| Not sure if Steam will be accepted... I think one of the reasons CS got so big was decentralization. Servers are everywhere: 11,000 of them the last time I checked!
But Valve wasn't making a whole lot off this massive community (besides the 1 time purchase) so the Marketing Dept. comes up with this.
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| actually there are 26,000+ CS servers and about 80,000 - 100,000 gamers online at any given time.
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 Combat ChuckToo Many CannibalsPremium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA | reply to seppytech
It's still just about as decentralized with steam as it was without. Pre-steam we were all tied to the WON servers for cd-key verification.
My understanding is that once steam validates that you actually own the game (or pay for the subscription), and checks for cheats; steam will turn over control to the game executable.
Game servers will still be run by individuals like it's always been.
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 FLECOMBay Networks FreakPremium
join:2003-03-03
Miami, FL
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| said by Combat Chuck:
It's still just about as decentralized with steam as it was without. Pre-steam we were all tied to the WON servers for cd-key verification.
My understanding is that once steam validates that you actually own the game (or pay for the subscription), and checks for cheats; steam will turn over control to the game executable.
Game servers will still be run by individuals like it's always been.
bzz wrong
if you used the steam beta you would have seen that there are monthly "subscription fees" associated with every game INCLUDING DEDICATED SERVERS!?!
if they actually do this they are shooting themselves in the foot |
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Combat ChuckToo Many CannibalsPremium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
| Sigh,
about pay for play:
»halflife2.homelan.com/forums/sho···did=5867
and it was reposted at many sites so it's not just rumor
secondly I believe it was in this post over at the official steam forums:
»steampowered.com/forums/showthre···id=11562
a post by Erik Johnson explaining that (after the initial install and maintence) steam just validates that the install is untampered with, and that you have a right to play (IE a steam subscription or a valid CD Key), and then turns control over to the executable.
I did use the steam beta BTW, the key word there being beta.
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