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> Well, actually it is - as a past legitimate purchaser of HL, with my
> registration card sent in, why hasn't Valve contacted me about the
> necessity
> of loading Steam before the release?
>
> In any case it's going back. I won't buy it until they get rid of this
> BS,
> or I can get a cracked version. It's not like I don't have a ton of other
> FPS games waiting for me to play (Far Cry, Doom3, etc.) <shrug>
>
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