Steam - Like or Dislike

Don`t like services running in the background, using my cpu, memory and bandwidth, trying to sell me stuff, and forcing me to download unnecesary large updates.
 
Sysem said:
You clearly haven't put 2 and 2 together? If I had a picture of my CD key, I would have a CD key and wouldn't need to be retrieving it? I would have been perfectly happy if they said they couldn't help me as i didn't have enought info. But the fact that they wanted a picture of something I was trying to get back from the is retarded.
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Please tell me where this 'retrieve CD key' feature is... as I've never seen/heard of it in my life. They do have a 'retrieve lost account' feature though (when you lose all access or your account gets hijacked), and by the sound of it, that is the one you ended up using here. You did not have access to your account anymore, so you had to prove you are the legit owner of at least one of the CD keys, hence they kept on asking for "Proof of payment":
If retail software is registered to the account, attach a digital photo or scan of the CD Key registered to the account. Write the Steam account username on the quick reference card or CD Key sticker below the code in permanent ink.
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This is standard practice and I do not get why you are blaming them for this?
 
ld13 said:
Please tell me where this 'retrieve CD key' feature is... as I've never seen/heard of it in my life. They do have a 'retrieve lost account' feature though (when you lose all access or your account gets hijacked), and by the sound of it, that is the one you ended up using here. You did not have access to your account anymore, so you had to prove you are the legit owner of at least one of the CD keys, hence they kept on asking for "Proof of payment":


This is standard practice and I do not get why you are blaming them for this?
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Or it could be like I had in Feb. I bought a Steam box game from Look&Listen and when I tried to activate the game it said Key was already active. There is a Retrieve key option for that on the site. I had to take a photo of my Game + receipt and wrote the ticket number on the CD key label.

They moved the game into my account so when I logged into Steam the game was in my library and I could just hit install & play.

The reason they dont take Photo's of the Just Box+CD only is because you get a lot of Pirate games that also copy the box 100%.
 
Shayd said:
Thanks to Steam I dont pirate games anymore... great value for money and I can never lose my games.
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mass09 said:
Like.

It's awesome that I don't have to worry about losing or scratching disks anymore.
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The_Unnamed said:
I don't like Steam i love it :D
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What they all said.

Steam is awesome. Convenient and cheap. Will never lose a game again.

killadoob said:
Well steam is not that cheap. A new game is what 300-350. Granted i don't buy games anymore i download via steam. Do they still sell new pc games for like 300-350 at btgames?
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You're forgetting about all the Indie games on steam. Hope you bought Trine. It's on midweek madness.
 
Another great thing about steam is you don't have to re-install all the games when you re-install windows for whatever reason. Just point your mouse at steam.exe in the old programs folder and everything loads and is there ready to play. Just backup the steam folder and that's it. Toss all your cd's and dvd's for good.
 
i'm trying to think of the benefit of transferring a boxed game to steam. is it just to save you from losing the medium?
i guess there's benefit in that, although if you wanted to uninstall and reinstall again, the dl would be a ballache.
does gog allow you to "digitise" your collection like this?
sorry, noob here.
 
Grouter said:
Another great thing about steam is you don't have to re-install all the games when you re-install windows for whatever reason. Just point your mouse at steam.exe in the old programs folder and everything loads and is there ready to play. Just backup the steam folder and that's it. Toss all your cd's and dvd's for good.
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interesting.
can you potentially install the games onto an external hdd?
 
Qwikslver said:
You're forgetting about all the Indie games on steam. Hope you bought Trine. It's on midweek madness.
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DAM YOU!!!!

You had to mention midweek madness..... Oh well, waiting for download + install.
 
murraybiscuit said:
interesting.
can you potentially install the games onto an external hdd?
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Yes, I have Steam on Linux and Windows both pointing to the same External HD. I can also plug it into my laptop and my Steam on laptop points to the HD and all my games are ready to run.
 
Elimentals said:
Yes, I have Steam on Linux and Windows both pointing to the same External HD. I can also plug it into my laptop and my Steam on laptop points to the HD and all my games are ready to run.
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party on wayne.
so do you do this "pointing" in the config, during install, or via symlinks/junction in the filesystem?
 
murraybiscuit said:
party on wayne.
so do you do this "pointing" in the config, during install, or via symlinks/junction in the filesystem?
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I only installed it on the Windows boot of the PC some time ago, on Linux and the laptop I just use the steam.exe to run

Think I found out about it when I just ran the exe from the HD after a reload.
 
Like.

Just wish we had faster speed & more bandwidth internet access here.
 
ponder said:
Like.

Just wish we had faster speed & more bandwidth internet access here.
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That is so true...SA needs to revisit their definition of High Speed Internet, I believe it to be somewhat distorted!
 
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