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    A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.

    Steam had a heart attack!?

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    #1  Edited By tebbit

    At least thats what I thought when I saw this, while perusing the Steam store:          

    Don't worry, Steam survived, and made a quick recovery.  
    Don't worry, Steam survived, and made a quick recovery.  
    Arrowed for your convenience, does anyone know what happened here!? And I don't want anyone to give me any of that "It was probably just server downtime" crap. 
    I KNOW it was something more... something altogether SINISTER.
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    #2  Edited By Jadeskye
    @Tebbit: That is interesting. I couldn't speculate.
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    #3  Edited By Geno
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    #4  Edited By mshaw006

    Yeah I saw the same thing and was curious about it. There's a similar but smaller dip the next day at about the same time.

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    #5  Edited By blaze503

    it is mostly likely the time that they put updates out, that is the best guess i have anyway

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    #6  Edited By GunnBjorn
    @blaze503 said:
    "it is mostly likely the time that they put updates out, that is the best guess i have anyway "

    Pretty much this. 
    There's nothing ominous about it.
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    #7  Edited By raidingkvatch
    @GunnBjorn: Of course there's something ominous about it! Steam are obviously using their "updates" to infect people's wireless networks, thereby taking control of all technology within their domiciles, and using that technology to kill the consumer and replace them with a replicant programmed by Steam to carry out their seemingly corporate bidding until they have created an army large enough to take over the world!
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    #8  Edited By ShaunassNZ

    Interes... oh forget it.

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    #9  Edited By SeriouslyNow

    Steam's first baby steps to sentience.  Rampancy ftw!

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    #10  Edited By MrKlorox

    If you'll look further back, or keep an eye out for the next few days, you'll see this is common.

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    #11  Edited By tebbit
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