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[Nilocy]

Oki, well shameless advertising again.

Seems that we're going to be getting an influx of Mac users, so I openly invite you lot to join the Dwarf Fortress Community on steam. We have our own TF2 server, and its a great place to arrange games with people you know.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dwarfortress

[userpay]

Does Steam... boost your download rate or something? When I was downloading Portal the speed was tripled from what I usually max out at.

[Nikov]

Oki, well shameless advertising again.

Seems that we're going to be getting an influx of Mac users, so I openly invite you lot to join the Dwarf Fortress Community on steam. We have our own TF2 server, and its a great place to arrange games with people you know.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dwarfortress

Ever consider a Mount and Blade Warband server?

[ronnyfire]

Does Steam... boost your download rate or something? When I was downloading Portal the speed was tripled from what I usually max out at.

Steam is just that awesome =P

[Shadowlord]

Awesome enough to say "STEAM'S SERVERS ARE TOO BUSY TO LET YOU RE-INSTALL TF2 RIGHT NOW (UNLESS YOU RETRY 6 TIMES) BECAUSE EVERYONE AND THEIR LITTLE DOG TOO IS DOWNLOADING PORTAL."

[Mr.Person]

As someone who paid $50 for The Orange Box, I feel highly insulted.

You get a medal in Team Fortress 2. A $20 medal. Best money I ever spent, that's for sure.

[Akura]

Does Steam... boost your download rate or something? When I was downloading Portal the speed was tripled from what I usually max out at.

Steam is just that awesome =P

It seems to be buggy for me...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Or is it normal to show two different download rates(and neither of them seem to be right, though one of them might be)?

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Schroedinger's download.

So how much is the Orange Box if you buy the media itself? Is it still $50 and Steam just has a nice discount if you buy the Steam controlled version?

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

All versions are steam controlled.  They're Valve games.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

I ... I don't understand. So you're saying if I buy Half-Life I would need to have an Internet connection, and if the Steam servers go offline I could never play my game again?

Assuming I'm an honest customer, of course.

Is that right?

[Cthulhu]

No, just play in Offline mode.

[Zaranthan]

Once you load the game the first time, it marks down your license and you can play offline forever.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Okay I misunderstood Ioric. I thought the game had always-on server-checking DRM.

[Akura]

Okay I misunderstood Ioric. I thought the game had always-on server-checking DRM.

Noooo, that's Ubisoft.

[ronnyfire]

Akura, i am assuming the new download page will be a bit buggy, seeing as it is new.

Steam just completely changed .. well.. everything everything really.

but i generally do get much faster downloads on steam than anywhere else