Here we go!

[Fatty]

GD on the move to 1.6 as I type!

[rackish]

So, will 1.6 always be steam?

[Pvt_Jimmah]

Not only 1.6, but every thing that Valve releases (e.g. Half Life 2, CS:CZ, CS 2, etc.), so unless Steam starts sucking less than it does now, we are stuck with a piece of crap.

[rackish]

I'm not even sure what Steam is, I assume it's a program that launces CS now?

[Pvt_Jimmah]

Steam is a Server/Patch/Download database slapped into one program, which is in my opinion why it has so much problems, all the Valve products are sucking programs and patches from the master server while it is trying to keep track of all those game servers. You could almost think of Steam as the hub in a wheel, but if you put too much weight on the wagon, somethings gonna break

[rackish]

Steam is a Server/Patch/Download database slapped into one program, which is in my opinion why it has so much problems, all the Valve products are sucking programs and patches from the master server while it is  trying to keep track of all those game servers. You could almost think of Steam as the hub in a wheel, but if you put too much weight on the wagon, somethings gonna break

Thanks, good informatioN.

[LiquidSide]

what i find upsetting in this whole matter is Half-Life 2.... If you don't have internet you obviously can't play it... What is valve trying to pull? why mess up something that had so much potention which is still flourishing?