Steam Down?

[JasonPratt]

Around 5:00 pm central US time, I haven't had any trouble logging in the past few days, and that ought to be close to peak I'd think.

But of course my local servers might have been upgraded already or whatever. (I'm still staying off it for now so as to reduce the server load a little for other people.)

[Arctic Blast]

Same here.  Something definitely going on with Steam lately like a DDOS or some major hardware/software issues...

There seems to be a spate of DDOS crap going on right now. One of the freelance writing sites I use got hit, and I've read about a number of other business sites being taken down as well. Steam and Origin were targeted a couple of weeks ago by the mobs of overgrown children.  >:(

[undercovergeek]

ive seen this thread and thought 'huh, not much to do with me' having no access to pc for a few days but tonight - UK 20:00 steam is very sluggish, access to my games library is cool, but the sites a bit weird - you cant search the store, apparently CKII doesnt exist at all and the pages are sometimes blank

[Tpek]

Same here.  Something definitely going on with Steam lately like a DDOS or some major hardware/software issues...

There seems to be a spate of DDOS crap going on right now. One of the freelance writing sites I use got hit, and I've read about a number of other business sites being taken down as well. Steam and Origin were targeted a couple of weeks ago by the mobs of overgrown children.  >:(

It's not mobs.
A single guy is enough for just purchasing/renting/leasing a Bot-net for this.
It's a arsehole.

[Nefaro]

Ugh.

If Steam were downloading updates any slower right now, it would be going in reverse.   

Primetime again.  Took a couple tries to get logged in.

I was debating picking up the Warlock 2 early access but at this d/l rate it would take a day to download.  I've yet to play Rome 2 to see if it's still crashing on my desktop.

[JasonPratt]

No login last night (central US around 6pm), not that I cared.

[steve58]

Down yet again.  Can't login in.  Getting tiresome...

[RooksBailey]

Down yet again.  Can't login in.  Getting tiresome...

I was just coming here to see if other people where having a problem.   ;D  Yup.  Me, too.  This time I can't get on at all.  Usually I just retry my connection and I am back in business, but now I am totally locked out.  Good thing I haven't been using Steam the last few weeks (been on a non-Steam Fallout 3 kick). 

Valve better get some more servers because this could cost them customers.  People are already suspicious of Steam DRM - this will just be more grist for the mill.

[Nefaro]

Damn thing just died again while I was browsing the Workshop.

Error Code: -118

Unable to connect to server. Server may be offline or you may not be connected to the internet.

::)

[SgtRock]

Is the problem with Stream, maybe is Comcast or other ISP's? The way the internet works now, ISP's cap/limit bandwidth until some one pays them to stop!!! :(

[JudgeDredd]

WOW. Steam offline again.

Is this indications of the "dread" that a lot of people forecast many many moons ago?

Fair play it's up a damn site more than it's down - but when almost my entire game library is on Steam - it IS a pain when it's offline

[Tpek]

Is the problem with Stream, maybe is Comcast or other ISP's? The way the internet works now, ISP's cap/limit bandwidth until some one pays them to stop!!! :(

It's not ISPs.
It is actually Steam.
They've been acting wonky for a week now.

[sandman2575]

^well over a week now, unfortunately.  Seems like this has been going on for a month plus.

Y'all may want to bookmark these 2 sites, which tell you right away if Steam is down:

http://www.issteamdown.com/

http://steamstat.us/

[undercovergeek]

It would be nice if they stepped up and said something

[MuzzyDev]

It would be nice if they stepped up and said something

If the site is down, where would they post it?