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    incessant downloads from Steam

    Well, I've played about 120 fps between 1995 and the present, and this is the only game with which I've had to do this. And none of those games had any glitches. (EDIT: About 120 total games, only about 50 fps) And just for the record, I can understand the occasional update. But, in the...
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    incessant downloads from Steam

    Hi. Yes, I know about the internet connection. After all, I have HL2. But this is ridiculous. So far, 17 hours, and still nowhere near being finished just w/ep 1. Steam may be popular, but they'll never get my business again. And I will tell the people I know who buy games to avoid them...
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    incessant downloads from Steam

    I'm probably not going to be able to take my computer to someone with a cable hook-up. Last night, I left my dial-up loading Ep1 all night, and it downloaded over 90MB, and it's still running. It say's it will be ready to launch in 2 days 7 hours. That's just for ep1 (I still have ep2)...
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    incessant downloads from Steam

    Thank you all.
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    incessant downloads from Steam

    Thanks. Actually, I haven't asked it to. When Steam logs on, and I go the "games" screen, it shows HL2DM "installing". I try to stop it, but it won't stop. Most annoying. And yes, I understand about dial-up. However, whatever my reasons may be, it isn't right to create a single-player...
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    incessant downloads from Steam

    Hello. I've searched the Steam site for this, but found no help. Firstly, I purchased HL2 in 2004 and had a terrible time getting it to install. I have dial-up, and the incessant "upgrades" and things from Steam were a major annoyance. With dial-up I cannot play online, even if I...
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