no friends on friends list

[Sajora]

well i got this from seraphim:

Seraphim: yup. Steam fails.
Seraphim: I'm at the steampowered forums... it's happened to almost everyone.
Seraphim: only a tiny handful of ppl weren't affected.
[aznz] KEV!NLOL: ah you too i see
Seraphim: yup
Seraphim: I've been readding everyone since I found out.
[aznz] KEV!NLOL: mm interesting thx for the info
Seraphim: np ^_^
[aznz] KEV!NLOL: yeah because my friends were there at 6:30am this morning o.o
Seraphim: yeah, there was like a steam friends update... when ppl came back online, their lists were gone.
[aznz] KEV!NLOL: wow fail
Seraphim: Some people still had access via their community page (so their lists were broken, but they were still friends), some cannot access the community page whatsoever, but almost everyone has no friends now.
Seraphim: Yeah, check this out: One of Valve's reps posted saying "Please send us a link to your page and any relevant info"... about 5 pages worth of posts of 'here's my steam friends name and my community page' has spawned since then... in about 10-15 minutes.
Seraphim: He's gonna have a lot of work to do.
[aznz] KEV!NLOL: oh god i had like 150 friends and none were inactive
Seraphim: I had *just* cleared out my friends list, ensuring the only inactive ppl I had were just a couple of close friends from NU... I had like 150 people left after that (from 200).
Seraphim: I mean, that was only a couple days ago, too.
[aznz] KEV!NLOL: hmmm
[aznz] KEV!NLOL: so you posted a link to the forum page
Seraphim: nuh-uh... On valve's page, I mentioned in my own "here's my info", I told 'em to check out DH's community page and fix everyone in there too. Once I'm done readding everyone, I'll make a post on the forum 'bout this.

[onehit]

Yeah this was random as hell. I had just entered mini game and Dot was the only one in there and he was afk from game so i went to go send him a message then all my friends were gone. all i could see was n\u and css groups. I clicked on the n\u link to see if he was online but then that page took 4ever to load, the next thing I know, my computer is dumping tons of info. I unplugged computer and internet and restarted computer then a page said windows could not load and I had to system repair. I didnt trust it, I unplugged it again and restarted and now everythings fine, except now with no friends and no access to my control panel. My ventrilo was also deleted, for what purposes, I do not know.

[Sajora]

steam guys say they are working on it. but i suggest to add friends by yourself.
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It is a temporary hiccup that we will have fixed shortly. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate everyone's patience.

We are focusing on fixing the issue, not making overly lengthy, political posts on the forums. The main reason for posting in this thread is to inform you all that we are in the process of fixing the issue which is ultimately the most important thing.


message from a steamguy on the thread there.

[siosios]

my list is still full

[Sajora]

from what i know it didnt hit everyone. and the ppl who were off when it happened seem to have their friends on the list.

[SmurfSniper]

O_o mines empty :(

[Sajora]

well they keep saying a fix is in work...
id say just readd a few ppl or all of them if your bored enough.

[<JohnnyBoy>]

lol that suck.... good thing i wasn't on! =]

[Sajora]

just a hint: dont do the update...

[<JohnnyBoy>]

lol ok got you should tell everyone!

[Sajora]

well noone knows if thats the problem. but it has to be somewhere. some guys started saying it works again but it went off again so i guess they are on a good way. hopefully.

[Seraphim]

*forwarded from DH*

As most of you probably know by now, Steam Friends is fail. Steam has somehow managed to wipe 99% (or seemingly so) of Steam users' Friends Lists- only a rare handful (most of whom were offline during the update, but some were online) managed to escape unscathed.

What you can do in the meantime:

* Your groups should be untouched. If you are part of any groups, you can re-add your friends through there. Both Deserted Haven's and N/U's groups were unaffected, so if your friends joined us, you can re-add them there.
* Some people, such as myself, have re-added friends manually. Look at a friend's page, and see what friends they have (if any), and add through there. Hopefully you may find a friend or two who haven't been affected.
* Reconnect through forums, (be it community forums (such as this one), via Steampowered's forums), or in-game.
* Be patient. Steam said that "they're working on it"... Hopefully that means "some time soon".

[myst]

*forwarded from DH*

As most of you probably know by now, Steam Friends is fail.

Rofl,well said!!

[DoT]

My steam is in my sig for anyone that needs to re-add me.

I luckily was unnaffected (Even after applying the update.)

[NoogyMan]

Mine was empty for a while.

But it came back and is full again.

-Noogyman :finger:

[vince21]

Mine was empty for a while.

But it came back and is full again.

-Noogyman :finger:

interesting...has anyone else got their lists back after they were emptied? i was lucky enough to not have my list deleted. if you don't have me as a friend though, add me through here, in-game or on n/u community group in steam

[Sajora]

well they fixed it kinda. ppl got their friends back BUT just those they didnt invite again while it was off. the ones you send an invitation to will see you on their list still but they will be on your invitation list and they cant add you. if you have the chance to talk to them you can just tell them to delete you and readd you. that works. otherwise you can just wait for steam to fix this problem too. but it might take time:


I've got a fix I'll try to put forward tomorrow that will help reset the mismatched invitations. That will make it a little easier for users to manually reset the relationships that have been left hanging. I'll also work on some code that will cruise the database and find mismatched relationships which aren't already fixed and reset them proactively.

[X-Storm]

Awesome Sajora :D

I hope they will fix this :/

[DoT]

well of course they will storm...in 2012

[X-Storm]

So are you saying that they will be the reason for the end of the world ? :O

[DoT]

So are you saying that they will be the reason for the end of the world ? :O

It's true, they told me in this nice little letter:


We will end the world
-Steam

[Mfh_Betts]

It's true, they told me in this nice little letter:

Originally Posted by Steam
We will end the world, November 15, 2012
-Steam

-word.


PS.. why u guys so upset about not having friends on FL ... .i haven't had friends on mine :( ever

[myst]

Lies,u had me.

[Mfh_Betts]

it's true, they told me in this nice little letter:


lies,u had me.

shhhhhhhhhhhh

[vince21]

shhhhhhhhhhhh

lawl...

anyway, yay for the problem being somewhat fixed...too bad they couldn't fix everything all at once; that would just be productive. ;)

[NoogyMan]

So is anyones FL still empty?

If you did loose them and tried to add people back those people you added got deleted. I found that out the hard way.

-Noogyman :finger:

[SmurfSniper]

I still have a few that I tried adding while it was messed up that are not on my friends list.... pasties, tib, jackd, and a few others

[vince21]

So is anyones FL still empty?

If you did loose them and tried to add people back those people you added got deleted. I found that out the hard way.

-Noogyman :finger:

yeah, a friend of mine had this issue. i think he tried to add me like 2-3 times. chuckle. i'm not even sure if he successfully added me yet.

[Sajora]

if you wanna readd your friend vince just delete him from your list. he should do the same thing and then send a request. it works.

[onehit]

Originally Posted by Steam
We will end the world, November 15, 2012
-Steam

-word.


PS.. why u guys so upset about not having friends on FL ... .i haven't had friends on mine :( ever

Yeah no shit betts.
Apparently when I went to go re-add you, your ignoring me =\

[SmurfSniper]

no your still on his list onehit.. when you readded him it took him off your list so he wouldnt know you are trying to re add him

[Sajora]

everyone you readded in the time the friendslist was off and who didnt accept your request in that time is still in your invitation list. the problem here is that you are on the normal friendslist for that person. that means he/she wont get a request even though it says hes on your invitation list. the best way to get him back is to tell that person somehow (ingame for example) to delete you from his list and you do the same and then add him again.