Poll of the Day > How long have you been using Steam for?

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Best guess is since 2008. Couldn't find anywhere that gave me a specific date.

Since Civ 6 came out.

Prob since about 1985 or so when I started showering on my own. I didn't start cooking with steam until later

rjsilverthorn posted...

Best guess is since 2008. Couldn't find anywhere that gave me a specific date.

There's a badge in your profile that shows your Years of Service.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/1/9/AAQwHjAAE2KT.png

captpackrat posted...

There's a badge in your profile that shows your Years of Service.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/1/9/AAQwHjAAE2KT.png

Ah, I never pay any attention to badges so I did not know that was there. Apparently I'll have 15 years on December 1st.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/2/4/AAAMj5AAE2KY.png

I've had steam since The Orange Box... which I guess was 2~3 years in already

Profile says 15 years

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/7/4/AAYYVdAAE2LK.jpg

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When I got my laptop for college. Only played Portal on it, it wasn't great for gaming. Although I definitely could've made more use out of it when I first got it. I just wasn't used to PC gaming yet.

Since the start. I was big into Team Fortress Classic at the time and it was one of the first games to migrate to Steam.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/Lokarin/

I've had my account for several years, but I don't do a whole lot of gaming on PC. Mainly just Slay the Spire and other games I like to use mods on.

Maybe 7-10 years. I've never been that much of a PC gamer (my friends use Steam far more regularly), but I've enjoyed Steam for Civilization V, Terraria, Portal, Slay the Spire, Left 4 Dead and loads of indie games.

Account created for free Portal, but took me a bit longer to really use it. I had a junk PC.

22 May, 2010Portal - Complimentary (Opt In)

No idea. I probably joined late and I'm pretty sporadic about it, so I'm not sure most years count. My gaming habits in general aren't what they used to be 20 years ago.

11 years, surprised it's that new but I guess all I ever played on PC was Diablo 2, runescape, and roms.

I got Half Life 2 not long after release (not really sure when) and it was the first game I had that required Steam. I made an account and installed HL2 to it and played through it.

at some later point I was forced to use Steam again (possibly to play Portal) and I made another account, forgetting about the first one. this second account became my main account and I've been using Steam consistently since then. my copy of HL2 remains stuck on the other account.

9 years.
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Never.

13 according to the badge.

I voted 11-12 because my purchase history only goes back to 2011, but I did buy Mount & blade in a physical store because it required a steam account. That must've been in 2010.

I only bought a handful of games between 2011 and 2013, 2014 was when I really started using steam.

Since late 5019.

0 years

Never used it, never will.

You can also check on this page, I got HL2 in late 2007

https://store.steampowered.com/account/licenses/

Never.

I use GOG.com, because I refuse to support a DRM service.

agesboy posted...

You can also check on this page, I got HL2 in late 2007

https://store.steampowered.com/account/licenses/

My first game purchase from Steam was... Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis? Really?

I think you had to use Steam to play CS 1.6 when it released. RIP Gamespy Arcade

I've never used Steam.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

0 years

Never used it, never will.

Fascinating, can I ask why?

Syntheticon posted...

Fascinating, can I ask why?

Because I loathe gaming on PC, and even if I didn't I'd prefer to use a service like GoG.

Actually, I'd prefer to buy games on disc in a box, but I've been outvoted.

The very few PC games I have played I either bought back when they still came in boxes, or were acquired... quasi-legally.

13 years. I remember signing up specifically so could buy/play Doom 3 because of some sale. I was also one of the early "Linux gaming" adopters, and I remember having to jump through some interesting hoops to get Steam running in Wine, and have Doom launch the Linux version since it was still another 2 years before Steam officially made a Linux client.

Now I have like 1300 games in my collection.

According to my profile, since 2008, when I got The Orange Box. I didn't start using it to buy and play other games until about 2010, though. Specifically, the Halloween sale that year, when I bought Plants vs. Zombies and Bioshock for a total of $10 and thought that was the best deal ever, then I spent another $25ish in the black friday sale following that and the backlog began to grow.

18 years according to my badge. It would have been from Half-Life 2.

darkknight109 posted...

Never.

I use GOG.com, because I refuse to support a DRM service.

Windows is DRM since you need it in order to use a computer properly. Or any other OS.

2004

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/1/9/AAUBnrAAE2sr.jpg

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Was mad when I had to get it to play Half Life 2, didn't take long to start loving it.

I've hated it ever since I had to have it for TW2 lol

Revelation34 posted...

Windows is DRM since you need it in order to use a computer properly. Or any other OS.

You've made this argument before, and it hasn't gotten any less ridiculous. DRM restricts how software can be used. An OS is an intrinsic requirement to use the computer at all.

Think of DRM like a lock: It prevents you from opening the door unless you're supposed to (or bypass it). Without a lock, anyone can open the door. The OS is more analogous to the doorway. It's needed to go through the wall. Without a doorway, you can't go through the wall, not because you aren't allowed, but because you physically can't.

Windows does not prevent someone from using a computer lmao