Steam Community, anyone? (or "How I got addicted to Counter-Strike")
08-20-07, 02:42 PM
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Steam Community, anyone? (or "How I got addicted to Counter-Strike")
https://steamcommunity.com/
If you weren't aware, Steam Community has been in beta for about the past three weeks. Steam Community basically consists of the following:
In other words, it like the best parts of Xbox Live + chat rooms, and it's free. You don't even have to play Valve/Steam games to take advantage of it, works with almost any game (some games have issues with it, keep in mind that it is still just in beta). You can use it to see if your friends are online and chat with them at any time, even if their playing a non-Steam, single player game. But if you are playing online Steam games, it makes it a lot easier to find and join your friends in online matches.
To sign up, if you already have Steam, just go to the website above and Log In, and open up Steam and go to Files -> Settings -> Accounts -> Click Beta Participation -> Select Steam Community and you should be good to go.
I'm not sure if there's enough interest here or not, I know PC games are exactly in vogue, but I took the liberty of creating a DVDTalk group if anyone wants to join. We could get together and play some Counter-Strike or something. If nothing else, we could use it as an unofficial DVDTalk chat room.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dvdtalk
If anyone's on Steam Community or wants to be Steam Community, join the group so we can see if there's any interest or not. Even if there's not enough people to get a full match going, a couple of us could always just get in an already populated match together.
If you weren't aware, Steam Community has been in beta for about the past three weeks. Steam Community basically consists of the following:
* Easily see your friends online
* Schedule group events
* Create a SteamID user profile
* Create and join groups
* Access Steam from within any game
* Track gameplay stats
* New chat rooms and game lobbies
* Voice chat in-game or out
* Schedule group events
* Create a SteamID user profile
* Create and join groups
* Access Steam from within any game
* Track gameplay stats
* New chat rooms and game lobbies
* Voice chat in-game or out
To sign up, if you already have Steam, just go to the website above and Log In, and open up Steam and go to Files -> Settings -> Accounts -> Click Beta Participation -> Select Steam Community and you should be good to go.
I'm not sure if there's enough interest here or not, I know PC games are exactly in vogue, but I took the liberty of creating a DVDTalk group if anyone wants to join. We could get together and play some Counter-Strike or something. If nothing else, we could use it as an unofficial DVDTalk chat room.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dvdtalk
If anyone's on Steam Community or wants to be Steam Community, join the group so we can see if there's any interest or not. Even if there's not enough people to get a full match going, a couple of us could always just get in an already populated match together.
Last edited by Joe Molotov; 08-20-07 at 02:45 PM.
08-20-07, 05:23 PM
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Now I'm not the steam community master but I thought the only way people would be able to join is if you sent them a invite. Even if it is not it might be better to have people post their steam community ids here and then send invites to those people. That way you don't have to accept invites from people you don't know.
I don't know, just thinking about stuff. I really have no idea how the group thing works.
I don't know, just thinking about stuff. I really have no idea how the group thing works.
08-20-07, 05:34 PM
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This would've been great years ago when I played PC games still (not sarcasm, just an observation).
I still remember people trying to get me to use some kind of voice chat thing when Unreal came out. It had some really silly name, like Johnny Bravo or Timmy on the Spot or Charlie Chatsomuch.
I still remember people trying to get me to use some kind of voice chat thing when Unreal came out. It had some really silly name, like Johnny Bravo or Timmy on the Spot or Charlie Chatsomuch.
08-20-07, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Baron Of Hell
Now I'm not the steam community master but I thought the only way people would be able to join is if you sent them a invite. Even if it is not it might be better to have people post their steam community ids here and then send invites to those people. That way you don't have to accept invites from people you don't know.
I don't know, just thinking about stuff. I really have no idea how the group thing works.
I don't know, just thinking about stuff. I really have no idea how the group thing works.
08-20-07, 07:53 PM
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I have no idea how to join. I clicked on the dvdtalk link and then click join group but nothing happen.
Send me an invite, ID is Baron_Of_Hell
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Baron_Of_Hell
Hey people the Bioshock demo is on steam. Downloading now.
Send me an invite, ID is Baron_Of_Hell
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Baron_Of_Hell
Hey people the Bioshock demo is on steam. Downloading now.
08-20-07, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Baron Of Hell
I have no idea how to join. I clicked on the dvdtalk link and then click join group but nothing happen.
Files -> Settings -> Accounts -> Click Beta Participation -> Select Steam Community
Then you'll have to restart Steam and download an update. I went ahead and sent you an invite too just in case that still doesn't work.
08-21-07, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by The Bus
I still remember people trying to get me to use some kind of voice chat thing when Unreal came out. It had some really silly name, like Johnny Bravo or Timmy on the Spot or Charlie Chatsomuch.
