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  fuck i thought it was just my client. hopefuly not permanent : smax
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    Apparently they're working on it so hopefully it isn't permanent. I have faith in Valve to restore my lis... : trelain
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      they bring back wiped achievements all the time. They can do this : grabbie
      • They wipe achievements all the time. They also think I've gotten the vast majority of L4D2 kills with pis... : Rooster Cockburn
• lol, looks like it : stgdz
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  I just tried to open it "cannot contact steam network, try again later"

  Feb 23, 2010 2:22pm PST
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  I just tried to open it "cannot contact steam network, try again later" : abrasion
  • Same here. What the fuck. : USteppin
• Goddamnit. : Moonbase Commander
• Haha nice : Phil
• mine seems to be okay : Cihte
• mine's fine. hope you guys' turn out ok :[ : vile
• Still have mine. : spazzium
• >:( : mlev
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  We're working on it. : kallanta
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    its totally my fault.. see I hadn't used Steam in like 2 years and never updated my email information. W... : beastrabban
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      shame on you! : naabster
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        I have been rash and foolish, and must be punished. : beastrabban
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          you need to be ass spanked for that, you little bad boy : hanged_man
          • someone get mace! : beastrabban
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    Nah yer all good, I needed a purging anyway. : dognose
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      you just offended like 200 people on your list. : Cihte
      • If I know who they are I will put them back!!! : dognose
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        it's ok he didn't offend me CAUSE HE NEVER ADDED ME... : melt_core
        • Play L4D co-op with me and I will! : dognose
        • he added me! And I never once did I play with him (who the f doesn't like Versus?! It's craziness man!!) : Cihte
  • if I touch you... like your face... do I... do I work at Valve too? : vile
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    Were you finally adding the ability to be able to rename people? So I damn well know Jo everyone is? Is ... : abrasion
    • You know, I'm like the terminator, I will not stop until Valve acknowledges this one. : abrasion
  • Are you a Valvian? (ahem) Episode 3 plz. : Lucien Irenicus
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    "it" being Episode 3, AMIRITE?!?!?!?!?!?!?! : MercFox1
    • Oh sweet, mine got wiped, too! COOOOOOL : MercFox1
  • work it baby, work it reaaaaal hard : askedrelic
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    haha nice, I'd like to know the backstory for this, they're usually pretty funny for this sort of stuff, ... : dael
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      "delete from friends where 1 = 1" : c0bra
      • Television, had quite a bit of work experience... : the archvile
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        Television, had quite a bit of work experience... : Cheeziologist
        • Television, had quite a bit of work experience... : Kentor
      • Television, had quite a bit of work experience... : abrasion
      • Television, had quite a bit of work experience... : Postal
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        Television, had quite a bit of work experience... : pancake humper
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          What the hell are you people going on about? : ChibiJosh
          • Television, had quite a bit of work experience... : Lightbulb
          • http://shackwiki.com/wiki/Shack_memes#Television.2C_had_quite_a_bit_of_work_experience. : Toraz Chryx
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      Little Bobby Tables got a Steam account... : uncleanmonkey
      • Hahaha : Arcanum
      • Hahahaha, http://xkcd.com/327/ for those who haven't seen it yet. : the archvile
    • Misplaced decimal point. : spazzium
    • Steve Gibson moonlights for Valve as server tech. : Rag and Bone Man
• ...mine is fine like others, sucks balls for you guys that got FHITA'd though. : Xevo
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  it's okay. cleaning up is good. now i'll add the people I actually play with. : barichnikov
  • No kidding huh. Between the name changes and the random invites my friends list is terrifying and this w... : dognose
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  Apparently, it was all the people that got in the starcraft 2 beta! Conspiracy! ;D : DM7
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    No. I didn't get in SC2 or even sign up but my friends list is MIA. : Sludgehead
