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[DJ Bonebraker]

Steam once took my games away because my cousin had an abortion.

See. I can make wild claims without proof too.

It happened to one of my Navy friends as well. He claims it was because their server got hacked, but all I know is that they sent a message claiming that my account was under investigation for "multi-user fraud" and asked for the Valve Software key that I used to register the account. When I gave it to them, they banned my account.

My friend said the same thing happened to him around the same time, but they actually un-banned his account instead of being pricks like they were to me.

Now if you continue to be a troll and insult my honor, I'll just add you to my ignore list, clear?

Except you don't.

Except at the time the incident happened, you did (you needed a valid Valve software game CD key to create an account), QED. Still doesn't change the fact that it's spyware that you have to voluntarily install either.

I personally hope the government takes Steam down in an anti-trust suit like they did with AT&T back in the '80s... Serve the greedy bastards right.

 

[W|M]

I personally hope the government takes Steam down in an anti-trust suit like they did with AT&T back in the '80s... Serve the greedy bastards right.

Steam isn't a trust, and the anti-trust laws that existed in the 1980s no longer exist today

Now if you continue to be a troll and insult my honor, I'll just add you to my ignore list, clear?

 

[Sonereal]

It happened to one of my Navy friends as well. He claims it was because their server got hacked, but all I know is that they sent a message claiming that my account was under investigation for "multi-user fraud" and asked for the Valve Software key that I used to register the account. When I gave it to them, they banned my account.

My friend said the same thing happened to him around the same time, but they actually un-banned his account instead of being pricks like they were to me.

I'm being serious. My friend had her games taken away because she couldn't prove that she hadn't stolen cookies from the hall monitor in the third grade. I mean, I am offering the same amount of evidence as you, so it must be equally true.

Also, she was in the air force. That's relevant.

Now if you continue to be a troll and insult my honor, I'll just add you to my ignore list, clear?

I personally hope the government takes Steam down in an anti-trust suit like they did with AT&T back in the '80s... Serve the greedy bastards right.

You're right. Steam is totally a trust. Amazon, Origins, GMG, GoG, Gamersgate? They're all in on it.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Oh, I'm sorry what was that? I can't hear you because you're on my ignore list! My bad.

I've had to deal with enough brainwashed Steam fanboys and other bullies over the years, without it being on one of the few civilized places on the internet, so don't even bother PMing me either as far as I'm concerned, you no longer exist. :hmph:

 

[Sonereal]

Oh, I'm sorry what was that? I can't hear you because you're on my ignore list! My bad.

To be fair, you wouldn't be able to hear me even if I wasn't on your ignore list, on account of this being text.

I've had to deal with enough brainwashed Steam fanboys and other bullies over the years, without it being on one of the few civilized places on the internet, so don't even bother PMing me either as far as I'm concerned, you no longer exist. :hmph:

Digital distribution is srs business.

 

[Zack]

Steam once took my games away because my cousin had an abortion.

See. I can make wild claims without proof too.

not enough all-caps, i dont believe you

 

[W|M]

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU EITHER, YOU DAMN DIRTY LlAR

 

[Thrawn]

I got a refund from Steam once, when I asked for it because I made a mistake and wasn't reading what I was purchasing. Totally greedy bastards for sure!

I've had to deal with enough brainwashed Steam fanboys

Have you looked at what you're writing? Because it reads like a brainwashed anti-Steam fanboy to me.

 

[Maniacal]

Yes, because Square-Enix has never screwed me over for no reason,

I meant more in terms of how you're at their mercy and apparently their account system can be annoying (although I'm not sure if that extends to FF14 or not).

unlike the Steam, which banned my account just because I wasn't buying enough games from them

Sorry but that is very hard to believe.

(look in the fine print: They can ban your account for any reason they feel like),

That is standard fine print in the EULA/ToS for almost anything. Every digital store has that, including GameStop and GamersGate.

and I'm not the only one (just look up the F*** Steam facebook group that I'm a member of).

Steam has plenty of problems, but groups like that are unfortunately very poor sources of accurate reporting on problems. Most of the time when someone posts to a group like that, or makes a fuss out of a VAC or account ban or restriction on some other site like reddit, it turns out they were not being honest about the real reason or whole story. They almost always did something to break the ToS.

On top of that, Steam is basically SPYWARE that you have to PAY for... And just about as hard to remove from your system as actual spyware.

