Weird... what happened to all the valve hate threads?
Maybe they were on our sides all along... some people just couldn't see that.
Contractual obligations most likely prevent valve from speaking out against vivendi in situations like these, which is why the news post was in a very neutral...
Getting caught using a port tunneller can get you a perm ban from your univ. It's better to call tech and explain your situation to them and have them open up the right channels for a few hours so you can activate.
css was only cracked after it was playable. Same will happen with HL2. Valve doesn't want to release HL2 early because:
a) cracked versions will show up before most stores start selling
b)it's a breach of the vivendi-valve hl2 contract.
go to a place like discountlaptops.com and buy their chembook 2056. Cheapest laptop possible that comes with a radeon 9700 mobility. It's also known as the cl56.
It's not a pirated version.
The box and cds are real.
Warez versions won't come out until Valve unlocks the game. What you get on the cd is cssource and the HL2 encrpted preload files.
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33790848
Read the damn threads before you call it out as a fake. The guy has it, and he can't install. He has no reason to lie. It's real, and it's out.
Wow... major spoilers abound. Don't look if you don't want to find out about the G-man, the slave aliens, the ending of the trainstation level, or DOG. It's just the first few pages of the strat guide, but a lot is given away.