You didn't create a stream account when you 1st
installed? You shouldn't need
anything more than that to install w/o the CD over the
internet.
zaske wrote:
> I bought HalfLife2 from Walmart for $40 and my 4
month old WD hardrive
> died. I tried to reinstall HL2 and Steam cried like
an ass raped beotch
> telling me that my cd key was already in use. No
Duh! In the end they
> wanted me to cut my barcode from the box and send it
with $10 to get my
> game reactivated. Screw Valve, I bought the game and
I will never buy
> another of their DRM crap product! Long live Warez!
>
>
>
> j maccraw wrote:
>> Something specific Stan?
>>
>> I know I was not happy with it at HL2 release and
>> there have been troubles with availability....
>>
>> All I can say is after a year of my game box being
>> dead, I simply signed on to my steam account & had
a full patched
>> version of HL2
>> downloaded & installed without the need for my
discs. This is DRM done
>> right
>> in my book though I don't care for it's regular
calls home to validate.
>>
>> In fact the call home method is one aspect of
Alcohol
>> 120% I really hate when I launch it from the wrong
machine and have to
>> go online
>> to swap the active copy back to the right machine.
>>
>>
>> zaske wrote:
>>
>>> Speak of the devil and he will appear. Steam is
>>>
>> another DRM disaster!
>>
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