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But I don't think it's 911 in other countries!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/503560/911_Operator/

rms
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On 10/26/2025 2:17 PM, rms wrote:

But I don't think it's 911 in other countries!
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/503560/911_Operator/

I'll pass. Used to be a programmer/tech who worked on Public Safety
Dispatch systems, been in the room with the calltakers and dispatchers.
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On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:17:35 -0600, "rms" <[email protected]> wrote:

But I don't think it's 911 in other countries!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/503560/911_Operator/

rms

*--

I already had it! See - who is worse, Spalls or me?!! :-)

-pw
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On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:29:14 -0600, PW
<[email protected]> wrote:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:17:35 -0600, "rms" <[email protected]> wrote:

But I don't think it's 911 in other countries!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/503560/911_Operator/

rms

*--

I already had it! See - who is worse, Spalls or me?!! :-)

-pw

*--

I am! Because I do not have a system like he does!

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PW <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:17:35 -0600, "rms" <[email protected]> wrote:

But I don't think it's 911 in other countries!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/503560/911_Operator/

rms

*--

I already had it! See - who is worse, Spalls or me?!! :-)

I didn't bother to get it last time it was free, so I claimed it to
increase my number. I doubt I will ever play it!
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Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/26/2025 2:17 PM, rms wrote:

But I don't think it's 911 in other countries!
� https://store.steampowered.com/app/503560/911_Operator/

I'll pass. Used to be a programmer/tech who worked on Public Safety Dispatch systems, been in the room with the calltakers and dispatchers.

I wonder how accurate the game is.
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Ant wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:

On 10/26/2025 2:17 PM, rms wrote:

But I don't think it's 911 in other countries!
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/503560/911_Operator/

I'll pass. Used to be a programmer/tech who worked on Public Safety
Dispatch systems, been in the room with the calltakers and dispatchers.

I wonder how accurate the game is.

I had a call from the city a guy was choking on Steak Fingers. My
paramedic approached him and he was not breathing when I arrived. It was because some girl he was seeing was ghosting him and he had a 14% focus
on his appetite and 86% distraction.
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I wonder how accurate the game is.

I had a call from the city a guy was choking on Steak Fingers. My
paramedic approached him and he was not breathing when I arrived. It was >because some girl he was seeing was ghosting him and he had a 14% focus
on his appetite and 86% distraction.

Very precise! But how accurate was that measurement?

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Ant wrote:

PW <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:17:35 -0600, "rms" <[email protected]> wrote:

But I don't think it's 911 in other countries!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/503560/911_Operator/

rms

*--

I already had it! See - who is worse, Spalls or me?!! :-)

I didn't bother to get it last time it was free, so I claimed it to
increase my number. I doubt I will ever play it!

I think I would rather play Theme Hospital I think it's called. It's
from the late 90s.
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:27:33 -0500, The Wizard of Izz
<[email protected]> wrote:

I think I would rather play Theme Hospital I think it's called. It's
from the late 90s.

Yes, that is the name. I agree. I think I would enjoy Bullfrog's old
game more than this one.

Like Ant, I took this game to increase The Number only.
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:06:18 -0400, Mike S. <[email protected]>
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:27:33 -0500, The Wizard of Izz ><[email protected]> wrote:

I think I would rather play Theme Hospital I think it's called. It's
from the late 90s.

Yes, that is the name. I agree. I think I would enjoy Bullfrog's old
game more than this one.

Like Ant, I took this game to increase The Number only.

*--

What does that mean?
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:01:55 -0600, PW
<[email protected]> wrote:

Like Ant, I took this game to increase The Number only.

*--

What does that mean?
-pw

The Number refers to the total amount of games I have on Steam. The
more the better. Some will argue that it just clutters up your
library. This is entirely true, which is why I went through the
trouble of organizing my games into groups. Problem solved. So.. bring
on the free crap games I say.

But seriously, I am going to retire sooner or later (likely sooner)
and so I am going to have a lot more free time to try out some of
these games.
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Mike S. <[email protected]> looked up from reading the entrails of the
porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:01:55 -0600, PW
<[email protected]> wrote:

Like Ant, I took this game to increase The Number only.

*--

What does that mean?
-pw

The Number refers to the total amount of games I have on Steam.

For Spalls anyway the number refers to the total number of video games,
not just those on steam.
He routinely posts links to free games on epic and GoG as well and has discussed owning them or not.

The
more the better. Some will argue that it just clutters up your
library. This is entirely true, which is why I went through the
trouble of organizing my games into groups. Problem solved. So.. bring
on the free crap games I say.

