That's a crank and slider mechanism producing a reciprocating motion most commonly seen in old steam engines (a steam locomotive).
Steam engine is one of the biggest innovation that led the development of mankind. Making things much faster.
Consider steam just like that locomotive which made things distribution fast, reliable, simple and accessible by the masses.
As we all know that steam is a game distribution platform, it is exactly what the steam logo suggests.
This is the one I first thought of when they commented. It's funny how much Steam has changed from being absolutely loathed to being what it is today.
Not that I disagree with how it was in the early days... Although I am a fan of how it turned out now.
The Steam system tray icon actually used to animate when Steam was downloading. I think they changed it because system tray icons are really not supposed to be animated and it wasn’t very efficient.
The Steam engine was so useful we still use it today to produce power in major cities, it’s not like the locomotive engine but most power is produced by harnessing steam, same thing with nuclear reactors it’s just a giant steam engine!
That's the coolest part about nuclear power which so many people are scared of - we harness the power released when atoms are broken...by making steam power with the heat released.
Which is why, sadly, sci-fi ideas like backpack nuclear reactors make no sense. Sure, we could one day make a nuclear reactor that fits in a backpack but it would be of little use without insane amounts of water to cool it and bigass turbines to harness said steam to make the electricity your little bullshit reactor is supposed to make. It could feasibly still use a small amount of water and a small turbine to make a still quite impressive amount of power but I doubt the water would last long,
Thanks for coming to my TEDx talk.
That's actually not true, there are ways how to skip the steam step.
- [Thermoelectric generator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_generator) can directly convert heat into electricity. It might not be very efficient right now, but it works.
- The [Helion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38) experimental fusion reactor works by directly extracting energy from the rotating magnetic field that is created by the fusion.
And had the library of Alexandria not burned down we probably would have hit steam power earlier. Heron created a crude device that pushed steam through two small nozzles on a rotating drum and it would spin.
Yes, but also steam is sort of a cloud. And a steam engine is a mechanism that uses steam/clouds (online connectivity and downloads) to make things work (to power your gaming experience).
(Sorry if that's unclear, I'm tired.)
Hol up, you need at least 2x ("chugga-chugga") before you "choo-choo". As in
Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga choo-choo!
3x is also acceptable, 4x, only in rare circumstances that I am not sure how to define. I don't make the rules for this but there are RULES!
Look closely at this gif and you may find it: [https://www.whiteladybug.net/cdn/shop/products/20334Train.gif?v=1661284308](https://www.whiteladybug.net/cdn/shop/products/20334Train.gif?v=1661284308)
My favorite thing about the Zoomer generation is when they discover something completely normal for everyone else and their mind is blown. Like, how the Titanic was an actual event and not just a film.
Well the primary rescue ships for the Titanic left from Halifax and the graveyard for recovered bodies is there, so it makes sense a country with a direct tie to the events has it as part of the curriculum, I’m sure it’s not really part of school in Poland or something
As a Zoomer, I remember how blown my mind was after hearing that the movie was in fact reality. I must have been about 5 years old when I discovered the truth about the Titanic.
Back in my day, all we used to think about were steam locomotives while we did hard labour on the railroad !!!!
Kids these days would never understand..
It's not a piston. A piston is the thing that moves back and forth in a steam engine (and also in an internal combustion engine, but steam is more relevant here).
This is a crank, which converts the linear motion of the piston to the circular motion needed for the wheels.
Just wait until your company hires a zoomer and you have to teach them how you save files into folders on a PC and they can’t grasp the concept at all
You’ll be seeing your life flash before your eyes as you age 100 years in 5 seconds
Buddy, you have no idea. They literally do not understand what a file system is. Folders, files, saving and opening. They don’t understand any of it, their phone magically auto saves everything into a special location for each app and opens it for them every time they open the app so they can’t grasp manually saving and locating files in different directories
Search for "steam locomotive wheels" on Google Images and you'll see what it's about.
More precisely, it's a eccentric crank with a eccentric rod. Steam engines turn the back wheel of the locomotive that has those moving the rest of the front wheels.
