Comments on: Guest Passes resurface http://steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/ Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital communications platform. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:27:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Creative Forums :: View topic - 1 Steam Guest Pass Give-away http://steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-3089 Creative Forums :: View topic - 1 Steam Guest Pass Give-away Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:59:50 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-3089 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] doesn't own a Steam game. Its a limited time pass to get you hooked on it so you will buy it. Guest Pass_________________If it can't be modded, then why own it. www.extensivemods.com [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] doesn’t own a Steam game. Its a limited time pass to get you hooked on it so you will buy it. Guest Pass_________________If it can’t be modded, then why own it. http://www.extensivemods.com [...]

]]> By: Guest Passes: give your friends free games - Steam Users Forums http://steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-2936 Guest Passes: give your friends free games - Steam Users Forums Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:51:43 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-2936 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Passes: give your friends free games Oh yes. http://steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/ Last edited by Varsity : 12-01-2006 at 07:57 AM. Reason: avoided http [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Passes: give your friends free games Oh yes. http://steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/ Last edited by Varsity : 12-01-2006 at 07:57 AM. Reason: avoided http [...]

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-2313 Tom Edwards Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:17:31 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-2313 Quick note: I might not be able to cover the upcoming beta for this immediately. My laptop died last week (<a href="http://steamreview.org/posts/tsrdevenv/" rel="nofollow">and good riddance</a>), and I'm not exactly sure when <a href="http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=4969" rel="nofollow">its replacement</a> will arrive. I hope it's soon though. God help me, I've been using Macs. Quick note: I might not be able to cover the upcoming beta for this immediately. My laptop died last week (and good riddance), and I’m not exactly sure when its replacement will arrive.

I hope it’s soon though. God help me, I’ve been using Macs.

]]> By: Online Gaming Zeitgeist » Blog Archive » Steam introduces guest passes http://steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-2312 Online Gaming Zeitgeist » Blog Archive » Steam introduces guest passes Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:49:33 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-2312 [...] Tom Edwards had the scoop on this feature almost two months ago, and it seems the feature is finally ready for prime time now. We can’t predict now how this will work out for a game’s penetration on the market (it will also largely depend on the limits set by the guest pass once it becomes live), but I think it’s a given that word-of-mouth will become quite a bit stronger now. [...] [...] Tom Edwards had the scoop on this feature almost two months ago, and it seems the feature is finally ready for prime time now. We can’t predict now how this will work out for a game’s penetration on the market (it will also largely depend on the limits set by the guest pass once it becomes live), but I think it’s a given that word-of-mouth will become quite a bit stronger now. [...]

]]> By: King2500 http://steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-2259 King2500 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:46:51 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-2259 There 's now a support page on this topic: http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=550 There ’s now a support page on this topic:

http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=550

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-1762 Tom Edwards Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:49:15 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/posts/guestpasses/#comment-1762 <blockquote cite="#comment-1759">It’s practically a cardinal rule of UI design - never, ever have your UI lock up for any reason. It makes it look like there’s something wrong.</blockquote> There is a progress bar, both for HL1 as Andy T said and for Source. But as I said to Alfred all those months ago sometimes it just doesn't appear. Which is indeed pretty shoddy, even if the consideration is there.

It’s practically a cardinal rule of UI design - never, ever have your UI lock up for any reason. It makes it look like there’s something wrong.

There is a progress bar, both for HL1 as Andy T said and for Source. But as I said to Alfred all those months ago sometimes it just doesn’t appear. Which is indeed pretty shoddy, even if the consideration is there.

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