Steam 10 years today!
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Steam 10 years today!
My fellow Villuns,
Today marks the 10th year my account has been active on Steam. I actually was a beta tester for Steam, but abandoned that ID and started my current one in December of 2003. A lot has changed in the Steam world since then, most of it for the good. I'm a DoD player from the early days of that game. I first played on a Ville server back in the DoD 1.3 days, I didn't become a forum member back then and I regret that. This community is the best!
I'm making this thread for a couple of reasons, one, I'd like to thank this community and all it's members for contributing to a hobby I've had since the early days of computer gaming. Guys, I'm talking way back, like the 1970's here. It's refreshing to find a group of like minded people that have fun, and support each other, and watch out for the other members of their community. The second reason is to let everybody voice a quick opinion on Steam and the gaming community at large. Just a bit about how they feel the gaming world is and where it's going.
I've had a great experience with Steam, I feel it's an amazing vehicle for game developers and gamers alike. Sure it's had it's hiccups, but much more often than not, it's provided me with worry free gaming and connection to other gamers. We all sometimes harp on the bad side of this hobby, but in my opinion, Steam really has it right. (This is not a paid endorsement) Thanks to Gabe, in all his rotundness, for the last 10+ years I've spent with him, and thanks to the Ville for welcoming me into the fold. I look forward to many more years of gaming and friendship.
Today marks the 10th year my account has been active on Steam. I actually was a beta tester for Steam, but abandoned that ID and started my current one in December of 2003. A lot has changed in the Steam world since then, most of it for the good. I'm a DoD player from the early days of that game. I first played on a Ville server back in the DoD 1.3 days, I didn't become a forum member back then and I regret that. This community is the best!
I'm making this thread for a couple of reasons, one, I'd like to thank this community and all it's members for contributing to a hobby I've had since the early days of computer gaming. Guys, I'm talking way back, like the 1970's here. It's refreshing to find a group of like minded people that have fun, and support each other, and watch out for the other members of their community. The second reason is to let everybody voice a quick opinion on Steam and the gaming community at large. Just a bit about how they feel the gaming world is and where it's going.
I've had a great experience with Steam, I feel it's an amazing vehicle for game developers and gamers alike. Sure it's had it's hiccups, but much more often than not, it's provided me with worry free gaming and connection to other gamers. We all sometimes harp on the bad side of this hobby, but in my opinion, Steam really has it right. (This is not a paid endorsement) Thanks to Gabe, in all his rotundness, for the last 10+ years I've spent with him, and thanks to the Ville for welcoming me into the fold. I look forward to many more years of gaming and friendship.
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How did you figure out the age of your account? I think I avoided steam for a while but have no idea when I joined.
I do recall having a particularly low WON id way back when
I do recall having a particularly low WON id way back when
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Re: Steam 10 years today!
I've only been on Steam for a measly five years. It doesn't even feel that long! Wasn't 2008, like ... a few weeks ago?
As a warning, I've written a bit of an essay here. I tried to stay positive though!
TL;DR version:
I like Steam as a whole and think it has been a great influence on gaming, introducing the world to the now-commonplace ability to patch games via the Internet and an easy way to keep one's games organized without the need to keep track of hundreds of discs. Without Steam, a lot of what we now take for granted in terms of game distribution and content delivery wouldn't be possible.
There are a lot of aspects of gaming today that I see as eerie parallels to the conditions that led to the American Video Game Crash of 1983, but there are also a lot of systems in place that prevent those problems from having the same effect now that they did then.
The three big things I'd like to see happen in the gaming world going forward are:
- The end (or at least heavy reduction) of pointless fighting over which hardware is best. This argument will never have a winner and its continued existence is hindering gaming as a whole.
- Honest, merit-based game reviews. Most reviews now are based purely on hype and whether the game belongs to a popular series or not. I'd like to see games rated based on individual merit with a complete disregard for public preconceptions or what franchise they're from.
- A stronger understanding of game development by gamers. Game development is an entirely separate world from gaming as gamers know it, and I feel that it would be beneficial to both gamers and developers if the players truly understood what went into making their favorite playthings. Not even Steam Early Access or Minecraft's release-while-still-in-alpha model can reveal even a whole 5% of the process.