Except for the part where Steam is just as easy to remove as any other program, doesn't spy on you anymore besides tracking anonymous gameplay data (which is extremely helpful for game developers) and anti-cheat measures (which any online game's anti-cheat software will be doing), and is free. There is the somewhat random Steam hardware and software survey, but that is entirely optional.

That is why the only Digital Distribution stores that I'll deal with are Gamer's Gate and Gamestop Online:

The Terms of Service for both GamersGate and Gamestop Impulse include the right to terminate your account for any reason and without notification.

They don't require you to have TSR software running in the background (boy I guess I'm showing my age using THAT particular term) that takes up half your system memory, or constantly keep track of everything you do while said clunky, system-resource hogging piece of crap spyware is running in the background and send it to a questionably secure database.

While Steam's performance wasn't that great in 2007, it wasn't a huge system hog then and it certainly is not now. I find that it usually uses ~100 MB of ram (currently it is using 89MBs or RAM) which is pretty much negligible these days.

Sorry about the rant, but anything involving Steam and its virtual monopoly on games these days is enough to set my blood boiling!

Steam has its flaws and problems for sure, but whatever it was that happened between you and them 7 years ago isn't even close to a common problem.

Now she's looking a bit more badass!

That she is indeed! I've never cared for the series but FF14 does have some pretty graphics.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

...Anyways, on topic, here's an Aztec City (Xoxoctepetalan) that I built myself, 100% legit on my family Minecraft server (mods installed are Carpenter's Block, Portal Guns, Modular Powersuits, Industrial Craft II, Buildcraft, Thermal Expansion, Mo Creatures, Twilight Forest and Extra Biomes XL):


Xoxoctepetalan Aerial View by Hikaro Takayama, on Flickr


Xoxoctepetalan Bridge by Hikaro Takayama, on Flickr


Xoxoctepetalan West Side by Hikaro Takayama, on Flickr

Manaiacal, when I uninstalled Steam after their unwarranted ban of my account, it literally took me a week to get my system registry cleared of Steam-related crap that kept crashing my system... Maybe it has improved, and maybe the other online distros have the same TOS, but again, those other online distros didn't screw me over. I like you, but there is nothing you or anybody else can ever say or do to convince me to install Steam on any system I own ever again: Once burned and all that....

TBH, that's why I prefer to stick to either open-source games or ones that don't require installing ADDITIONAL DRM on top of whatever DRM may already be there (and in some cases, like Civ III, I'll get no-CD/DRM removal cracks even though I own the game if the normal DRM is annoying enough).

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Have you looked at what you're writing? Because it reads like a brainwashed anti-Steam fanboy to me.

No, just someone who's legitimately pissed off at them for screwing me over AFTER making me install their crappy client that I didn't want in the first place.

 

[Maniacal]

Synchronized spinning in War Thunder

Link to video.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

^^That's one crazy, hardcore video... I mean ramming was a viable tactic in X-Wing, but I don't think it would be such a good idea in a WWII flight sim.

(well unless we were talking Me262 vs B-17, which was actually used by the Luftwaffe)

 

[Maniacal]

It works very well in War Thunder when you are completely screwed. Although it is also a common tactic employed by people who have no idea how to fly airplanes (head ons are a bad idea, mkay?). idiots, "trolls", and Russians. The last three are usually the same.

As for Me 262s, they didn't use those in the ramming attacks, they used BF109s. There was an event over the weekend of P51s vs ME262s with the later supposed to kill ~18 B17s. The Germans won 9/10 times with their 30mm cannons.

As for the video, i was trying to fly just underneath him but he shot my pilot out, so my plane just went back up and into him.

 

[Sonereal]

 

[Maniacal]

Yeah and sometimes the collision detection goofs up a bit.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

idiots, "trolls", and Russians. The last three are usually the same.

I might have to use that line in my signature.

As for Me 262s, they didn't use those in the ramming attacks, they used BF109s. There was an event over the weekend of P51s vs ME262s with the later supposed to kill ~18 B17s. The Germans won 9/10 times with their 30mm cannons.

Yeah, that's right, gad I can't believe I got that mixed up!

As for the video, i was trying to fly just underneath him but he shot my pilot out, so my plane just went back up and into him.

Ah, well, good job taking him with you, then!

 

[Maniacal]

I don't know if my teammate was Russian irl, but his plane was and he acted accordingly.


Link to video.

 

[warpus]

I bought this game called Probably Archery

It's pretty much the QWOP of archery games. The above picture is not just me screwing around, it's actually the best I've been able to do in the game.

 

[Antilogic]

Why did you buy that?