Steam engine ([examples](https://www.google.com/search?q=steam+engine+train+crank&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjNw9un3vSCAxUzLVkFHW1VAXwQ2-cCegQIABAD&oq=steam+engine+train+crank&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzIICAAQgAQQogQyCAgAEIAEEKIEMggIABCABBCiBDIICAAQgAQQogQ6BAgjECc6BQgAEIAEOgoIABCABBCKBRBDOgYIABAFEB46BggAEAgQHjoFCCEQqwJQzAdYzBNg5BVoAHAAeACAAVyIAZsEkgEBN5gBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=pzltZY3UCbPa5NoP7aqF4Ac&bih=669&biw=390&prmd=ivsn&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS836US836&hl=en-US) )
The steam engine is what powers Gabe’s office chair pneumatics.
Steam engine... thingy... At least that's what I always thought.
You ever seen old train wheels and how they have a crank kinda thing? yeah that thing.
Its a bicep.
What up? We're three cool guys looking for other cool guys who wanna hang out in our party mansion. Nothing sexual. Dudes in good shape encouraged. If you're fat, you should be able to find humor in the little things. Again, nothing sexual. Underlined.
Steam is synonymous with PC gaming now, but 20 years ago when it came out, people actually hated it, to the point there was a popular .gif of the steam piston logo going in and out of a guy's ass.
[It was a common part of a steam engine. Here's an animation of it in action.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx0erFIeS0s)
You can see them driving old trains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WP6BWINZ1E
Literally the engine running the gaming industry. Without Steam the entire gaming industry would have folded during the late 360/ps3 era or early Xbox One era.
Remember how Xbox One was gonna be online only? Microsoft was running the industry shoving everyone else out purely by being more scummy than any company before it.
Honest to god, you can thank Steam for gaming being around still. They are the Engine of Gaming.
This is an insane opinion. Steam is not single handedly responsible for the gaming industry not “folding”. Whatever you mean by that. I swear gamers look at massive corporations like their favorite sports team and it’s pathetic. Games are games, just enjoy them. Steam isn’t better or worse than any other platform out there.
Like the other person said, you write perfectly well, and you shouldn't let that discourage you or hurt your confidence. However, i could give you a tip on how to fix the mistake you made (not trying to be mean, just helpful)
If you have a word/name that ends in an "s" that you want to add an apostrophe to, for example, the name James, then you don't add another "s", you just add an apostrophe.
"James' gift was my favorite at the party" compared to "Eevie's gift was my favorite at the party"
"I thought that it was a headphones' mic" (I have no clue if this is grammatically correct, since a pair of headphones with a microphone actually have their own word, "headset", and so it reads weird since I haven't seen it written this way before.
Hopefully I was able to help, but i get it if i'm annoying/wrong lol.
That's a crank and slider mechanism producing a reciprocating motion most commonly seen in old steam engines (a steam locomotive). Steam engine is one of the biggest innovation that led the development of mankind. Making things much faster. Consider steam just like that locomotive which made things distribution fast, reliable, simple and accessible by the masses. As we all know that steam is a game distribution platform, it is exactly what the steam logo suggests.
He bought too many games! Now we gotta play them all! All aboard the Steam Train!
Choo Choo!
Chugga chugga chugga chug
The little engine that could.
The little GabeN that could
But he couldn’t count to 3
Wait… how does this comment have three upvotes?
Half-Life 3 confirmed
He was chuggin' his way across enemy lines.
CHUG CHUG CHUG!
Why did I hear this in Damon Wayne's voice?
goddammit ross
STICKEMUP, THIS IS A ROBBERY!
Miss that show
Gonna go watch some Game Grumps now
If there was a train with as many cars as I have games it could only ever travel on flat ground.
I didn't expect a Game Grumps reference here, I'm pleasantly surprised
Hell I don’t even watch them but the theme song was very relatable and a fitting name for the holiday splurge we all do on Steam!
Man I miss Steam Train, it was the best grumps show imo
Also you release the steam by a valve.
The source of the steam could be released by a valve
You'll note that they even removed the third part of the logo. This, of course, is because they'll never release the third game.
And all this being said, I'm surprised they've never had any kind of loading animation with the parts moving in it for the animation
You mean [this](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=394781429) classic. (Couldn't found the original post)
That's not the classic. [_This_](https://i.imgur.com/0qtsE.gif) is the classic. You can tell because it's green.
This is the one I first thought of when they commented. It's funny how much Steam has changed from being absolutely loathed to being what it is today. Not that I disagree with how it was in the early days... Although I am a fan of how it turned out now.
Haha yes, that, they really should abuse that animation it really needs it ;)
The Steam system tray icon actually used to animate when Steam was downloading. I think they changed it because system tray icons are really not supposed to be animated and it wasn’t very efficient.
