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Posted December 23, 2016
Currently Steam is down, or at least seriously hobbled by the huge number of people rushing to buy cheap games they will never actually play.

One unfortunate side effect of this is my Daughter can't play my SFS "shared" copy of CIV5.

She has had access to my 80 game steam library since I left the platform 3 years ago and has enjoyed mocking me over my No-Steam stance.

I feel so smug!
Posted December 23, 2016
" Currently Steam is down"

Honestly , who cares ?
Post edited December 23, 2016 by Painted_Doll
Posted December 23, 2016
Unusually, it's almost all of steam that is dead.
Normally it's just a few parts.

https://steamstat.us/

Yet more proof that DRM is shite.
Posted December 23, 2016
It's too bad they never publish their server stats, although neither does GOG.
But that must be a lot of people.
Posted December 23, 2016
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Painted_Doll: " Currently Steam is down"

Honestly , who cares ?
Didn't you read my entire post

My daughter

But me... I'm doing the happy dance of smugness
Posted December 23, 2016
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mechmouse: at least seriously hobbled by the huge number of people rushing to buy cheap games they will never actually play.
The deals aren't even that good this time around so I doubt this is what caused it. Could be some sort of attack...
Posted December 23, 2016
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mechmouse: She has had access to my 80 game steam library since I left the platform 3 years ago and has enjoyed mocking me over my No-Steam stance.

I feel so smug!
You're such a big meanie. *secret high-five*
Posted December 23, 2016
I can still play Dawn of War offline so whatever.
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Posted December 23, 2016
2016 has claimed its final victim.
Posted December 23, 2016
I'm sure that news of their untimely demise has been greatly exaggerated.
Posted December 23, 2016
Last month I reactivated my long-dormant Steam account. And now this. Being disgruntled at gog AND not able to buy/redeem games on Steam. Wonderful way to end the year. First world problems, yo.

*grabs duster* Now where's that old Atari 2600.
Posted December 23, 2016
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mechmouse: at least seriously hobbled by the huge number of people rushing to buy cheap games they will never actually play.
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Hunter65536: The deals aren't even that good this time around so I doubt this is what caused it. Could be some sort of attack...
That was my first thought too. If it was due to overload, it would have happened yesterday.

Per OP, your daughter should just be able to switch to offline and play. I have the family pc setup for offline and it works fine.
Posted December 23, 2016
And this is why I'm using GOG alot more as of late... thanks for adding BRL currency!
Posted December 23, 2016
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Increasing: And this is why I'm using GOG alot more as of late... thanks for adding BRL currency!
Couldn't hurt gog or other outlets at all. In fact, I'm waiting for the 'gog insiders did it' memes.
Posted December 23, 2016
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Hunter65536: The deals aren't even that good this time around so I doubt this is what caused it. Could be some sort of attack...
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qwixter: That was my first thought too. If it was due to overload, it would have happened yesterday.

Per OP, your daughter should just be able to switch to offline and play. I have the family pc setup for offline and it works fine.
Nope. She using her account (because it has her friend list) and CIV5 is my game. SFS games don't play if borrower is offline.
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