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Old Aug 23, 2004, 03:15 PM   #1
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Half-Life 2 Preloading Starting Soon
The preloading of Half-Life 2 will start in less than 8 hours. In fact it's at 7:00 PST (PST=GMT-8) so we've got a little bit more to wait. Its purpose is to save some bandwith for the time when the game goes gold (one week or two) as it will download just textures and audio. Just install Steam if you haven't done it already and create an account. Over the Steampowered Forums people are getting more and more anxious to start preloading, but some try to stay positive.
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anxious to start preloading...... lol the game is at least 2 weeks away and they wanna preload now... I think we all got plenty of time to download some textures..
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Old Aug 23, 2004, 03:58 PM   #3
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I think the whole point is to ease the load on their servers when the game is released. Even with their state of the art setup a few million people waiting for the second its released to hit "download" with files this size might cause a few issues.
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Why do I get the sneakiest feeling that, after taking a week off work for HL2 last year, that I am ironically going to be on holiday and out of the country this year when its released.
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probably limiting the number of slots... so they wont have any problem... nb. it's only textures and audio you get to dl in the first round.
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Old Aug 23, 2004, 04:05 PM   #6
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Why do I get the sneakiest feeling that, after taking a week off work for HL2 last year, that I am ironically going to be on holiday and out of the country this year when its released.
Im not quite sure what the panic is to get it anyway. Its going to be good but it wont be vanishing after the first day. Why do people need everything "instantly" now?

Patience, what difference is a few days more?. After all most of you have been waiting since last september anyway
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I'm wondering why the game hasn't gone gold yet if they're preloading things
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preloading things from the game.. the game will not be playable untill valve gives steam go for upping the last parts of the game.
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Im not quite sure what the panic is to get it anyway. Its going to be good but it wont be vanishing after the first day. Why do people need everything "instantly" now?

Patience, what difference is a few days more?. After all most of you have been waiting since last september anyway
Well the reason I'm so fidgity is that when I return from sunnier climes there will be people who have already had the experience before me - I went through a rough childhood where everyone else knew everything before I did.

They will all be talking about it before I have even had a chance to input my credit card number.

On the other hand, this will be a good excuse to stay on my internet detox while I'm away.
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Well the reason I'm so fidgity is that when I return from sunnier climes there will be people who have already had the experience before me - I went through a rough childhood where everyone else knew everything before I did.

They will all be talking about it before I have even had a chance to input my credit card number.

On the other hand, this will be a good excuse to stay on my internet detox while I'm away.
Where you this excited about Doom3 or is it just HL2 logla? im curious.
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Can someone explain to me what it means when a game goes "GOLD" and what is steam?
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Can someone explain to me what it means when a game goes "GOLD" and what is steam?
GOLD means the game is complete no more work to be done and it gets shipped out of VALVES house to his shipping company to be packaged retail like

and steam is VALVES way of letting people play in advance when the game hits the shops

i think all that is correct.
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Old Aug 23, 2004, 07:03 PM   #13
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Cool thanks Virus, one question though, how come the "shipment" of the game is never a security breach, surely theft is a huge issue?
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Wait... so you HAVE to have Steam to play HL2? LAME!!
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Just like what virus said!



Gold is complete.

Steam is part of valve, trying to make it easier for to use their product, like updating and playing online with their games. I believe
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Wait... so you HAVE to have Steam to play HL2? LAME!!
no but as soon as it's released it'll be on my pc! way before you have any chance to pick it up at the stores.....
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neon we need to chat if you catch my drift, or should I say Its in your interest to look me up on MSN for some info
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how many of you will be purchasing hl2 through steam instead of the conventional manner?

me, i've got a 55 dollar gift card to best buy

and, i prefer to have boxes and cds to look at. also, if someone "acquires" my steam password i would lose those games i bought.
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how many of you will be purchasing hl2 through steam instead of the conventional manner?

me, i've got a 55 dollar gift card to best buy

and, i prefer to have boxes and cds to look at. also, if someone "acquires" my steam password i would lose those games i bought.
long as you keep your cd key/proof .... your fine...

many of us get the game free from buying ATI cards
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long as you keep your cd key/proof .... your fine...

many of us get the game free from buying ATI cards
i would be getting mine free from the ATI voucher, but i got excited when scratching off that key thingy and i accidently scratched all the way through the little card...so that i couldn't read it.
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i know steam is convinient but isn't it more for the purpose of avoiding piracy? by the way i do have steam and it works pretty good
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I want the Collectors Edition box set and I can only get it through retail. Otherwise steam would be good enough
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Of couse no preload .....



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i would be getting mine free from the ATI voucher, but i got excited when scratching off that key thingy and i accidently scratched all the way through the little card...so that i couldn't read it.
WTF?

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i know steam is convinient but isn't it more for the purpose of avoiding piracy? by the way i do have steam and it works pretty good
not really.... thats just one of the many postives about steam, keeps you up to date and you can buy games, download them and play them no need to go to the store!
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I cant wait ill be getting it asap this better be worth it... watch it be duke nukem graphics
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I cant wait ill be getting it asap this better be worth it... watch it be duke nukem graphics
preload delayed..........

god, why can't valve relese anything on time?




I think thier just slacking off.... they keep anounceing dates and pushing them back to get millions in free PR .. advertiseing..... so thier in the headlines.. to help build the hipe and antispation..
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