Steam's Oldest User Accounts Turn 20, Valve Celebrates With Special Digital Badges - IGN angielski

Some of Steam’s oldest user accounts are turning 20-years old this week, and Valve is celebrating the anniversary by handing out special digital badges featuring the original Steam colour scheme to the gaming veterans.

Steam first opened its figurative doors all the way back in September 2003, and has since grown into the largest digital PC gaming storefront in the world, which is actively used by tens of millions of players each day.

“In case anyone's curious about the odd colours, that's the colour scheme for the original Steam UI when it first launched,” commented Redditor Penndrachen, referring to the badge's army green colour scheme, which prompted a mixed reaction from players who remembered the platform's earliest days. “I joined in the first six months,” lamented Affectionate-Memory4. “I feel ancient rn.”

AngryAnusHornets,

September 13, 2003 for me it seems.

Just a few weeks ago it feels like. Probably spent more time playing video games between 2003 and 2006 than I have between 2006 and today. Makes me sad.

quams69,

Damn, 16 here

Maraval26,

I remember thinking Steam would die in less than 6 months because nobody wanted dematerialised games…

Glifted,

Part of the problem was how poorly steam ran when it was first introduced

Album,
@Album@lemmy.ca avatar

yeah at the time you were forced into it. the won servers were shut down and most peoples computers werent good enough to play CS and have this clunky software running in the background at the same time. it worked but alt-tabbing back then was a gong show and you definitely had the performance hit.

i played CS daily then so the first day was a shit show and I dont think I got much time in that day. mostly just trying to get connected…the servers were overloaded.

JasSmith,

That brings back memories. I used to play ARC on WON. TEN prior to that. Anyone remember Kali? I think it’s still running.

JasSmith,

I still remember that meme with the Valve gear fucking a guy in the ass. Steam was not well received.

Potatos_are_not_friends,

I cursed Valve for forcing me to install Steam to play HL2.

Selmafudd,

I didn’t want it, still don’t. I actively avoided any game that required it but seems I gave up on 23 July 2011

Draconic_NEO,

I pirated almost any game that required it, only ended up signing up in 2018 I don’t remember why at the time but I don’t think it was to buy games since I didn’t buy any until almost a year after creating the account.

SamHandwich,

Wow, same here. I gave up June 30, 2011.

Default,

Skyrim?

SamHandwich,

Oblivion, actually. Skyrim didn’t come out until that November.

shasta,

I thought it was great. I got a physical copy of the Orange Box for $20 and didn’t care that I had to install Steam to play it. After I had it set up and realized I didn’t have to physically go to the store to get games anymore, I like it even more.

easydnesto,

11/22/2004 reporting in. Just currently 18 almost 19. I do not have a short steam ID though. Can’t remember which game was the first but pretty sure it was either half-life or HL2

halloween_spookster,

Incredibly, some of Steam’s early adopter accounts are still actively in use today, a full two decades after their creation.

There are dozens of us!

programmer_having_errors,

Probably thousands, if not more!

iesou, (edited )

At least

Edit: Mine turns 20 in 5 days

scottywh,

Apparently I’ve got 6 more days til mine turns 20, as well.

Green_Bay_Guy,

I’ve got about 8 hours, but I also live on the opposite side of the earth +12 hours, so we’ll see if it’s bound to UTC time 😂https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/39f2c801-03a2-4d5e-8b48-fec55f92f28e.png

dolle,

I finally managed to find my account age. 19 years and one month! Time flies.

I had a long hiatus, but I still play FPS games regularly. And I can still join a random HL2 deathmatch and pwn :).

sugar_in_your_tea,

Nice. I didn’t make a Steam account until it supported Linux back in 2013 or so. So I guess I’ll be celebrating 10 years on Steam soon.

Kolanaki,
!deleted6508 avatar

One more year and my Steam account can legally drink and smoke. I’m taking it to Vegas!

delitomatoes,

You can start drinking at 18

queue,
@queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

In America, probably not. It’s 21 for all states due to a federal law. If a state has it lower than 21, they get way less funding for Federal high ways, as the bill was aimed to lower drunk driving.

paddirn,

Took me awhile to look it up, but just saw I’ve had my account since December 31, 2003. I’m just about at 20 years.

Supervisor194,
@Supervisor194@lemmy.world avatar

November 16 2004 here. I was late to everything back then.

Not coincidentally, the release date for Half Life 2 was (drum roll please): November 16, 2004 lol.

SirQuackTheDuck,

Mine’s 15 now, but back in the day I used those bootlegged Steam clients that allowed me to run Garry’s Mod for free. Those were the hackey, piratey times of 700MB aXXo DVD rips that took 1 hour to download.

innermeerkat,
@innermeerkat@lemmy.world avatar

I remember the steam beta, allowing me to finally ditch « the all seeing eye ».

Count me in the 20s !

isVeryLoud,

Haha the what now? Are you talking about the Yahoo! Software?

Kolanaki,
!deleted6508 avatar

It was basically GameSpy, but better.

GameSpy was a universal server browser.

If you ever used the server browser in Steam itself and not from the game, that’s basically what they were. An external app that you could get a list of servers for pretty much anything you added to it.

Copythis,

Mine is 18, do I get a cookie?

RiikkaTheIcePrincess,
@RiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.social avatar

🥠Here you go! :P Look, you're two off, be glad you got anything 😅

Wait, mine's 19 and I didn't even get that D: WE DEMAND SNACKS! ✊

InEnduringGrowStrong,
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

Up here, you can drink alcohol at 18 y.o.

sirico,
@sirico@feddit.uk avatar

I only signed up to play hl2 I think before that I used keys and CDs for things like ground zero

jcit878,

I remember a work friend burnt HL2 on cd for me and the only way to make it work was he also gave me his steam login. and the dude had a ripper username I still remember to this day, even though I havnt seen him in nearly 20 years.

mrpoo

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

I’m primarily a console peasant, but my Steam account goes back to 2007. I don’t remember the specifics, but I know I opened it after getting a physical copy of The Ship from Target. Never played it much, though.

Greylock,
@Greylock@kbin.social avatar

aw, only 19 for me!

chaogomu,

Mine was 19 years, but I was military and got sent overseas for a few years. When I came back, I hadn't actually logged in for the entire time and my account had been reset.

iMastari,

In November it will be 19 years for me as well.

RadButNotAChad,

Oh man. It is year 20. I think I made my account like 6 days in. I have a 6 digit steam ID.

omgitsaheadcrab,

I remember connecting with WON before steam, nostalgia CS days

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