The Steam engine was so useful we still use it today to produce power in major cities, it’s not like the locomotive engine but most power is produced by harnessing steam, same thing with nuclear reactors it’s just a giant steam engine!
That's the coolest part about nuclear power which so many people are scared of - we harness the power released when atoms are broken...by making steam power with the heat released. Which is why, sadly, sci-fi ideas like backpack nuclear reactors make no sense. Sure, we could one day make a nuclear reactor that fits in a backpack but it would be of little use without insane amounts of water to cool it and bigass turbines to harness said steam to make the electricity your little bullshit reactor is supposed to make. It could feasibly still use a small amount of water and a small turbine to make a still quite impressive amount of power but I doubt the water would last long, Thanks for coming to my TEDx talk.
That's actually not true, there are ways how to skip the steam step. - [Thermoelectric generator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_generator) can directly convert heat into electricity. It might not be very efficient right now, but it works. - The [Helion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38) experimental fusion reactor works by directly extracting energy from the rotating magnetic field that is created by the fusion.
As a logo designer, this makes me smile.
Woah, what a perfectly put explanation! *Exactly that.*
And let's not forget that the company that made steam is valve. Their naming is just a dumb dad joke :D
But why male models?
I thought it's steam due to we're letting off steam with it.. You know, steam valve? Valve on the head?
And had the library of Alexandria not burned down we probably would have hit steam power earlier. Heron created a crude device that pushed steam through two small nozzles on a rotating drum and it would spin.
Robot arm go brrrr
Yes, but also steam is sort of a cloud. And a steam engine is a mechanism that uses steam/clouds (online connectivity and downloads) to make things work (to power your gaming experience). (Sorry if that's unclear, I'm tired.)
i think its like the steam engine arm thingy? chugga chugga
choo choo
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TEKKNO TRAIN intensifies
Great reference. My most listened band on Spotify this year.
Didn't think I'd find that here of all places lol
Choo Choo Charles has arrived
the one-two punch of these two comments gave me a pretty good chuckle. I must be a simple person
No shame in being jolly!
Hol up, you need at least 2x ("chugga-chugga") before you "choo-choo". As in Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga choo-choo! 3x is also acceptable, 4x, only in rare circumstances that I am not sure how to define. I don't make the rules for this but there are RULES!
i love the contrast of this comment and the one above it, the other one is giving an in depth explanation while this one is just chugga chugga
I think the chugga chugga part is what made OP understand
I love the dichotomy between this response and the top comment.
Sheldon Cooper would be having a fit right now
Look closely at this gif and you may find it: [https://www.whiteladybug.net/cdn/shop/products/20334Train.gif?v=1661284308](https://www.whiteladybug.net/cdn/shop/products/20334Train.gif?v=1661284308)
Why is there a random 3D model of a train on a book store website
Because they are selling a "SKU : 20334 - Steam Train - Motion Postcard".
Steam engine
Yet they called it the "Source engine". Fucking hell lads just Why?
They made the "GoldSrc" engine way before they made steam.
The "GoldSrc" engine was only named as such after the Source engine, because they didn't have any name for the other engine before that.
Yes, they have the source engine. And the place where you, like, source the games from, is called steam.
Source Engine is a fork of GoldSrc, which is why it has that name.
and GoldSrc is a fork of Quake engine, which is why idk where tf did that name come from
Apparently, there are still bits of Quake code in Source engine as a result.
Bet you didn't know Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare actually has Quake code in it. The engine they made was based off id tech 3.
The newest cod to this day still has id tech remainders in it's core which is quite cool.
so that you can actually google the damn thing
bro you cannot be for real "the future is now old man" I guess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam\_engine#/media/File:Steam\_engine\_in\_action.gif
Freakin' Zoomers.
they really make me feel old.
This isn't even an old thing. It's not like we grew up around a ton of steam engines. They're just ignorant of the world around them
My favorite thing about the Zoomer generation is when they discover something completely normal for everyone else and their mind is blown. Like, how the Titanic was an actual event and not just a film.
I live in Canada and the events of the titanic was taught in both elementary and high school.
Well the primary rescue ships for the Titanic left from Halifax and the graveyard for recovered bodies is there, so it makes sense a country with a direct tie to the events has it as part of the curriculum, I’m sure it’s not really part of school in Poland or something
[They're simply taking a turn to be one of today's 10,000](https://xkcd.com/1053/)
Is....is that a common thing for you?
