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10-04-2007 09:09 AM #16
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
i'll defend the honor of the steam content servers do the death. i get great speeds from them at work.
i just wish i wasn't stuck with ISDN at home, i barely have the bandwidth to play TF2
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10-04-2007 12:54 PM #17
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
FYI, I average between 179mbps to 200mbps at home. However at a friends house I got to 500 easy and that was with him and another friend playing on that same internet connection.
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10-04-2007 02:46 PM #18
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
do you and your friend have the same isp?
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10-04-2007 04:50 PM #19
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
We both have Time Warner Cable. I get the lowest internet package where he gets the one up. I pay around $20 a month where he pays close to $50. It's almost exactly relevant to how fast your connection is. For every dollar you spend you get 10 mbps.
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10-04-2007 04:57 PM #20
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
do you mean KBps?
Originally Posted by Sirusblk
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10-04-2007 05:50 PM #21
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
No, he means 10mbps. That is approximatly 10kb/s Originally Posted by Boogalo
do you mean KBps?
10mbps is Mega-BITS per seconds. Not bytes.
I know, its confusing.
So when someone says they have a 3mbps connection, they don't download at 3 Mega-Bytes a second (3MB/s) They download at 3 Mega-Bits a second (300KB/s)I am the one, I am the zero, I am your low resolution hero.
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10-04-2007 08:17 PM #22
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
no, there are 1024 kilobits in a megabit, and 1024 bits in a kilobit. there is no way he has a 200mb (little "b" so megabit) connection at home through time warner cable. (10mb per $1 times $20/month) Originally Posted by Daxx
as far as bit/Byte is concerned, there are 8 bits in a Byte.
i know, thus why i used a big "B" (for Byte) in my question.10mbps is Mega-BITS per seconds. Not bytes.
if the isp is counting 1000000 bits in a megabit it will be around 375KB after the conversion to Bytes (diving by 8)So when someone says they have a 3mbps connection, they don't download at 3 Mega-Bytes a second (3MB/s) They download at 3 Mega-Bits a second (300KB/s)
its all semantics anyways. i knew what he meant, i was feeling snarky earlier and just giving him a hard time.
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10-04-2007 09:25 PM #23
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
I did Ep 1 in like, four hours. Never even fired a magnum round. I've seen the internet mention Valve is treating the Episodes like HL3, which apparently means Ep 1 is the learning curve half. Granted, a few things will tear you up without HL2 experience (bumble balls, walking walls, Lamarr...) but it still felt like it stopped right when it was warming up.I hope that doesn't mean it's a mini game I was hoping for gameplay that would last 24 hours or more at the very least.
*In actual reality I'm still hoping for 72 hours!
And to really grind my gears, word is Ep 2 will be vehicle heavy. I hate cars. Alex better have driving AI and a butt cushion, because I have zero interest in playing Pole Position.
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10-05-2007 02:08 AM #24
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
Yes you will be riding in a car alot but you'll be going from point a to point b and getting out fighting only to continue to point c and start the process over again. Originally Posted by MagnaCentipede
But hey now you get to choose if you wanna go to point a or point b or point c at any given time
Oh yah and you have AI allys manning your turret on your car 
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10-05-2007 02:35 AM #25
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
Valve has stated ep 2 would be about 8 hours of gameplay. Ep1 was about 6 hours average time. Take that for what you will.
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10-05-2007 06:33 AM #26
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"Yes you will be riding in a car alot but you'll be going from point a to point b and getting out fighting only to continue to point c and start the process over again."
Let me guess, they'll spice things up with antlions to provide "variety." Yawn.
"Oh yah and you have AI allys manning your turret on your car "
No! Backwards! Lame! I've seen the computer try to shoot.
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10-05-2007 07:01 AM #27
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Hey man, if you don't like the game, you certainly aren't required to play it.
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10-05-2007 01:03 PM #28
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Re: Portal preload now available via Steam
Given Valves track record on release, I'm just going to assume that it will be release 11:59PM on the 10th and not wait around checking steam during the day.
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