SOOPAH256 Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 hey guys, yes yes, it's here...and neccesary to get CS 1.6 beta. since 3PM PST, the Steam 2.0 Beta has been available for download from the Steam Powered Website. i, myself, have downloaded and installed it, but am now having trouble logging on. :( can you guys try it, and help me out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapiChuloNica Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Yea i also having Problem login in :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted January 17, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2003 same here... i read on the website that a high-speed connection is required to use Steam... i don't have one so i figured that's why i was having problems... do you guys have better than 56k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapiChuloNica Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 i have cable :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOOPAH256 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Share Posted January 17, 2003 yeah, i'm using cable. i'm guessing that they're getting overloaded with login requests :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapiChuloNica Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 When i try to get on it says U cant connect to Steam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted January 17, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2003 from planethalf-life: This just in from Valve's Doug Lombardi: Steam Beta 2.0 Admission Suspended The Counter-Strike and Team Fortress communities have maxed out the Steam 2.0 beta servers, resulting in the temporarily suspension of admission to the beta as more content servers are put online. The current Steam content servers offer over 500 megabits of bandwidth, all of which the community is consuming right now. Anyone interested in hosting a Steam content server should email biz@steampowered.com. (Content server requirements can be found at www.steampowered.com.) Those who have already joined the beta are encouraged to continue their participation and submit their feedback. That's right, Steam got maxed out before the beta test even officially started! Frankly, I think Valve made a huge mistake here: Steam obviously isn?t ready, so why use it to release a new version of possibly the most popular online PC game in the world? In my opinion, they should have released CS 1.6 as a downloadable patch - just like all the previous updates - and used Steam 2.0 to test changes to TFC. Due to leaked Steam clients, Steam was already overloaded an hour before the offical release. Steam's main menu won't even load for me right now. Oh, by the way, even if you already have CS 1.5 you'll still have to download 409 MB of content(!!!). And if you?re a modem user, you?re basically completely out of luck, even when the Steam beta is officially released. Sorry. So what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagaku Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Saw this on Planet Half-Life.. This just in from Valve's Doug Lombardi:Steam Beta 2.0 Admission Suspended The Counter-Strike and Team Fortress communities have maxed out the Steam 2.0 beta servers, resulting in the temporarily suspension of admission to the beta as more content servers are put online. The current Steam content servers offer over 500 megabits of bandwidth, all of which the community is consuming right now. Anyone interested in hosting a Steam content server should email biz@steampowered.com. (Content server requirements can be found at www.steampowered.com.) Those who have already joined the beta are encouraged to continue their participation and submit their feedback. That's right, Steam got maxed out before the beta test even officially started! Frankly, I think Valve made a huge mistake here: Steam obviously isn?t ready, so why use it to release a new version of possibly the most popular online PC game in the world? In my opinion, they should have released CS 1.6 as a downloadable patch - just like all the previous updates - and used Steam 2.0 to test changes to TFC. Due to leaked Steam clients, Steam was already overloaded an hour before the offical release. Steam's main menu won't even load for me right now. Oh, by the way, even if you already have CS 1.5 you'll still have to download 409 MB of content(!!!). And if you?re a modem user, you?re basically completely out of luck, even when the Steam beta is officially released. I can't believe they thought 500MBits of bandwidth would be enough for thousands of CS fan to download 400MB at once.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted January 17, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2003 what do i think? i'm frickin ****ed off :angry: and i think they're pretty stupid for releasin it through steam. that's what i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOOPAH256 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Share Posted January 17, 2003 thanks for the info timdorr. don't worry fubarshibby, i'm sure they'll come up with something for the 56kers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOOPAH256 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Share Posted January 17, 2003 so is there any word on valve's further plans for CS 1.6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colordeficiency Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 well.. i'm now downloading cs 1.6 at a slow speed i guess.. will wait till it's finish before i comment.. now i see 20 odds 1.6 servers on the servers list.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 the beta is now suspended untill they get more servers. and the damn thing screwed up my 1.5. every map i try and play now but dust it tries to download like i don't have it. i've tired uninstalling steam and counter strike, taking all the entries in the registry out, and re-installing but still that same problem. damn u valve!! :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOOPAH256 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Share Posted January 17, 2003 well.. i'm now downloading cs 1.6 at a slow speed i guess.. will wait till it's finish before i comment.. now i see 20 odds 1.6 servers on the servers list.. eh alvin? are you joking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted January 17, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2003 Yeah, I'm on the beta too. Just starting to attempt to play TFC. It's going at an ungodly slow speed though, so don't expect much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 looks like someone made a booboo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marduk Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 I hope it totally flops this is murder for people with dumb cable isps with DUMB quotas, they may be few but if your affected you'll be ****ed off big time. When I'm capped I'm down to 7.5k and it's not even a steady 7.5k! It's like up and down to 7.5k to 6k. When you phone the company its funny to when you mention capped they'll say something like "we like to use something with a more posivite word. Blah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOOPAH256 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Share Posted January 17, 2003 Yeah, I'm on the beta too. Just starting to attempt to play TFC. It's going at an ungodly slow speed though, so don't expect much... yeah, i got CS1.6 to work, finally... but i can't connect to any online servers. i'll guess i'll just be playing on my own for now. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted January 17, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2003 Got 1.6 started up. I'm even connected to a sever. Had to use the Steam > Servers menu to get on, that's all. There's like 30 people playing. What a ghost town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted January 17, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2003 threads merged. expect weirdness. - timdorr heavy moderating industries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOOPAH256 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Share Posted January 17, 2003 okay. to any server i try to connect work... it'll give me the 'validating servers' etc crap, then say "You have been disconnected from the server" how can i get connected? is it cause i'm behind a firewall? i set my desktop as the DMZ host if that helps... ahhh, so frustrated... :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bant Veteran Posted January 17, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2003 same problem here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamsINdigital Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 okay. to any server i try to connect work...it'll give me the 'validating servers' etc crap, then say "You have been disconnected from the server" how can i get connected? is it cause i'm behind a firewall? i set my desktop as the DMZ host if that helps... ahhh, so frustrated... :crazy: mine says that too, i think everybody's does, if ya wanna try out the new stuff, just start a LAN game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOOPAH256 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Share Posted January 17, 2003 mine says that too, i think everybody's does, if ya wanna try out the new stuff, just start a LAN game yeah, i did try it out already. but timdorr apparently can connect. ARGH!!! and there's other people playing in those servers...they're all getting full now :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Versaw Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 (edited) i managed to make my own server, but i also cant connect to others. i even had someone join mine.... but then the person quit after i killed them once... Edited January 18, 2003 by cowwithoutbrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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