-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Ah well I bet this doesn't happen again though
Even WON had multiple authentication servers physically spread out across the country IIRC. Now that STEAM doesn't just do Valve games, I suspect that there will be a big push to spread these services out geographically to provide true redundancy. I wonder if this was thought of? On 12/17/06, Edward Luna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some Steam services were working and some were not... apparently due to > wide-spread power outages in the area. While I can certainly understand > circumstances beyond Valve's control causing authentication and connection > problems relative to Steam servers... what I can't understand is why my > stand alone single player versions of Half-Life and Half-Life2 wouldn't > work. These are legal versions of software running on my computer with no > need of Valve intervention or authentication. Why should power problems on > the other side of the country stop me from playing a single player computer > game on my computer? > > -----Original Message----- > From: K. Mike Bradley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [hlds] Problems with Steam > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > -- > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > Anyone else having problems logging on to Steam? > > Also the Forums seem to be down. > > Is this a hack attack? > > Is there any way to play Steam games stand alone? > > I want to play but it won't work unless it sees steam. > > What do I do now? > > -- > > [ image001.jpg of type image/jpeg deleted ] > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
