Thanks, makes sense. I already slapped my friend for getting me hooked on this FPS >:-} fp
At 11:07 AM 11/12/2007, Jamie Furtner Poked the stick with: >With the Orange Box set, Valve is doing something a bit different for people >who already owned parts of it: They can give away their old copies of whatever >they own that's duplicated in the Orange Box. > >For example, I owned HL2 and HL2: Ep1, and I then bought the Orange Box. >Through Steam I was able to give away my "old" copies of HL2 and HL2: Ep1 to a >friend for no cost to them or me. That's what your friend is talking about. > >I can't give away Portal, Team Fortress 2, or HL2: Ep2 (as I didn't own them >before). > >I think that Steam itself is more anti-piracy and auto-updating then anything >else. The biggest downside of Steam is that the game is permanently tied to my >account, so I can't give the disk to a friend and let them play it - they need >my Steam account to be able to play it. I'm sure that Valve and other vendors >really like that "downside". > >Jamie > >FORC5 wrote: >>sounds interesting. I will investigate further >>I always use virtual ROMs so I do not have to play find the CD/DVD game. >>fp >>At 10:49 AM 11/10/2007, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: >> >>>I think your friend is talking about something else. Steam is the >>>content delivery service that Valve came up with to combat piracy. >>>Basically if you have Steam installed and an account you can purchase >>>games and download them to your HD instead of buying the box and >>>installing it. The pros are that you don't need to go to the store, >>>it will automatically patch the games, you don't need a CD in the >>>drive to play and it links all the Steam games through a pretty good >>>online community. >>> >>>The downside is that every time you want to play the game (single >>>player or multiplayer) it needs to authenticate with the Steam server. >>>So if the server goes down or your internet connection goes down you >>>are screwed. >>> >>>I installed Steam for the first time when I bought the Orange Box and >>>I have to say it is pretty good. Well coded and gives a consistent >>>method of installing, updating, uninstalling, and playing all the >>>games bought through it. And no need to keep a box or CD with a long >>>number on it handy for when you have to reinstall. >>> >>>On Nov 10, 2007 12:39 PM, FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>Pros and cons ? >>>> >>>>Have a friend says he can give me some games IF I have a steams account. >>>>Isn't this something to do with cheating or something. Have not >>>>investigated. Have tried to stay clear of games that require these kind of >>>>options >>>>fp >>>> >>>> >>>>-- >>>>Tallyho ! ]:8) >>>>Taglines below ! >>>>-- >>>>Okay. When I count to three, everybody smile! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>-- >>>Brian Weeden >>> >> >> > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Budget = a method for going broke methodically.
