Why 1C like Steam

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by Erkki

edit: Grunch, "unique" members, not just name changes.

Mmm, I'm not so sure about that...I'm not sure anyone could be bothered to differentiate between new logins from old IPs and ones from new IPs. Anyway, pointless argument IMO.
As for your previous question, Hyperlobby is okay at what it does but it has a very poorly organised and clunky interface - even scrolling through servers is a bit of a chore. The other thing is that it's so easy for disruptive players to just login with another name or another IP and continue being irritating on servers, which making the Steam lobby compulsory would go a long, long way toward curtailing - you can only play your game on one Steam ID after all without effectively pirating the game in some way.
The chat, pager stuff and friend lists are also very clunky and awkward to use. I suppose it all depends on how much you actually want this functionality. I don't really use that sort of thing myself but I think that will change with CoD, got several of my friends looking forward to playing it, and I'd MUCH rather use Steam's overlay and chat than HL's. Certainly people seem to use HL chat and pager messages a lot, but they are really bad compared to other lobbies' offerings.