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The classic problem with steam The 2007 award for the most error prone, commercial/widespread application goes to STEAM(ing Pile Of Shit) We all accept it the way it is, like in 1984, how the proles never question Big Brother. And yet, somehow, players are accepting of this 'forced updates' practice.

Should you be forced to have it serviced immediately the next service date is due, no matter what, even though you needed to go to work or some other important trip? Of course not! You'd put off the servicing until the next most convienent time, or have it serviced in advance.

Not so with the Steaming Pile of Shit - it's either put up, or shut up.Р”В¬ontrast this with your car. And there'd probably be some other alternative operating system that people would move over to.

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If Microsoft forced automatic updates on its Windows users, everyone would be up in arms, bitching and moaning. Worse still, there is an advert - fancy paying a subscription and having to put up with more advertising! But steam wants to do a major update, and you are forced to wait anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes for the updates to download. Ready to play Counter-Strike in 8 minutes!?!?! Why bother? For instance, perhaps one day you fired up steam to have a quick online game. This draconian approach is all but grudgingly accepted by players.

It won't even let you play any of your subscribed games untill you let it do its updates. Every now and then it will complain about needing to update.

#STEAM LEFT FOR DEAD 2 WONT LOAD OFFLINE SOFTWARE#

In fact I have rarely ever updated windows, and yet, the software remains fairly stable (quite remarkably).Р”В«ut take steam on the other hand.

#STEAM LEFT FOR DEAD 2 WONT LOAD OFFLINE UPDATE#

And you can choose not to update windows at all if you so wish. Windows is used for all purposes - even mission critical business applications. There is no escaping this.Р”Р„t least with MS windows, the most widely used software, allows you to update it when you please. You are at the mercy of valve's developers. Updates are forced onto you, no matter what! I wanna play now! Not update the silly thing! Don't want any of this bullshit fadeout crap. Why do the windows now fade in and out?!?! When I want to close a window, I want it to dissapear immediately, like other normal windows. Why re-invent the UI by making it use non-standard colors, or make pushbuttons look different to the standard ones used by 99.9% of all other windows applications? As such, it should follow the proper UI conventions. Yes, we all know that this is a game, and games are allowed to employ custom UIs, right? Wrong! Steam, for the most part, is usually running in the background (when you're not playing any game). Not everyone has the default blue Windows XP luna theme! If people are successfully filing complaints about the unusability of websites, then why is steam allowed to get away with non-standard UI controls? Some of their dialogue boxes are not even keyboard accessible. But with steam platform games, such as Counterstrike, you have no choice but to steam it up! The problems with Valve's silly application, SteamingPileOfShit Breaks all UI conventions At least with operating systems you have another choice such as Linux. So if it's so bug-ridden and breaks all convention, why do so many people use it? Because of Valve's iron-fisted monopoly! It's like how everybody hates Microsoft, but they still use it. Countless crashes, connection and 'authentication/ticket' issues, forced updates, etc all made it unusable at one stage or another. In its first incarnation, it made for one of the most horrid gaming experiences. If you have no internet connection, then you won't be able to connect to steam's auentication servers which means bad luck to you. Why is it called a subscription service? The answer is that you pay a once-off fee to steam/valve to maintain the game. Steam is a so-called 'platform' for subscribing to computer games. Steam Sucks - Bad software - STEAMing Pile of shit! - Counterstrike, Modern Warfare, Team Fortress 2, etc

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