# Well, Steam is down
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-steam-is-down/850211
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-steam-is-down/850211 "2020-03-24T23:26:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-steam-is-down/850211/1 "2020-03-24T23:26:36Z")
at least for me.
I guess I’ll be forced to entertain myself with my millions of songs and podcasts on spotify, millions of potential ebooks and tens of thousands of streaming movies and tv shows.
Damn it.
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-steam-is-down/850211/2 "2020-03-24T23:46:35Z")
I’m playing Rocket League via Steam right now.
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-steam-is-down/850211/3 "2020-03-24T23:50:34Z")
Thats weird. Did I forget to pay the monthly membership fee? Each month someone at aar82b$20brnt@steam.vn said I have to pay $40 a month in bitcoins and mail in a picture of my genitals or else my steam account will be shut down.
I thought I paid the fee last week but I’ll pay it again just in case.
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### Author:  [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-steam-is-down/850211/4 "2020-03-24T23:50:51Z")
Steam is always down on Tuesdays around this time. Like, for the last decade.
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### Author:  [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-steam-is-down/850211/5 "2020-03-25T00:07:23Z")
24 March, 8:06PM EST: I just started a game on Steam.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-steam-is-down/850211/6 "2020-03-25T00:07:37Z")
I just got interrupted a bit ago while playing a game, with a notice that the Steam friends network was unavailable.
But it wasn’t a Steam game I was playing, so I just ignored it.
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### Author:  [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-steam-is-down/850211/7 "2020-03-25T18:52:23Z")
I was on from about 9PM to 12AM Eastern time. I did get the friends network down message but that didn’t affect what I was doing, Planetside 2 and House of the Dying Sun.
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### Author:  [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-steam-is-down/850211/8 "2020-03-26T06:58:22Z")
Steam is always weird for me at around noon PST, it will frequently disconnect parties and group chats.