    • Quick check battle.net and see. ;D : DM7
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    I would gladly make that trade. : moogle
    • I think I would too at this point. :{ : DM7
• Still intact here too. : Tech T
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  Happened to me. Fucking hell. : Nitrium
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    You're still on my list, so it's probably not a huge unfixable issue. : Cihte
    • I hope so. It would be a pain to re-add all 250 shackers again. Ugh. : Nitrium
  • Mine went away, but you are all back now! : daedraug
• I'll have to readd those three people : Omning
• Jokes on them, I have no friends! : Rag and Bone Man
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  Thought it was only me, uh oh! : niceguynick
  • we have power! : niceguynick
• :O IT'S ALL GONE!! : ass-street
• oh god my previous friends : eeeealmo
• mine just came back. whew! : smax
• Opps! I accidentally the whole thing. : thecatinthehat
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  HUUUUUGEEEE Steam Update http://store.steampowered.com/uiupdate/ : notd665
  • AWESOME : Serpico74
  • whoa, looks neat but I can't participate in the beta :( : atom519
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    wow... i don't have the option to opt in yet! : inc77
    • yah me neither, i want to opt in. Looks like a nice change! : Shadowdane
    • I didn't have it til i restarted steam. : yakz
  • nice! : jonin
  • woah! O_O : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Official PR: Steam Update Announced - Public Beta Open Now New Features Advance Leading Gaming Plat... : warcrow
    • cool, but I don't have the option to participate just yet : jonin
    • I came : Godhatesfatpeople
  • no netflix streaming or facebook?!? : acidravelamp
  • Holy crap that looks amazing! : Cowburn199
  • Looks like this went out a little early. Even the forum for feedback is still locked :p : Beady
  • FUCK YES. AND THEY'RE USING WEBKIT. DOUBLE FUCK YES. : DrWaffles
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    Now using a WebKit based rendering engine for the client and in-game overlay web browsing components (rep : Serpico74
    • unf unf unf : Godhatesfatpeople
    • omg SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGE : ArcKnight
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4 : glio1337
    • This is the best news ever : Thomas Hace
    • awesome. : pyide
    • WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : Yanks
    • Woohooo!!! : Rasnowl
    • Best part! : timaste
    • Yay! : dognose
    • thaaaaaank you, holy wow : Veegeezee
    • So a linux client is coming soon? I can dream : melkore
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      what is webkit and why is this a good thing? : IcomeINpeace
      • webkit is the rendering engine underneath chrome and safari, instead of IE6 : crummynz
    • So maybe they'll be adding OSX support sometime this decade then? : tostador
    • Just installed. This new UI is slick as all hell. : basketofkittens
    • http://aceventuraravesitbig.ytmnd.com/ : the archvile
    • holy SHIT yes! That's fuckin awesome! : marmite
    • fuck yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa : mista mista
    • Does this mean Flash is dead? ;-) : ChibiJosh
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    another beta i cant get into! : smax
    • hahaha yeah : Nitrium
  • holy balls : Metatron85
  • "It's easier to find things on sale, in the store." Shit, that's bad for my wallet. : SolveChrist
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    Nice. How I get this? : Mmmmmoo
    • You need to input your SC2 beta key. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I can't get into this new beta. Can anyone else? : stelth
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    Ooooh. How do I get this working? Clicked the link and it's not turning up on my beta list, does it requi... : Creepin_Jeezus
    • Need to go to Blizzcon : hashd
    • they are probably still trying to fix the friend's list... : inc77
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      Option is up! Lets have a look at this babe... : Creepin_Jeezus
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        UUUUUNF!!! : Creepin_Jeezus
        • Shit, I forgot to reply to sexy texts because of this. Well done valve, you've made me forget to get myse : Creepin_Jeezus
    • I had to restart before it showed up : valael
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    Hi Mr. Hoten, ready to play? : midgetherder
    • Sure, Lets go! : alphablu
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    I'm at work so I can't check, can we rename our Steam friends to a nickname of OUR CHOICE and can we sepe... : abrasion
    • I'm the only one who wants this feature then? It's not like the threads get 5 to 10 pages over at hte ste... : abrasion
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    Anyone else getting this "None currently available"? I've restarted Steam about 5 times now and I got not... : warcrow
