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Paperboy  Posts: 39 Joined: 5 Jan 2009     | |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 78 Joined: 31 Aug 2008     | Wait, what exactly is it you're afraid of? You're wondering if Steam is made by bad people who wish to give you viruses and steal all your money, or something? |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 480 Joined: 15 May 2008   | use it if ur laptop can run any games. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 151 Joined: 25 Mar 2008     | Steam is the best thing ever, i mean come on, it was made by Valve, that should be a red flag and say to you "hey this probably will be pretty good" |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3252 Joined: 8 May 2008   | Yes, Steam is really cool, and I haven't had any adverse effects with it. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 371 Joined: 5 Feb 2007    |
Why wouldn't you? What might it do that's bad? |
On the Record  Posts: 7327 Joined: 23 Dec 2007    |
It has yet to steal my money or give me a virus. Thanks, computer paranoia! |
Paperboy  Posts: 30 Joined: 9 Jul 2008   | honestly, I am a materialist, so if I can find a boxed copy of the game for the same price, I'll buy the boxed one. However, for games you would be hard-pressed to find in my locale [ex. Max Payne, POP: SoT, Vampire the Masquerade, ect] I'll use Steam in a heart-beat, especially over any online ordering websites. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 408 Joined: 7 Sep 2008   | yes, definately, don't be afraid, it doesn't give you viruses or any crap that "normal people" think it does |
On the Record  Posts: 5166 Joined: 21 Aug 2008  | The only reason I didn't use steam in the past was because I preferred to physically own my games. Now I don't care as much, and I bought like crazy on the sale. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 737 Joined: 23 Jan 2008    | STEAM is the best thing since ever. I can't believe I lived without this thing for 15 years of my life. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1092 Joined: 23 Sep 2008  | If you can get it to work, but of course im pretty dumb with online shopping |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 518 Joined: 15 Dec 2007    | Steam is nice but I still prefer a hard copy of my games, mods being the exception. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1151 Joined: 7 Dec 2008   | Steam is awesome! Use it for super-happy-fun-times. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 962 Joined: 6 Aug 2008   | STEAM blew up my computer and raped my sister. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 569 Joined: 23 Jun 2008  | If the laptop is fast enough, Steam is great. I like to have the physical boxes for certain games (Fallout 3 and Left4Dead come to mind, first for the cool little instruction book, and the second for the cover :P), but if you can get past that then Steam is indeed awesome. Damn the Steam Boxing Week Sale though, I spent more money than I should have haha, so be careful of those. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 939 Joined: 7 Jan 2008 | Steam's decent. It has fun games but it's buggy. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 59 Joined: 8 Nov 2008   | If you feel like PC gaming, Steam is as necessary as the PC itself. Plus they usually offer great deals on newly released games, so you might save some money. And you can transfer the games to other PCs no problem. It's real convenient. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1503 Joined: 29 Jun 2008    | Steam is the best thing since the internet. Yes, if your computer can play games, get steam. Now. ***EDIT*** Also, if you can play good games, there's sales ALL the time. I just got Bioshock for $4.99! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2335 Joined: 5 Nov 2008 | Yes you should. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 898 Joined: 27 May 2008 | I've heard rumours that it bogs your system down and they steal your data and it's probably true, but there's no way to get around it if you play Gmod or L4D. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1042 Joined: 11 Apr 2008  | I only use Steam to play Left 4 Dead online. I preffer to torrent or buy games, but im not gonna say anything bad about Steam since it hasn't done anything wrong to my computer. I dont like having it on my computer but as long as it doesn't cause me any trouble, it can stay. |
BANNED  Posts: 3535 Joined: 11 Oct 2008  |
Now, how do you exactly come to that conclusion? User was banned for: FUN FORUM GAME THX FO PLAYIN :3. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 737 Joined: 23 Jan 2008 |
A program can't run if it's not open, but yes, STEAM does collect information about your PC to help decide what games to host and what will make them the most money. I'm pretty sure it only does it the first time you run it; they wouldn't constantly figure out information about your computer every day. It's not harmful at all and doesn't harm your computer, it's something used to help benefit the user. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 106 Joined: 14 Oct 2008  | My best friend told me to get steam, and I've never had a problem with it. It's not like kazaa so it's perfectly safe, well nothing is really perfectly safe, |
BANNED  Posts: 1891 Joined: 26 Mar 2008   | I've used it since it first came out, its great and had very little real problems. User was banned for: Poll: Round 4 - North: (1) Turbine vs (2) Valve. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 720 Joined: 5 Jul 2008  | I really think that Steam is the wave of the future. Death to Gamespot! Overthrow the tyrants! |
Muckraker  Posts: 231 Joined: 10 Oct 2008  | Use it. I'm not even a PC gamer and I know that it's amazing. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 438 Joined: 13 Nov 2008   | If Steam was a Female human... oh.. I just Ejaculated. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1685 Joined: 7 Feb 2008  |
Once in a while, Steam will have surveys. In essence you put in your computer specs and Valve then has access to it. You can choose not to. It also doesn't bog your system down unless you have a 1.5ghz with 256mb of ram. Let's be realistic here, it never affects the performance of my games. And I run Steam on a P4 AGP system. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1042 Joined: 11 Apr 2008 | While we're all here, there's a question I'd like to ask. Can you install Steam without a internet connection. If someone could test it i would be very greatful |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 701 Joined: 25 Oct 2008 | Dont use Steam. It's cheaper to buy the games from store or order them online through other shops. You also cant resell steam games.
Games have to be validated online before you are allowed to play. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1042 Joined: 11 Apr 2008 |
This isn't for me. If i didn't have internet i couldn't be on The Escapist right now. My friend, doesnt need to validate anything. He just wants to know if Steam can be installed without internet. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1685 Joined: 7 Feb 2008 |
No I highly doubt it. The Steam website offers a downloader that automatically downloads and installs the Steam app. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1042 Joined: 11 Apr 2008 |
I when to the Steam website and found out that you need an Internet connection (broadband recommended). The downloader you mentioned, where can i find it? |
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My dad is now letting me use his old Laptop and I was wondering about getting some games for it. I heard about steam and checked out the site. It was pretty cool but I'm still indecisive(I think that's how you spell it) about whether to use it. So should I?