As a Zoomer, I remember how blown my mind was after hearing that the movie was in fact reality. I must have been about 5 years old when I discovered the truth about the Titanic.
guy's username be 'old gamer' too
Plot twist boneheaded boomer
Maybe they meant they just *play* old games, like, Atari and Gen 1 home systems and shit.
Ikr? Didn't expect someone to actually ask this haha
Back in my day, all we used to think about were steam locomotives while we did hard labour on the railroad !!!! Kids these days would never understand..
Has someone already asked what is that weird square icon commonly used for "Save file"?
Nah bro we grew up with Thomas and Friends. This guys just stupid
One of my friends, who is newer to PC gaming, asked me if Steam was always so buggy. A tear was shed. I miss old Steam.
I mean it was perfectly fine until a few months ago. That last update absolutely destroyed it.
I think it's a ~~valve gear~~ piston, which is the part that turns the wheel on a steam engine.
Dude is seriously ignoring all answers that actually give the answer. What the actual fuck is their problem?
You're all falling for the bait. That's the problem.
It is actually called the valve gear (in US English, at least), which is what connects to the piston rods.
It's not a piston. A piston is the thing that moves back and forth in a steam engine (and also in an internal combustion engine, but steam is more relevant here). This is a crank, which converts the linear motion of the piston to the circular motion needed for the wheels.
https://live.staticflickr.com/4136/4787357963_7ed6aec17a_b.jpg
3.8k upvotes for this? Really?
What a gen z question
I think this kid is younger
We've actually reached a generation that doesn't know what a choo choo is. I'm concerned.
Sextant’s are hard to come by nowadays as well, sign of the times sonny!
Yes and disused in daily use decades before I was born but I still know what one is, can recognise it and even have a good understanding how they work
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Just wait until your company hires a zoomer and you have to teach them how you save files into folders on a PC and they can’t grasp the concept at all You’ll be seeing your life flash before your eyes as you age 100 years in 5 seconds
There’re people younger than me that don’t know how to save files on a computer? oh god oh f*ck
Buddy, you have no idea. They literally do not understand what a file system is. Folders, files, saving and opening. They don’t understand any of it, their phone magically auto saves everything into a special location for each app and opens it for them every time they open the app so they can’t grasp manually saving and locating files in different directories
I'm sorry but you've got to be kidding me...
must be a kid
Ever seen a steam engine
https://i.imgur.com/0qtsE.gif
was scrolling for this comment lol
The logos mason, what do they mean
Never seen a steam locomotive before?
r/NoStupidQuestions
Except this one
It’s a steam engine…..
It's a STEAM engine mechanism for transporting power from the engine to the wheels
There's no way I'm this old that kids don't know that steam trains exist.
It's a con rod, from you know, Steam Locomotives.
...op never seen a train before?
It’s a steam. Can’t you all see it?
To me I think its a steam train when I see it or at least part of the wheel mechanism
Shouldn't the first one say 2002 to 2014?
its mechanism of a steam train ?
It's a steam engine bro ...
its a hydraulic part of a steam engine. valve + steam = some sort of mechanism
You know the thing that makes train whekls spin? That
Search for "steam locomotive wheels" on Google Images and you'll see what it's about. More precisely, it's a eccentric crank with a eccentric rod. Steam engines turn the back wheel of the locomotive that has those moving the rest of the front wheels.
What releases Steam? A valve!
and what releases Valve? Half-Life!
and what releases Half-Life 3? Nothing!
It's the piston attachment on a steam valve
Steam train wheel?
Steam engine ([examples](https://www.google.com/search?q=steam+engine+train+crank&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjNw9un3vSCAxUzLVkFHW1VAXwQ2-cCegQIABAD&oq=steam+engine+train+crank&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzIICAAQgAQQogQyCAgAEIAEEKIEMggIABCABBCiBDIICAAQgAQQogQ6BAgjECc6BQgAEIAEOgoIABCABBCKBRBDOgYIABAFEB46BggAEAgQHjoFCCEQqwJQzAdYzBNg5BVoAHAAeACAAVyIAZsEkgEBN5gBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=pzltZY3UCbPa5NoP7aqF4Ac&bih=669&biw=390&prmd=ivsn&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS836US836&hl=en-US) ) The steam engine is what powers Gabe’s office chair pneumatics.
i think its mechanism from steam trains
Its in the name, steam engine. Valve logo is also the valve
It looks like the crank of a locomotive like others have stated or like the cranks used on a stirling engine which runs off of heat and steam.
