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by Maarten Goldstein, Sep 14, 2005 4:03pm PDT

Related Topics – Day of Defeat, Steam, Valve

Restarting Steam will will result in a message from Valve announcing that Day of Defeat: Source is now preloading. The online WW2 action game will unlock on September 26.

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How much will this cost if you only have bronze half life 2?

And how well do you think this would run on an xp1800, 512 ram, ti4200? CS:S runs just fine, but HL2 deathmatch chugs a bit more.

Sep 14, 2005 4:54pm PDT

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How much will this cost if you only have bronze half life 2? And how well do you think this would run ... : broly1718
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Wonder how many maps? We've seen perhaps.. 4?????

Sep 15, 2005 2:06pm PDT

Wonder how many maps? We've seen perhaps.. 4????? : RookieCAF

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Huh? It takes time to develope this stuff you know. Besides, you get DOD for $9.99 if you got Silver or Gold as opposed to $19.99, so why the complaining?

Sep 15, 2005 4:53am PDT

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Huh? It takes time to develope this stuff you know. Besides, you get DOD for $9.99 if you got Silver or G... : Bob422
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Wonder if this means we may FINALLY get seom TF2 info? Sad that it's been almost a year since HL2's release, and they said we would get some TF2 info shortly after HL2's release...

Sep 14, 2005 4:11pm PDT

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Wonder if this means we may FINALLY get seom TF2 info? Sad that it's been almost a year since HL2's relea... : VegasX
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What I love about this is that I don't have broadband or any internet connection at home yet :(

If only companies would wait a little, just for me.

Sep 15, 2005 1:48am PDT

What I love about this is that I don't have broadband or any internet connection at home yet :( If onl... : johnsto

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uh... yay?

Sep 14, 2005 4:10pm PDT

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uh... yay? : jonin
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  Or, perhaps, yawn. As I've said before, DOD 1.3b was the last fun DOD. Plus, I'm just sick of WW2. : MR 9000
  - HAHAHAHAHAHA, oh my. Dod 2.0 and later were tons of fun, although I'll always miss endlessly whoring the ... : sgtsanity
  - To each his own. : Reeves
  - 1.3b was the shit. Great times back then. : TrptJim
  - yes : brewsterdog

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So why not release it tommorow then? Valve are such cock teases.

Sep 14, 2005 4:46pm PDT

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So why not release it tommorow then? Valve are such cock teases. : deeveee
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  Because it also ships in a retail product on the 26th. http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/258780.asp : sgtsanity
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    Retail is for sissys. : deeveee
    - they should release it for the people that F'ing bought silver/gold when the goddamned HL2 came out. : proclone1
- because people will miss out on the killer savings : mega man

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What happen to that patch a few weeks ago saying downloads off steam would be faster? Im getting a whopping 100 k/s at best. I wouldnt call that very fast.

Sep 14, 2005 4:51pm PDT

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What happen to that patch a few weeks ago saying downloads off steam would be faster? Im getting a whoppi... : deeveee
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- consider how many people are trying to download it right now. : GrimmyD
- Mine is now stuck at 85% :( : deeveee
- 1.3Mb/s baby! : Madwacker
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  I'm getting it at about 1Mbps. I have a 6Mbps connection. :( Nothing unexpected, though. : CrazyPants
  - Yea same with me. : deeveee

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When someone here has preloaded it, please let us know how big it is. I'm curious if my Steam backup (which has all the official crap) can still fit on a DVD-R.

Thanks

Sep 14, 2005 4:25pm PDT

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When someone here has preloaded it, please let us know how big it is. I'm curious if my Steam backup (whi... : Schnapple
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  612 MB (642,047,128 bytes) : GrimmyD
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    Hmm - will it let you back it up to a DVD-R? : Schnapple
    - as in, right now, before it's unlocked and crap - just curious if it'll still fit : Schnapple
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      why bother? just drag + drop the gcfs in your burning program to a data formatted disc. that's about all ... : GrimmyD
      
      last time I did that I copied them into the folder and it didnt work : moonbreaker
      
      the Steam backup program compresses it nicely for you. My 8+ GB Steam folder compresses it to 1 DVD. P... : Schnapple

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This makes me feel like reinstalling Red Orchestra.

Sep 14, 2005 5:53pm PDT

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This makes me feel like reinstalling Red Orchestra. : uncle slappy
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  how does DoD compare to RO? I was a big RO fan, but never played any DoD. : derean
  - RO is a lot more realistic and slower paced. I preferred RO honestly, there are few game experiences onl... : uncle slappy

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Preloading Complete...

Sep 14, 2005 6:02pm PDT

Preloading Complete... : Durandal07

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Hmmm should I buy DoD-S? I never played the original. I currently love BF2, I used to be addicted to CS-S, and loved HL2. How does DoD play compared to these?

Sep 14, 2005 5:43pm PDT

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Hmmm should I buy DoD-S? I never played the original. I currently love BF2, I used to be addicted to CS-S... : flasher 907
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- Well no one can really say how this will compare to the old DoD so no telling. : uncle slappy
- Assuming it's like original DoD, it's a bit slower paced than CS/BF2. One-or-two shot kills, sprintin... : P-Squid

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So, wow. I guess 'coming soon' equals a year minus a week.
Things are not looking hopeful for TF2!

Sep 14, 2005 5:27pm PDT

So, wow. I guess 'coming soon' equals a year minus a week. Things are not looking hopeful for TF2! : Fayk

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It gave me an error about the steam servers being too busy, now when I try to start Steam just hangs indefinitely with no responsiveness when it tried to get my list of games. Yay!

Guess I'll try tomorrow.

Sep 14, 2005 5:17pm PDT

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It gave me an error about the steam servers being too busy, now when I try to start Steam just hangs inde... : bigimp
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- mine too hangs. There is no hurry :D Ill try tomorrow :D : omontero

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OH MY GOD FREAK OUT TIME

Sep 14, 2005 4:04pm PDT

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  actually freak out time is 12:01am on the 26th. : GrimmyD
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    it depends where you live... : Bingo
    - usually it's 12:01am pacific time, as valve is located in seattle. : GrimmyD

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I look forward to airbursting nades in shackers faces...

Sep 14, 2005 4:09pm PDT

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I look forward to airbursting nades in shackers faces... : CrimsonHandHiro
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- Yea grenades rule in this game. : deeveee

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Now if only I could h4x0r this with ignorance of encryption!

Sep 14, 2005 4:44pm PDT

Now if only I could h4x0r this with ignorance of encryption! : Athlon7

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cool should have my spankin new 6800GT by then

Sep 14, 2005 4:09pm PDT

cool should have my spankin new 6800GT by then : VegasX

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