10-23-2004, 02:21 PM
Zippyy,Oct 22 2004, 11:21 PM Wrote:Oh, and it turns out I was wrong, you are required to authenticate your copy of HL2 via steam even if you buy retail. You only have to do this during installation, and after installation you will never have to be connected to the Steam network to play.
What about those people that don't have access to the internet? It's a stretch, but there are still some out there that have kick-ass computers but still no cable or DSL connection. Personally, if this game was coming out over the summer, it would have caused me problems since when I'm not at Purdue, I have a dial-up at home on one computer at 28.8. Making people validate over steam is a bad idea even though it is still going to happen. There are going to be cracked version available on Suprnova the day it come out, and they will come with cd-key generators.
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Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and at the rate I'm going, I'm going to be invincible.
Chicago wargaming club