But seriously, I am going to retire sooner or later (likely sooner)
and so I am going to have a lot more free time to try out some of
these games.

Ah but like "wine giveth the desire but taketh away the ability",
retirement may give the free time while simultaneously removing the
desire to play anything.

Xocyll
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Mike S <[email protected]> wrote at 18:06 this Monday (GMT):

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:27:33 -0500, The Wizard of Izz
<[email protected]> wrote:

I think I would rather play Theme Hospital I think it's called. It's
from the late 90s.

Yes, that is the name. I agree. I think I would enjoy Bullfrog's old
game more than this one.

Like Ant, I took this game to increase The Number only.

how high is it now?
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:22:43 -0400, Mike S. <[email protected]>
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:01:55 -0600, PW
<[email protected]> wrote:

Like Ant, I took this game to increase The Number only.

*--

What does that mean?
-pw

The Number refers to the total amount of games I have on Steam. The
more the better. Some will argue that it just clutters up your
library. This is entirely true, which is why I went through the
trouble of organizing my games into groups. Problem solved. So.. bring
on the free crap games I say.

But seriously, I am going to retire sooner or later (likely sooner)
and so I am going to have a lot more free time to try out some of
these games.

*&----

Okay - so you aren't downloading and installing them all. Just
something you got going with Spalls and others I guess.

Thanks Mike!

-pw
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:46:50 -0400, Xocyll <[email protected]> wrote:

For Spalls anyway the number refers to the total number of video games,
not just those on steam.
He routinely posts links to free games on epic and GoG as well and has >discussed owning them or not.

Yeah, I should have mentioned The Big Three - Steam, GOG and Epic.
Steam just matters the most to me.
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:02:11 -0600, PW
<[email protected]> wrote:

Okay - so you aren't downloading and installing them all. Just
something you got going with Spalls and others I guess.

Thanks Mike!

-pw

I have about 50 games installed right now. But I have many times that
number sitting in my gaming libraries.
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:10:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <[email protected]> wrote:

how high is it now?

My Steam library sits at 767 games. I am sure this number would make
Spalls laugh.
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Mike S. wrote:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:46:50 -0400, Xocyll <[email protected]> wrote:

For Spalls anyway the number refers to the total number of video games,
not just those on steam.
He routinely posts links to free games on epic and GoG as well and has
discussed owning them or not.

Yeah, I should have mentioned The Big Three - Steam, GOG and Epic.
Steam just matters the most to me.

I think I used to be on Epic with Dragon Age and a few other games. I
liked it there but then forgot my password. If you can imagine all I can remember is it had to do with red wine.
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Mike S <[email protected]> wrote at 13:04 this Wednesday (GMT):

On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:10:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<[email protected]> wrote:

how high is it now?

My Steam library sits at 767 games. I am sure this number would make
Spalls laugh.

That's a lot. My account is only at 86...
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Mike S. <[email protected]> looked up from reading the entrails of the
porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:46:50 -0400, Xocyll <[email protected]> wrote:

For Spalls anyway the number refers to the total number of video games,
not just those on steam.
He routinely posts links to free games on epic and GoG as well and has >>discussed owning them or not.

Yeah, I should have mentioned The Big Three - Steam, GOG and Epic.
Steam just matters the most to me.

It's the only one I use.

I have zero interest in Epic, and GoG is almost all old games that I
cannot play anymore due to the combination of old low res graphics and
my tired old eyes, they just look kinda blurry and give me a headache.

Xocyll
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Xocyll wrote:

Mike S. <[email protected]> looked up from reading the entrails of the
porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:46:50 -0400, Xocyll <[email protected]> wrote:

For Spalls anyway the number refers to the total number of video games,
not just those on steam.
He routinely posts links to free games on epic and GoG as well and has
discussed owning them or not.

Yeah, I should have mentioned The Big Three - Steam, GOG and Epic.
Steam just matters the most to me.

It's the only one I use.

I have zero interest in Epic, and GoG is almost all old games that I
cannot play anymore due to the combination of old low res graphics and
my tired old eyes, they just look kinda blurry and give me a headache.

Xocyll

Here's an oldie but a goodie - I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
(adventure). It's on GoG for under $3.
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At Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:10:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <[email protected]> wrote:

Mike S <[email protected]> wrote at 18:06 this Monday (GMT):

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:27:33 -0500, The Wizard of Izz
<[email protected]> wrote:

I think I would rather play Theme Hospital I think it's called. It's >>from the late 90s.

