Valve Blackout 2012

#1

Just wanted to note somewhere on the internet. As of 2.36 PM EST. Valve Software is missing from the internet.

https://www.valvesoftware.com
https://www.steampowered.com
https://www.teamfortress.com
https://www.thinkwithportals.com
https://www.dota2.com
https://www.l4d.com
https://www.whatistheorangebox.com

It started with simple error pages, users being booted off steam, steam login failures, now it’s direct timeout errors. It seems they have went down without notice. it definitely cannot be the 5 million users online peak today ( WoW has 8 ). I have seen this number many times before with no noticeable issues on steam. I am also sure a service such as steam has multiple servers in many data centers. This seems to be a wide scale crash effecting every valve owned service. Time to discuss.

#2

I was wondering why I couldn’t get a connection on steam

#3

Valve hacked :slight_smile:

#4

dun dun duuuun

#5

Doubtful.

Maybe they discovered that breach from before left a hole, and had to shut down every service for user information safety.

#6

It has begun… The End Times are drawing near.

#7

There is life again! steampowered.com returns!

#8

Still no luck with Steam proper, or even valvesoftware.com

EDIT: Valve’s site is back up. Seems like stuff is coming back online slowly now.

EDIT:

From today at 12 PM EST on SPUF:

#9

valvesoftware.com is back up

#10

dota2.com and l4d.com are back, the others are still down

#11

The FBI is trying to shut down Valve.

Stop SOPA, PIPA and ACTA before it’s too late. Get out your Guy Fawkes masks and go out in the streets! Let your voices be heard.

#12

Gabe just forgot to pay the internet bill.

FYI the CDN’s are up as game downloads are working.

#13

It’s reported as outages.
https://twitter.com/#!/Steam_Support/status/168779729372057601

#14

holy! https://store.steampowered.com/stats/

#15

ded. :expressionless:

#16

They must’ve done this to signify the upcoming release of Black Mesa. Spread the word.

#17

oh no, the mayas were right and it already begins!

#18

It was confirmed as a power outage.

Founded in 2004, Leakfree.org became one of the first online communities dedicated to Valve’s Source engine development. It is more famously known for the formation of Black Mesa: Source under the 'Leakfree Modification Team' handle in September 2004.