Steam.......It Makes me Steaming Mad!

Howard313 · 04-16-11, 02:08 AM

Alright, I exaggerated on the title, I have no problems with Steam itself, it's a good little gadget for making friends and buying games, and as everyone knows those are the two most important things you can do in your lifetime....write that down.

I do, however, have a gripe with steam, sort of a fly in my soup, or thorn in my side if you will. When I bought Silent Hunter 3, I bought it off steam. Now this means two things.

I can run Silent Hunter 3 without using a disc or that complicated looking guide that someone decided to sticky on the top of this forum.
Every time I launch Silent Hunter 3, Steam feels the need to turn on as well.

Now the first one I can live with, I never was a fan of discs anyway they break they scratch and they steal your souls.....In short they are pure concentrated evil molded in to circular form.

The second, I don't know, I guess it wouldn't bother me as much if steam didn't bother to give me the SH3.exe file right in my folder. But does it really have to boot up every time? What if I just wanted to play Silent Hunter 3 and not look at Portal 2/Team Fortress ads the next time I closed out? You ever think about that Steam? Huh?!

To clear matters up my question is simple.

Is there a way to run the steam-bought version of Silent Hunter 3, without turning on steam itself?

04-16-11, 02:08 AM	#1
Howard313 Engineer Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: America Posts: 211 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Steam.......It Makes me Steaming Mad! Alright, I exaggerated on the title, I have no problems with Steam itself, it's a good little gadget for making friends and buying games, and as everyone knows those are the two most important things you can do in your lifetime....write that down. I do, however, have a gripe with steam, sort of a fly in my soup, or thorn in my side if you will. When I bought Silent Hunter 3, I bought it off steam. Now this means two things. I can run Silent Hunter 3 without using a disc or that complicated looking guide that someone decided to sticky on the top of this forum. Every time I launch Silent Hunter 3, Steam feels the need to turn on as well. Now the first one I can live with, I never was a fan of discs anyway they break they scratch and they steal your souls.....In short they are pure concentrated evil molded in to circular form. The second, I don't know, I guess it wouldn't bother me as much if steam didn't bother to give me the SH3.exe file right in my folder. But does it really have to boot up every time? What if I just wanted to play Silent Hunter 3 and not look at Portal 2/Team Fortress ads the next time I closed out? You ever think about that Steam? Huh?! To clear matters up my question is simple. Is there a way to run the steam-bought version of Silent Hunter 3, without turning on steam itself? Last edited by Howard313; 04-16-11 at 04:13 AM.