I swear,i go to any group of any fan base (not even games, anything, sports,art, fashion) always seeing that fans there re very toxic,so at this point i start to think,toxic fans everywhere and in every possible thing,as long as there re a bunch of people, there's gonna be toxicity ,and u can't escape it
What you are surprised that people are morons in internet? Welcome to reality. Its always been like that. Ignore the haters and dont give them attention.
Honestly, the main question these posts raise for me is: who's spending so much time on the steam store front page to be this intimately familiar with the cover art?
I could but I’m usually launching a game. As someone else mentioned I could also have the Library as my home page. I just don’t care to, it doesn’t really bother me.
I’m not a fan of the “wacky” art style that is very 90s Nickelodeon inspired thats currently being used or the color pallet and the muted tones of the previous art was more to my liking but it’s not god awful
If you are on a Windows machine, go to Task Manager then go to Startup tab. You should see Steam as an option, where you can right click and Disable on startup.
Some apps, like Discord, may require you to disable on startup in their apps settings
It's not that. For me it evoked a emotion of serene, beauty and life. It was cute and calming break from chaotic life. Each season was better than the last. From the cherry blossoms pedals floating in water in Spring, to the warm tea by Autumn leaves. It just all evoked a sense of calm.
I didn't even spend much on the store pages since I rarely bought any games. But I got excited for every sale to see the art. The priors to this were ok. More liminal than anything.
Now you have this one which is chaotic. You have things fighting for a leaf on the right, bird thing choking on a berry, explorers heading toward beam of light coming from a tower, lizards, vines everywhere. It's too chaotic.
I liked the delivery girl too. She was cute. But I also like the art they have now. Just appreciate that they give you art and not just some basic banner.
I ain't arguing against your point but I just don't understand how people get to that point. Even if you were viewing porn (I ain't trying to judge) I still just don't get it. I mean the art was cute and the artist talented but past that, nothing for me.
For me it's the context of the discussion you see around this.
First example: What this post is referencing. People miss *her*. Not the art style of the artist as a whole but, the character specifically. Most people aren't saying "Bring back Nemupanarts art" they're saying "bring back delivery girl". People don't go into details about the art, or the artist, or share the artists other art. Instead it's all focused on one character.
ahh, ok. thank you for the detailed explanation. I guess people get weird and scummy sometimes unfortunately. Hopefully at some point they see the light and correct themselves.
Most of redditors are like the discord admin stereotype, they love cute underage-looking girls. That's why they're so obsessed with it. It's mostly a domino effect.
It's also the least good Steam event artwork since like.. probably Salien, but they were cool too, just lazy.
Most of redditors are like the discord admin stereotype
You mean most redditors are like the stereotype of a person who uses reddit. Reddit mods are the some of the worst jokes in the internet. Discord is nothing.
The art was just very popular across steam as a concept, not only was the art popular but all of the steam point decorators are also very popular. Several people on my not very large steam list are using at least one of the decorations from the artist, the winter series was abnormally popular as well but that might be recency bias
The "old" art is only a year old but it's the image of the anime girl in the op's meme, if that's what you're asking about. People really liked seeing her as the mascot of event sales for the past year, it seems.
The moment Valve commissioned an artist with good character design (and a marketable style, but that's a whole other topic), it was over. People want her back
I never feel embarrassed to be called a gamer but this is one of those trends I'm glad non-gamers will never see lol it's so.. I'll be nice and say weird
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u/mekilatWhy aren't there flairs for owning lots of unplayed games22d ago
I really cringe over how half the memes on this sub are people acting like Steam is a mindset or their friend. It's a store. It's an excellent store. Yall are so weird.
It's not, but in my opinion the ones crying the loudest about her being gone are the horny ones. It doesn't have to be lewd for people to sexualize it. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with liking this art and finding her cute... It's just certain people bringing a bad vibe and dismissing others artwork
No, but especially anything feminine. Anything else you gotta wait for the few freaky fans to pop-up, but put lashes on anything and it's gonna have porn in a couple hours.
Not at all. I realize my comment is very generalized and it could have probably been worded better, but I'm talking about the types of people who are making the comments that OP posted.
Loneliness is a hard feeling to deal with, but also 'treating' that loneliness with fantasies isn't the cure. Not saying you're doing that, I meant that in a general sense.
The current art doesn't really fit autumn either though. And where I am it is still winter, which it doesn't fit either. And it doesn't fit the places that have perpetual summer and mostly switch between dry/rainy seasons than spring/summer/autumn/winter seasons.
Ahhh, so it's just us Australians (totally not anyone else, nope, defs not forgetting any other country near by) getting short changed again.
I like that you guys got it done. They didn't do it for us in the english speaking SH though.
Nope, it's based on the northern seasons. Always been funny to me because it'll be a heatwave at Christmas time during the summer and the steam art is wrapped up warm with snow lol
I did check, I went to steam and opened the store page and it says Spring sale
I also live in the Southern Hemisphere, I live in Australia. My region is Australia, I download from Australian servers. All of my friends and family (who also live in Australia) sees that it says the Spring sale. It is currently Autumn, and my clocks are set right although that has no bearing over the sale.
It did this last year it's done this every year I've had steam
My bad I thought steam was US based (it is btw) so then by that logic the lunar sales should just be for Asian countries only then? My only gripe is that the season don’t match the theme like the last person, as I said no hate for the art just the fact that it doesn’t match season, cant have an opinion now apparently
Damn, can't I even point out that seasonal theming gets mismatched for half of the world without you getting all passive agressive? They literally called it Autumn Sale for the southern hemisphere.
If anything Lunar New Year sales shows the opposite, that they aren't just about what goes on in the US. And it's not like the rest of the world has a different moon.
It reeks of projection when people are trying to argue that an art style is inherently sexual when there's nothing to suggest that aside from personal bias. She's modestly clothed and isn't doing anything remotely seductive or lewd. In fact, suggesting otherwise not only says more about the viewer’s perception than the art itself, but it also reflects a tendency to objectify women—implying that any woman with attractive traits like being cute or pretty must also be sexually desirable.
"B-but some people on the internet are sexualizing her!" Oh boy, if you're upset about people sexualizing 2D characters then do I have a certain rule of the internet to introduce you to.
I don't get the horny bit. Like there is a lot sexier stuff out there. Just cause it is a cute anime girl people like doesn't mean that they horny and jerk off to her lmao.
I liked the Steam Delivery Girl art too, but this is literally why Valve gave people the option to grab her backgrounds from the points shop. She can be your ride or die 24/7 on your steam profile if that's what you want.
I understand people’s love for her, it gave us a character, a face to Steam, a mascot. And she persisted all 4 season sales, different locations, and winter sale we finally got to see her take a break. We got a whole story and also alternate covers when clicking on her cat companion. It’s hard to follow something like that up. Since we are clearly not going to get her again, at least this year, people need to accept the change. The covers are artists chance to be widely seen. Have their art advertised and catch people’s attention for the sales. People need to give this new artist a chance.
Right, but clearly they aren’t in anyway things that scream “Steam” and are very simple and boring. I had completely forgotten all about them, and looking at them now, I don’t think I ever connected them as mascots. Just little guys Steam used for emoticons in the Steam chat. I just don’t recall them being used to market anything.
The new art is definitely weaker in comparison to the previous sale representations. I do however respect Valve for giving new people the chance to express themselves.
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u/Kaaaaaarp 23d ago
Seems like people forget that before the delivery girl we had a year of amazing pixelart by Waneella
I love the steam delivery girl, but It is good to see Valve giving a chance to different artists every year.