steam prevents me from buying hl2

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:38 am

Dunno.. kinda weird man..

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:42 am

Well that is my main issue with STEAM. Even if that wasn't an issue I wouldn't like it, for reasons stated above, but I could tolerate it more if that was not an issue. One reason I hate it is sometimes during the winter, or when the DSLAM is being worked on, the internet can go out for a while, nothing much, but if the DSLAM was damaged from snow during the winter I don't like not being able to play some HL2.

Post by **schlockey** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:43 am

It's only a game.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:47 am

Kills On Site wrote:Well that is my main issue with STEAM. Even if that wasn't an issue I wouldn't like it, for reasons stated above, but I could tolerate it more if that was not an issue. One reason I hate it is sometimes during the winter, or when the DSLAM is being worked on, the internet can go out for a while, nothing much, but if the DSLAM was damaged from snow during the winter I don't like not being able to play some HL2.

Soooo play something else while you wait for it to come back up..

OMG 1 DAY WITHOUT Hl2 OMGWTFBBQ!1!1!11

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:49 am

schlockey wrote:It's only a game.

I wish it was, but it is a game with STEAM attached

Post by **seremtan** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:50 am

Kills On Site wrote:I got a free Onimusha shirt once at Gamestop because I happened to be standing there lol.

Well maybe, since Steam is auto-updating Valve thought the offline mode for HL2 to be a vulnerability and auto-updated it to stop that. Now HL2 wouldn't start, but HL:Source would. Here are some pics to prove it:

offline mode isn't disabled. you probably need to re-enter your password or something. offline works fine for me (dialup)

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:50 am

SOAPboy wrote:
Kills On Site wrote:Well that is my main issue with STEAM. Even if that wasn't an issue I wouldn't like it, for reasons stated above, but I could tolerate it more if that was not an issue. One reason I hate it is sometimes during the winter, or when the DSLAM is being worked on, the internet can go out for a while, nothing much, but if the DSLAM was damaged from snow during the winter I don't like not being able to play some HL2.
Soooo play something else while you wait for it to come back up..

OMG 1 DAY WITHOUT Hl2 OMGWTFBBQ!1!1!11

It isn't so much that I am without HL2, it is the fact that I paid for it and I should be able to play a SP game whenever the hell I want. Especially if like you said "a step in the right direction" then soon the amount of games I will be able to play will be smaller

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:50 am

seremtan wrote:
Kills On Site wrote:I got a free Onimusha shirt once at Gamestop because I happened to be standing there lol.

Well maybe, since Steam is auto-updating Valve thought the offline mode for HL2 to be a vulnerability and auto-updated it to stop that. Now HL2 wouldn't start, but HL:Source would. Here are some pics to prove it:

offline mode isn't disabled. you probably need to re-enter your password or something. offline works fine for me (dialup)

Which is why i said "weird"..

Think its just KOSs machine..

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:51 am

Kills On Site wrote:
SOAPboy wrote:
Kills On Site wrote:Well that is my main issue with STEAM. Even if that wasn't an issue I wouldn't like it, for reasons stated above, but I could tolerate it more if that was not an issue. One reason I hate it is sometimes during the winter, or when the DSLAM is being worked on, the internet can go out for a while, nothing much, but if the DSLAM was damaged from snow during the winter I don't like not being able to play some HL2.
Soooo play something else while you wait for it to come back up..

OMG 1 DAY WITHOUT Hl2 OMGWTFBBQ!1!1!11
It isn't so much that I am without HL2, it is the fact that I paid for it and I should be able to play a SP game whenever the hell I want. Especially if like you said "a step in the right direction" then soon the amount of games I will be able to play will be smaller

Sucks to be you.. YOU are the minority.. Cry more noob :icon23: :icon23: :icon23: :icon23:

Post by **Ryoki** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:53 am

Steam never bothered me that much (except for the install), but i happened to slam control alt delete the other day and i discovered it claims an outrageous amount of computing power for just sitting there and doing nothing. I was all like 'i'm gonna uninstall that fucker!' but i didn't actually get around to it yet.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:55 am

Ryoki wrote:Steam never bothered me that much (except for the install), but i happened to slam control alt delete the other day and i discovered it claims an outrageous amount of computing power for just sitting there and doing nothing. I was all like 'i'm gonna uninstall that fucker!' but i didn't actually get around to it yet.

Did it happen to be updating or something? when it does large game updates (like cs:s patches) it does use a bit of resources

Post by **seremtan** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:41 am

speaking of hl2, check this out:

http://www.nailbiter.net/gman/

the courtroom scene from A Few Good Men done in HL2

Post by **Ryoki** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:49 am

SOAPboy wrote: Did it happen to be updating or something? when it does large game updates (like cs:s patches) it does use a bit of resources

Hmm, could be... didn't check.
I'll uninstall it anyway since i only used it for HL2 and i don't see myself playing that again any time soon.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:24 am

seremtan wrote:speaking of hl2, check this out:

http://www.nailbiter.net/gman/

the courtroom scene from A Few Good Men done in HL2

That is fucking awesome. The expressions of Barney were really awesome