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Article #697430Re: I see steam is up to their old tricks again.
From: PW
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 03:49
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 03:49
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:27:11 -0500, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote: >Been playing in offline mode for several days, although I shut off steam >when I finish playing. > >Oddly enough, despite supposedly being offline steam keeps updating >itself every time it's activated. > >Today, just a few minutes ago I firewall blocked it and then ... > >remember it's been set to offline for about a week now ... > >"Could not connect to steam network. >This could be due to a problem with your internet connection, or with >the steam network. Please visit www.steampowered.com for more info." > >and of course steam exiting and refusing to start despite having been in >"offline mode" for a week. > >I guess steams "offline mode" is like Fox News "Fair and Balanced" >coverage, a trademarked name/title, not an actual statement of reality. > > >One wonders exactly how someone traveling and playing via laptop where >there is no coverage is supposed to play using an "offline mode" that >insists on connecting to the steam network and exiting with an error if >it cannot? > >Xocyll *-- I have a few games on the Kindle Fire. Most of them require an internet connection. Not good when I am traveling, on a plane and in a hotel room that doesn't have good enough bandwidth. Same for airports. -pw
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