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Man, steams user base has more than tripled since I started using it... and I thought I came in a bit late.
Using it in 2004 was like a dream. It was already incredible to have all my valve games in one place that I can redownload whenever (overnight slowly on DSL) without having any discs and it just worked. Didn’t have to insert a disc just to play the installed game via activation, didn’t have to clone the disc and mount the iso to pretend the same. It just worked and has just worked ever since.
And looking for some good low latency servers to play (CS at the time for me) before even opening the game....only to have to choose 150-200 ping ones with the fun mods I wanted to play and be booted from them from for having high ping 🤣