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      I didn't have it either but steam just offered me an update and after getting it the beta showed up. : R0wz
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        Yeah I had to restart steam again after the update restart to get it to show up. : hashd
        • This is sexy but gonna take some time to get used to. : hashd
    • yes :( : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Nothing for me and Steam just went down for routine maintenance : Mmmmmoo
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      There we GO! Restart #6 did it! Servers are probably getting hammered with requests. :) : warcrow
      • GaSp! It doesnt look like a Win95 app anymore!! :O Its niiiiiice! : warcrow
      • Oh man, this is fucking awesome! : warcrow
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    Hang on folks! The beta will be up soon. : kallanta
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      I came again : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Yay it worked :) : Godhatesfatpeople
    • HURRY UP! : Kentor
    • faster!!! : Unleashed
    • IT'S HERE! : Kentor
    • up now for me after i restarted steam : jonin
    • I have it now. Very shiny! Not a fan of the highlight effect for the store/library though, makes me fe... : Beady
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      IT'S LIVE! Restart Steam. : kallanta
      • This is so much better. Damn. : glio1337
    • looks slick! : jonin
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      It's....it's so purrrrty! And it runs so much faster! : ArcKnight
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        Ugh, I have to register on the steam forums separately to post there? I just want to suggest adding th... : ArcKnight
        • oh shit nevermind, just found out how to switch views. : ArcKnight
    • OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIIIIIIII : Cliffzorz
    • Wow preeetty : alphablu
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      still temporarily unavailable on start up for me :C : moe6
      • Same :( : jjjapan
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        I deleted blob file. Now it works. BLOB WIN! : jjjapan
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          totally forgot about this, working now! : moe6
          • yay blob! : jjjapan
          • or not :( : moe6
    • i think mines switching to it.... oh crashity crash. : chilln
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      Can this go to the small look still? where it --> arrows over and isnt a big window? : chilln
      • that's what I've been looking for as well. : onji
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      Unf it looks hot http://dl.dropbox.com/u/240034/newsteam.png : melkore
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        Can I shrink the Library games list to the size of the Friends List? : Godhatesfatpeople
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          I am wondering as well, where is the make steam short version? : Vegtro
          • Seems to be missing sadly, I hope they implement it in a future update. : Cowburn199
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      testshell-error: Do I need to format my computer?! : Wyvern
      • in case people view this inf'd thread and are having this problem http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=... : mtgDoofy
    • SO MANY GRADIENTS. EGADS. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      I wish they added the ability to cap download speeds. Steam bogs connection speed down and with 3 other ... : valael
      • Second this. While its nice to be able to max my connection, maxing my connection means web browsing b... : Beady
  • WIN! waiting for the opt-in to go live = ) : pixelat3d
  • ...but does it have Steve Achievements? : the archvile
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    just got pushed an update, checked and i have the option. it wasn't there two minutes ago. : kevp
    • Yep, there for me now. : pyrogen
  • FEWER GRADIENTS PLEASE jeez these are some nasty-looking messenger windows : Majuju
  • you guys are the win : geedeck
  • Still can't paste into the password field :( :( :( : s2jason
  • Thank you valve!!! It is about time. : bombay
  • you can now track which of your friends plays each game FINALLY. Go Valve! : Arctic Fox
  • Can you tell whether or not your friends own a game via the friends list yet? : Zek
• Sweet already have a bug! : Kentor
• My list is back to normal now. : Zollington
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  I can't launch steam now, fails to connect :( : daedraug
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    same :((((( : moe6
    • Fixed, but now the new flashy version crashes just after startup. Oh well. : daedraug
• Windows don't render properly on my secondary monitor. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• Me likey! : nevlos