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  • P pseudonym67

    Skyrim is a available for preload. Yay. Load steam and get ready to start. And it's gone. No Skyrim in my games list. The forums were hacked a couple of days ago so no help there. Leave a few hours and come back still no Skyrim. Decide to contact Steam support to see what's going on. Go to create account and enter details. Wont create the account because it says I've already got an account. Ask to reset the pasword because I can vaguely remember creating an account years ago. Get Email Try to log into Steam account. No account with that email address. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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    peterchen
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    Meh. It's just a game. *ducks*

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      Meh. It's just a game. *ducks*

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      Jim Crafton
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      You just wait young man! It's just a game till someone gets hurt! By my word - you'll poke your eye out!

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      • P pseudonym67

        Skyrim is a available for preload. Yay. Load steam and get ready to start. And it's gone. No Skyrim in my games list. The forums were hacked a couple of days ago so no help there. Leave a few hours and come back still no Skyrim. Decide to contact Steam support to see what's going on. Go to create account and enter details. Wont create the account because it says I've already got an account. Ask to reset the pasword because I can vaguely remember creating an account years ago. Get Email Try to log into Steam account. No account with that email address. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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        Lost User
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        I hope you still get that worked out. A couple of days ago a few people could not understand why I would not buy Skyrim or any other game which makes having a Steam account mandatory. One more 'service' which I can live very well without.

        And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
        "Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"

        And I smiled and was happy
        And it came worse.

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        • P pseudonym67

          Skyrim is a available for preload. Yay. Load steam and get ready to start. And it's gone. No Skyrim in my games list. The forums were hacked a couple of days ago so no help there. Leave a few hours and come back still no Skyrim. Decide to contact Steam support to see what's going on. Go to create account and enter details. Wont create the account because it says I've already got an account. Ask to reset the pasword because I can vaguely remember creating an account years ago. Get Email Try to log into Steam account. No account with that email address. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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          Rutvik Dave
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          pseudonym67 wrote:

          No account with that email address.

          Steam is using username and not email as username. I also installed steam yesterday to a new computer, and I was also entering email and password, and then later realized that it takes username not email.

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          • P pseudonym67

            Skyrim is a available for preload. Yay. Load steam and get ready to start. And it's gone. No Skyrim in my games list. The forums were hacked a couple of days ago so no help there. Leave a few hours and come back still no Skyrim. Decide to contact Steam support to see what's going on. Go to create account and enter details. Wont create the account because it says I've already got an account. Ask to reset the pasword because I can vaguely remember creating an account years ago. Get Email Try to log into Steam account. No account with that email address. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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            Andy Brummer
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            Sounds like you just discovered one of their infinite quests. :-D

            Curvature of the Mind now with 3D

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            • P peterchen

              Meh. It's just a game. *ducks*

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              Single Step Debugger
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              If Oblivion is “just a game”?! Then Salma Hayek is just the next woman. :)

              There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet! Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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              • P pseudonym67

                Skyrim is a available for preload. Yay. Load steam and get ready to start. And it's gone. No Skyrim in my games list. The forums were hacked a couple of days ago so no help there. Leave a few hours and come back still no Skyrim. Decide to contact Steam support to see what's going on. Go to create account and enter details. Wont create the account because it says I've already got an account. Ask to reset the pasword because I can vaguely remember creating an account years ago. Get Email Try to log into Steam account. No account with that email address. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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                Chris Losinger
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                i just noticed it has disappeared from my Library list, too. oops. now it's back. "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" and preloading.

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                  If Oblivion is “just a game”?! Then Salma Hayek is just the next woman. :)

                  There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet! Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                  peterchen
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                  If Salma Hayek is my next woman, I'll buy you a copy of Skyrim.

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                  • P pseudonym67

                    Skyrim is a available for preload. Yay. Load steam and get ready to start. And it's gone. No Skyrim in my games list. The forums were hacked a couple of days ago so no help there. Leave a few hours and come back still no Skyrim. Decide to contact Steam support to see what's going on. Go to create account and enter details. Wont create the account because it says I've already got an account. Ask to reset the pasword because I can vaguely remember creating an account years ago. Get Email Try to log into Steam account. No account with that email address. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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                    thrakazog
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                    This kinda junk is one of the reasons why I have given up on PC gaming. I'll just get the game for xbox. Take xbox, add game, plant butt on couch, victory stewie.

                    Kill some time, play my game Hop Cheops[^]

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                    • P pseudonym67

                      Skyrim is a available for preload. Yay. Load steam and get ready to start. And it's gone. No Skyrim in my games list. The forums were hacked a couple of days ago so no help there. Leave a few hours and come back still no Skyrim. Decide to contact Steam support to see what's going on. Go to create account and enter details. Wont create the account because it says I've already got an account. Ask to reset the pasword because I can vaguely remember creating an account years ago. Get Email Try to log into Steam account. No account with that email address. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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                      _beauw_
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                      I actually made a tech support call the other day to my ISP. I had my most recent statement in hand, complete with account number. Amazingly, their support rep could not pull up my information based on account number. I had to sit there and try to guess what phone number I had given them at sign-up. Eventually, their support rep just took down my information manually and promised to get a technician dispatched to me one way or another! Its understandable that companies want to use phone number as a sort of less sensitive version of SSN (i.e. as a unique and unchanging personal identifier). It sure would make their business easier to manage if this actually worked. But for me at least, it doesn't work. E-mail address works a little bit better as a personal key, but not much... like phone numbers, I have multiple e-mail addresses, and I shouldn't be put under any obligation to keep these active just to access some other account.

