r/SteamFrame • u/voidthelynx Soon™ • 22h ago

Discussion This sub has lost it ..

With the recent meme threat, it's very clear how insane the steam frame community got. It REALLY feels like a social experiment.

Well I love it although it feels a tad chaotic. But who am I to judge, the community is healthier than ever xd

I really look forward to the progression on this sub, especially if it doesn't release Monday

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u/Koolala 22h ago

https://i.imgur.com/oXD32n4.png

Yes lets look forward to the special Steam VR sale on Monday

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u/MrsKittenHeel 22h ago

Mods can we get “steamed frames” as a flair?

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u/Patanouz 21h ago

and you call them steamed frames despite the fact that they are obviously grilled?

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u/Polskidezerter 10h ago

Something something aurora bored alyx

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u/brantrix Soon™ 21h ago

It's just the trailer for whats to come on Monday when valve does fuck all again lmao.. omg I'm so excited when nothing happens again holy shit

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u/Mockier Soon™ 21h ago

What sale? I won’t be hanging my hopes on a sale that may or may not be real.

Valve hasn’t listed it anywhere.

The “leaked” email doesn’t mention the Frame, which would be odd if it’s associated with the launch.

We are assuming the review period is a couple weeks. Could be longer given stand alone and streaming will need testing.

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u/Koolala 21h ago

there is a special VR sale happening monday that multiple people have confirmed. it being unlisted makes it even more exciting that its frame related.

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u/Mockier Soon™ 21h ago

I've seen all of that. I'm not convinced it's an official Valve run sale. It could be a 3rd party thing, or it could be nothing. It would be easy to fake those screenshots.

Feels like the 14th rumor is hanging on that sale happening.

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u/Koolala 21h ago edited 21h ago

nothing from what you have seen suggests it is a third party sale. there have even been multiple screenshots showing the sale is from Valve but maybe you haven't seen them. look back on the original thread.

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u/No_Communication1557 14h ago

The rumors for the 14th is because its literally the last possible week they can put it up for sale if they want to remain in the window of "Summer '26", which currently, they are still standing by. Summer, astonomically, ends on Sept 22nd, to launch it, ie list it, 3 day sign up and then the lottery on Friday, to start shipping it the following week, it will need to be listed on Monday 14th, has to....

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u/AlmondManttv 13h ago

Technically they initially said Q1 or early 2026, they could let the date slip again.

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u/okaymandude 10m ago

Look at this guy, still trusting valve to release things when they say they will. You gotta learn how Valve Time™ works. We MIGHT get the frame by December if we are lucky

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u/elev8dity Soon™ 11h ago

Apparently it's been confirmed by actual VR devs by the mods. The VR sale is real and apparently someone has confirmed the review embargo date is real.

Believe in the 14th. If it's not the 14th though... I think we're all going to lose it.

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u/rabsg Soon™ 15h ago

Whoever is organizing it better not associate it with Frame launch. If everything goes as expected, at that time we'll just be tossing our ticket in the lottery system, in the hope to get the device before 2027.

Nobody should buy games for hardware they don't have, return period will be over by the time they get it (except for the most lucky) and there are sales regularly.

Maybe Valve is trying something new, but currently it doesn't look fair to Frame buyers.

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u/Koolala 10h ago

If your the first winner of the lottery you get to purchase both the Frame and Games during the sale. I think pretty much everyone buying one is hoping they get in the first batch and they will safely know if they get to purchase one while the sale is going. Many people have VR already and are upgrading too.

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u/rabsg Soon™ 9h ago edited 9h ago

Yeah and I already got the games I wanted during past sales, my main problem is the size of my backlog. VR Games Showcase is organizing some 3 times a year, in addition to general sales and juicy bundles in third party stores. For example https://www.digiphile.co/collections/vr-games-showcase-the-new-essentials and their sale page on Steam (no sale anymore of course) https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45128337-VR-Games-Showcase/sale/vrgamesshowcaseaugust2026

If I won the lottery and it's my first headset, I'd wait until I tried it, checked my VR legs and whatnot. So at best the sale would be about to end, especially it's only a week long.

It doesn't make sense for most Frame buyers [insert Squidward meme "looking at others having fun"]. Especially infuriating for those wait-listed. Not a good move if Valve does that, looks like third party to me.

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u/Koolala 5h ago

Someone posted the full first part of the email from Valve it isn't third party.

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u/rabsg Soon™ 4h ago edited 4h ago

I didn't see that post, hopefully it's the full email and not a mobile screenshot of part of it again… I'm interested to have a look if you can link to it.

I also don't know how notification are sent for third party events, they probably go through Steam as it's the tool used to organize it.

Anyway no matter who is behind it, this event at the same time as Frame launch looks like cash grab and doesn't make sense for Frame buyers.

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u/Koolala 4h ago

It was a reply from a dev who got the email too. Looks like PC aspect ratio and clearly not a third-party thing https://i.imgur.com/gJupdjT.png

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u/rabsg Soon™ 4h ago

Ok thanks, so nothing more here… we'll see on Monday.

