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« on: October 24, 2011, 10:27:25 AM »
There's a game that I really like, but this drives me NUTS:



Mandatory updates...

The game can be played in a few minutes, and sometimes I just want to chill for a bit, play a game for a few minutes, then get back on track.

Is this the only game that forces updates like that?

I suppose that I'm just not very patient...

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« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2011, 11:04:05 AM »
No - lots of games on Steam automatically update which can be good or very annoying.
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« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2011, 11:06:18 AM »
I just don't like waiting half an hour to start a program...  mad
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« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2011, 11:39:08 AM »
647 updates??!? What did they change? Everything?? Zoiks! ...I've not the patience for that brand of crap either.

How long does it take to fail (and does it do it gracefully) if you block the update check site?
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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2011, 11:57:17 AM »
It's either update, or don't play. Simple.
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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2011, 11:59:13 AM »
Well poop.  Sad
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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2011, 12:15:07 PM »
I've got a Steam account. Hardly ever use it. Nuff said?  Wink
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« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2011, 02:51:37 PM »
Quote from: Renegade on October 24, 2011, 11:06:18 AM
I just don't like waiting half an hour to start a program...  mad
Or 4-5 days with a connection speed like mine  Sad
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« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2011, 06:04:52 PM »
This kind of thing drives me nuts even though I'm not a gamer. I don't reboot very often, and it seems like nearly every time I want to reboot - especially if I'm in some sort of hurry, Windows wants to update a bazillion things.

Or maybe I'm impatient, so it always feels like I'm in a hurry when this happens.

And Flash wants to update so often, that I'm pretty sure I'll think my machine is hosed if I ever reboot and not get the request to update Flash. On the plus side, at least it's pretty quick.

In any case, it drives me nuts.
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« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2011, 04:49:37 PM »
Quote from: 40hz on October 24, 2011, 12:15:07 PM
I've got a Steam account. Hardly ever use it. Nuff said?  Wink
If you use(d) it mostly for offline games, set steam in offline mode? Problem solved? smiley

RE the original picture "file 6 of 647" - ouch. With an update consisting of that large amount of files, can we expect the company to be retarded enough to use a protocol like FTP or HTTP to grab the files? And to use nonpersistant connections? smiley
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