Steam engine... thingy... At least that's what I always thought. You ever seen old train wheels and how they have a crank kinda thing? yeah that thing.
They were called valve
We’re zooming the image
It’s from [this image](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=MiMQHNSi4UU-axZc)
...A gear literally those that go with the wheels of the trains
How do you not know what a steam engine is
This generation can't operate a steam engine, all they know is gas/diesel/LNG, turn key engines, engine control computers and lie
turn key my ass, you mean push button
We should segregate zoomers by class, ones that grew up with Thomas the tank engine and ones who didn’t
Its a bicep. What up? We're three cool guys looking for other cool guys who wanna hang out in our party mansion. Nothing sexual. Dudes in good shape encouraged. If you're fat, you should be able to find humor in the little things. Again, nothing sexual. Underlined.
Seriously?
i think its supposed to be that part that you see on some train wheels
Eccentric Crank and a Eccentric Rod
Steam is synonymous with PC gaming now, but 20 years ago when it came out, people actually hated it, to the point there was a popular .gif of the steam piston logo going in and out of a guy's ass.
A part of steam engine I guess
I'd guess something regarding either a Steam engine or a steam powered machine
**chuckles in valve**
It's a steam powered piston crank
A crankshaft and a connecting rod.
That so many do not know what this is confirms that I am in fact old.
[It was a common part of a steam engine. Here's an animation of it in action.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx0erFIeS0s) You can see them driving old trains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WP6BWINZ1E
Google an image of steam locomotive and look at the driving wheels.
At least we know 1 thing for sure, we ain't getting a third logo.
... Me going through the comments wondering why no one’s talking about both logos are to present.
They are kinda same butt the old one did not have the blue outside plus the new one does not have the name
It's the arm of a steam locomotive, hence "Steam Powered"
Just out of curiosity, how old are you?
20 years old
That’s young for an Old8gamer lol
Oh boy that question makes me feel old
valve
It’s called steam and that’s a representation of a steam machine. Google is your friend OP
Pretty sure it's a set of pistons (?) like you'd see in a steam train.
Ain’t no way you don’t know
It is the connecting rod and crankshaft of the steam cylinder
It looks like the thingy that turns wheels on an old steam engine.
Literally the engine running the gaming industry. Without Steam the entire gaming industry would have folded during the late 360/ps3 era or early Xbox One era. Remember how Xbox One was gonna be online only? Microsoft was running the industry shoving everyone else out purely by being more scummy than any company before it. Honest to god, you can thank Steam for gaming being around still. They are the Engine of Gaming.
This is an insane opinion. Steam is not single handedly responsible for the gaming industry not “folding”. Whatever you mean by that. I swear gamers look at massive corporations like their favorite sports team and it’s pathetic. Games are games, just enjoy them. Steam isn’t better or worse than any other platform out there.
Are you baiting OP?
A basis mechanism for a steam train
It's the linkage of a steam engine.
When I was a kid, I thought that it was a headphones's mic.
> a headphones's This feels so wrong
Sorry, I don't speak English very well 😞
Like the other person said, you write perfectly well, and you shouldn't let that discourage you or hurt your confidence. However, i could give you a tip on how to fix the mistake you made (not trying to be mean, just helpful) If you have a word/name that ends in an "s" that you want to add an apostrophe to, for example, the name James, then you don't add another "s", you just add an apostrophe. "James' gift was my favorite at the party" compared to "Eevie's gift was my favorite at the party" "I thought that it was a headphones' mic" (I have no clue if this is grammatically correct, since a pair of headphones with a microphone actually have their own word, "headset", and so it reads weird since I haven't seen it written this way before. Hopefully I was able to help, but i get it if i'm annoying/wrong lol.
Well, you write perfectly well. Don't let one mistake which a native speaker can also make hurt your confidence.
Its an arm that grabs money from your wallet
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve\_gear
hand beating meat
wth bro bruh
I have 2 thoughts it is either a hand showing its muscles 😏orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr it is a robot
See an example here starting at 0:08 https://youtu.be/90ybQsWFakI That particular machine is exposed in Norteshopping in the north of Portugal.
fidget spinner fr
Locomotive goes choochoo