Steam may be down

screwballl · December 15th, 2006

Apparently the Steam server itself is down in the eastern US, maybe others too?? I am unable to get steam started without a connection error and even the support/forum website for steampowered.com are down...

Steam has always been a buggy POS since its inception

Mithosphere · December 15th, 2006

yea its down, although i have had quite good luck with Steam, other than the friends thing not working for like 3 years

Lead Head · December 15th, 2006

There is a power outage in Washington and Oregon. Over 1 Million homes and businesses without power. The central STEAM servers are indeed powerless. That means NO ONE in the world right now, can log onto steam.

Tyreal · December 15th, 2006

Indeed. There was a huge storm that came through our area. It must have hit them as well.

screwballl · December 15th, 2006

seems support area is back up...
the forums are back up too albeit very slow

official word from Service Alert :

Quote:

Puget Sound Energy estimates we will be able to restore service to 75,000 customers by the end of today mainly in Bellevue, Olympia and Whidbey Island.

This where the steam servers are located Bellevue I think is the area

I am curious as to WHY they just don't allow a direct connection method or have backup servers like in TX for emergencies such as this...

Panda Man · December 15th, 2006

If you need a good laugh go look at the steam support forums. They are almost as retarded as the comments at youtube.

Lead Head · December 15th, 2006

UPDATE: Some accounts can log on fine so far, some can't

Panda Man · December 15th, 2006

All steam servers back up and running, all steam accounts should work.

Blondie · December 16th, 2006

Going to the main site doesn't really give you any info. The only message is "Due to technical difficulties, Steam purchases are currently disabled. The rest of the Steam service is operational. We apologize for any inconvenience"

Anyone wanting to read about it, go here. It links to the support page, which is pretty comical since there is no message there about this. One poster writes:

Quote:

Updated news from VALVe.

Steam Servers are currently in the process of being located to a different facility.

Approximately half of all accounts should now be functioning normally at this time. The remaining accounts will soon follow.

VALVe are working as quickly and as they can on this issue - there are obviously issues of resources/priority as basics such as essential services are taking priority in such a circumstance - as one would hope.

More news as it comes to hand.

**Hitman** · December 16th, 2006

It's Back up. I am at Dimension 06 Lan Party. We were having issues yesterday, but its back up today. I will post some pictures later today of the LAN.

December 15th, 2006	#1
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Steam may be down Apparently the Steam server itself is down in the eastern US, maybe others too?? I am unable to get steam started without a connection error and even the support/forum website for steampowered.com are down... Steam has always been a buggy POS since its inception Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

December 15th, 2006	#2
Mithosphere Yeah, so are your pants! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cherry Capital of the World Posts: 564	Re: Steam may be down yea its down, although i have had quite good luck with Steam, other than the friends thing not working for like 3 years Pentium D 915\|EVGA 7050 mATX\|OCZ XTC 2GB\|XFX 7900GS XT\|Hyper Type-R 580W\|Qmicra 2 Case

December 15th, 2006	#3
Lead Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA Posts: 1,716	Re: Steam may be down There is a power outage in Washington and Oregon. Over 1 Million homes and businesses without power. The central STEAM servers are indeed powerless. That means NO ONE in the world right now, can log onto steam. Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180

December 15th, 2006	#4
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Re: Steam may be down Indeed. There was a huge storm that came through our area. It must have hit them as well. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

December 15th, 2006	#6
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Re: Steam may be down If you need a good laugh go look at the steam support forums. They are almost as retarded as the comments at youtube. Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

December 15th, 2006	#7
Lead Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA Posts: 1,716	Re: Steam may be down UPDATE: Some accounts can log on fine so far, some can't Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180

December 15th, 2006	#8
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Re: Steam may be down All steam servers back up and running, all steam accounts should work. Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

December 16th, 2006	#10
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,403 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Steam may be down It's Back up. I am at Dimension 06 Lan Party. We were having issues yesterday, but its back up today. I will post some pictures later today of the LAN.

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