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slmclarengt 05-14-2008 22:08

Humor... courtesy of VALVe
 
I usually don't mock support that is given to me but sometimes stupidity runs so rampant, I can't help but make fun of it.

In this case, I e-mailed VALVe (Knowingly understanding they would be useless but hoping they could fix these problems), but I will do everyone a favor and not post the whole thing :-). Here is part of what I said as my issue concerned 64-bit Operating Systems and their respective paths to data. On 64-bit, the regular 32-bit application folder is Program Files (x86) for those who don't know. They do not use that though; they assume it's regular so I e-mailed them about fixing. I started by writing "I run Windows XP 64-bit edition" and here is their momentous response:

Quote:

Originally Posted by VALVe brilliant support
Please follow the link below for more information:

Title: Windows Vista Issues
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_a...5688-IFHZ-2170

If you have any further questions, please let us know.

Hmm, I never knew XP == Vista?

Slmclarengt

Lord_Destros 05-14-2008 23:19

Re: Humor... courtesy of VALVe
 
Heh, I've seen worse forms of support elsewhere still XD.

slmclarengt 05-14-2008 23:25

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord_Destros (Post 625860)
Heh, I've seen worse forms of support elsewhere still XD.

Yeah, I've had much worse incidents as well but this just blew me away... to think they had about 5 days to respond and they came up with THIS? I responded with a very snide reply because I felt disrespected for receiving such poor support. Thankfully I can troubleshoot like no other so I fixed all my issues but I was just trying to alert them to the issue if they had not heard before. I even told them how to fix the problems but they are acting like the VALVe they are...

Slmclarengt

Jheshka 05-15-2008 10:53

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LOL


Nice,

v3x 05-15-2008 13:26

Re: Humor... courtesy of VALVe
 
I don't think that I've ever actually had an official team member help me out over there. They pretty much leave it up to the community.

slmclarengt 05-15-2008 13:29

Re: Humor... courtesy of VALVe
 
Then to end it off, Zachery (the tech support guy) responded now saying "Our games are not designed to run on 64 bits systems. Sorry."

Man if they never support 64-bit applications with the majority of their games, what the hell is the point of getting games from them as clearly we are leading into 64-bit operating systems and programs hopefully soon exclusively.

And it's yet again funny he says that their games don't support 64-bit apps when some of their games are in fact... 64-bit. It's their PLATFORM that doesn't support 64-bit and SOME games do not support it.

EDIT: if anyone would like to remind me why they would give bad karma to this post; is it because YOU are Zachery and don't provide knowledgeable support or some other reason?

Slmclarengt

Dr. Jan Itor 05-15-2008 13:35

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lol nice 1 ive never asked support about anything so i didnt know their support is that bad

Fredd 05-15-2008 15:34

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i asked support something once, they never answered.

Lord_Destros 05-15-2008 20:07

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PM knows how to receive great support from those at Valve as indicated by his past experiences with communicating via email XD.

chris 05-15-2008 23:13

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lol wow..


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