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Prescient Valve/Steam timeline by foolio 12/01/2004, 6:25pm PST
laudablepuss wrote:

A blow to the little guy?/irony Given that Steam is a crapware obstruction to me enjoying the game I purchased, this ruling makes me sad. Oh well.


12/1/2004 - Valve given legal right to use crappy authentication system to make cybercafes PAY UP. Starts billing cybercafes for site licenses or whatever other crappy scheme to make them pay up, more.

12/3/2004 - Cracker group releases "EZ LAN PAK" DVD ISO for installing HL2/CS:S onto cybercafes everywhere in Asia, South America, Eastern Europe, communist China and socialist Canada, and reformed socialist Europe.

12/5/2004 - Separate cracker group creates "EZ Cracked Steam Server PAK" - allows cracked clients to connect to this modified server variant.

Q1 2005 - Unrelated - every cybercafe in USA goes out of business, due to awful business model. Not related to Steam/Valve.

~2057 - OMM updates. Arnold Schwartzenegger clone (cloned on US soil) elected President.
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That surprise Valve was talking about. by Creexul :( 11/30/2004, 7:38pm PST NEW
    It's out now by Siskel and Ebert 12/01/2004, 12:16am PST NEW
        Re: It's out now by laudablepuss 12/01/2004, 12:35am PST NEW
            Re: It's out now by Creexul :( 12/01/2004, 7:39am PST NEW
                Re: It's out now by Bill Dungsroman 12/01/2004, 1:14pm PST NEW
                    I can't even play HL2 or CS:S now by Mysteriou 12/01/2004, 1:20pm PST NEW
                        I guess it's a bug then, wait for fixes, check Steam support forum. NT by Creexul :( 12/01/2004, 1:45pm PST NEW
                            Our hero. NT by laudablepuss 12/01/2004, 2:18pm PST NEW
                                Oh yeah, and you guys are totally missing out. NT by Creexul :( 12/01/2004, 2:20pm PST NEW
                                    More bad news by laudablepuss 12/01/2004, 3:03pm PST NEW
                                        Prescient Valve/Steam timeline by foolio 12/01/2004, 6:25pm PST NEW
                                            Re: Prescient Valve/Steam timeline by AWP whore 12/01/2004, 6:39pm PST NEW
                                                Cybercafes are hilarious by Fussbett 12/01/2004, 7:00pm PST NEW
                                                Here's another funny cybercafe story (except actually funny) by I need clarification 12/02/2004, 12:36am PST NEW
                                                    And the punchline is...? NT by Mysterio 12/02/2004, 1:30am PST NEW
                                                        Chill out, testy Mysterio. You're fucking up our aura. NT by Mysterio 12/02/2004, 4:22am PST NEW
                                                            Mysterio has a point by Mysterio 12/02/2004, 8:19am PST NEW
                                                            "Aura?" I knew you were all crystal-humping FAGGOTS. NT by Bill Dungsroman 12/02/2004, 11:20am PST NEW
                                                                You were in medical school? by Mysterio 12/02/2004, 1:19pm PST NEW
                                                                    You were a faggot? by Bill Dungsroman 12/02/2004, 2:44pm PST NEW
                                    But not on your scintillating computer gaming knowledge! NT by Bill Dungsroman 12/01/2004, 9:34pm PST NEW
                        I can't play CS either. by Bodybag 12/01/2004, 8:17pm PST NEW
                    Re: It's out now by Mysterio 12/01/2004, 3:58pm PST NEW
    The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. <-LIE by Maxime Faget 12/02/2004, 1:30am PST NEW
        It's working fine, NOW by Mysterio 12/02/2004, 3:02am PST NEW
 
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