Steam went down - Absolutely Steam did not need to go down. - Possibly
Something could have been done. - Probobly My argument isn't with Steam going down, Steam not going down, but with attitudes here. It's three days later, people are STILL without power up there, and yet we have people complaining, demanding explanations, and flashing credentials as if they know step by step and circuit by circuit what happened and why. On Long Island last year there was a power outage that lasted for over a week, and the report on the cause took almost 6 months without finding a definite cause. And that was without the area wide problems that are happening up there. The "to hell with the situation, I demand you fix it NOW and tell me WHY it went down" attitude, while root causes of the problem are still being worked on attitudes more than slightly disturbing. None of my posts have been in defense of Valve per. se. >Steam network went down. > >Steam network did not need to go down. > >Therefore, something could have been done to prevent >the Steam network from going down. > >That's all there is to it. We are not discussing >real-world impact because this is not a list meant for >that kind of discussion. This is a discussion about >the Steam server platform. The network went down and >players were unable to play. Why should we come up >with a new infrastructure for Valve? They have 100 or >so employees, they should do it themselves; it should >have been done a long time ago. THAT IS THE POINT. > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
