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guncrazy90
  
| #1 posted December 27, 2008 at 7:48pm (EST)
edited May 27, 2009 at 8:28pm (EST) |
Official Steam Thread: Servers, GTZ Steam Community, More!
Click the image above to check out the group
This thread will list all of GameTZ's Steam activity, including the servers we play on, information about the GameTZ Steam Community and other various events!
General Questions
Q: What is Steam?
A: Steam is Valve's digital distribution software that acts as an online PC game retailer and game organizer that also includes many community features such as friends, messaging, groups, stats, etc.
Q: How do I get Steam?
A: Visit Steam's website here!
Q: I have Steam now, what should I play?
A: Steam offers games from just about every PC game publisher. You can also download plenty of quality free titles. Nvidia and ATI users get some good games.
Trackmania Nations Forever and Sam and Max Season 1 Episode 4 are also free to all users.
You can register and link many games you already own with your game's CD-Key! Click here for a complete list of games supported.
GameTZ favorites include The Orange Box, Counter-Strike Source, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty 4, and Audiosurf.
GameTZ Steam Community Group
Started in September 2007, the GameTZ Steam Group has been open to all members of the site!
When you join, you will be connected to all the other Steam users here on GameTZ. Chat, compare stats, and play games!
For membership, send me a message through GameTZ. click the "Join This Group" link found on the top right of your page. (Group has now been made Public!)
Click here to see the group and its members!
To join the group, please make sure you have a Steam ID.
To do so, head over here and enter your Steam login and password.
Don't forget to put an avatar on your profile!
Steam Group Officers:
guncrazy90
Jeffro
Kit_Silva
sgtshaggy
Grenadier
If you are having any trouble, be sure to let any of the officers above know so we can help you out!
Ventrilo Chat Shut down due to inactivity...
xFire
The final "essential" program that PC gamers often use is xFire.
Like Steam, it provides many features such as friends, messaging, game tracking, etc.
It's great for games that are not supported on Steam or to those who only purchase boxed PC games
Many of the GameTZ users who use Steam also use xFire
Download it here.
xFire users can also use one of these cool sig images like the above!
Servers
None right now... 
Let me know what other servers you guys normally play on, we will get a banner up for it!
Other
Are you a user of Steam and xFire? Be sure to update your bio page, as both are now supported!
Want a Steam Card like I do? Check out http://steamcard.com/ !
Past GameTZ Steam Group Links (Dead, for reference only!)
GameTZ Ventrilo Voice Chat Up!
December 2008 Steam Game Giveaway
TF2 Meet
Thread 2
Thread 1
I am now accepting donations to help run our servers.
I appreciate any help you guys can provide. All proceeds go to server costs.
 can be sent here. Please mark all money sent as "Donation" to avoid any problems
This thread will be updated regularly. Feel free to make suggestions of what I should add! |
guncrazy90
| | #41 posted January 10, 2009 at 10:26pm (EST) |
Yeah, just let us know when we need more spots
We'll get some more slots :)
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RULost119
  
| | #42 posted January 12, 2009 at 10:22am (EST) |
Great game on the CSS server last night and it was cool to see sgtshaggy and Ramsey on Vent Saturday night!
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BoB
 
| | #43 posted January 12, 2009 at 10:39am (EST) |
yeah its starting to feel more like a community im seriously happy with the results i just hope it keeps growing.
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
sinnie
 
| | #44 posted January 12, 2009 at 10:53am (EST) |
So what's the most popular Steam GTZ community game? I am mostly into Team Fortress 2 now.
My parts will all be here this week, yay!
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BoB
| | #45 posted January 12, 2009 at 11:44am (EST) |
looks like css this week but tf2 runs a close second.
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
sandpaperback
| | #46 posted January 12, 2009 at 12:01pm (EST) |
I tried getting Ventrilo to work on Ubuntu today. I can't get it to recognize my mic. Looks like it's a common problem.
I should have a Windows machine running in the next couple of weeks though.
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BoB
| | #47 posted January 12, 2009 at 12:44pm (EST) |
excellent look forward to seeing you there
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
kzn
(frozen)
| | #48 posted January 12, 2009 at 12:53pm (EST) |
When are we playing Quake Wars?
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BoB
| | #49 posted January 12, 2009 at 1:12pm (EST) |
when you let me know youre ready
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
sinnie
| | #50 posted January 12, 2009 at 1:23pm (EST) |
Good so some people do play TF2, awesome.
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Grenadier
 
| | #51 posted January 12, 2009 at 2:18pm (EST) |
I have the Orange Box, but never really got into TF2 enough. Anyone want to coach a newb?
Click here to join Goozex and get a free game! |
millenium_dare
  
| | #52 posted January 12, 2009 at 2:39pm (EST) |
On close quarters maps, the ones with lots of corners to hide behind and short hallways, play the pyro or heavy.
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Foxhack
| | #53 posted January 12, 2009 at 3:36pm (EST) |
Dammit, every time I try to find people the server is EMPTY. :(
I wanna play CS at least once. :\ |
BoB
| | #54 posted January 12, 2009 at 6:09pm (EST) |
start off in the vent theres always someone in there looking for a game.
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
sgtshaggy
 
