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post #21 of 282
11/14/04 at 1:13pm
All three of my nearest BB's said that it will be out tuesday and it is not on the shelfs
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post #22 of 282
11/14/04 at 1:18pm
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If you are on broadband, just buy it via steam...it has no sales tax and can save you a few bucks. Plus you never need CDs to run/install the game.
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post #23 of 282
11/14/04 at 1:24pm
Meh, I would rather have the cd's (six of them) physically in my hands for some reason.
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post #24 of 282
11/14/04 at 1:51pm
If you buy a HL2 on Steam and save it to one computer, can I install it on a different computer w/ out having to buy it again? (I'm asking because I want to be able to play this on my laptop & my soon-to-be-built desktop.
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post #25 of 282
11/14/04 at 1:53pm
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Yes you can. Steam is great...you can login to it on any computer anywhere in the world and your Valve catalogue will be available to you. Its going to be the norm in 5 years...you watch.
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post #26 of 282
11/14/04 at 2:05pm
THNX Craig I think I might actually use Steam now that that's cleared up.
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post #27 of 282
11/14/04 at 3:07pm
once you download it from steam can you burn it to disc.
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post #28 of 282
11/14/04 at 3:56pm
Yeah if I go thru steam and download it to my old computer an I (When my new alien comes) want to then download it to my new one will they charge me again?
Can you install it on as many computers as you like to?
I dunno there is something to actually holding those cd's or dvd in your hands.
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post #29 of 282
11/14/04 at 3:59pm
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You can install it as many times as you want on as many different machines as you want. The thing is that you will only be able to play one of them online at a time...they're still using a Key registration.
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post #30 of 282
11/14/04 at 6:35pm
I think broadband needs to be revamped for steam to be the norm. I think it would a neat idea to lay down gigabit ethernet across the nation, then it would take seconds, not hours, to download games.
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post #31 of 282
11/14/04 at 6:43pm
So, did anyone buy it yet? From BB that is?
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post #32 of 282
11/14/04 at 6:45pm
The box is quite a disappointment actually

After all this hype I expected to see a metal box as standard or option...bleh!

But the game will still kick ass and I cannot wait!!!
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post #33 of 282
11/14/04 at 6:46pm
i almost dont wanna get it till i get an alien so my gateway doesnt butcher the graphics, but its only 6 months old, im sure it can handle it just fine
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post #34 of 282
11/14/04 at 7:07pm
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Hahah! <click me
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post #35 of 282
11/14/04 at 7:17pm
LOL


So that's what the HL2 display would look like
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post #36 of 282
11/15/04 at 7:23pm
I'm sitting here... waiting... endlessly waiting... I think I'm going to set up a cooler full of bawls to bring me until 3:00... then go straight through the night, through school, and finally until 9-10 tomorrow. Or I'll just leave steam running overnight and play it in the morning
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post #37 of 282
11/15/04 at 7:28pm
lol
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post #38 of 282
11/15/04 at 7:47pm
I have a question, if we buy off or steam will the game be available at midnight tonight? the reason i ask is because i heard viviendi wants everyone to have authorization to play the game at the EXACT same time, so stores in austraila can't even sell the game untile 7 PM..seems a little overboard to me
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post #39 of 282
11/15/04 at 7:54pm
No use...I am not gonna camp out overnight because there is no MIDNIGHT release like they had for Halo 2.

I am surprised...Halo 2 was more anticipated than Half Life 2 ??

Now I have to wait until 10:00 am to get the game from the store
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post #40 of 282
11/15/04 at 7:57pm
My copy of half-life 2 is now on the fed Ex plane i was just notified Yesssssssssssss!!!!!
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