Yes, that is the name. I agree. I think I would enjoy Bullfrog's old
game more than this one.

Like Ant, I took this game to increase The Number only.

how high is it now?

320 in Steam here (and I don't use any other game launchers).

Some of those are things like ProjectM, as well as Windows programs
I've installed with Steam to get Valve's proton support.
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vallor <[email protected]> wrote at 06:52 this Thursday (GMT):

At Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:10:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <[email protected]> wrote:

Mike S <[email protected]> wrote at 18:06 this Monday (GMT):

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:27:33 -0500, The Wizard of Izz
<[email protected]> wrote:

I think I would rather play Theme Hospital I think it's called. It's
from the late 90s.

Yes, that is the name. I agree. I think I would enjoy Bullfrog's old
game more than this one.

Like Ant, I took this game to increase The Number only.

how high is it now?

320 in Steam here (and I don't use any other game launchers).

Some of those are things like ProjectM, as well as Windows programs
I've installed with Steam to get Valve's proton support.

still quite a high Number :D
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:02:42 -0400, Mike S. <[email protected]>
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:02:11 -0600, PW
<[email protected]> wrote:

Okay - so you aren't downloading and installing them all. Just
something you got going with Spalls and others I guess.

Thanks Mike!

-pw

I have about 50 games installed right now. But I have many times that
number sitting in my gaming libraries.

*--

I don't know how to count how many games I have in my Steam Library. I
only have about 45 installed now on my ne PC. I shouldn't have only
installed dozen or so but got carried away : - ) I doubt I will get to
most of them. Here I go again! lol

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On Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:16:18 -0700, PW <[email protected]> wrote:

I don't know how to count how many games I have in my Steam Library. I
only have about 45 installed now on my ne PC. I shouldn't have only >installed dozen or so but got carried away : - ) I doubt I will get to
most of them. Here I go again! lol

-pw

I can see my total games by going to my Library first by clicking on
Library at the top, then click on where it says ALL under that and
right in that drop-down menu, it shows me my total games in
parenthesis.

If you don't see what I am describing here, then your Steam client is
likely configured differently from mine. In that case, just try
googling 'How to see my total games on Steam' if you still are
interested in knowing.
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On Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:09:08 -0500, Mike S. <[email protected]>
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:16:18 -0700, PW <[email protected]> wrote:

I don't know how to count how many games I have in my Steam Library. I
only have about 45 installed now on my ne PC. I shouldn't have only >>installed dozen or so but got carried away : - ) I doubt I will get to
most of them. Here I go again! lol

I can see my total games by going to my Library first by clicking on
Library at the top, then click on where it says ALL under that and
right in that drop-down menu, it shows me my total games in
parenthesis.

If you don't see what I am describing here, then your Steam client is
likely configured differently from mine. In that case, just try
googling 'How to see my total games on Steam' if you still are
interested in knowing.

I was going to say that it shows the number in your Steam profile
(really, the only reason for that page to exist, as far as I'm
concerned ;-) but I think that's actually an optional 'module' (game
collector) you can put on your 'showcase'.

Me, I'm impressed that pw has 45 games installed from Steam. I start
getting antsy when I have four or five games on-disk. ;-)

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On Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:13:38 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

I was going to say that it shows the number in your Steam profile
(really, the only reason for that page to exist, as far as I'm
concerned ;-) but I think that's actually an optional 'module' (game >collector) you can put on your 'showcase'.

Ok, thanks. That works as well. I didn't know that. Only thing is, in
there it says my total games is 573. The way I described before shows
767.
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On Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:51:31 -0500, Mike S. <[email protected]>
wrote:

On Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:13:38 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson ><[email protected]> wrote:

I was going to say that it shows the number in your Steam profile
(really, the only reason for that page to exist, as far as I'm
concerned ;-) but I think that's actually an optional 'module' (game >>collector) you can put on your 'showcase'.

Ok, thanks. That works as well. I didn't know that. Only thing is, in
there it says my total games is 573. The way I described before shows
767.

Oh, I didn't notice that but yeah, I see the same thing happening
here.

A bit of googly-fu reveals a Steam forum post* (that I'll blindly
assume knows what it is talking about) says:


Games that don't count for the profile count/badge:
- Free to play games;
- Games with "Profile features limited" on the store page;
- Games with "Steam is learning about this game" on
the store page;
- Games removed by Valve.


Thus, your method (total shown on library page) is a more accurate
number than the one on your profile.

