Steam Beta Ends, Full Version Ships Next Week

***Veridian3*** · Sep 5, 2003, 04:41 PM

This just in from Valve:

The Steam Beta has delivered several Valve games and popular Half-Life MODs to over 300,000 gamers, and will come to a close Tuesday evening (Pacific Daylight Time). The first full version of Steam, Valve's broadband platform for the delivery and management of digital content, will launch at 11 am PDT on Wednesday. Set up installers for the full version, which will be free of charge to existing Half-Life and Counter-Strike players, will be available from http://www.steampowered.com and leading game sites. Anyone interested in hosting the installer or becoming a Steam Service Provider, please email biz@steampowered.com.

Valve would like to extend its thanks to everyone who participated in this beta.

Nexus · Sep 5, 2003, 05:14 PM

w00t awesome

UZ7 · Sep 6, 2003, 12:21 AM

after 5 months of playing 1.6, finally get to have more competition (more people)

-={420}=- · Sep 7, 2003, 03:07 AM

Well it's about time

ToshiroOC · Sep 7, 2003, 06:15 AM

Steam is absolutely terrible. Rumor has it it's complete spyware, and its provable that it does keep track of a hell of a lot of files on your harddrive that it has no business looking at... google around for info on Steam being spyware. I'll quit CS completely if I'm forced to use Steam for upgrades.

digerati · Sep 7, 2003, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ToshiroOC
Steam is absolutely terrible. Rumor has it it's complete spyware, and its provable that it does keep track of a hell of a lot of files on your harddrive that it has no business looking at... google around for info on Steam being spyware. I'll quit CS completely if I'm forced to use Steam for upgrades.

You can't quit! I forbid it!

EcPercy · Sep 7, 2003, 10:07 AM

I never heard these rumors... steam checks the cs files each time you attempt to play a game and replaces them with current versions... so finally cheats are out... i like the system... i especially like that its a broadband only platform... no more 56kers.... i will never play the normal cs ever again... its lame with all the cheaters.. wallhacks and aimbots....and its still funny to see a hacker brag about his frag count...

Sep 5, 2003, 04:41 PM	#1
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 2,999 Rep Power: 72	Steam Beta Ends, Full Version Ships Next Week This just in from Valve: The Steam Beta has delivered several Valve games and popular Half-Life MODs to over 300,000 gamers, and will come to a close Tuesday evening (Pacific Daylight Time). The first full version of Steam, Valve's broadband platform for the delivery and management of digital content, will launch at 11 am PDT on Wednesday. Set up installers for the full version, which will be free of charge to existing Half-Life and Counter-Strike players, will be available from http://www.steampowered.com and leading game sites. Anyone interested in hosting the installer or becoming a Steam Service Provider, please email biz@steampowered.com. Valve would like to extend its thanks to everyone who participated in this beta.

Sep 6, 2003, 12:21 AM	#3
UZ7 7th's Specialist Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 162 Rep Power: 0	after 5 months of playing 1.6, finally get to have more competition (more people) __________________ Cold and Silent Blue. Seven and the Angel.

Sep 7, 2003, 03:07 AM	#4
-={420}=- DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	Well it's about time __________________ [COLOR=red]My eBay Auctions[/COLOR]

Sep 7, 2003, 06:15 AM	#5
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Steam is absolutely terrible. Rumor has it it's complete spyware, and its provable that it does keep track of a hell of a lot of files on your harddrive that it has no business looking at... google around for info on Steam being spyware. I'll quit CS completely if I'm forced to use Steam for upgrades. __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Sep 5, 2003, 05:14 PM	#2
Nexus -=Space Cowboy=- Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: NCV-474439-G Posts: 108 Rep Power: 0	w00t awesome

Sep 7, 2003, 10:07 AM	#7
EcPercy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,529 Rep Power: 49	I never heard these rumors... steam checks the cs files each time you attempt to play a game and replaces them with current versions... so finally cheats are out... i like the system... i especially like that its a broadband only platform... no more 56kers.... i will never play the normal cs ever again... its lame with all the cheaters.. wallhacks and aimbots....and its still funny to see a hacker brag about his frag count...