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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 III - Don't Believe The Tags
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nothing is back, don't do this to us!
RealityExists, sorry to hear about your situation.
If you want my advice, I'd just go cold turkey when it comes to gaming, take a few months break. It's what I did when my fiancee left me a few years back.
First of all, you don't want to associate the crummy feelings you will undoubtedly feel in the coming weeks with a specific game/gaming as whole.
Second of all, running into imaginary worlds as a way to cope with realspace situation isn't exactly a healthy way to deal with problems in the long run.
Just give it a few months time, pick yourself up and clean the shit out of your life. Games will still be here for you, Steam sales as well.
Sorry for crappy English, and I hope everything will work out fine for you.
If you want my advice, I'd just go cold turkey when it comes to gaming, take a few months break. It's what I did when my fiancee left me a few years back.
First of all, you don't want to associate the crummy feelings you will undoubtedly feel in the coming weeks with a specific game/gaming as whole.
Second of all, running into imaginary worlds as a way to cope with realspace situation isn't exactly a healthy way to deal with problems in the long run.
Just give it a few months time, pick yourself up and clean the shit out of your life. Games will still be here for you, Steam sales as well.
Sorry for crappy English, and I hope everything will work out fine for you.
Quoting everything KenOD said 100%. It's a great game but you'll enjoy it more if you take it as an episodic game, just play one at a day or less. I'm at like 3/4 and am a little burned out but it's really interesting. +100 points if you watch Mad Men.
Mavromatis
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Just keep pushing F5. It's there.
Dog Problems
Banned
That is just the worst. There's some games I can't play anymore because of what they remind me of.
F5ing would just break Steam more
it is not back, because there is still no connection to steam servers
it's all in your head, man
ussjtrunks
Member
too far
My guess will be it is, but who knows really.
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
Member
Anyone know the cause of this down of Steam?
BoosterDuck
Banned
Uh, well the resolution scaling is stupid because if you change your resolution higher than 4:3 aspect ratio then it stretches out the screen and crops it for some reason. And the widescreen option rockstar put in for some reason makes everyone look like stick characters. But otherwise it's fine.
And yes there's free aim with keyboard/mouse and the San Andreas multiplayer mods.
Vice City is already 40 hours of gameplay so I'd say get it.
But remember that 4 and Episodes use GFWL and we don't know if Rockstar is going to do anything about it.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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GAFSTEAM thread's general mindset after 1 hour without Steam:
Corleth the Fey
Member
God damn Steam! I just got my sexy SEGAAAAA bundle.
(At least it's not me - I'll do something else)
(At least it's not me - I'll do something else)
Grab the GTA III/VC/SA/Max Payne 1/2 Widescreen fixes
http://gtaforums.com/topic/547841-gtanfsmpother-widescreen-fixes-pack/
Abomination
Member
Grats, that is just the begin
crazyrabbits
Banned
Late to the part, but thank you random for Supreme Commander!
Also, my Family View sharing has been authorized.
yissss
Also, my Family View sharing has been authorized.
yissss
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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Hawken finished downloading right at the same time Steam was down. :\
Should've looked into Titanfall instead...
Should've looked into Titanfall instead...
Rawket Lawnchair
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They're nice, but I think that the PS2 versions were superior. The camera is weird in the PC version. The games use free aim, but the controls are abysmal and if you play with auto-aim (or even connect a controller I think) the camera it locks itself behind the main character and will not move.
So yeah, even though I have the games, I only fire them up every once in a while to take a quick ride around Liberty/Vice City, and then just uninstall them.
BoosterDuck
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ubersticky
Member
When is it back on?
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
If you are a total hussy for that time period, it's worth giving it a shot. I can't see anyone else getting much out of it though.
For me it was wonderful just drowning in the atmosphere.
MMBosstones86
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no Dark Souls weekend deal is disappointing. Was really hoping to have enough time post-GFWL to jump in before DS2 drops.
Good. Can't wait.
You're part of the problem.
Good. Can't wait.
You're part of the problem.
Nabs
Member
I think I liked it, but man, that game is long as fuuuuuuu. I started to get bored with it, so I loaded up SweetFX and created some really weird 1950s technicolor-type filter. It got me through it.
Gabe has previously said that if Valve shutdown, there is a contingency in place so that you still have access to your games. No clue how it would work but.. there's that.
I appreciate this and I will take it to heart.
PetriP-TNT
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How the hell I haven't played COMIX ZONE before despite knowing the (name of the) game for like 20 years! What an awesome concept. I never owned Mega Drive myself but I borrowed (traded for SNES) one with dads new wifes sons in my childhood but only played games like Sonics and Road Rash
Whitechocolatekrispies
Banned
Anyone else having trouble connecting to steam, the steam website etc
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://store.steampowered.com/
ffs need to shoot some zombies right now
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://store.steampowered.com/
ffs need to shoot some zombies right now
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
Look on the bright side, guys! GFWL is still up. >_>
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Yeah, Homicide is cool but has like zero bearing on the overarching plot and makes up like a third of the game. They could have compressed a lot.
I thought I would share something I recently started doing with SteamGAF. I read a couple weeks ago that sitting down for long periods of time is actually horrible on your body, even for someone who is normally healthy.
I do way too much sitting, between studying, school, GAF, and gaming, I spend a ridiculous amount of time in a chair.
About every half hour I get up and do ~100 squats just to keep the blood flowing and keep the body from shutting down. You can do more or less depending on your exercise level.
I've been doing this the last week and I've been feeling very good. You guys should give it a try!
I do way too much sitting, between studying, school, GAF, and gaming, I spend a ridiculous amount of time in a chair.
About every half hour I get up and do ~100 squats just to keep the blood flowing and keep the body from shutting down. You can do more or less depending on your exercise level.
I've been doing this the last week and I've been feeling very good. You guys should give it a try!
Nabs
Member
Yeah. I still enjoyed it for what it was.
Or, use a standing desk!
Yeah, I thought it was just me. I can't do anything Steam-related right now.Anyone else having trouble connecting to steam, the steam website etc
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://store.steampowered.com/
ffs need to shoot some zombies right now
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
I'm sorry, man. : /
Some people have suggested finding something to play to help you through the hard times, but others seem worried that you'll come to associate gaming with what you're going through right now. Having leaned on games to see me through some bad spots in the past, I'm in the first camp - having something to focus on that gave me a sense of satisfaction and a feeling of control was a big help, and it didn't hurt my love of gaming or the games that I played then. Everyone's different, though. You'll know what's right for you.
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