As a warning, I've written a bit of an essay here. I tried to stay positive though!
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TL;DR version:
I like Steam as a whole and think it has been a great influence on gaming, introducing the world to the now-commonplace ability to patch games via the Internet and an easy way to keep one's games organized without the need to keep track of hundreds of discs. Without Steam, a lot of what we now take for granted in terms of game distribution and content delivery wouldn't be possible.
There are a lot of aspects of gaming today that I see as eerie parallels to the conditions that led to the American Video Game Crash of 1983, but there are also a lot of systems in place that prevent those problems from having the same effect now that they did then.
The three big things I'd like to see happen in the gaming world going forward are:
- The end (or at least heavy reduction) of pointless fighting over which hardware is best. This argument will never have a winner and its continued existence is hindering gaming as a whole.
- Honest, merit-based game reviews. Most reviews now are based purely on hype and whether the game belongs to a popular series or not. I'd like to see games rated based on individual merit with a complete disregard for public preconceptions or what franchise they're from.
- A stronger understanding of game development by gamers. Game development is an entirely separate world from gaming as gamers know it, and I feel that it would be beneficial to both gamers and developers if the players truly understood what went into making their favorite playthings. Not even Steam Early Access or Minecraft's release-while-still-in-alpha model can reveal even a whole 5% of the process.
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Re: Steam 10 years today!
Hey Greebo!Greebo wrote:How did you figure out the age of your account? I think I avoided steam for a while but have no idea when I joined.
I do recall having a particularly low WON id way back when
Your Steam profile page has the date that you started your Steam account, there is a badge for it now. It tells you Month, Day and Year.
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Ah - I had to mouse over the badge. Got another 9 months to wait (Sept 6, '04)
I would like to echo Oldman's sentiments. I'm incredibly grateful for this place. Whenever I got pubbing on other games (BF4 for example), it's never the experience I get when I play here. I'll occasionally stray to other games but this is always home.
I would like to echo Oldman's sentiments. I'm incredibly grateful for this place. Whenever I got pubbing on other games (BF4 for example), it's never the experience I get when I play here. I'll occasionally stray to other games but this is always home.
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Re: Steam 10 years today!
Apparently I've been a member of steam since December 8, 2007. Dang I didn't even know it was around a full 5 years before that!
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Cheers to Steam, Oldman, and the rest of you Villuns. I checked mine and it's at the 5 year mark, but my first account that I gave to my wife is only a year shy of your's Oldman. Can't wait to see these Steam Boxes coming soon and how they play out.
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Re: Steam 10 years today!
I joined steam the day they turned off WON. I despised steam for many years.
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welcome to the 10 year club. I joined back in September!
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I hit 10 years back in September. Steam has my join date as the same day that Steam publicly launched. I'm pretty sure I beta tested Steam and CS 1.6 but who knows at this point.
I remember the Friends list as being the main feature I was really looking forward to. Back then everyone I played with congregated on GamesNET IRC and it was really easy to lose touch with people who got busy in real life.
I feel this way as well!OldMan wrote:I'm a DoD player from the early days of that game. I first played on a Ville server back in the DoD 1.3 days, I didn't become a forum member back then and I regret that. This community is the best!
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I got my 6 year badge on November 22nd, though I didn't officially own any Steam titles until I got The Orange Box for Christmas.
This is hard to be cool and suave while being informative at the same time. Goddamn my coolness.
In my experience, common sense isn't too common.
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Re: Steam 10 years today!
Sep 22 2003 it has been a while
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Re: Steam 10 years today!
Hard to believe it's been that long now. Sept 15 2003 is my Steam date. I joined the old Ville forums Aug 10 2003.
It is a bit funny how things can change. I also remember hating steam for a while too. And now, I can't imaging gaming without it and am to the point that I try to buy most of my games on steam.Jesus_Faction wrote:I joined steam the day they turned off WON. I despised steam for many years.
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Re: Steam 10 years today!
I'm only at 9, I had taken a break from PC games after spending years obsessively playing CS and DoD. I am pretty sure I signed up to be prepared for the HL2 release, buty I can hardly remember now.
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