Would the Steam online service crash less if it wasn't free?

I mean come on, everytime I wanna do something, I have to go to the task manager and close it like that and then restart it : /

I'm trying to find something thats better than Xbox Live...

I never have a problem with steam it runs fine. Could be your computer.darklord888

Same here. Check your event logs to see if something's causing it to error.

it really does piss me off sometimes. i had one hell of a time just trying to get it running yesterday. had to reinstall it. and i hate that you cant play anything if your not connected to the internet. last week my internet was out, but i wanted to play portal, well, too bad for me, i couldnt. :evil: i really like the service, and think its a great idea. but there are times when its too much. like i said, without internet, i cant access the games that i paid for and want to play.azshorty2003

Good point. When I had Comcast, our internet sucked and went out too fricking much. Now that I've got a local cable service (RCN for you New Englanders), I haven't had any problems.

EDIT: Sorry, I went a little off-topicabout this, since it's more about my connection and not Steam.

I mean come on, everytime I wanna do something, I have to go to the task manager and close it like that and then restart it : /

I'm trying to find something thats better than Xbox Live...

wok7

In case no one noticed, this is a wok7 thread.Olidsc

it really does piss me off sometimes. i had one hell of a time just trying to get it running yesterday. had to reinstall it. and i hate that you cant play anything if your not connected to the internet. last week my internet was out, but i wanted to play portal, well, too bad for me, i couldnt. :evil: i really like the service, and think its a great idea. but there are times when its too much. like i said, without internet, i cant access the games that i paid for and want to play.azshorty2003

same here, it has run great up until the orange box came out and now it doesn't fell like updating. but I wonldn't pay for it unless every pc game was on it. you only need steam for value games

I'm pretty indifferent when it comes to Steam..but I've never had any such problems with it :|

Edit: ..oh, it's just wok7..

Nothing to see here, just a 360 fanboy who is on a vendetta against the PC.

The one who claimed the PC couldn't do HD or 480p.

Steam gives me headaches too....it's not like I have a bad system either.

Steam has a split fanbase.

People with decent PCs and crappy PCS get bullcrap on Steam 99.9 of the time, but those with good PCs seem to have no trouble.

Probably because they generally know more about PCs and can make it work somehow. I remember having it. It doesn't work on my PC anymore, but it was OK. I liked just clicking the button and then getting a patch, but it also sucked.