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LET ME IN

Edit: It took 3 hours but Steam servers are stable now, I finally bought it. See you on the other side

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

you'd think an hour and 20 would be enough time to let things be less broken

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Once a server goes down they have to deal with the “thundering herd problem”. When you fail to get the game you keep retrying, which generates even more requests than the initial number that made the server go down in the first place.

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