looking at how streamyx capped the international lines and most people having slow download speeds from steam server, perhaps it would be nice to setup a thread about steam game files sharing so folks can get the files from one another instead of waiting for the slow download?

basically, we list members who would want to participate and their preferred locations.
so they can:
- let fellow steam gamers visit their homes to download from their hard drives
- just burn the steam backups into DVD-Rs then pass by hand
- offer to burn steam backups onto DVD-Rs then courier via pos ekspres / laju
- offer to meet up somewhere and offer to copy files from external hard drive
- etc

let me start.

H = can visit home to download steam game files off hard drive
D = can collect steam backups DVD-Rs by hand
P = can courier steam backups DVD-Rs via pos ekspres / laju
O = can meet up somewhere to download steam game files off external hard drive

Deimos Tel`Arin | Pusat Sains Negara, 7-11 @ Plaza Damansara (DP)
vh_20 | Bangi, Putrajaya, Kajang, Nilai, Port Dickson (once a month) (HDP)
Yuki Ijuin | (P)
viledante | Perlis, Kuala Perlis, Kangar (HDPO)
man3k | JB: Sentosa/Tebrau/Pelangi/Skudai (HDP)
KHOdin | Pudu , Kuala Lumpur (DP)
nymerine | around MMU Melaka only (O)
SweetPuff | PJ area (DP)
neohwengtart | Sungai Petani Kedah (HD)
king99 | USJ 1 Subang Jaya (H)
TiF | Sungai Buloh, Kota Damansara, Subang Airport (DPO)
donchaka | Kuala Terengganu (DO)
http://forum.lowyat.net/user/kamikraze = http://steamcommunity.com/id/kamikraze (method: unknown)
i can share my downloads for UTM,Skudai steam user.. if theres any..

http://forum.lowyat.net/user/yuhhaur = http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/yuhhaur
My Steam IGN: yuhhaur
Area: Selayang, Selangor.
NOTE: Not all titles shown are available as I also rely on others (Example: Who got FarCry 1 & 2 to share?)
Prefer method: Postage

http://forum.lowyat.net/user/dvinez
if u near setapak i got shogun 2

justnits
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1660536/+140#


http://forum.lowyat.net/user/keretapir = http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/keretapir
can find me around serdang/seri kembangan/bkt jalil/equine/putrajaya

http://forum.lowyat.net/user/AlexLai
http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/iVantage
Willing to do D and P.

http://forum.lowyat.net/user/donchaka
steam id: feungie
location: kuala terengganu (DO)


notes:
1. i use steam calculator to list the games because it loads faster than steam community
2. i suppose folks will want some reimbursement for the
- burning of DVD-Rs of steam backups
- time spent hogging their computers downloading files
regarding these, perhaps interested parties can discuss the rates via PM?

This post has been edited by Deimos Tel`Arin: Dec 1 2012, 02:48 PM

eh deimos really taiko one

"Found 157 Games with a value of $2444.44 USD"

btw me can too,

siputturbo Bangi, Putrajaya, Kajang, Nilai, Port Dickson (once a month) (H, D, P)

This post has been edited by vh_20: Dec 1 2010, 09:18 PM

To be honest. I was waiting for something like this since a long time ago.

http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/yukiijuin

List me as available for Poslaju/Expres. As long the the other party bears the postage and DVD costs. I can send whatever backup out, with hope that he will have backups that I need as well.

Deimos, if you wanna talk about this idea...I think when you have time come inside the KGM chatroom and discussed with 20+ people in real time lol
you will get better results probably

Give to me for area Perlis.

But I don't have much game, so basically almost all valve games i have, including gmod, l4d2 and tf2
here all my game list.
http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/VileDante

so who in perlis thats need a to copy my backup, sure can visit me at Perlis. Im in Area Kuala Perlis, I don't mind go to your house if near Kuala Perlis or Kangar. And also don't mind meetup at Kangar, but bring your own laptop, cause I don't have 1

anything just PM me here. phone number is private

oh btw im H D P. all i can do it

This post has been edited by viledante: Dec 2 2010, 02:20 AM

I wonder if I upload those files into local servers.
Will you guys able to dowload them faster? Maybe I try with 1-2GB files and you guys let me know the results.

can include method of bringing our copied steam games to external hdd at preferred place
interested parties can just bring netbook/notebook

Actually, that was what I had in mind. Its quite possible to setup a local hub just for steam backups. With that, things will go faster. The only problem is that I don't think anybody is wiling to fork out the cost of building and maintaining it. It can get quite costly.

forum thread is easier for future referencing lor.

bandwidth is not cheap, you manyak kaya ke?

same like copying files from hard drive at home, this would be time consuming. all right i will add that up.

well yes it is not cheap since steam game files are quite big, with games having 10gb files average.

Or maybe we can use a DC++ hub. Like Rizzy's Unifi DC++ hub. Unfortunately thats only for Unifi ppl. And then there is the LYN DC++ but I have never entered it.

unifi dc++ is not long term solution for FUP . we never know if they start throttling it too. i need to download my steam games first before i can offer this service
it going to take a while..

What about BitTorrent? As long as there are people willing to seed, I reckon it's a pretty efficient method of sharing large files among ourselves.

This post has been edited by yu_wang: Dec 2 2010, 02:19 PM

Maybe its just me but my throttling only happens to international sources. Local is not affected. If TM decides to throttle even local content then they break FUP terms. After all local bandwidth is supposed to be guaranteed. International isn't.

TBH, I got the facilities to do this.
Just that uploading it into the server is really pain in the ass.
I wonder if I can bring this to their datacenter and directly copy it to my server there.

Willing to burn Backup DVD's of Steam games for fellow steam users & newcomers. Especially to those who live within JB (Sentosa/Tebrau/Pelangi/Skudai).

http://www.steamcalculator.com/calculator.php?account=AmanZ

Availability: H, D, P

This post has been edited by man3k: Dec 2 2010, 11:48 AM

upload will be reaaaallllyyyyy slow. T_T

Wah? you have your own datacentre? Where is it? So I may bring my external drive and also busybody

More than just the upload/download. Who is going to maintain the backups so that they are going to be updated?

Something like TF2 for example. a few gigs worth of updates every few months isn't conducive to a static backup.

Perhaps.. let me try to setup a sharepoint
I believe that's even better since everything will be localised.

wut? sharepoint? nooooooooooooooooooooo....

oh well... I'm just being difficult thats all. I appreciate the effort. Thanks