Steam user group - Page 2

benz72 · 10-07-2013, 08:38 AM

Keeping in mind that I am probably exposing extreme naiveté, but aren't steam channels generally used for talking about games that are able to be played over steam? Is there a GURPS PC/console game that I missed? Has GURPS online been resurrected?

MatthewVilter · 10-07-2013, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by benz72

Keeping in mind that I am probably exposing extreme naiveté, but aren't steam channels generally used for talking about games that are able to be played over steam? Is there a GURPS PC/console game that I missed? Has GURPS online been resurrected?

No you are right. The steam group will be for gurps players not for playing gurps.

Kromm · 10-07-2013, 09:26 AM

And some of the groups I'm in don't play Steam games! Plenty of people make friends in online games, discover common interests unrelated to online games, and then continue to use Steam as a social networking tool when they take a break from or even quit online gaming. (I'd use Facebook for that, but there seems to be a lot of Facebook-hate among gamer geeks!) It isn't as though Valve minds having people use their software and see ads for games sold at the Steam Store each time it updates . . .

MatthewVilter · 10-08-2013, 01:24 PM

Okay here it is:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GURPSFanClub

apoc527 · 10-08-2013, 01:30 PM

Joined and invited my GURPS gaming group (hope that was ok). THe connection between my Steam name and this name is...well, they are the same. :-)

vicky_molokh · 10-08-2013, 01:51 PM

I suppose it would be safest to give moderator rights to several trusted people (e.g. Kromm, assuming he joins), just to make sure if someone somehow loses an account / suddenly disappears, there are fallback options for retaining group control. (Saying this because I've seen this sort of stuff happen on the Net.)

apoc527 · 10-08-2013, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

I suppose it would be safest to give moderator rights to several trusted people (e.g. Kromm, assuming he joins), just to make sure if someone somehow loses an account / suddenly disappears, there are fallback options for retaining group control. (Saying this because I've seen this sort of stuff happen on the Net.)

I don't know if that even applies to Steam...maybe it does, but that's not really what Steam is for.

MatthewVilter · 10-08-2013, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

I suppose it would be safest to give moderator rights to several trusted people (e.g. Kromm, assuming he joins), just to make sure if someone somehow loses an account / suddenly disappears, there are fallback options for retaining group control. (Saying this because I've seen this sort of stuff happen on the Net.)

Good idea. I'll look into it.

10-07-2013, 08:38 AM	#11
benz72 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chagrin Falls	Re: Steam user group Keeping in mind that I am probably exposing extreme naiveté, but aren't steam channels generally used for talking about games that are able to be played over steam? Is there a GURPS PC/console game that I missed? Has GURPS online been resurrected? __________________ Benundefined Life has a funny way of making sure you decide to leave the party just a few minutes too late to avoid trouble.

10-07-2013, 09:26 AM	#13
Kromm *GURPS* Line Editor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montréal, Québec	Re: Steam user group And some of the groups I'm in don't play Steam games! Plenty of people make friends in online games, discover common interests unrelated to online games, and then continue to use Steam as a social networking tool when they take a break from or even quit online gaming. (I'd use Facebook for that, but there seems to be a lot of Facebook-hate among gamer geeks!) It isn't as though Valve minds having people use their software and see ads for games sold at the Steam Store each time it updates . . . __________________ Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch <kromm@sjgames.com> *GURPS* Line Editor, Steve Jackson Games My DreamWidth [Just *GURPS* News]

10-08-2013, 01:24 PM	#14
MatthewVilter Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Los Angeles County	Re: Steam user group Okay here it is: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GURPSFanClub __________________ Use Steam? Check out the GURPS Fan Club! Melissa - Lost in Dreams - World jumping engineering student. Greg - Day 1 - SFX expert, single father, and zombie outbreak survivor.

10-08-2013, 01:30 PM	#15
apoc527 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Seattle, WA	Re: Steam user group Joined and invited my GURPS gaming group (hope that was ok). THe connection between my Steam name and this name is...well, they are the same. :-) __________________ -apoc527 My Campaigns Currently Playing: GURPS Banestorm: The Symmetry of Darkness Inactive: Star*Drive: 2525-Hunting for Fun and Profit My THS Campaign-In the Shadows of Venus Yrth--The Legend Begins The XCOM Apocalypse

10-08-2013, 01:51 PM	#16
vicky_molokh GURPS FAQ Keeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kyïv, Ukraine	Re: Steam user group I suppose it would be safest to give moderator rights to several trusted people (e.g. Kromm, assuming he joins), just to make sure if someone somehow loses an account / suddenly disappears, there are fallback options for retaining group control. (Saying this because I've seen this sort of stuff happen on the Net.) __________________ Vicky 'Molokh', GURPS FAQ and uFAQ Keeper

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