Yeah, I was just reading the whole HL2/STEAM thread and it's kind of lost on me. Last time I was an online junkie, we were all playing Quake2 using GameSpy. Easy and Free. Now there's this STEAM thing (which I gather is like Battle.net?) and something about PunkBuster. I'm not sure if GameSpy even still exists, but it seemed like a good tool to me. But Quake2 was/is probably one of the most pirated games of all time, so I can see why there's a desire to do some kind of authentication for online play. But there's got to be a balance somewhere.Quote:
Originally posted by Bearded Kirklander
At least we won't have to sign up on STEAM just to play the thing. :D
