the ONLY way it would be pay to play multiplayer is if valve hosts the servers. I doubt they have any intrest in doing that.
however on this topic I dont mind to pay to play anyways since you usally get great customer support, strong anti cheat support, tons of updates. but most pay to...
go to control panel
add remove programs
remove the program
then up your security settings in internet options to the next level and clean your certificates list
that should solve 99% of your peoblems.
then stop going to random porn sites... if you do an you get a popup box dont...
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm#Messenger
great page to make win xp use less mem.
he recommends you turn off protected storage also. dont do this if you dont like to retype your password every time you log onto steam, microstoft outlook.
EDIT: I found it when I went...
Calm down. It is intresting, no one is making anything bad of it.
I think it is good news. I am also glad to see gammers are getting older. Because they will be more mature. I get chills when I play a game of cs and all that I see on the chat is little kids calling each other fags or worse.
yeah you are right sorry... it says total girls are almost 40% of the gammers.
I still find it shocking. I dont notice that many.. maybe I play the wrong games heh.
CNN says that there is a larger percentage of girls then guys playing computer games and that 17% of gammers are over 50 years old.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/08/27/games.women.reut/index.html
Well I'm shocked at this info. It would probably feel strange for a girl to play...