Forum Overview :: Half-Life II ??? :: The shocking answer (in screenshot form) !

[quote name="elwonko"][quote name="Bill Dungsroman"]Just asking since, you know, I just bought the CD retail version and can't install Steam due to server overload. It won't let me play it offline even though it tantalizingly offers that option, only to deny you immediately after clicking. <FONT SIZE='4'><B>HOORAY, A FUCKING GAME THAT SUCKS BEFORE I PLAY ONE FUCKING SECOND OF IT.</B></FONT> No no, being penalized for buying the game the day it comes out is <I>awesome</I>. I'm sure it's great, but I'll see it for myself in oh, a week or two maybe? Now setting my alarm for 3 AM, amybe the server activity will dip around then. HL2: Best Game I'm Not Allowed to Play.[/quote] <img src="http://www.geocities.com/elwonko/failure.txt" title="The exciting world of Steam account creation failure!"> Wow. 10 out of 10. Game of the Year, no questions asked. I could play this game all night, and, judging from the last hour-and-a-half, I probably have to. Also, no manual or jewel case at all? C'mon Valve, you had <i>five years</i> - surely someone could've thrown together a thirty page .pdf file somewhere along the line. [/quote]