I will NEVER buy another Steam game again. In fact, I have no moral problem getting one for free off bit torrent - I have spent hours trying to get THE GAME I PAID FOR, REGISTERED LEGALLY, AND PUT ON MY COMPUTER to play. After getting through half the game, Steam started to come on insisting that I check out their website. Going into offline mode worked, and then my “logon” information suddenly disappeared - no particular reason. It won’t work in offline mode unless you have a logon. I tried re-submitting my password, and now it says they’re waiting to “approve my purchase”!
I have VERY limited time - I bought the game for my birthday in May, and was only able to install it in October. I look forward to playing it after my stressful days, and now it’s causing me more stress due to their insane protection schemes. Since when do I have prove, over and over again, that it’s MY game?
Steam can go take a flying f***. I wish I could sue them for the hassle they’ve caused me. Games are supposed to be escapism, not more problems.

Hi i hate the fact that when ever somebody goes out to buy a game like half life or half life 2 ur cd key has to b inuse and I HATE THAT i get so Pissed off at those ppl who cant play by the rules and ruin the game for everyone else just because they got banned or kicked or lost there cd key dosnt mean they can use ours.

HI ALL I JUST BOUGHT HL2 OFF EBAY AND THE KEY HAS BEEN USED I AM NOT INTERESTED IN PLAYING ONLINE I JUST WANT TO PLAY THE GAME THIS IS A TOTAL PAIN IN THE YOU KNOW WOT I AM TRYIN TO GET A VALID CD KEY BUT I WONT PAY THEM FOR ONE BECAUSE I HAVE THE ORIGINAL GAME ITS UP TO THEM TO SEE THAT THE KEY FROM ORIGINAL BUYER HAS NOT BEEN IN USE I COULD WRITE LOADS SLAGGING THEM BUT WONT FROM ONE SERIOUSLYU P–D OF GAMER

I played counter strike 1.4, 5 and 6, got source when it first came out, played it for 5 minutes, the hit-boxes are terrible, and steam couldn’t get more annoying, its a disasterous program and yet the legacy continues. Hl2 is a great game, don’t get me wrong, but if valve is going to try and govern “steam” in general, they will only succeed in spending more money, and spending more time that they could be using to release something even better, with an initial security check so they don’t have to go backtracking the hackers who now seem smarter than themselves, until the people who hacked the game get continuously shot in the head by yet another hacker. To valve, your on top of the gaming food chain if you wish to stay there remember your roots, these people arent your fans, their fans of the game, the game you made in the 90’s that ran on just about anything with a hard drive and a stick, now its so dreadfully complex i’d rather play 1.6 with the hackers that still play your secure game 24/7 with the people who did buy your game legally. It smells like shit in here, buullllshhhiitttt, and I think I know who dropped the deuce.

I bought the game off Ebay because the one I bought at the store I lost the games code key..I asked for help but steam never did anything then when I bought a second game from Ebay they said the code was already in use..All I ever wanted to do is play the game at home off line.. I bought the game fear for multiplayer sport..I wish we could SUE these bas..
and get our money back so we could get decent games..I’m now going to Pirate sites to see if I can get around the cd code key…

i hate valve and steam in general i cant even play a halflife mod without my cd-key i havnt played in a few years and lost it i just bought the xbox’s orange box and they still wont give me a new cd-key valve fucking sucks loads