Comments on: More vacancies at Valve http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/ Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital communications platform. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:12:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: larry stokely http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/#comment-3593 larry stokely Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:46:58 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=51#comment-3593 i will never buy another game that uses steam.bought halflife 2 it will not play. its this steam program,have went the support route,they couldnt seem to get the problem solved.i have gamed for years on and offline and have never had so many problems with a game.it totally sucks.what is wrong with buying a game punching in a keycode and just start playing.this one game is more of a problem than all of the hundreds combined,and u cant even get a refund at the store all they can do is give u another copy of the same pain in the ass.do like i did buy doom 3 or call to duty ,load them and play them i will never buy another game that uses steam.bought halflife 2 it will not play. its this steam program,have went the support route,they couldnt seem to get the problem solved.i have gamed for years on and offline and have never had so many problems with a game.it totally sucks.what is wrong with buying a game punching in a keycode and just start playing.this one game is more of a problem than all of the hundreds combined,and u cant even get a refund at the store all they can do is give u another copy of the same pain in the ass.do like i did buy doom 3 or call to duty ,load them and play them

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/#comment-2699 Tom Edwards Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:27:49 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=51#comment-2699 You can get a refund at the store like any other game. Steam doesn't affect that. You don't get a refund from the site because you didn't buy it at the site. If there are no error messages, it means the game is crashing. Steam always produces at least a "game unavailable" message. If there are actually "servers too busy" messages, delete clientregistry.blob from the Steam folder and you'll get a new connection. The servers aren't too busy, it's just a bad network route. The 'only solution' (if you even come back here to read this) is to use some initiative, instead of relying on others to hold you hand like I just have. You can get a refund at the store like any other game. Steam doesn’t affect that. You don’t get a refund from the site because you didn’t buy it at the site.

If there are no error messages, it means the game is crashing. Steam always produces at least a “game unavailable” message. If there are actually “servers too busy” messages, delete clientregistry.blob from the Steam folder and you’ll get a new connection. The servers aren’t too busy, it’s just a bad network route.

The ‘only solution’ (if you even come back here to read this) is to use some initiative, instead of relying on others to hold you hand like I just have.

]]> By: Ron http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/#comment-2697 Ron Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:13:37 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=51#comment-2697 Steam/Valve sucks. Unfortunately all consumers of Valve's retail games are in the same boat, you can't get a refund from the site because the game was bought in a store. The game cannot be played even if there are no error messages because their server cannot handle the traffic. What is needed is a class action lawsuit. The only solution is that this company is put out of business. Steam/Valve sucks. Unfortunately all consumers of Valve’s retail games are in the same boat, you can’t get a refund from the site because the game was bought in a store. The game cannot be played even if there are no error messages because their server cannot handle the traffic. What is needed is a class action lawsuit. The only solution is that this company is put out of business.

]]> By: Andy Simpson http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/#comment-227 Andy Simpson Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:33:20 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=51#comment-227 Webapps aren't all websites, Web services come under the heading of webapps too, and they don't use web pages. They're like remote function calls. Webapps aren’t all websites, Web services come under the heading of webapps too, and they don’t use web pages. They’re like remote function calls.

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/#comment-225 Tom Edwards Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:31:58 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=51#comment-225 I'm pretty certain a web application is one that solely operates from webpages. It certainly is here: they want people with experience in XML, JSP/J2EE and Javascript, AJAX and HTML. I don't think they are bringing someone in specifically for the store, somehow. ;-) I’m pretty certain a web application is one that solely operates from webpages. It certainly is here: they want people with experience in XML, JSP/J2EE and Javascript, AJAX and HTML.

I don’t think they are bringing someone in specifically for the store, somehow. ;-)

]]> By: Andrew Timson http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/#comment-224 Andrew Timson Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:14:53 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=51#comment-224 <i>What could Valve want from a web application when they have Steam?</i> Remember, much of Steam <i>is</i> a web application. Things like the store, and the My Games list, are web-based. Much of the backend likely is web apps as well. So, "web application developer" is probably longhand for "Steam developer". What could Valve want from a web application when they have Steam?

Remember, much of Steam is a web application. Things like the store, and the My Games list, are web-based. Much of the backend likely is web apps as well.

So, “web application developer” is probably longhand for “Steam developer”.

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