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I just went through a harrowing experience that I would not wish on anybody - Buying a game in Steam.

1. Go to Steam client.
2. Forgot my password.
3. Clicked the button to reset it.
4. "Are you a human? Which of these squares contains a bus?" (There's always one square that is so ambiguous. Like the tailpipe of the bus barely extends into a square.)
5. Receive a code at my email. Enter that into Steam client.
...OKAY NOW WILL YOU RESET MY PASSWORD?...
6. "Your account is special and you have to talk to us about maybe submitting a request for potential resetting of your password possibly."
5. Remembered that my frigging password manager had the password.
6. Attempted logging in again with the correct username / password.
7. "This is a super strange computer that you haven't logged in with for maybe 6 months. It's time for more two-factor, buddy!"
8. Copy and paste the verification code AGAIN.
...I AM LOGGED INTO STEAM. CELEBRATE!!!!...
9. "But actually we really do need to reset your password since you put in that earlier request."
10. Put in the password.
11. Put in the confirm password.
12. Update my password manager.
13. Go to title I want to buy.
14. Click "buy".
15. There's an empty form for credit card info. It doesn't auto-fill because its not a web browser. I don't want get my physical wallet right now.
16. Choose PayPal.
17. Look up the PayPal password in my password manager.
18. Payment goes through. Game downloads.
...I NOW OWN THE GAME. CELEBRATE!!!...
19. Click "install" button.
20. A popup pops up... "Upgrade your steam client now?!?!? We pretend we're asking, but we're really telling."
21. Steam client exits, upgrades, restarts.
22. Log in to Steam again. Ah! It saved the password. Nice.
23. Find new game in Library.
24. Hit Play.
...I SEE THE GAME ON MY SCREEN. IT IS PLAYING. OHHHHHHHH I HAVE YEARNED FOR SO LONG...

Stupid Steam. This is why I mainly do console gaming.

-Erik

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05-17-2021 at 02:16 AM
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I'm having a similar, but worse, experience with trying to log in to a particular google account. Specifically:
-Log in with my username and password
-Be demanded to send a verification code to my email because google doesn't recognize the device.
-Receive the code, copy and paste it in.
-Have a phone number demanded of me for no apparent reason whatsoever, despite the fact that my having a phone number I've never told google before cannot possibly prove my identity in any way.
-I'm not giving google my real phone number, so I go get a free temporary one from one of those type of websites.
-I enter the verification code from that number.
-google refuses to log me in anyway, because "someone else might be trying to use my account".
-It says to try again later or on a different device. No amount of later or different device resolves the problem.
-Shortly thereafter, I get a "critical security warning" in my email that points to links I can't reach because I can't log in to that google account. Because I, the owner of the account, tried to log into my account.

So basically, google is arbitrarily locking me out of my own account for absolutely no reason, indefinitely, even though I have the correct email address.

...Anyway, the one thing that might have saved you a tiny bit of pain is that you can the purchasing on the website (through a normal browser) and then install it in the client. In general, steam gaming is one of those "momentum" type things that's much easier if you've been doing it recently. But GOG, itch.io or Humble (for the few purchases there that aren't just steam keys) might be a better experience?

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05-17-2021 at 02:48 AM
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Xindaris wrote:
I'm having a similar, but worse, experience with trying to log in to a particular google account.
Collective rage... rising!
steam gaming is one of those "momentum" type things that's much easier if you've been doing it recently.
Yeah, I think that is the crux of it. When I'm in the habit of playing on Steam, it works better.

-Erik

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05-17-2021 at 02:53 AM
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Xindaris wrote:
Anyway, the one thing that might have saved you a tiny bit of pain is that you can the purchasing on the website (through a normal browser)
There was a time a couple months ago where Steam's website was demanding two factor authentication Every. Single. Day. for about two weeks.
05-17-2021 at 03:02 AM
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Ah. I sidestepped that whole thing using winauth. So, for me..the "other factor" is on the exact same computer as I'm logging in with.

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05-17-2021 at 05:34 AM
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Wow, I can totally relate to this experience. But taking the time to catalog it and write down all the steps? Now that's just reliving the pain. Why? WHY?!?

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05-25-2021 at 12:11 AM
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mrimer wrote:
But taking the time to catalog it and write down all the steps? Now that's just reliving the pain. Why? WHY?!?
That's an excellent question. The word for me might be "crank".

-Erik

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