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Checkmate Valve (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by Varven@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 192 points 4 months ago (1 children)

[–] Varven@lemmy.world 52 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Nahh dude has a bigger years of service then steam's age

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 89 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This screenshot is from 100 years in the future.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Mind asking your future connection to fire up Stanley Parable for me?

Let's see what fuckery they baked in.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Some day...

[–] JPSound@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

They'll fire it up mere moments before you finally get the Go Oustide achievement.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

WHY DIDN'T THIS FUCKER WARN US ABOUT 9/11

[–] moody@lemmings.world 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

25 years ago, 9/11 wasn't a big deal.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

WHY DIDN'T THIS FUCKER REMIND US ABOUT 9/11

[–] Heggico@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If you look very closely, you can see its Photoshop!

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[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 101 points 4 months ago

Another example of a company making clear that we don't truly own the games we play on their platform.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 82 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The solution is GOG (their business model).

You get the individual keys, no DRM.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A couple of years ago my gog exceeded my steam library. Pretty good considering I have around 500 on steam.

.... But wait till you find out how many of those I've actually played... 🙃😓😢

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

And to how many already played games you return to bcs not enough energy to start a brand new game (especially with rich/complex lore).

Yeah.

[–] Sparkles@fedia.io 59 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah my kids basically took over my steam account already on the family gaming computer. Alas.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 82 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Your gaming alias now is a generational family name. All hail the House of Sparkles.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I look forward to the day when I pass my screen name on to my son...

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I don't think I wanna give them mine....

Failedaborzzzzzzznn and missedperi0d

[–] wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.world 55 points 4 months ago (15 children)

The family sharing works okay but the old school way is good too.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

I think they might start getting suspicious when the account age is double the average human lifespan and is still in use.

[–] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 59 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Not true as I've often been born on January 1st in the early 1900's.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I was referring more to the "Years of Service" badge you can find on your Steam profile, whose count begins when your account was created. It shows on the page when you look at the badge itself. Mine shows it was created on August 4, 2006.

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[–] The_v@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Hey me too, birthday buddy.

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[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

Assuming valve still exists at that point.

[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

but by that point, whoever the inheritors of the account were have probably been paying money and adding new games to it for decades. why would valve destroy their relationship with that customer just because they might still technically have access to some hundred year old games that either don't even run on modern systems, or might even be public domain by that point?

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[–] Varven@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

In Australia we don't have family sharing for some stupid reason

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I dunno if it's "family sharing" or some other thing, but I can play games from my sister's library through some means that I set up a couple of years ago.

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[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 45 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That won't work for long. With the way things are going, we may get expiring accounts after 100 years from your date of birth you registered with.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 99 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's not gonna stick, steam can't remember birthdays. And I'm pretty sure everyone told it multiple times we were born January 1 1901

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 24 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I would trust steam wouldn't do it but epic and Microsoft will

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

1901-01-01?

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think they said you can't transfer the license between accounts, but they never said anything about turning over the account

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Transferring your account to another person is against the TOS of most services.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only if they catch me ;)

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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think the TOS include that you are not allow to tell your login credentials to anyone?

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Good luck to anyone trying to enforce that lol

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 34 points 4 months ago

Your children can inherit your GOG library. Buy DRM free!

Or just pirate lmao

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

That’s how we’re still using my Dad’s account, it’s mostly used by my brother, but shared with the other gamers in the family

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 24 points 4 months ago

This policy is literally against the law in the EU... Wait... double checks notes In the.. US? huh... normally it's the European Union protecting us from big tech bullshit

[–] Squiddly@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I got three kids, I wrote down my steam login in all their baby books page 1.

[–] Dark_Dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I hope the password is kid friendly

[–] Squiddly@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Bignutsforchicks9000

[–] SinJab0n@mujico.org 17 points 4 months ago (5 children)

GOG being the absolute BOSS; u will be able to leave your library as your legacy for future generations.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago

Well yeah, you just get the non DRM installer and dump it in your NAS, done

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