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Azog Ex Member	DDO on Steam Jun 26^th, 2012 at 3:00am	Print Post
	http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=379855&page=2 http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=376700&page=1 I have mixed feelings about Steam, but I have also mixed feelings about having mixed feelings.


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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 9989 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #1 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 4:13am	Print Post
	I can''t condone a system that assume you're a pirate and requires you to be connected to play a single player game ( namely Napoleon Total War ). And I won't go into the bloatware that is Steam, as a 'docked application down there with the rest of the bloatwares like antiviruses'.

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rest One Man Wolfpack Offline Posts: 7223 Joined: Aug 13^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #2 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 4:31am	Print Post
	I got my ddo update really quickly from steam, and now i'll likely uninstall it until next time. This is the first time i've ever used steam for anything.


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random110 Waterworks Kobold Offline Always lurking.. Posts: 182 Location: Australia Joined: Jul 1^st, 2011 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #3 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 5:37am	Print Post
	I think it's a good move. May also increase the player base.


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schmitty Korthos Resident Offline He was #1. Posts: 17 Location: The armpit of America. Joined: Aug 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #4 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 7:10am	Print Post
	Flav wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 4:13am: I can''t condone a system that assume you're a pirate and requires you to be connected to play a single player game ( namely Napoleon Total War ). And I won't go into the bloatware that is Steam, as a 'docked application down there with the rest of the bloatwares like antiviruses'. I can understand your first argument. I'm the kind of person that refuses to have their bags checked on the way our of Best Buy. But the second argument holds no water at all. On a modern machine (meaning 3-4 years old) you can't even tell Steam is running in the background.


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bob the builder Abbot Raider Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 772 Joined: Apr 19^th, 2011	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #5 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 9:12am	Print Post
	I suppose I'm in the minority. I like Steam. I have all my games stored on their servers. When I upgrade my computer or hard drive or re-install Windows, I can get my games without trying to hunt down my install CD/DVDs. Now, not being able to play some single player games without being on-line is not good, but I'm pretty sure that option is mandated from the individual publishers. Don't buy those games if you don't like it.


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Eladiun Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Two Time Loser Posts: 8398 Location: Rhode Island, USA Joined: Jun 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #6 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 9:31am	Print Post
	Steam and Valve are the shit. Easy to use. Unobtrusive. No more f'n CD's. Good Deals.

	Nevynn wrote on Nov 18^th, 2010 at 11:38pm: Anybody coming to this board expecting anything more sophisticated than a dick joke had better get used to disappointment. Calvet wrote on Oct 20^th, 2011 at 12:18pm: I just got that impression after you spent 13 pages calling out eladiun for being an interwebs bully when anyone who's been posting on here already knew that.� I mean, he's proud of it and hardly tries to hide that at all. Quote: Eladiun is an awful person
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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 9989 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #7 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 9:52am	Print Post
	schmitty wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 7:10am: But the second argument holds no water at all.� On a modern machine (meaning 3-4 years old) you can't even tell Steam is running in the background. Sorry my machine is $DDO years old� � ( Pentium D 930 ) But anyway, enough bloatwares stuffed into that bar and you will feel it, trust me. I have a 1 year old laptop for work... and a list of bloat/crap/shit/fuckware that runs in the background ( ranging from Child Porn hunter to Full Hard Disk Encryption with fun stuff like some Citrix client, LAN/WLAN control [ when LAN OFF WLAN ON, WLAN OFF LAN ON, no you can't have both up at hte same time, So long ] ) and well, even without Steam I cringe when I have to do some heavy duty things on it. I've stopped counting the times I've just Alt-Ctrl-Del -> Process Manager -> Kill the fucking process that makes it go at a snail rate. Just the Hard Disk Encryption kills about 30% of performances...� To give an idea : right now I have IE opened on the Vault ( 4 Tabs ), Thunderbird, a Media Player playing "Asia - Holy War", and an excel sheet ( nothing frilly in excel, just plain tabs filled with stuff and lots of colors )... the Memory used is 1.92 Gb ( I whined enough to be entrusted with 4Gb on that fucking laptop... all the others have to make do with 2Gb... which they fill by just opening Outlook. )
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Aqualung Ex Member	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #8 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 9:59am	Print Post
	Flav wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 9:52am: Sorry my machine is $DDO years old� � ( Pentium D 930 ) But anyway, enough bloatwares stuffed into that bar and you will feel it, trust me. I have a 1 year old laptop for work... and a list of bloat/crap/shit/fuckware that runs in the background ( ranging from Child Porn hunter to Full Hard Disk Encryption with fun stuff like some Citrix client, LAN/WLAN control [ when LAN OFF WLAN ON, WLAN OFF LAN ON, no you can't have both up at hte same time, So long ] ) and well, even without Steam I cringe when I have to do some heavy duty things on it. I've stopped counting the times I've just Alt-Ctrl-Del -> Process Manager -> Kill the fucking process that makes it go at a snail rate. Just the Hard Disk Encryption kills about 30% of performances...� My son uses steam for a lot of his games. When he isn't on, I just turn off steam and no problems.