I'm still using the profile method, though. The text is larger and
easier to read and doesn't require any fiddly mouse clicks and
spring-open menu operations. It's not like the number isn't
embarassingly large in either case ;-)








* https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/3820780968133405947/

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On Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:45:47 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson

Oh, I didn't notice that but yeah, I see the same thing happening
here.

A bit of googly-fu reveals a Steam forum post* (that I'll blindly
assume knows what it is talking about) says:

Games that don't count for the profile count/badge:
- Free to play games;
- Games with "Profile features limited" on the store page;
- Games with "Steam is learning about this game" on
the store page;
- Games removed by Valve.

Thus, your method (total shown on library page) is a more accurate
number than the one on your profile.

Ok, thank you for googling that and for the link so I can check it out
myself.

It seems they refer to these two methods as the 'library count' vs the
'profile count'. PW can use either now if he wants to see his total
Steam games.
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On Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:16:19 -0500, Mike S. <[email protected]>
wrote:

It seems they refer to these two methods as the 'library count' vs the >'profile count'. PW can use either now if he wants to see his total
Steam games.

I mean, I like the 'library count' more. It's more accurate (free
games still count as games!) and the number is the larger of the two.

But I'm just a poor old person (I have no time for tiny print. My legs
are grey, my ears are gnarled, my eyes are old and bent.) So I'm
sticking with the number on the profile page. At least I can read it
without squinting. ;-)



[Or I'll just stick with Playnite, which is a third-party
game launcher which combines all your various services
into one big list. Except I just checked and it shows an
entirely DIFFERENT number of games on Steam. It's not that
far off the 'library count' on Valve's client... but it
is a different number... which is odd since it pulss the
data right off of Valve's servers ;-)

I guess the only way to be sure is to manually count all
my games. One... two... three... four... hmm, this will
take a while, I'll get back to you with the results...
four... five... six...]


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Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

On Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:09:08 -0500, Mike S. <[email protected]>
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:16:18 -0700, PW <[email protected]> wrote:

I don't know how to count how many games I have in my Steam Library. I >>>only have about 45 installed now on my ne PC. I shouldn't have only >>>installed dozen or so but got carried away : - ) I doubt I will get to >>>most of them. Here I go again! lol

I can see my total games by going to my Library first by clicking on >>Library at the top, then click on where it says ALL under that and
right in that drop-down menu, it shows me my total games in
parenthesis.

If you don't see what I am describing here, then your Steam client is >>likely configured differently from mine. In that case, just try
googling 'How to see my total games on Steam' if you still are
interested in knowing.

I was going to say that it shows the number in your Steam profile
(really, the only reason for that page to exist, as far as I'm
concerned ;-) but I think that's actually an optional 'module' (game >collector) you can put on your 'showcase'.

Me, I'm impressed that pw has 45 games installed from Steam. I start
getting antsy when I have four or five games on-disk. ;-)

Apparently I have 33 installed since I haven't bothered reinstalling everything.

1 Defunct, 4 Don't Care, 33 Installed, 165 Not Installed.

Not the most inspired group names but they work.

Xocyll
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a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
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On Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:57:29 -0500, Xocyll <[email protected]> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> looked up from reading the >entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

On Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:09:08 -0500, Mike S. <[email protected]>
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:16:18 -0700, PW <[email protected]> wrote:

I don't know how to count how many games I have in my Steam Library. I >>>>only have about 45 installed now on my ne PC. I shouldn't have only >>>>installed dozen or so but got carried away : - ) I doubt I will get to >>>>most of them. Here I go again! lol

I can see my total games by going to my Library first by clicking on >>>Library at the top, then click on where it says ALL under that and
right in that drop-down menu, it shows me my total games in
parenthesis.

If you don't see what I am describing here, then your Steam client is >>>likely configured differently from mine. In that case, just try
googling 'How to see my total games on Steam' if you still are
interested in knowing.

I was going to say that it shows the number in your Steam profile
(really, the only reason for that page to exist, as far as I'm
concerned ;-) but I think that's actually an optional 'module' (game >>collector) you can put on your 'showcase'.

Me, I'm impressed that pw has 45 games installed from Steam. I start >>getting antsy when I have four or five games on-disk. ;-)

Apparently I have 33 installed since I haven't bothered reinstalling >everything.

Mind you... that's Steam games in my case.

If you include the DOS Game collection, well, that's over a thousand
installed. But that makes me feel proud (in that weird, shameful,
nerdy way), and not antsy, because you can never have enough DOS games
;-)

Although the whole lot takes less space than Microsoft Flight
Simulator 2020.


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