If you cared to read the press release, it states accounts were used for credit card fraud, among other things. You think they should be allowed to hack into honest buyers credit cards and use those numbers to steal their money?
Really? I've created 5 accounts so far, my gaming account and four different servers. A hacker could sit and create accounts all day if he needed to. In this case most accounts were accounts with no registered game at all, clearly accounts created to tap the Steam protocol and try to hack it.
Ok, I now spent two hours playing through HL2 to that point again on my laptop. Now I got to the guard room, killed the guards, fired the big guns at the chopper until it flew away and then pressed the button on the control panel. That opened the dam doors. I got back to the jetski and continued...
Or what is happening on Guantanamo in Cuba, where some 500 are still held without facing international war laws (Geneva convention) or being charged under national law, but still violently being interrogated according to those that have been let out. All this against the Human Rights.
Sorry, just not there yet, and my Windows directory got wiped for some reason, virus, hacker, dunno yet. Trying to reinstall Windows now (and install HL2 on this Ferrari 3000 laptop, see if it plays well there! ;-)
You opened the dam doors with a huge log hanging in two ropes, or the dam doors after that? I've just come to the second dam doors, went into a room, then up again and a chopper comes and kills me. Haven't played since.
Why did you expect more? HL1 didn't bring fancy graphics, it brought a new experience, characters, story etc. HL2 brings all those to a new level, the graphics are closer to cutting edge today than what HL1 brought. I'm impressed they had time to do fancy graphics in addition to everything else...
HL2 is merely taking ideas from history. This has happened many times through history and happens still today. If you don't watch out, the PATRIOT act is only beginning! :sniper:
The Inquirer
Many good insights there:
"Which is why Valve's anti-piracy plan is such genius. I mean, it's utter, simple, calculated, but undoubted genius. Valve decided that the best way to stop piracy was simply to give everyone in the world the game at the same time. Early code to...
BS. Vivendi is taking exactly as much time with every game, as with publishers of Doom III, Unreal Tournamt NNNN etc. You are ONLY benefiting from Valve using Steam to sell games. Without Steam, you not be playing CS:S and you would be so happy the day HL2 comes out and you wouldn't whine about...