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Eladiun Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Two Time Loser Posts: 8398 Location: Rhode Island, USA Joined: Jun 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #9 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 10:01am	Print Post
	Quote: My son uses steam for a lot of his games. When he isn't on, I just turn off steam and no problems. Exactly, it's not rocket science. Set it to not start on start-up and shut it down when you aren't using it.

	Nevynn wrote on Nov 18^th, 2010 at 11:38pm: Anybody coming to this board expecting anything more sophisticated than a dick joke had better get used to disappointment. Calvet wrote on Oct 20^th, 2011 at 12:18pm: I just got that impression after you spent 13 pages calling out eladiun for being an interwebs bully when anyone who's been posting on here already knew that.� I mean, he's proud of it and hardly tries to hide that at all. Quote: Eladiun is an awful person
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Merrick DQ Assaulter Offline Posts: 456 Joined: Nov 29^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #10 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 2:12pm	Print Post
	Flav wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 4:13am: I can''t condone a system that assume you're a pirate and requires you to be connected to play a single player game ( namely Napoleon Total War ). That's not steam doing that, that's the game publisher. I can play all of my steam games offline EXCEPT the ones that come with built-in "online only" DRM from the publisher.


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Glenalth Puppy Farmer Offline Not banned, just bored Posts: 1602 Location: Albuquerque Joined: Sep 13^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #11 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 3:42pm	Print Post
	schmitty wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 7:10am: I'm the kind of person that refuses to have their bags checked on the way our of Best Buy. It's good fun. I always like the puzzled looks when someone asks "May I see your receipt?" and I just tell them no or ask why they want to see it.


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Spelljammer Waterworks Kobold Offline Posts: 107 Joined: Jun 4^th, 2012 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #12 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 5:14pm	Print Post
	Glenalth wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 3:42pm: It's good fun. I always like the puzzled looks when someone asks "May I see your receipt?" and I just tell them no or ask why they want to see it. You have exactly as much right to stop them and demand to see random contents of their wallets as they have to stop you and demand a receipt. Of course, it can make for a scene... ever get caught in the middle of one?

	bbqzor: "This game is, in some ways, a pile of leftover broken things."
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Smrti VoD Slasher Offline I Am Fooling No One Posts: 1920 Location: Denver Joined: Oct 6^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #13 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 6:41pm	Print Post
	Spelljammer wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 5:14pm: You have exactly as much right to stop them and demand to see random contents of their wallets as they have to stop you and demand a receipt.� Of course, it can make for a scene... ever get caught in the middle of one? It would be more fun to demand what is in their pants. Bonus points if they show you.

	Munkenmo wrote on Jun 20^th, 2012 at 9:41pm: All hail Smrti. Felgor wrote on Sep 11^th, 2012 at 11:18pm: Fuck Australia. rev Jim wrote on Sep 12^th, 2012 at 8:40am: I wish I was a rich black woman sometimes........
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Glenalth Puppy Farmer Offline Not banned, just bored Posts: 1602 Location: Albuquerque Joined: Sep 13^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #14 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 8:15pm	Print Post
	Spelljammer wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 5:14pm: You have exactly as much right to stop them and demand to see random contents of their wallets as they have to stop you and demand a receipt.� Of course, it can make for a scene... ever get caught in the middle of one? No, but once when asked I did stick the receipt in my mouth. My friend got accosted at a Walmart. He was leaving with a bookshelf in one hand and a jug of milk in the other. When asked to show his receipt, he asked the door guy to hold the bookshelf so he could pull the receipt out of his pocket, when the guy refused he just left and went to his car. The guy and two others followed him out to his car with the door guy saying that they would call the police if he didn't stop and show his receipt. He drove off and called the manager later.


