Holy Crap, Epic Games on Steam

TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">This is, what, the fourth sign of the apocalypse?</div><a href="http://www.steamgames.com/v/index.php?publisher=epic&cc=US" target="_blank">You heard it here first, unless you heard it somewhere else</a>: Epic's catalog coming to Steam. I didn't see this one coming: I'm 90% sure someone at Epic (Mark Reign?) remarked a while ago that Steam seemed a bad move for him because he'd have to give all his sales numbers to Valve, a competitor. Perhaps Epic's EPIC FAIL (lol) with Unreal 3 convinced him that he's a dummy, or something, because now Epic's on Steam.

That's pretty crazy. I'm actually not a huge Epic fan; I prefer Quake for my deathmatch and Unreal 2k4 (or 2k7 or whatever) felt like a Starsiege: Tribes ripoff without the jetpacks. And CliffyB is nuts for so many reasons that it would take at least a sentence or two to list them. So I don't think I'll be buying anything. But it's crazy.

CRAZY

I just hope some day, SOME DAY, Lucasarts comes to Steam. That will be a happy day. And maybe Stardock, but of course I don't think they'd give up their own online distribution service to use Valve's, unfortunately <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
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  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    edited March 2008
    Steam is gaining a buttload of traction these days. It feels like a Machiavellian scheme coming to fruition. Something along the lines of:

    1. Create massive catalogue of all games ever created
    2. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="???" border="0" alt="confused-fix.gif" />
    3. Control the world

    (I know that's not the MLA Accepted Meme Form™, but it's the Google formula.)
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  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    I for one welcome our Valve overlord.

    Mark Rein so failed this generation over and over and over.
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    I <3 steam, i can get a game i want from home without going out 2 in the morning when i get off from my 2nd shift job. Major complaint i have against it though is that ######ty vac system. I got banned for having that bloom shader for half-life that was proven safe for over a year then one day BAM i'm banned, and their stupid ######ing staff cant even audit a VAC ban to see if it was a mistake because 'ololol our vac system is foolproof' /rant <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/marine.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::marine::" border="0" alt="marine.gif" />
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  • CrispyCrispy Jaded GD Join Date: 2004-08-22 Member: 30793Members, Constellation
    Might be fun to buy a few Unreal games and try out some mods.
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  • Awesome_LocksAwesome_Locks Join Date: 2007-10-22 Member: 62705Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1673471:date=Mar 17 2008, 03:51 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Mar 17 2008, 03:51 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673471"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I just hope some day, SOME DAY, Lucasarts comes to Steam. That will be a happy day. And maybe Stardock, but of course I don't think they'd give up their own online distribution service to use Valve's, unfortunately <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I've seen this pretty much every where else that I've seen this posted, and I can't agree more.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    Holy Crap, Epic Games on Steam, This is, what, the fourth sign of the apocalypse?

    No Tycho. Only you can see the negativity in this, really it's a good thing.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1673683:date=Mar 19 2008, 10:13 PM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thaldarin @ Mar 19 2008, 10:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673683"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Holy Crap, Epic Games on Steam, This is, what, the fourth sign of the apocalypse?

    No Tycho. Only you can see the negativity in this, really it's a good thing.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Signs of the apocalypse aren't always bad things. Jesus coming back is a sign of the apocalypse and plenty of people look forward to that.
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  • ShockehShockeh If a packet drops on the web and nobody&#39;s near to see it... Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1673688:date=Mar 20 2008, 03:54 AM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Mar 20 2008, 03:54 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673688"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Signs of the apocalypse aren't always bad things. Jesus coming back is a sign of the apocalypse and plenty of people look forward to that.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes, but they're idiots. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
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  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1673688:date=Mar 19 2008, 11:54 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Mar 19 2008, 11:54 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1673688"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Signs of the apocalypse aren't always bad things. Jesus coming back is a sign of the apocalypse and plenty of people look forward to that.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    He may be coming back, but this time it's with a VENGEANCE.
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