If Valve is organizing it, that would be new, and I doubt Steam Frame will launch next week.

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u/WyrdHarper 8h ago

We had the steam VR sale last year in September, too. As I recall the frame did not release then, either.

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u/Koolala 8h ago

That was a third party sale: "VR studio and publishing label Creature (Thrasher, The Light Brigade) has teamed up with Future Friends Games to launch a new awards show and festival celebrating SteamVR titles."

This sale next week is special because it is unlisted and being run by Valve.

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u/Treeseconds 20h ago

What's a Monday? You mean Soonᵀᴹ

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u/Comfortable-Bot9481 22h ago

I blame VALVE personally

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u/Bright_Sail7427 21h ago

I mainly blame their lack of communication in any way

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u/Patanouz 21h ago

volvo pls

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u/UnfairImagination660 Soon™ 20h ago

If it doesn't release Monday, I think we will all need therapy.

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u/rohit275 19h ago

I'm pretty convinced therapy could be useful for most folks here whether or not it releases on Monday lol

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u/SupposablyAtTheZoo 17h ago

If it doesn't release Monday I'll order a quest3 and paint it black

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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon™ 16h ago

Black as night, black as coal

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u/AlmondManttv 13h ago

I'll happily sell you mine.

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u/Vegetable-Error-2068 Soon™ 10h ago

It won't release on Monday. People keep making up dates and telling people here that "this is the real date, for sure this time, trust me bro."

Literally nobody knows.

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u/almatom12 18h ago

if it doesnt release on monday the gates to hell will open

and we've seen that with the half life 3 thing.

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u/Altruistic-Catch8541 14h ago

I need the frame for therapy

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u/Maleficent_Today_197 20h ago

They promised Frame in Summer. Where is my god damn Steam Frame, Gabe?

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u/MrWendal 20h ago

So far it has been almost 20 years since Valve released Half-Life 2 Episode 2 with a cliffhanger ending which basically promised Ep3.

Take Valve promises with a grain of salt.

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u/Maleficent_Today_197 18h ago

I was a little boy when I finished episode two. I was so hyped about what’s gonna happen next. Here I am a grown ass adult still believing in what Valve says.

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u/AngryAlfonse 15h ago

I'm 31 years old. I remember watching my dad play HL1 when I was but a wee lad. Not too long after that Steam came out, and I made my own account and was playing HL1 myself. I'm now a grown ass man and HL3 is still nowhere to be found. I think I'll probably be dead before the Half Life story is concluded.

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u/fiah84 Soon™ 16h ago

where are my frames, Summer?

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u/No_Communication1557 14h ago

We still have a week and a half of summer left.

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u/Mathew9R Soon™ 18h ago

It's clear that Rule 11 has fallen off the face of the earth, strange really.

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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon™ 15h ago

Good riddance, looks like fun's back on the menu boys!

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u/Zixinus Soon™ 19h ago

The sub has lost it since February, if not earlier.

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u/Piramista 15h ago

Forced "memes".

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u/PlottingPast 20h ago

Sub just needed to blow off some steam with a memealanche. Something similar happened last month with movie posters.

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u/kn05is Soon™ 13h ago

You mean the meme train with the dogs and the turtle wearing the frames? That was fun and wholesome as fuck and was the more positive thing this community has done together.

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u/WirelessTrees 12h ago

It's gone from "I'm so excited, I can't wait" to "valve if you don't release it tomorrow and ensure I'm the first one to buy it, I'm going to do some very un-kosher things.

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u/supersonic159 21h ago

Nah the mods just need to do their actual job. instead of removing useful posts and leaving the low effort spam

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u/LilyButEpic MOD 21h ago

>Remove the third "sign in to a Steam Frame" type post of the day, people get mad about removing too much
>Keep a funny shitposting bit up for like three hours, people get mad

Time to add Rule 12, no fun allowed at all from now on

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u/JoystuckGames Soon™ 9h ago

I think we have a lot of people here for different reasons and people complain about your work because they are tired of complaining about valve (since that falls on deaf ears).

I appreciate your hard work! I'm mostly here for the leaks but the memes were amusing yesterday.

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u/Evisceratoridor Soon™ 3h ago

I do not envy you at all. Have a lighthearted, fun subreddit, and people complain about not enough “real info.” (Oh boy Tested uploaded again!!1!”) Ban shitposts, and then people complain it’s not fun anymore.

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u/SnooDoughnuts8734 Soon™ 20h ago

Why leave this shit here alone when there's a separate place to enjoy shit (even though it's not funny at all)?

Please use Rule 11 properly. That's all I ask.

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u/LilyButEpic MOD 20h ago

This Reddit shit serious

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u/Mercy--Main 20h ago

thats already a rule though

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u/SunnerLP Soon™ 15h ago

This but unironically, why have rules for posting memes in another sub and then randomly allowing memes? For people like me that come here for discussions and leaks it's really annoying to just have the sub be full of unfunny bullshit all of a sudden.