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Spelljammer Waterworks Kobold Offline Posts: 107 Joined: Jun 4^th, 2012 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #15 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 8:48pm	Print Post
	Glenalth wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 8:15pm: The guy and two others followed him out to his car with the door guy saying that they would call the police if he didn't stop and show his receipt. He drove off and called the manager later. I wouldn't have bothered to call.� I'm comfortable with my rights, at least in GA.� I have no idea what I'd do in another state.� In TX I would probably drop to the ground prone.

	bbqzor: "This game is, in some ways, a pile of leftover broken things."
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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 9989 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #16 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 4:05am	Print Post
	Spelljammer wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 5:14pm: You have exactly as much right to stop them and demand to see random contents of their wallets as they have to stop you and demand a receipt.� Of course, it can make for a scene... ever get caught in the middle of one? It's extremely fun when I go to the supermarkeet while on duty... When the supposed pittbull at the entrance tells me that he needs to 'lock' my backpack I usually tell him that I'll just remove the thing as soon as he has finished putting it because I may need the content of the backpack at any fucking time if I'm called. Usually they go all grumpy, but as they have no real power they can't do anything about it.

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Epoch Alaskan Ice Hole Offline Epochalypse Posts: 10377 Location: Frozen Tundra Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #17 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 4:43am	Print Post
	I can walk in the supermarket with a backpack on and noones says a thing. When I was younger this was a great way to get MP3s and CD players to sell to all the stupid rich kids that I went to school with.

	OnePercenter wrote on May 15^th, 2014 at 9:41am: I just read that the cat followed up by visiting the dog house later that night, dropping some Willie Pete in on the sleeping dog.� #epochsfamiliarFTW Sim-Sala-Bim wrote on Jan 27^th, 2014 at 2:09am: It seems like Epoch never loses his popularity. Even against donuts.
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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 9989 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #18 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 4:56am	Print Post
	Here they tend to freak out when you're carrying a bag bigger than a handbag that's obviously not empty. I might be a filthy terrorist that want to plant a bomb.

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Smrti VoD Slasher Offline I Am Fooling No One Posts: 1920 Location: Denver Joined: Oct 6^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #19 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 12:12pm	Print Post
	Flav wrote on Jun 27^th, 2012 at 4:56am: Here they tend to freak out when you're carrying a bag bigger than a handbag that's obviously not empty. I might be a filthy terrorist that want to plant a bomb. Aren't all Frogs just that though?

	Munkenmo wrote on Jun 20^th, 2012 at 9:41pm: All hail Smrti. Felgor wrote on Sep 11^th, 2012 at 11:18pm: Fuck Australia. rev Jim wrote on Sep 12^th, 2012 at 8:40am: I wish I was a rich black woman sometimes........
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Spelljammer Waterworks Kobold Offline Posts: 107 Joined: Jun 4^th, 2012 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #20 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 12:44pm	Print Post
	Smrti wrote on Jun 27^th, 2012 at 12:12pm: Aren't all Frenchies just that though? ftfy

	bbqzor: "This game is, in some ways, a pile of leftover broken things."
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Smrti VoD Slasher Offline I Am Fooling No One Posts: 1920 Location: Denver Joined: Oct 6^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #21 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 12:53pm	Print Post
	Spelljammer wrote on Jun 27^th, 2012 at 12:44pm: ftfy Wow. You really are that dense, aren't you?

	Munkenmo wrote on Jun 20^th, 2012 at 9:41pm: All hail Smrti. Felgor wrote on Sep 11^th, 2012 at 11:18pm: Fuck Australia. rev Jim wrote on Sep 12^th, 2012 at 8:40am: I wish I was a rich black woman sometimes........
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Spelljammer Waterworks Kobold Offline Posts: 107 Joined: Jun 4^th, 2012 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #22 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 12:54pm	Print Post
	I thought it was firmly established that it was wrong to be French. It even says so in someone's title somewhere.

	bbqzor: "This game is, in some ways, a pile of leftover broken things."
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Merrick DQ Assaulter Offline Posts: 456 Joined: Nov 29^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #23 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 12:57pm	Print Post
	Spelljammer wrote on Jun 27^th, 2012 at 12:44pm: ftfy Holy fucking shit that was awesome.


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Gawna Ex Member	Re: DDO on Steam Reply #24 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 12:58pm	Print Post
	Smrti wrote on Jun 27^th, 2012 at 12:53pm: Wow. You really are that dense, aren't you? I TRIED TO TELL YOU.


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