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                      • T thrakazog

                        This kinda junk is one of the reasons why I have given up on PC gaming. I'll just get the game for xbox. Take xbox, add game, plant butt on couch, victory stewie.

                        Kill some time, play my game Hop Cheops[^]

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                        lewax00
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                        I could never play an Elder Scrolls game on console...modding them is too much fun!

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                          I actually made a tech support call the other day to my ISP. I had my most recent statement in hand, complete with account number. Amazingly, their support rep could not pull up my information based on account number. I had to sit there and try to guess what phone number I had given them at sign-up. Eventually, their support rep just took down my information manually and promised to get a technician dispatched to me one way or another! Its understandable that companies want to use phone number as a sort of less sensitive version of SSN (i.e. as a unique and unchanging personal identifier). It sure would make their business easier to manage if this actually worked. But for me at least, it doesn't work. E-mail address works a little bit better as a personal key, but not much... like phone numbers, I have multiple e-mail addresses, and I shouldn't be put under any obligation to keep these active just to access some other account.

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                          lewax00
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                          I like using phone numbers...it's the only thing I have that hasn't changed in the past 8 or so years. Address has changed many times, multiple email accounts, but I've managed to keep my phone number intact through a couple different service providers (it is a cell phone however...I haven't had a house line for a few years now...except last year but I had no phone connected to it and I didn't even know the number, it was just required for internet service).

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                          • L lewax00

                            I could never play an Elder Scrolls game on console...modding them is too much fun!

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                            thrakazog
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                            With the number of good games out there I just don't have the attention span for that anymore. I'll play through Skyrim once and never touch it again. I haven't bothered with any game modding since playing doom2. That was just so I could kill Barney the Dinosaur. I love you too Barney, with my chainsaw.

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                            • P pseudonym67

                              Skyrim is a available for preload. Yay. Load steam and get ready to start. And it's gone. No Skyrim in my games list. The forums were hacked a couple of days ago so no help there. Leave a few hours and come back still no Skyrim. Decide to contact Steam support to see what's going on. Go to create account and enter details. Wont create the account because it says I've already got an account. Ask to reset the pasword because I can vaguely remember creating an account years ago. Get Email Try to log into Steam account. No account with that email address. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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                              Maximilien
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                              no issue at all. downloading nicely as I write this.

                              Watched code never compiles.

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                                pseudonym67 wrote:

                                No account with that email address.

                                Steam is using username and not email as username. I also installed steam yesterday to a new computer, and I was also entering email and password, and then later realized that it takes username not email.

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                                pseudonym67
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                                A steam support account is different from your normal user account. It uses email and password. Try it and see.

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                                • C Chris Losinger

                                  i just noticed it has disappeared from my Library list, too. oops. now it's back. "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" and preloading.

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                                  pseudonym67
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                                  Still not back on mine. The store acknowledges that I've bought it though.

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                                  • L lewax00

                                    I like using phone numbers...it's the only thing I have that hasn't changed in the past 8 or so years. Address has changed many times, multiple email accounts, but I've managed to keep my phone number intact through a couple different service providers (it is a cell phone however...I haven't had a house line for a few years now...except last year but I had no phone connected to it and I didn't even know the number, it was just required for internet service).

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                                    BobJanova
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                                    Good for you, but I'm pretty sure you're in a minority there. I know I give landline numbers for this kind of thing and that changes (obviously) whenever address does.

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                                    • T thrakazog

                                      With the number of good games out there I just don't have the attention span for that anymore. I'll play through Skyrim once and never touch it again. I haven't bothered with any game modding since playing doom2. That was just so I could kill Barney the Dinosaur. I love you too Barney, with my chainsaw.

                                      Kill some time, play my game Hop Cheops[^]

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                                      Rob Grainger
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                                      For Elder Scrolls you're really missing out - these aren't just new maps. Often there are overhauls that completely transform aspects of the game. I'm still playing Oblivion, thanks to the work by the modding community. Most games I can't really be bothered to play through to completion even once.

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                                        I hope you still get that worked out. A couple of days ago a few people could not understand why I would not buy Skyrim or any other game which makes having a Steam account mandatory. One more 'service' which I can live very well without.

                                        And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
                                        "Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"

                                        And I smiled and was happy
                                        And it came worse.

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                                        Fabio Franco
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                                        If I wasn't a big fan of the series, that's exactly what I would do. But my desire to play this game is way beyond my pride and hatred for steam.

                                        "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson

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                                        • F Fabio Franco

                                          If I wasn't a big fan of the series, that's exactly what I would do. But my desire to play this game is way beyond my pride and hatred for steam.

                                          "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson

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                                          Lost User
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                                          Well, now I can say I used to be a big fan since Daggerfall. Now I have thrown the whole stuff off my computer and the whole thing is of no interest anymore. No game is worth having to jump through loops and I will certainly find something else to do. But no doubt, they will probably get away with it and try some other stunt next time. Like a few others before, they will only realize that they went too far when they have put off a few too many of their customers and some product collects dust in the shelves.

                                          And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
                                          "Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"

                                          And I smiled and was happy
                                          And it came worse.

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