Comments on: More vacancies at Valve http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/ Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital communications platform. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: sarah http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/comment-page-1/#comment-4948 sarah Sat, 22 May 2010 18:18:21 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=51#comment-4948 I bought l4d2 and it says "game unavailable" I did everything in the web support and it still is not working. I spoke with a steam rep and he said to do the same crap i did before. it still did not work. I ran it under -dev and it started to work for a week. Then it stopped. Nothing was added or changed to my computer between thos times. Steam has a zero return policy..which is kind of illegal if the product doesn't work but 30 bucks is too little too sue for so they get away with it. Their support is horrible. You tell them the steps you went through to fix it..and they basically don't read what you said... and reply 2 days later telling you to do the same thing. It's a ploy to get you to keep waiting to talk to them so you do'nt quickly stop the charge on your credit card. I bought l4d2 and it says “game unavailable” I did everything in the web support and it still is not working. I spoke with a steam rep and he said to do the same crap i did before. it still did not work. I ran it under -dev and it started to work for a week. Then it stopped. Nothing was added or changed to my computer between thos times. Steam has a zero return policy..which is kind of illegal if the product doesn’t work but 30 bucks is too little too sue for so they get away with it. Their support is horrible. You tell them the steps you went through to fix it..and they basically don’t read what you said… and reply 2 days later telling you to do the same thing. It’s a ploy to get you to keep waiting to talk to them so you do’nt quickly stop the charge on your credit card.

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/comment-page-1/#comment-4813 Tom Edwards Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:17:12 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=51#comment-4813 The updates you are downloading are a year's worth of free maps, weapons, gameplay expansions and improvements. Show a little gratitude. Also, I do hope you're aware that TF2 is an online-only multiplayer game. The updates you are downloading are a year’s worth of free maps, weapons, gameplay expansions and improvements. Show a little gratitude.

Also, I do hope you’re aware that TF2 is an online-only multiplayer game.

]]> By: teddykan http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/comment-page-1/#comment-4812 teddykan Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:45:49 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=51#comment-4812 I'm also going to stop/boycott buying games that run on Steam. Just bought Team Fortress 2 and went through ages of web connection during installation, at further cost to me on top of the game's purchase price. And then, once in Steam, it estimates some 2hr before I can play the game as it needs to "update" itself. What kind of crap is this? Doesn't this sort of anti-piracy measure just encourage some whizzkid to break it and post a hack? It's so counter-productive and a waste of consumers' (ie, us) time and money. teddykan I’m also going to stop/boycott buying games that run on Steam. Just bought Team Fortress 2 and went through ages of web connection during installation, at further cost to me on top of the game’s purchase price. And then, once in Steam, it estimates some 2hr before I can play the game as it needs to “update” itself. What kind of crap is this? Doesn’t this sort of anti-piracy measure just encourage some whizzkid to break it and post a hack? It’s so counter-productive and a waste of consumers’ (ie, us) time and money.
teddykan

]]> By: larry stokely http://steamreview.org/posts/morevalvejobs/comment-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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.

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