Anybody remember what happened to steam when the original half life was released?

[kestrel]

[Atilla]

we can safely expect massive lags

[jreza2k3]

Erm Half Life predates Steam by some time. HL 2 however killed Steam

[Atilla]

I really hope steam is not the only source we can dl the demo or the full game. i seriously doubt they can handle what is about to happen to them lol

[Wolfcp11]

Anyone remember that Half Life was released years before Steam?

Anyway, it handled launches for Orange Box, Left 4 Dead, and numerous other games perfectly okay. We do not have to worry.

[Sander Cohen]

Lets all take turns downloading it!

[Quadratus]

Originally Posted by Wolfcp11

Anyone remember that Half Life was released years before Steam?

Yes...

[Fratyinside]

Lol. Steam is screwed.

I also doubt they are prepared for what is about to befall them.

[Atilla]

Originally Posted by Wolfcp11

Anyone remember that Half Life was released years before Steam?

Anyway, it handled launches for Orange Box, Left 4 Dead, and numerous other games perfectly okay. We do not have to worry.

he meant hl2... and i think we may kill their servers at exactly 4pm GMT.

[Sander Cohen]

Originally Posted by Atilla

he meant hl2... and i think we may kill their servers at exactly 4pm GMT.

Well i wont be able to download it until a couple hours after its released so hopefully the damage will be done and fixed by the time I get around to it...

[kaypo]

Originally Posted by Fratyinside

Lol. Steam is screwed.

I also doubt they are prepared for what is about to befall them.

I doubt it. I would be shocked if the TW community was even close to the size of people who bought the orange box, or left4dead even. Steam was still working out the kinks when HL2 was released, they have had plenty of time and experience preparing for events such as this. I don't really remember any slowdowns for the orange box or left4dead, or the two HL2 episodes and those were all highly anticipated.

[Wolfcp11]

Originally Posted by kaypo

I doubt it. I would be shocked if the TW community was even close to the size of people who bought the orange box, or left4dead even. Steam was still working out the kinks when HL2 was released, they have had plenty of time and experience preparing for events such as this.

seconded

[Quadratus]

Folks, People download games off of stop 24/7.

When TF2 came out, thousands of people downloaded it.

steam will handle it just fine.

Stop overreacting, my god

[PlacidDragon]

We'll get a good indication during the demo download tomorrow i guess

DoW II was released today in Europe (yesterday for the US / Aus i believe). Have not gotten a copy myself, i have to wait until the shops open today, the #¤%# refused to sell me one yesterday even though they had it in stock (we cant sell it, publisher would go mad, blah blah)

Some users on the DoW II board has reported download speeds on the 0-day patch of 5 kb/sec over Steam, which i guess does not sound promising as i dont expect ETW's fanbase to be any smaller.

Will be interesting to see

[Quadratus]

OMG Steam will do just fine, you guys don't know how many people use steam and download everyday. Jesus Christ.

One demo won't be a problem.

Don't piss your pants, folks!

Steam has came a long way from back in 03'...

[Lord Faucon]

I will likely be tearing my eyes out while it's being downloaded, regardless of how long it takes.

[Goatbuster3000]

Originally Posted by Sander Cohen

Lets all take turns downloading it!

Yeah, I'll go first and let you know when it's done. Of course I will...

[Satch234]

I remember when the original half-life came out years before there was a steam... A magical time when pc games came in boxes that were unneccessarily large for the CD or CDs they contained. Back when hard drives were 20GB if you were lucky and people bought their games from Electronics Boutique or Funcoland. Yeah darn kid probably can't even remember 1998.

[Lord Faucon]

Originally Posted by Satch234

I remember when the original half-life came out years before there was a steam... A magical time when pc games came in boxes that were unneccessarily large for the CD or CDs they contained. Back when hard drives were 20GB if you were lucky and people bought their games from Electronics Boutique or Funcoland. Yeah darn kid probably can't even remember 1998.

Be sure to remember your pills Grandpa!

[Hunter Makoy]

I plan on starting the download at 10 am CST (4 pm GMT) going to 2 classes, then lunch, then coming back. I'm hoping it will be done in the 3 hour or so time period.