Registering to Steam doesn't work

Question

I tried to register with Steam on the following page for about 3 days now, and it doesn't work from Mac Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Am I the only one experiencing this behaviour?

https://store.steampowered.com/join/?

Maybe the JavaScript on this page is broken? I chose a username that has not been taken, and also entered all other information and clicked the I agree thingy. Please tell me if someone else can register or if there is another way to register with Steam (for example via some API, or PlayStation or something similar).

Answer

Download and install Steam Client and register from there.

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What fan-sites exist that cover the currently known / speculative information for Diablo 3?

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I know diablo3.com and the diablo3 wiki exist, but I'm looking for other sites that might have the information presented. I'm looking for discussion sites to get some insight from other people, rather than just read what Blizzard has provided to us directly.

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Diablo Fans is great, just read the top news section if your not interested in everything

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Is there a web-embeddable skin preview application?

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So, I'm working on a website for my Minecraft server, and we're looking at creating pages for each of the admins/mods, with some info about them. I'm trying to find a way that I can embed a 'skin preview' of each player's skin onto their respective pages. I suppose we could also just use screenshots, but I think a skin preview would look nicer. Any suggestions?

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Edit: This website uses a Java applet, but I'm not 100% sure how to implement this myself.

Answer

Minecraft.net does have a skin viewer available, as long as you're only trying to view existing users' current skins rather than previewing them straight from .png files. To invoke it, add the following code to your page:

<applet code="net.minecraft.skintest.ModelPreviewApplet"
  archive="http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skintest.jar" codebase="."
  width="320" height="320">
    <param name="name" value="535" />
</applet>

(Change 535 to whatever username you want to view.) I've set up an example on jsFiddle.

If you want to preview arbitrary skins, the applet used by Planet Minecraft appears to be available for public use (it points to a forum post, though that thread doesn't appear to mention PMC's previewer). Still, I'd recommend sending them an email first, just in case.

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Owners of Epic Games forum

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I'm trying to register over at the Epic Games forums, but cannot. They require you to enter the first name of the owner of the forum.

I've googled and binged the hell out of this, the info cannot be found anywhere. Can someone please advise.

Answer

As the Wikipedia article mentions right at the start, the answer is "Epic MegaGames"

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What are the most efficient uses for the first 100 gold that you get?

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I just recently started playing Realm of the Mad God.

You start off with 100 gold, what are the most useful/effective things to buy with it?

Answer

You can get a pirate realm key!

And you might be able to dye yourself.

And that, my friend, is it.

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