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Re: Oh great! in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21124226 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:14:27 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:14:27 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21130065 drew : Every time steam loads itself for me, it pops up with an ad.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21130065 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:32:53 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21129077 fenix_jn : Yep. True. I have Steam since theyreleased HL2. I never seen any ads either outside or in game (like certaim BF versions). As far as invasive, yes they require steam to be running in order to launch games but still you can use 'offline mode'.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21129077 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:23:51 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21127726 bear73 : one word. GREED.

a profitable business plan can mean long-term profits and long- term wealth, OR you can sell for a butt-load of cash NOW and get rich quick.

then you can concentrate on the Next Big Thing...

not to mention everyone seems to want everything NOW instead of working hard, saving, and accumulating wealth oer time.
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Valve has a very different style of developing games that would likely conflict with the interests of management at a larger company. I seriously doubt that they will sell out until most of the founders are ready to retire/leave.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21126250 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:23:13 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21126008 Tomek : Best C&C Games came out when Westwood was developing them.
Good old days. C&C3 wasn't bad, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the original.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21126008 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:37:03 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125998 Cune : Microsoft had their chance and passed on them. So did Yahoo.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125998 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:35:50 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125740 FiL : most of the better C&C games came out when EA wasn't the franchise owner.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125740 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:48:39 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125676 cornelius785 : as long as the ads being added into games fit the theme and feel of the game and are not obtrusive (no ads should alter the game play to make it easier or harder and no gigantic ads that cover walls), i probably wouldn't mind too much. i think it would be pretty hard to add ads to the hl2 universe or tf2 without destroying the feel, but CS seems more plausible. instead of generic computers, why not a computer by a real brand? would gun manufactures pay to push their guns into CS? instead of generic bottles and cans, why not coke or bud or smirnoff?

could be pretty interesting if the ads get hacked or adult orientated ads get mixed in, could lead for some interesting reactions.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125676 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:37:43 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125569 Combat Chuck : EA has been playing relatively nicely recently. EA also doesn't have a record of your whole life down to what commercial you get up to drop a deuce while you watch Lost. I'd rather have EA.

Either way, I seriously doubt this is at all true at this point. It would be more believable if it were Microsoft.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125569 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:17:32 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125416 biaachmonkie : Why does anyone have to buy them? If they are successful why can't they just continue on their own?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125416 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:53:11 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125391 beatsnpieces :

said by dnoyeB

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Plus I paid for my game and I still have to watch Steam adds for more games. Its offensive.

I can't stand installers putting icons on my desktop without asking, I certainly can't stand the way Steam injects itself into my experience.

What ads are you referring to?? I have Steam running on my system 24/7 for the last 4 years and not once have I ever seen an ad. There is the Steam Update News page that sometimes pops up when starting Steam that shows any newly added games or sales which can be turned off within the settings menu. A page that sometimes pops up to inform you of newly available games hardly counts as invasive advertising. Also you can set Steam to go directly to your games list when it starts instead of the store page, again in the settings menu.
Every time I have installed a game with Steam (that would be hundreds of times at this point) the last thing that happens at the end of every install, without a single exception, is it asks "Would you like Steam to place a shortcut on your desktop?" at which point you can say no. It's amazing how much better software works when you learn how to use it and pay attention to what it's doing and what it's asking you.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125391 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:49:19 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125389 biaachmonkie : Nope, your SCREWED. EA is polluting Red Alert 3 with the same DRM garbage BS that they put into Spore. I was in the beta, and as soon as I heard that, I uninstalled it. I'm done with EA's crap.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125389 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:48:42 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125145 axus : Google isn't always good, and they can always get worse. Nobody starts out intending to be a monopoly that behaves badly.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125145 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:10:38 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124891 inurenegade : I like command and conquer also. Every game i have purchased so far has not had any drm. Hopefully Red Alert 3 will be the same way... And i don't think Google buying valve is a bad thing at all. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124891 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:19:54 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124741 dnoyeB : Me too. I like Half-Life 2. I put up with Steam because I was forced too. I hate it, and it has kept me from following Half-Life into many of its subsequent additions and enhancements. I love the idea of something to prevent hacking so we can have a fair game. But I can't stand all the junk with Steam.

Plus I paid for my game and I still have to watch Steam adds for more games. Its offensive.

I can't stand installers putting icons on my desktop without asking, I certainly can't stand the way Steam injects itself into my experience.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124741 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:51:25 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124572 viperlmw : I guess I like Command and Conquer to much. I also seem to remember some other EA games I liked (to old to remember). So I guess I disagree that EA sucks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124572 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:23:18 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124545 NightLinks : I would also like to go with google.

I just hope that they don't change anything and keep everything the way it is.
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said by rudnicke

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Guess I better enjoy my games before Google starts injecting ads into them.

Oh, Google will inject something into them alright! ;)
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EA sucks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124133 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:59:14 EDT Re: Oh great! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124098 drew : interesting. the platform only took off due to the popularity of counterstrike back then. I used it. I hated it. I will likely never purchase another game from that system again. Too many problems with not being able to play in a LAN setting if there was no internet.

However, I do wonder why they didn't approach the Penny Arcade online distribution platform. It's named something with "green" in the title.
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