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Chieftain
STOP THAT!
You look silly.
(This PSA paid for by the Society of Informed Consumers)
You look silly.
(This PSA paid for by the Society of Informed Consumers)
I expect this thread will get closed actually. Just wanted to get the message out that if you've never used Steam and refuse to try it based on the outright lies of others who have also never used steam, you look silly.
How to spot a negative Steam post from somebody who has never used steam:
Watch for reasons like "RESOURCE HOG!", "SPYWARE!" and "constant crashes".
If somebody claims you can't play single player games installed through Steam, that person has never used Steam.
A smaller subset of the Steam detractors aren't really Steam detractors at all, but rather Digital Distribution (DD) detractors who are scared of change.
How to spot a anti DD poster:
"OMG, I'm not going to buy Civ5 because even if I never need my internet connection again, I'll have to activate that first time online!"
Most games that I've bought in the past few years have required at least a one time internet activation. Stop living in the past.
Why is it so hard to understand that just because you like something, that people who DON'T are not automatically stupid?
If steam crashed your system, there was a problem with your system and/or you could barely run the game you were trying to run, it didn't work well, and you blamed Steam for it.
I was wary when I bought Half-Life 2 at release and it required Steam. I have never had a single issue with Steam and I was there during the "crap" times all the people who ran it on a system that barely met the requirements for their OS complained about.
TLDR version: It's you, not Steam.
Mainly because the people who don't like it, by and large, have CHOSEN not to like it for their own fictional reasons rather then actual reasons.
"crap" times all the people who ran it on a system that barely met the requirements for their OS complained about.
If steam crashed your system, there was a problem with your system and/or you could barely run the game you were trying to run, it didn't work well, and you blamed Steam for it.
I was wary when I bought Half-Life 2 at release and it required Steam. I have never had a single issue with Steam and I was there during the "crap" times all the people who ran it on a system that barely met the requirements for their OS complained about.
TLDR version: It's you, not Steam.
Mainly because the people who don't like it, by and large, have CHOSEN not to like it for their own fictional reasons rather then actual reasons.
I am somewhat worried about the whole resource hog thing. I have never used steam before, but for someone who plays on a laptop with an integrated card (the 9400M, so not *terrible*), every few megabytes is important. About how much does Steam slow down a game/computer?
might slow it down while starting up, but you can turn that off. I never had a problem with steam slowing down the system at all.
I am somewhat worried about the whole resource hog thing. I have never used steam before, but for someone who plays on a laptop with an integrated card (the 9400M, so not *terrible*), every few megabytes is important. About how much does Steam slow down a game/computer?
I would not be worried about steam, I'd be worried about running Civ 5 on your laptop. Integrated graphics is not a good starting point for a 2010 DX11 game.
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