| | #55 posted January 12, 2009 at 6:17pm (EST) |
I'd love to get into some TF2 or Quake Wars. I'm a total n00b at CSS.
shags
Diablo II Saturday Nights! |
G_Prime
| | #56 posted January 12, 2009 at 8:12pm (EST) |
I have Quake Wars inbound right now....I'd be interested in getting my butt kicked!  |
BoB
| | #57 posted January 12, 2009 at 8:14pm (EST) |
i just looked in my bag of butt whuppins.....seems i got one left 
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
G_Prime
| | #58 posted January 12, 2009 at 10:05pm (EST) |
As long as you promise to talk dirty! 
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sinnie
| | #59 posted January 12, 2009 at 11:14pm (EST) |
I started with TF2 playing a Pyro. It's fun to burn people. But now I mostly play a spy and stab people in the back.
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Jeffro
 
| | #60 posted January 13, 2009 at 2:18am (EST) |
spys get caught too easy by vets, im mostly an engy, it's like bait fishin'.
"Do you know what he said while he coughed up his lifeblood? "Except corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone." Wheat, eh? There's enough of it, we can afford to waste as much as we want. Like my head, you see?" |
BoB
| | #61 posted January 13, 2009 at 2:24am (EST) |
i like guns
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
Jeffro
| | #62 posted January 13, 2009 at 2:28am (EST) |
when do you guys play!!!!!
PS-do you folks have specific times?
"Do you know what he said while he coughed up his lifeblood? "Except corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone." Wheat, eh? There's enough of it, we can afford to waste as much as we want. Like my head, you see?" |
BoB
| | #63 posted January 13, 2009 at 3:19am (EST) |
i play almost always
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
sinnie
| | #64 posted January 13, 2009 at 10:10am (EST) |
I also like to play an engineer when I get angry about being burned as a spy. But it's still fun even if I only get to backstab 1 person. 
My parts should be here today, but I won't have time until Thursday probably to set it up completely
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Foxhack
| | #65 posted January 13, 2009 at 6:57pm (EST) |
Jeffro wrote:
> spys get caught too easy by vets, im mostly an engy, it's like bait
> fishin'.
I avoid pyros like the plague. I hate those spy-checking bastards. |
guncrazy90
| | #66 posted January 16, 2009 at 4:25am (EST) |
We ordered a TF2 server last night
Should be good to go sometime today!
Will update OP w/ banner and other info when it is all set up :)
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sinnie
| | #67 posted January 16, 2009 at 10:28am (EST) |
awesome. I got Steam working on Windows 7 finally, but haven't had a chance to play. My husband played last night and got our controller working. I know it's better to play on the keyboard but I just can't get used to it.
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BoB
| | #68 posted January 16, 2009 at 4:04pm (EST) |
ill be setting up the server and doing a banner for it as soon as i wake up here
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
BoB
| | #69 posted January 16, 2009 at 9:42pm (EST) |
oh yeah we did that crap
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
Foxhack
| | #70 posted January 16, 2009 at 10:05pm (EST) |
I added it to my favorites.
I'm also typing this in the steam browser. ;p |
guncrazy90
| | #71 posted January 16, 2009 at 10:07pm (EST) |
updated OP
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Grenadier
| | #72 posted January 16, 2009 at 10:25pm (EST) |
In my faves now too. Now just need some players. 
Click here to join Goozex and get a free game! |
BoB
| | #73 posted January 16, 2009 at 10:45pm (EST) |
working on that now
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. - god |
guncrazy90
| | #74 posted January 17, 2009 at 1:33am (EST) |
we got a day of defeat source server up now too :D
Updated with server banner
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sinnie
| | #75 posted January 17, 2009 at 8:37pm (EST) |
So how the fudge do I get on the GTZ steam Team Fortress 2 server? It won't let me add it as a favorite and I can't search for it, and going to its profile page does nothing.
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Jeffro
| | #76 posted January 17, 2009 at 8:42pm (EST) |
^ditto, mine says I gave the wrong password even though it never let me type one.
"Do you know what he said while he coughed up his lifeblood? "Except corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone." Wheat, eh? There's enough of it, we can afford to waste as much as we want. Like my head, you see?" |
sinnie
| | #77 posted January 17, 2009 at 8:42pm (EST) |
Nevermind, it just wasn't doing crap for me for some reason. I'd add the server and nothing would happen, but then my stupid ass husband does it (the exact same way) and it asked him for the password. 
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Jeffro
| | #78 posted January 17, 2009 at 8:43pm (EST) |
Can I borrow your husband?
"Do you know what he said while he coughed up his lifeblood? "Except corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone." Wheat, eh? There's enough of it, we can afford to waste as much as we want. Like my head, you see?" |
sinnie
| | #79 posted January 17, 2009 at 8:47pm (EST) |
yes, he pisses me off when stuff works for him.
He's on there now though complaining no one is on the server 
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Jeffro
| | #80 posted January 17, 2009 at 8:53pm (EST) |
BoB just told me, too bad I have to run now. Im sure ill figure it out sometime.
"Do you know what he said while he coughed up his lifeblood? "Except corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone." Wheat, eh? There's enough of it, we can afford to waste as much as we want. Like my head, you see?" |
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