Comment on Happy Birthday to Steam as it turned 20 today

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• Molecular0079@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And to think that everybody was pissed as hell when Steam first got introduced with HL2 and CS…how far we’ve come haha.

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  • WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Rightfully pissed, too. Installing HL2 was a goddamned nightmare.

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    • Sabin10@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Steam was so rough at launch. I registered at 7:50 pm on launch day but the I didn’t play counter strike that day.

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      • WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Oh my God, yeah. I bought HL2 on news years day coming with a massive hangover and just wanted to nurse it with a new game.

        Worst gaming experience ever, until I finally got into the game the next day.

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      • Midnitte@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I remember the friends list basically being nonfunctional.

        How far Steam has come..

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  • Argurotoxus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m still sad that steamingpileofshit.com finally got killed. I think within the last year or two.

    Used to redirect to steam.com since the old days when everybody hated Steam lol. It’s hugely improved now and I love everything that GabeN has done for the PC gaming community; Steam being a huge part of it.

    But I still laugh a bit at the old days.

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