How old is your Steam Account?

[Frindis]

Mainly for bragging rights.

How I find it (probably a faster way, but it works)

Go to Profile - badges - completed and you should see it as one of the first badges. I do have an older account, but since I can't remember the username/password (RIP my TF2 items) it does not count.

 

[Colif]

I not a high spender though.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

This account from when I bought the Orange box and had to install some crappy DRM launcher thing to play the game, then lost the password.

This one I actually use nowadays.

 

[Colif]

day after xmas... what did you get that year?

 

[Brian Boru]

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XMas 2007, The Orange Box

 

[Frindis]

@Kaamos_Llama @Brian Boru Funny how a lot bought that Orange Box. I wonder what led us to get it and jump on that platform in the first place. I can't say I remember, perhaps the Orange Box had a nice price tag and it just conveniently also made you have to download the Steam client which we then fell in love with.

 

[Frindis]

For the oldest owner so far (It could have been you @Brian Boru!), we need a celebration song of sorts:

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

day after xmas... what did you get that year?

@Kaamos_Llama Funny how a lot bought that Orange Box. I wonder what led us to get it and jump on that platform in the first place. I can't say I remember, perhaps the Orange Box had a nice price tag and it just conveniently also made you have to download the Steam client which we then fell in love with.

Funnily enough it seems Orange Box wasnt released until October 2007. I have a vague memory I asked for Episode 1 and in the shop they managed to upsell my Mum on the OB instead the next year.

Must have been from Half Life 2.

 

[Frindis]

@Kaamos_Llama Wait, so you had Steam before it even had a game releasing on its platform? Was this beta testing the platform?

 

[Johnway]

14 years of service for me. Started when i got the orange box and started playing l4d. Was a pc gamer before that but only got onto steam that time.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

@Kaamos_Llama Wait, so you had Steam before it even had a game releasing on its platform? Was this beta testing the platform?

Pretty sure Steam released with or around Half Life 2? Profile history shows last played Episode 1 and 2 in early 2008. The account has no purchase history, and I dont have HL2 achievements from before 2013 Im guessing because in 2006 or whatever there werent any yet.

 

[Colif]

It took a while to build up Steam.... (I couldn't resist) and many of the games I played weren't on steam until years later.

In November 2004, Half-Life 2 was the first game to be offered digitally on Steam, and to require installation of the Steam client for retail copies. During this time users faced problems attempting to play the game.[8][21][22] The Steam requirement was met with concerns about software ownership, software requirements, and problems with overloaded servers demonstrated previously by the Counter-Strike rollout.[23]

Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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So I wonder if anyone here been on 18 or more years.

 

[Brian Boru]

oldest owner so far (It could have been you @Brian Boru!),

Nope, Kaamos was in a year earlier. I love Finbarr tho, great character and a credit to the 'Travelers'.

Orange Box. I wonder what led us to get it

For me, it was the fantastic reviews for Half Life 2. I wasn't even aware of Portal, and had no interest in Team Fortress. Plus for $50, it was an obvious XMas present to ask for

you had Steam before it even had a game releasing on its platform?

Steam released games from 2003 on, with HL2 in 2004 being the first biggie as far as I know.

 

[ZedClampet]

I was a couple years late to the party.

But once I got going, there was no stopping me (my favorite badge-for having 1000 games):

 

[Zloth]

It took a while to build up Steam.... (I couldn't resist) ...

Had to do a double-take. I thought I had skipped down to Brian's post somehow!

So I wonder if anyone here been on 18 or more years.

Yeah... though I was thinking about skipping this topic for another 11 days to get it up to 19.

Steam Community :: Zloth

Playing video games since before Pac Man and loving it!

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Upper right corner (favorite badge).

 

[Slasken]

I believe the first game I got was "Dark Messiah of Might and Magic"

 

[BeardyHat]

Couple few

 

[Zimbaly]

Member since 13 November, 2003.

 

[Beinelis]

6 years... not very old actually

 

[Frindis]

Couple few

That is some flex! Now I almost want to uninstall Steam because of the shame you have brought me.

 

[Zloth]

My first GOG purchase was back in September 2008 (Sacrifice). The game was only 8 years old at the time, but it's been in my GOG library now for 15 years.

 

[Brian Boru]

My first GOG purchase was back in September 2008

Feb 2010 for me, got a few freebies to start. First purchase for $25:

 

[BeardyHat]

Looks like my first GoG buy was a Heroes/Might & Magic bundle in Dec 09. I still play HoMM regularly...

https://imgur.com/a/AbXr6Ca