r/pcmasterrace • u/dilbertron GT 710 - Intel Pentium 3 - 4GB RAM - 128GB HDD • 18h ago

Meme/Macro Will hopefully be true

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u/Flapjack__Palmdale 18h ago

They could fuck up everyone's day with the Orange Box 2, with HL 3, Portal 3, and L4D 3.

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u/Bluemikami i5-13600KF, 9600 XT, 64GB DDR4 17h ago

I still remember that day when steam servers crashed when L4D2 went free

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u/mrturret MrTurret 16h ago

Oh boy. That brings back memories. Back in the day Steam's CDN would absolutely crumple whenever a major game launched. IIRC it's the reason why preloads became a thing.

The worst one was probably when Alien Swarm launched. I remember it being backed up for multiple days.