huge box with only a t-shirt and the game on it for what I remember).
If someone had told me back then that this thing would become such a pivotal part of my gaming life, I would have punched him.
Happy birthday Steam, keep going.
If someone had told me back then that this thing would become such a pivotal part of my gaming life, I would have punched him.
Happy birthday Steam, keep going.
Rickenslacker
Banned
The earliest memory I have of Ricochet was seeing the icon pop up after installing a Half-Life patch. Started it up once, servers were empty, got into one of them to see the map looked mostly like blank space, then never touched it again.So, thinking about the earlyish days of Steam (i.e just post HL2)...
...who here has actually played Ricochet? I've had it sitting on my account - untouched - forever. Maybe that's how we should commemorate this
I'm down for a Ricochet revival for the occasion. It'll probably be the most activity it's ever had.
Sentenza
Member
I remember reading a lot of complaints about it.
I also remember disliking Steam quite a lot when it came out, mostly because i found it pointless and unnecessary at first, but I must say it never gave me technical problems of any kind.
I even bought HL2 and activated it in minutes on the launch day.
Then again, I already had a 10 Mbit/s optic fiber broadband when a lot people I used to know had barely a 56K/ISDN, so I guess that's what spared me a lot of problems (and it's also a reason for a lot of people to remember it probably as a more shitty service than it actually was).
Interestingly enough, I virtually ignored the service for several years (beside using it for HL2 and CS) until I preordered the Orange Boxe. From that moment on, I started a purchase frenzy.
EDIT: it's also worth noting that coming from HL1 and the terrible SIERRA (IN)UTILITIES tied with it, having HL2 tied to Steam didn't look too appealing but it didn't sound so terrible, either.
Atraveller
Banned
Happy birthday Steam! I'll keep giving you money for games I'll probably never play.
RyougaSaotome
Member
Fuck. I joined Steam when Half Life 2 launched.
I can't even begin to describe the shit storm that was. It makes the Steam of today that much more remarkable to me.
I had sworn off that service. Now here I am ten years later, loving it. Hahaha.
I can't even begin to describe the shit storm that was. It makes the Steam of today that much more remarkable to me.
I had sworn off that service. Now here I am ten years later, loving it. Hahaha.
MickeyKnox
Member
What a terrible piece of fucking hot garbage it was 10 years ago.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
What the FUCK
Well, I guess that's progress...
Sentenza
Member
?
You have all the competition you could ask for and potentially even more.
ashecitism
Member
just hover over the badge with the number '4'. For you it says 2009 July 6th.
InternHertz
Member
You beat me, got 7926. I don't even remember WHY I decided to get steam on the first day. Maybe it was to register my CS and HL codes so I don't have to worry about them being stolen anymore.
AdmiralPain
Banned
Indeed, how is Valve planning to celebrate? Huge sale? Free games? Half-Life 3 announcement? Steambox announcement? Steam client overhaul? The possibilities are endless!
I think that might have been part of it for me too. Worry that people would keygen my keys.
cyberheater
PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 Xbone PS4 PS4
Like a lot of other folks. If it wasn't for Steam. I wouldn't be a PC gamer.
lol I'm dying over here
Going on 9 years for me. I don't know what I'd do without Steam. Probably play less games in general I'm sure.
Thanks OP for this gorgeous retrospective of Steam! Also for considering the cons and not only the pros. I joined Steam on the first day of a user ID of somewhat 2xxx, but lost that account because I forgot my data over the years (I went console-only shortly after)
Recently I went PC-only again after over a decade with a HTPC/Steambox and couldn't be any happier. The recent Steam Summer Sale was totally AWESOME!
Recently I went PC-only again after over a decade with a HTPC/Steambox and couldn't be any happier. The recent Steam Summer Sale was totally AWESOME!
Lasthope106
Member
Best gaming platform and ecosystem I've ever used. Here is to many more years. Gaben will show us the way with hats and no announcements of HL3.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I thought I was pretty early on this boat, turns out I was in the 470k range
PsihoPerihelion
Member
Based Gaben! Your sweet sugartits put me back into PC gaming.