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Sel
February 25th, 2009, 09:08 PM
Sale is until friday, there's no excuse not to get it guys!
RobertGraham
February 25th, 2009, 09:09 PM
I think this belongs in the Orange Box section...
ultama121
February 25th, 2009, 09:09 PM
I love Valve.
Sel
February 25th, 2009, 09:10 PM
I think this belongs in the Orange Box section...

If people actually browsed that section then maybe it would have ended up there.
Corndogman
February 25th, 2009, 10:31 PM
K... I just bought with the amount left on a visa gift card, finally found something good to purchase with it.

I have a question about steam though, I don't use it much. If I install it on one computer, I can install it on another right? It just deactivates it for the first computer? I have one computer I think it will run better on, but am not sure, so I might need to switch to the other. help?
cheezdue
February 25th, 2009, 10:35 PM
FFFUUUUU $4 dollars short. :gonk:
RobertGraham
February 25th, 2009, 10:37 PM
K... I just bought with the amount left on a visa gift card, finally found something good to purchase with it.

I have a question about steam though, I don't use it much. If I install it on one computer, I can install it on another right? It just deactivates it for the first computer? I have one computer I think it will run better on, but am not sure, so I might need to switch to the other. help? I pretty much access my account at my friends house when I'm there, so yes, you can just install steam, connect to your account, and you can install the games/download them onto the PC. No reactivation required
n00b1n8R
February 26th, 2009, 12:32 AM
PROTIP: Steam is DRM done right.

Also, yelling at IRL friends to finally buy tf2.
Con
February 26th, 2009, 01:19 AM
PROTIP: Steam is DRM done right.

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ultama121
February 26th, 2009, 01:28 AM
3rd'd

Steam is the closest to a perfect way of preventing PC game piracy.
p0lar_bear
February 26th, 2009, 02:27 AM
If I install it on one computer, I can install it on another right? It just deactivates it for the first computer?
No.

You login via the Steam client, and the server tells the client what games are tied to your account. It then checks for the GCF (Global Cache Files) for each game to see what's "installed."

Then you download whatever you don't have and play it. The games are playable as long as a Steam account with said game is logged in.

It's kinda like XBL Marketplace items, only with the limitation that only the user who bought the item can use it (whereas on XBLM, I can download content and give it to a buddy for him to use, but if he deletes it he can't download it).
n00b1n8R
February 26th, 2009, 03:10 AM
Note that steam accounts can be put into offline mode if you want to play at lans.
Corndogman
February 26th, 2009, 08:39 PM
K, thanks for the help guys. installing now, will play a bit after I finish that project I just remembered is due tomorrow =/.