I have something called "Steam" that does nothing

[Wagonlitz]

It is... but you know... you do save some money ;-)

And there is a considerable risk you will be beaten and mugged if you are male and raped if you are female...
And taking a taxi actually isn't that expensive. A while ago somebody did a study showing that unless you used your car something like at least 5 days a week, it would cost you less over a year to just take a cab. Might not have been 5 days; could have been a little less. But the point was that if you didn't use your car regularly and drove an insignificant distance a week, it would yearly cost you more than just using taxis.

 

[hyeondrugs]

Oh my, we found someone from 10 years in the past! Please tell us about the good ol times!

 

[Quaade]

And there is a considerable risk you will be beaten and mugged if you are male and raped if you are female...

It can get worse... As a male, being beaten, mugged and then raped :-D I understand the need to get home, and boy have I picked up some drunk friends many times but they knew me, and I knew they already had spent all their money drinking and beating them up... they couldn´t even go out of the car without being overwhelmed by the sidewalk :-D

 

[Quaade]

Oh my, we found someone from 10 years in the past! Please tell us about the good ol times!

It´s actually quite recent, related to uber... which I guess... was not around 10 years ago

 

[Wagonlitz]

It can get worse... As a male, being beaten, mugged and then raped :-D

Good point.

I understand the need to get home, and boy have I picked up some drunk friends many times but they knew me, and I knew they already had spent all their money drinking and beating them up... they couldn´t even go out of the car without being overwhelmed by the sidewalk :-D

And as you point out there is a world's difference between picking up mates and being picked up by some random dude asking you if you want a cheap trip.

 

[TheAtreides84]

I really don't understand people hating on Steam... i'm all against megacorps, but let's be honest: Steam just sits there, eating up a tiny tiny amount of ram and HD space, and sometimes comes up with some good discount. That's all, for a customer. Not really a big deal.

 

[TheAtreides84]

This is true, just read the Steam TOS people, how can you disagree with the truth?

That being said my Steam library is over 200 titles long now, I just made peace with the fact that I could lose it all at any moment, I have Blizzard to thank for teaching me that after they permabanned one of my old accounts wihout notice, or letting me appeal. Up to this day they refuse to tell me what the hell happened.

Anyways, I really like Steam, if it wasn't DRM, if the TOS didn't say that all the games on our libraries belong to them and can be revoked at any moment without notice or reason, and they actually had customer support it would be near perfect.

Yeah, theoretically they could do that... just as theoretically an elected leader could declare martial law. But Steam would never revoke your license without very sound reasons. It would be terrible business strategy, and on the first page of all gaming websites the morning after.

 

[Lord_P]

How did a discussion about a dummy Steam icon turn into a semi-discussion about uber drivers?

 

[Sunspawn]

How did a discussion about a dummy Steam icon turn into a semi-discussion about uber drivers?

It's the internet. This is how things flow around here.

 

[spinoza013]

Who called a cab?

 

[Wagonlitz]

How did a discussion about a dummy Steam icon turn into a semi-discussion about uber drivers?

Its the Paradox forums; we always go OT when a thread grows long. Though it of course isn't as bad in the game forums as in OT; had this been in OT we probably already would be at linguistics by now.

 

[Quaade]

Its the Paradox forums; we always go OT when a thread grows long. Though it of course isn't as bad in the game forums as in OT; had this been in OT we probably already would be at linguistics by now.

Actually I saw a forum a few days ago where they went off the wall and talked about linguistics, native language and usage of foreign :-D though... the mood about it was less than sour... A moderator even had to intervene

 

[whosthebestcop]

Everyone hates on steam until there is a 75% sale going on. Causing all the other game sites to have their own sales.

 

[Wagonlitz]

Actually I saw a forum a few days ago where they went off the wall and talked about linguistics, native language and usage of foreign :-D though... the mood about it was less than sour... A moderator even had to intervene

Was it by any chance the HOI4 one?

 

[Quaade]

Nope... Was in EU4 forum, but can´t recall... but was the very least on topic and bordering name-calling which only made it less on topic

 

[Sunspawn]

Was it by any chance the HOI4 one?

IIRC it was the dev diary thread. I was a participant.

 

[Quaade]

IIRC it was the dev diary thread. I was a participant.

Did I miss anything important? just read the DD and closed it again

 

[Sunspawn]

Did I miss anything important? just read the DD and closed it again

Well, some guy who knew a bazillion indian dialects said that English was inconsequential and the UK was a measly, unimportant island nation.

Now that I think about it, he might've been from India himself, which could explain the butthurt against the English.

Meh. Not all that interesting really.

Also, since this thread veered quite far from the topic, can we have a mod close it? @Had a dad you'll have to do it eventually anyway.

 

[Wagonlitz]

Well, some guy who knew a bazillion indian dialects said that English was inconsequential and the UK was a measly, unimportant island nation.

Now that I think about it, he might've been from India himself, which could explain the butthurt against the English.

Meh. Not all that interesting really.

Also, since this thread veered quite far from the topic, can we have a mod close it? @Had a dad you'll have to do it eventually anyway.

Ah that discussion.

 

[Quaade]

Think it spawned over into that forum I was in, since it sounds somewhat similar...