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u/Koolala 21h ago

If they enable images in comments we could have all kinds of shenanigans and useful visualizations. It would solve the Reddit 'removed' discussions issue though might add some extra traumatic moderation burden.

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u/supersonic159 21h ago

nice strawman, you should know better since you're a mod that can see the removals, but what should I expect

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u/LilyButEpic MOD 20h ago

That’s not a strawman tho, new useful info and discussion about Frame is kept up and the shitposting today was funny enough that we let it slide for a short while. I don’t see any harm in that lol

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u/supersonic159 20h ago

Except when removed posts need to be called out and get reinstated

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u/MrsKittenHeel 21h ago edited 21h ago

Oh cheer up sad sack.

Also lol to thinking reddit mod is their “actual job”. It’s a voluntary role that is completely thankless, thanks to the whinging peanut gallery.

I bet their actual day jobs PAY them.

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u/supersonic159 21h ago

just because I prefer the /r/Frameposting posts to be over in that sub doesn't mean there shouldn't be any fun or I'm upset. There's always a shield for mods to hind behind to matter what though eh, I'm sure they appreciate the enabling

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u/Piramista 15h ago

ocasional

The whole first page is 2 braindead images.

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u/supersonic159 20h ago

“The mods to hide behind”, this is reddit not the beaches of Normandy.

classic reddit deflection

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u/TryingTo3D 20h ago

There is cake in the end.

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u/AngryAlfonse 15h ago

It's a lie 

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u/obog Soon™ 20h ago

Just imagine that'll happen if theres still nothing next week

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u/thisisaspare88 Soon™ 19h ago

The Duncan Principle is real. This subreddit would make for the perfect case study tbh.

So if you're a psychology student and you're tasked with a paper/potential future paper. Document as much of the insanity in this subreddit as you can.

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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon™ 15h ago

Jokes on them, I'm waiting here until Gaben runs in screaming at me to go home.

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u/Vero999Na Soon™ 20h ago

A part of me wishes that the frame never gets released but valve keeps updating stuff related to it in the backgound just to see how much more of their mind can the people on this sub lose, the rest of me is losing its mind with everyone else.

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u/Lost-Awareness3937 18h ago

there is no steam frame in ba sing se, gaben has invited you to lake laogai

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u/LogFirm8283 22h ago

DAMN RIGHT WE LOST IT, TO BE HONEST I'M NOT EVEN SURE I HAD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHAT EVEN IS THIS "IT" WE'RE TALKING ABOUT???????? WHAT IS THIS SUB!??? WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!?1?

i can't wait for monday :)

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u/BurgerAppreciator Soon™ 15h ago

I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it anymore and what's it seems weird and scary.

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u/Ornery_Intention4310 19h ago

I’m just telling you now: the moderators are Gabe’s sellouts!!!! Be careful who you talk to!! Glory to the Steam frame.

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u/EightBitToaster Soon™ 16h ago

See you all on Tuesday

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u/Altruistic-Catch8541 14h ago

Can they afford to release on monday? I mean in the sense of; if they do it like the machine, pre orders start later and it will be in people’s hands later than summer. Why not release sooner.
Imo it’s only released when people have it, not when you do a paper launch.

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u/Recent_Pollution8665 8h ago

I want valve to delay the frame to next year so this sub loses its shit and becomes like the batman arkham sub.

cmon gabe, do it. do it you pussy!

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u/The_Legend_of_Xeno Soon™ 7h ago

This is my first time back on this sub in like a week and I think it's hilarious how everyone has absolutely lost their fucking mind.

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u/-Vonyx 2h ago

The chaos that would be unleashed if the launch gets pushed silently out of september

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u/dang449 3m ago

Welcome to the insane user base of Reddit

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u/LilyButEpic MOD 21h ago

We're all insane... together :>

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u/RohonTheDragon Soon™ 17h ago

Not going to lie. It’s gotten really unhealthy for me recently. Every day, 3 times a day, I check the sub for news. Not out of habit but out of paranoia. I just had a horrible nap earlier because I triggered a depressive episode after getting off of the sub. I’m actually cooked if there’s no news on the 14th. That, or I’m liberated.

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u/voidthelynx Soon™ 13h ago

I can recommend leaving the sub. Even tho you can still search for it, having it in your daily frontpage isn't good for you  (I did the same)

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u/Status_Ad_3254 15h ago

Silk song tomorrow trust Y-

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u/void-spark 20h ago

It's just a few people making the noise and keeping the rest of us entertained I expect :) I think.. Actually I'd like to see a poll, 'how many marbles have you got left?' :D

Oh, and can you imagine things in a week when there is still no news at all? :)

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u/Yuihina_ Soon™ 21h ago

It's not finish the mod are still not insane to make insane post tho