rudnicke
Premium
join:2004-10-23
Rantoul, IL | Oh great!
Guess I better enjoy my games before Google starts injecting ads into them. |
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NOZIREV
join:2008-07-10
New Bedford, MA | Steam
Steam already uses a good amount of ads as it is i dont think that it will get any worse.
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"Citius, Altius, Fortius" [Faster, Higher, Stronger] |
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
Premium
join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs:
1 edit | reply to rudnicke
Re: Oh great!
Google is good. Stop your whining. Would you rather Yahoo or EA buy Valve???? |
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swhitney2003
I can't drive 55.
Premium
join:2003-06-13
NH
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Give it fuel, give it fire, give Google all it desires. |
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Jwobot
join:2002-08-14
Sterling Heights, MI | So much for company slogans
"Don't Be Evil!" Whatever happen to that slogan Google? Stop trying to take over the world. |
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drew
Reformation
Premium
join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
clubs:
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| reply to rudnicke
Re: Oh great!
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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Paulg
Displaced Yooper
Premium
join:2004-03-15
Neenah, WI
clubs: | reply to DaMaGeINC
if thats the choice we have, EA or google... hope to god for google.
EA sucks. |
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anonnnnnn
@rr.com | reply to DaMaGeINC
I would rather have Yahoo then Google, but EA? EA = NOWAY |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| reply to Jwobot
Re: So much for company slogans
very true. What's going to happen is they're going to buy so much at once and not turn a profit on anything. Their entire company will start go to down hill.
nothing good comes from keeping your services in "beta" for years and under lock and key to join.
The only thing they're doing that helps the community is Grand Central which was fine without them. Google took over and locked them down. for what reason? they can control it all.
They're starting to be worse than Microsoft as far as control. |
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Dogfather
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join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
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1 edit | I don't like change
I used to hate Steam but now I dig it big time, especially since I don't have to carry discs or use no cd cracks to play on multiple machines. As far as ad injection, I opposed the premise at the time but in playing the games I actually like it a bit. Yeah, I voted against before I voted for it 
It's the unknown that I'm not a fan of. I don't like media consolidation and when I have so much dough tied up in Steam titles and we see changes like this it makes me nervous. Nothing may change, a lot may change. |
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mahony1
@clearwire-dns.net | valve = sooper greed
Valve is taking steam in the wrong direction. VAlve is going to start charging per hour of play if google does not step in |
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
Premium
join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs: | reply to anonnnnnn
Re: Oh great!
Yahoo over Google?????? WHAT!!!!!!!!!! Please tell me you are not going to have any kids! |
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dsldude08
Premium,VIP
join:2008-01-03
La Crosse, WI | lol |
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d50man
join:2002-08-27
Hickory, NC
| OMG NOOOOOO!
i like valve and steam but after what google did to youtube i don't want any part of this deal.
playing since halflife first came out when my pc had a 56k modem and overclocked PII 450mhz with 3dfx video
I just got the ID pack a few weekends ago even tho i already owned and lost most of those games just to have them again
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LaZ3R
Premium
join:2003-01-17 | What the hell...
Weird move... Very interesting.  |
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mahony
join:2000-06-24
Modesto, CA | reply to d50man
Re: OMG NOOOOOO!
actually I was playing HL way before a 450mhz came out |
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odd
@direcpc.com
| reply to LaZ3R
Re: What the hell...
i don't know anything about this,but is there any way that they could shut down the game and use it for providing internet like i said i don't know nothing about this system,but find it odd that google would buy a game system unless they have other intentions for it? |
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R4M0N
Brazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
join:2000-10-04
Glen Allen, VA
1 edit | reply to Jwobot
Re: So much for company slogans
Why is it that when a company becomes successful and tries to expand, they start being labeled "Evil"? |
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HotRodFoto
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Denver, CO | reply to mahony
Re: OMG NOOOOOO!
 TFC in '99!!! |
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
 ·Site5.com
·AT&T Midwest
·Comcast
| reply to Dogfather
Re: I don't like change
said by Dogfather  :I used to hate Steam but now I dig it big time, especially since I don't have to carry discs or use no cd cracks to play on multiple machines. As far as ad injection, I opposed the premise at the time but in playing the games I actually like it a bit. Yeah, I voted against before I voted for it It's the unknown that I'm not a fan of. I don't like media consolidation and when I have so much dough tied up in Steam titles and we see changes like this it makes me nervous. Nothing may change, a lot may change. Best comment I have read in this section so far. Its the unknown that makes me nervous as well. Same with everyone who buys games from Steam. To see a system like Steam that has come so far and is already a major player in game distribution being bought out by Google makes me nervous as well. What I can say is that Google does a good job with all acquisitions they have had so far. Take Postini for instance. They integrated it with Gmail and Google Apps to make their spam filtering the best.
This news report is only speculation right now though. |
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