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Default HL2 Purchase - 11-19-2004, 12:00 PM

How did you purchase HL2? Retail or Steam? Im asking because i want to know what way is better since people have had problems with retail..
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 12:29 PM

People have had problems with steam as well. eek:

I bought it through steam and have had no problems whatsoever.
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 12:32 PM

retail - i like having something i can touch


pensi! biggrin:
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 01:09 PM

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People have had problems with steam as well. eek:

I bought it through steam and have had no problems whatsoever.
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 02:28 PM

steam.
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 02:32 PM

bought it through steam, people are whoring the steam servers because they have to update and everything.
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 04:48 PM

steam...and loving it.


  
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Default 11-19-2004, 05:26 PM

Okay i ordered it off of Newegg for 49.99, free shipping rock:
should be arriving Monday or Tuesday.
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 05:29 PM

i would never buy it without owning a legit copy of the disks
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 05:37 PM

Retail for me.

Can anyone tell me if, once running HL2, can you unplug the modem and keep on playing? does it require a constant internet connection in the background?

Its just I have 2 pcs and would transfer the modem to a different PC while I play HL2 and so another person can tinker on the interweb....


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Default 11-19-2004, 05:52 PM

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i would never buy it without owning a legit copy of the disks
yeah thats why i decided to go with retail..not having the disks kinda has that uneasyness...
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 06:12 PM

Steam - Silver



You can just burn the steam cache files to a CD/DVD.

Steam even has a backup feature to do it for you.


  
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Default 11-19-2004, 06:27 PM

cant you lazy nerds actually go outside to buy your games anymore? biggrin:
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 07:55 PM

if I were to buy it be the retail version
  
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Default 11-19-2004, 07:56 PM

everyone buy it and lets set up a GF1 server for CSS =)
  
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