Gryph Posted November 8, 2004 Author Posted November 8, 2004 Heh. Impatient people fall pray to a hacker's scheme. I'd say.... serves them right.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, I don't pity whoever uses those. Anyway, here are the times when the game will be unlocked depending on your time zone (Find out what timezone you are in here if you don't already know): Here are the timezones w/ the provided release time * -12GMT || 8:00PM (Nov 15th)* -11GMT || 9:00PM (Nov 15th)* -10GMT || 10:00PM (Nov 15th)* -9GMT || 11:00PM (Nov 15th)* -8GMT || 12:00AM (Nov 16th) (VALVe's Time)* -7GMT || 1:00AM (Nov 16th)* -6GMT || 2:00AM (Nov 16th)* -5GMT || 3:00AM (Nov 16th)* -4GMT || 4:00AM (Nov 16th)* -3GMT || 5:00AM (Nov 16th)* -2GMT || 6:00AM (Nov 16th)* -12GMT || 7:00AM (Nov 16th)* GMT || 8:00AM (Nov 16th) * +1GMT || 9:00AM (Nov 16th)* +2GMT || 10:00AM (Nov 16th)* +3GMT || 11:00AM (Nov 16th)* +4GMT || 12:00PM (Nov 16th)* +5GMT || 1:00PM (Nov 16th)* +6GMT || 2:00PM (Nov 16th)* +7GMT || 3:00PM (Nov 16th)* +8GMT || 4:00PM (Nov 16th)* +9GMT || 5:00PM (Nov 16th)* +10GMT || 6:00PM (Nov 16th)* +11GMT || 7:00PM (Nov 16th)* +12GMT || 8:00PM (Nov 16th) Source: http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthr...0994#post950994
Agozer Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Hmm... I'm GMT +2 so... Oh wait, that only for Steam preloaders. Crud. Oh well, to the store I go.
Gryph Posted November 8, 2004 Author Posted November 8, 2004 No, I think that's for everyone. Even if you buy it in stores you have to authenticate throught Steam.
Agozer Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Hmm... I'm GMT +2 so... Oh wait, that only for Steam preloaders. Crud. Oh well, to the store I go.You do? I it sort of like an activation thing ala Windows XP?
Gryph Posted November 8, 2004 Author Posted November 8, 2004 (edited) Hmm... I'm GMT +2 so... Oh wait, that only for Steam preloaders. Crud. Oh well, to the store I go.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>You do? I it sort of like an activation thing ala Windows XP?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, it's pretty much just like Windows XP. Edited November 8, 2004 by GryphonKlaw
Agozer Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Hmm... I'm GMT +2 so... Oh wait, that only for Steam preloaders. Crud. Oh well, to the store I go.You do? I it sort of like an activation thing ala Windows XP? Yeah, it's pretty much just like Windows XP.I can understand VALVE opting for this after the source code theft.
Daeval Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 (edited) Are Counterstrike:Source and Day of Defeat:Source new games, or are they just the old games ported to Source with no changes to gameplay? I don't like the way they're distributing HL2. Steam is a nice idea, but if I'm spending 50 bucks on a game I want a hard copy, damnit. And I'd prefer that hard copy in DVD format, but that means buying an extra twenty-five bucks worth of crap I don't need or want. Edited November 8, 2004 by Daeval
Agozer Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Are Counterstrike:Source and Day of Defeat:Source new games, or are they just the old games ported to Source with no changes to gameplay?I'm pretty sure they're just ports.
Gryph Posted November 8, 2004 Author Posted November 8, 2004 Are Counterstrike:Source and Day of Defeat:Source new games, or are they just the old games ported to Source with no changes to gameplay? I don't like the way they're distributing HL2. Steam is a nice idea, but if I'm spending 50 bucks on a game I want a hard copy, damnit. And I'd prefer that hard copy in DVD format, but that means buying an extra twenty-five bucks worth of crap I don't need or want.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> The levels are redesigned and upgraded, so are the character and weapons models. The gameplay is still basically the same though since it won't change much anyway. But you can burn the GCF files on CD or DVD if you want a hardcopy. I was all into wanting a hard copy but I just didn't care anymore. It'll be scratched and unreadable in 5 years when I go back to play it again.
Daeval Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Are Counterstrike:Source and Day of Defeat:Source new games, or are they just the old games ported to Source with no changes to gameplay? I don't like the way they're distributing HL2. Steam is a nice idea, but if I'm spending 50 bucks on a game I want a hard copy, damnit. And I'd prefer that hard copy in DVD format, but that means buying an extra twenty-five bucks worth of crap I don't need or want.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> The levels are redesigned and upgraded, so are the character and weapons models. The gameplay is still basically the same though since it won't change much anyway. But you can burn the GCF files on CD or DVD if you want a hardcopy. I was all into wanting a hard copy but I just didn't care anymore. It'll be scratched and unreadable in 5 years when I go back to play it again.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I can usually keep my media in decent condition for that long. My question is, what happens to all the steam pre-loaders when steam eventually dies? Their purchases just go defunkt with the system? At least I can still play Half-Life 1 off the CD if I find the old patches. I couldn't tell you how to use a.gcf without a Steam account though...
Gryph Posted November 8, 2004 Author Posted November 8, 2004 (edited) Valve won't let it die without releasing something that lets you play the game. If they don't, they'd be sued to all hell so you can pretty much guarantee that the games won't die when Steam dies. EDIT: Oh yeah, and all you retail people will also not be able to play if Steam dies since during installation you have to authenticate through Steam. Edited November 8, 2004 by GryphonKlaw
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