Steam Hardware

Yeah, I did that because someone on here suggested it, and I still had to click the "Continue" button hundreds of times in the span of 25 minutes to finish the checkout.

I was being polite at first, and only clicking it every 15 seconds or so. Then I noticed on another device that the estimated delivery time had gone from 3-5 days to 6-10. That's when I said, "Fuck it", and clicked the shit out of it for two minutes, and it finally went through.

I really hope Valve figures out something else for the Steam Machine. The reservation system is cool, but not if it's going to work exactly as poorly as the checkout process. I mean it's gonna open up and people are going to hammer the reservation process, and it's just gonna be a crapshoot again.

Hell, I'd rather it be a lottery. Everyone has weeks to join it. No rush, but you can only join the lottery if you have a "real" Steam account with games and history. Like, just a few hundred of hours of gaming. Normal amounts. And if you get selected, you get notified, and you have maybe three days to check out. Again, no rush. And as more stock comes in, more people get notified.

And not tied to library value, but usage of the platform: achievements, friends, hours of play, etc. And no particlar ranking. No first-dibs just because you're a whale with hundreds of thousands of hours of gameplay. Just a low bar that allows all the "real" Steam accounts to join the lottery. I don't think anyone could have a legitimate complaint that people with long-term Steam accounts shouldn't get first dibs on new Steam hardware.

It basically came down to a lottery anyways, so why not just make it one? And I don't mean a lottery where you pay for a chance to win. I mean you only pay if you get chosen.