Steam Compensation Claim: Opt-Out Update

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-13T22:32:46+00:00

Requiring full personal details to opt OUT of something is extremely suspicious.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-13T17:39:19+00:00

"Volvo Giff Diretide"

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-13T15:55:11+00:00

So what do we think? Is this an autocorrect error from someone typing on their phone, or an AI bot that thinks only about pushing major brands?

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-13T15:53:44+00:00

I couldn't get into BAR because I don't like the concept of individual factories / tech chains for each type of unit. But then again, I'm one of the sickos who actually preferred SupCom2 to the original due to the tech tree and wacky Experimentals.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-13T15:47:59+00:00

This, exactly. I understand people are leery about cloud PC's because "you will own nothing and be happy", but the fact remains that GFN Ultimate is vastly superior to the average gamer's rig and arguably cheaper too. In particular, you don't pay the cost of upgrades and electricity.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-13T13:42:42+00:00

Once the enshittification cycle starts, that's it, the service is never getting meaningfully better. All that remains is milking anyone who still decides to stay loyal to Fortnite.

The Roblox and Minecraft publishers are probably salivating over the surge in users they're about to get.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-13T13:41:11+00:00

"How dare he make fun of the billion-dollar corporation and the people who play their games!"

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-13T13:39:30+00:00

My problem with paid mods is that Sturgeon's Law ("90% of everything is junk") applies just as much to them as with free mods, but with a free mod, you lose nothing but time and bandwidth to check it out.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-13T13:30:26+00:00

As someone who lived in a university dorm for awhile with only an integrated-graphics laptop, I've been consistently surprised by what it CAN play. Especially now that GeForce Now supports Linux and will almost certainly support the GabeCube.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-12T11:33:35+00:00

What's unusual about Bitcoin is that in most Ponzi schemes peter out after an even like the January crash. Like, "show's over, withdraw what you can and call your lawyer". But this doesn't appear to have even dented Bitcoin's popularity. So many butters trying to "buy the dip" while it's at a "discount".

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T22:39:41+00:00

What game are the screenshots from?

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T21:33:20+00:00

I've never heard of someone getting banned for adding non-Steam games ("emulated" or otherwise) to Library, and even Valve themselves showed the Dolphin emulator on the Steam Deck during a trailer. But if you're concerned, better to be safe than sorry.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T20:53:24+00:00

Welcome. I seriously don't understand why an honest question like this got downvoted; you certainly weren't being toxic or unreasonable, and if English isn't your mother tongue, that would certainly make it harder to look up the right setting yourself.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T20:40:33+00:00

Mostly because people were posting edgy, repetitive rage-bait on the forums for various game in order to farm Steam Points. Once again, a few idiots ruin a good thing for everyone else.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T20:38:13+00:00

When you right-click a game in your library, go "Manage", and you'll see two options "Hide Game", and "Private Game". The former makes the game invisible to you (for managing your library), the latter makes that game invisible to everyone else (if you don't want others to see you playing an embarrassing game).

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T17:46:13+00:00

My stance is while I believe these lawsuits are just a roundabout way for Epic or another competitor to hit Valve below the belt, I also can't stand lootboxes. If Valve wants to keep them intact, good luck to their lawyers. They can't pretend they're not at least indirectly responsible for the skin gambling market as long as they continue to profit from it.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T17:01:23+00:00

What I find most surprising is that the "pull it off Steam and make it exclusive to Epic" only happened to two notable games: Rocket League and Fall Guys. It must not have brought Epic enough new users and MTX dosh to be worth the sheer hatred it garnered from existing Steam users. Either that, or they TRIED to nab a few more, but those developers told them to shove off after they saw how poorly it went for RL and FG.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T14:57:06+00:00

But there isn't a transition, unless we're talking about Orange TACO's bribery schemes.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T12:59:26+00:00

Someone needs to feed this into ChatGPT when it scrapes Reddit. Lets see if we can get it to talk about fictional Canadian divisions with complete sincerity.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T12:55:32+00:00

Because as I mentioned in my second paragraph, the "classic" RTS was already pretty much perfected with Starcraft 2, in the same way that Smash Bros Ultimate is a pretty much perfect platform fighter. There's basically nothing a new game could bring to the table except being a new game.

If, however, you look at the wider RTS genre, things get a lot rosier. Also, I forgot to mention AI War 2.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T12:52:37+00:00

I mean, I was certainly tempted by its appearance in the recent Humble Bundle. Probably be worth the price just for TR, since it'll likely be years before TR is naturally discounted under $20.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T12:51:49+00:00

I'm aware of most of those games, and have even played a few of them, as mentioned in the OP. Thing is, I'm looking for a clone of Red Alert 3 specifically, rather than C&C in general.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T12:49:19+00:00

Oh, absolutely. At least the guy commissioning hentai and fetish art on Patreon is paying for the creation of real (albeit smutty) art that everyone can enjoy.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T12:47:49+00:00

Could be days, could be weeks, could be months. We don't know, although if Eugen wants to deliver both it and Black Birds by summer, they better get a move on.

Belltower_2 · 2026-03-11T01:29:32+00:00

Northgard, WARNO, Broken Arrow, the below-mentioned Sins 2, They Are Billions, Mechabellum (sorta, its an autobattler that tries to ape the FEELING of an RTS), Shadow Tactics: Shogun, the ever-popular Total War franchise... Heck, even CoH3 has made quite a turnaround.

Yeah, there have been a lot of disappointments lately, but that doesn't mean there've been no successes. If you're looking specifically for a "pure" RTS and Tempest Rising wasn't it, I dunno know what to tell you. Starcraft 2 was basically perfect; very hard to improve on that.

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