LOL

& Jim Sterling ;)

I couldn't care less.

You don't say, online stuff won't work when the server(s) is/are down?

You'll still be able to buy it in GMG sales, just means not being able to enter the key into steam until they get their act together.

It has begun. Hopefully.

I didn't do nothing, promise! :P


PS: While obviously multiplayer and online-only games are out of the question right now, I'm wondering about single-player and offline games in general: how does Steam manage game saves? I mean local saves vs cloud saves: is it left to every dev/game to implement it their way, or is there a client-wide global setting to choose between one way or the other?

I logged in just fine a minute ago *shrug* Library works, but it seems like the store and community parts are entirely overloaded at the moment.

Well developers can choose to implement it, but you can still enable/disable it per game.
I don't know if there is a global setting to disable it per default, but I know you can disable it per game since I've done so in the past.

Oh well, when I once in a blue moon want to play something from there this happens. Good thing I have plenty of games from Gog.

Assuming the game actually supports it (not all games do, especially the old ones), you have the choice to enable it or disable it. If you enabled it, the game saves both locally and on cloud.

Edit: Slow.

I see, thanks for the info. My condolences to those who opted for the 'convenience' of cloud saves, then. :P


EDIT:

Oh, never mind then. *smugness level decreasing*

The thought of losing access to thousands of dollars worth of games whether the fault lies with Steam (DDOS, etc.) or myself (job loss that force tough choices, i.e. no internet access for an extended period of time), has driven home the foolishness of having all (most) of my eggs (games) in one basket (Steam).

I am slowly adding as many of my Steam (drm) games to my GoG (non-drm) library as I can (and that are available on GoG), even if I have to buy them again for the second/third/forth time. GoG is not only a great service, but is also an insurance policy if I ever lose access to my content for an extended period of time locked behind layer(s) of drm.

If I remember correctly, Steam's offline mode can only be used for a finite period of time before you 'must' login again or lose access to your games permanently untill you do so. I've been foolishly neglecting this cold reality for far too long.

I know I know. But if I already don't like buying Steam keys when it works (because of this), imagine the akwardness of buying a key when they have been DDoS'ed to hell xD
I'll probably get it, as I'm pretty sure they will be up and running in no time, but hell xD

Edit: aaaand it's up, as expected.