We've been over this. Steam doesnt have to connect to the internet to run it's games. It has an offline mode that should kick in whenever it cant find a connection. You selecvt yes and then keep playing. Easy as eating pie.
"Ok so is it only for the first start? Meaning I wont have to be connected everytime I want to play the game? " Yes. You only need to connect once, then you can switch Steam to an offline mode.
Like I said before, most people with gaming rigs have an internet connection. I'm sure Valve isn't worried that 1% of its demographic isn't online. And if your net connection is still in the caveman days that'll suffice. Just register once and you're fine.
[ QUOTE ] Mop: No. It requires a connection to the steam master server, period. Also, some people have temporarily no internet, say because they just moved or are on a vacation. [/ QUOTE ] This is a real problem for me because my home connection is still in the cave man days. Hopefully when I move it will improve. You know…
Mop: No. It requires a connection to the steam master server, period. Adam: The point is that they require you to connect to the internet to use a piece of software that has zero use or need for the internet. The potential for abuse is there (information harvesting, switching to a pay-to-play model, etc) as is the…
Ok so is it only for the first start? Meaning I wont have to be connected everytime I want to play the game? (I can't-shared phone). I think they will be getting a lot of calls to tech support complaining about this. There are pelnty of people out there with high end computers who are not connected to the internet for one…
Yes, Steam is pissing me off too. After having played the game for about 6 hours today, I got back from a band practise tonight to find it won't let me log in - the internet is working fine but Steam won't connect... that is mind-numbingly stupid, since all I want to do is play HL2, not online. HAHAHA! You know, just as I…
[ QUOTE ] Make wonder people hack their stupid asses.. I hate shit like this.. internet connection, phwah! [/ QUOTE ] Apparantly, making much sence isn't your kind of thing either, or am i wrong there? Anyway, i think it's a pretty good system, but i DO wonder how people without an internet connection would do it,…