Steam Community online.

Post by **weemadando** » 2007-08-19 01:39am

Check me out

So, lets all join forces. DEFCON games can be organised far better this way.

Stardestroyer.net group

Join the Steam Community beta, then friend requests all around. Lets get some games pumping.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2007-08-19 01:14pm

I have joined, clunky, you can't join a group from within Steam but have to exit and go via browsers and log in on their website. Not the best it seems.

Post by **weemadando** » 2007-08-20 05:27am

Considering that its a goddamn free beta giving way more options than the high cost, broken service that Live! is meant to be giving us - and without forcing Vista down your throat?

I'll accept clunky for the time being.

I've also been adding all my game shortcuts to Steam, so I can get registered play time on them.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2007-08-20 10:56am

Weemadando, I've ton a shit-ton of Beta's, even as I was making my observation I fired off an email to Steam Community response page noting the issue, and got a nice email back say it's a bug and should be fixed in the update.

I'm not jumping on steam here, noting that requiring to use a web browser(Rather than say the existing ingame browser) is clunky at best.

Also giving a heads up to any joining after me that for now, you have to use a web-browser to log into the Steam community, then join, rather than being able to do it within steam itself.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2007-08-20 10:59am

Is this something I'll be forced to pay for eventually if I join or does steam plan on keeping this free of charge?

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2007-08-20 12:01pm

Tasoth wrote:Is this something I'll be forced to pay for eventually if I join or does steam plan on keeping this free of charge?

Perpetually free.

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2007-08-20 03:49pm

Alright, so what does everyone play? (And how much will I need to upgrade my computer to do so as well?)

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2007-08-20 04:42pm

As it's free, I play DoD, Cod2 and Titan quest, but with uni coming up, I'm going to disappear for a bit.

Post by **weemadando** » 2007-08-21 06:23am

I've scheduled a DEFCON event for this weekend. Not sure what timecode Steam Community uses, but I'm flexible.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2007-08-21 04:21pm

I've removed Steam Community for the time being, since it's a CPU usage spiking piece of crap. If they fix it up, I'll reinstall, but otherwise, it's not worth the FPS spikes it keeps causing.

I've got a demo version of Defcon, which I think is limited in what it can do, but still multiplayer capable.

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2007-08-21 04:48pm

Exonerate wrote:I've removed Steam Community for the time being, since it's a CPU usage spiking piece of crap. If they fix it up, I'll reinstall, but otherwise, it's not worth the FPS spikes it keeps causing.

Isn't it web based..?