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Old Mar 27, 2005, 08:28 PM   #1
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steam and cs source

how long i took u to download cs-source using steam?

im dowloading it since last week(saturday) 24hours a day and it's only on 90% now hopefully i'll be able to play the game in a few years lol
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Old Mar 27, 2005, 08:41 PM   #2
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how long i took u to download cs-source using steam?

im dowloading it since last week(saturday) 24hours a day and it's only on 90% now hopefully i'll be able to play the game in a few years lol
me? Well I start it then go to bed wake up and its 100% loaded....
Depends on your net connection...
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Old Mar 27, 2005, 08:48 PM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #3
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i know ,i heard that some people can download it in 15 mins!!! that's amazing!
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Old Mar 27, 2005, 09:08 PM   #4
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ultra fast download for me...

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i know ,i heard that some people can download it in 15 mins!!! that's amazing!
Took me 15 minutes, and I bought it in the first 72hr it was available for sale. I bought through Steampowered though, so perhaps there's preferential treament? ...
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Old Mar 27, 2005, 09:21 PM   #5
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Took a friend of mine a few hours.
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Old Mar 27, 2005, 10:01 PM   #7
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it took me an hour to download it on 1.5mpbs connection
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Old Mar 27, 2005, 10:08 PM   #8
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To DL CS source it took me about what, a few hours (4-5)
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Old Mar 27, 2005, 11:51 PM   #9
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takes me bout 2 hours on my 4mb cable
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Old Mar 28, 2005, 12:09 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #10
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congratulation guys!! i envy u all lol, it's on 92% now, i think that i'll finally be able to play the game tomorrow.
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Old Mar 28, 2005, 01:58 AM   #11
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congratulation guys!! i envy u all lol, it's on 92% now, i think that i'll finally be able to play the game tomorrow.
ROFL whats you net connection?
I have a like a 4 mb down line...
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Old Mar 28, 2005, 01:03 PM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #12
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i have a 56 k connection , i was going to upgrade to 2 mb but i spent all my saving buyng my 6800gt ,and i don't regret lol
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Old Mar 29, 2005, 12:55 AM   #13
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well duh on 56k you could expect to be waitting that long. that has nothing to do with steam or valve. silly
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Hmm no idea. I preloaded it, which would have taken ages due to the server load.
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