A Vault Tek Announcement Options

[Arcry]

Ladies, gentlemen, and mutants their upon, I would like to direct your attention to a scheduled announcement from your friends at Vault-Tec! Please see the enclosed notice.

-Enclosed notice-

This post has been edited by Arcry: Jun 3 2015, 04:10 PM

[mALX]

Alex! It is so good to see you here! Do you still enjoy writing? And have you produced any more masterpieces like "Cyrodiil?" I hope so, what a gift you have!

Convenience - Yes; I have Steam and my games loaded on both my PC and laptop so I can take them with me too; and it is convenient not to have an additional bundle of games to carry.

Passwords/access codes - I had just changed mine 5 days ago, and yesterday tried to log in - it is not taking either my old password or my new one, so I am in a panic till that is straightened out.

Maybe I am just a worrier, but it is a concern to me that one day they will start to charge - even a small nominal fee.

Without the disk in my possession it feels like my ownership of the game hangs by a thread Steam is controlling - (and my internet provider as well). In the past if my internet went down I could still play my PC games; but with Steam I lose the ability to play if I lose the internet.

A similar situation came up with my XBox 360; and ever since then I've been a bit skittish about someone else having access to controlling my games. What happened then: XBox refused to let me play any of my games if I didn't accept one of their updates.

That was a real light bulb moment for me. Right after I accepted the update and had everything running smoothly; I unplugged the internet from my XBox 360. (never had to worry about that happening again, and my games worked perfectly till my 360 died from RROD).

On Steam I have tried to do the same thing by putting it in offline mod; but every start-up it searches for Steam to be connected.

I really hope the day never comes when Valve-Steam starts charging; really hope I am worried for nothing on that. They are definitely a massive conglomeration and don't need it; but in the past year I have seen a few decisions of theirs which were not based on morals or ethics, where money was their bottom line and they pushed every qualm aside to achieve it. That is the basis for my lack of trust in them.

Truthfully; when Gabe Newell backed off on the paid mods issue, I was shocked in a good way - (though I think pressure from Bethesda was most likely behind his decision). Honestly, I never expected him to back down when money was involved, and was pleased to find myself wrong.

It was so good to see you on the boards again, Alex!






Oh, and I have been wondering if you (and Starge) will be going to E3 this year? Will you bring us back some pictures of your visit there if you do?