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HL2 Warez monkeys got PWNED!

Post by MD-2389 »

click me

Valve just killed 20,000 steam accounts, all of them using the same HL2 CD Key. :mrgreen:
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Post by CDN_Merlin »

That's why I bought my copy. The game is well worth it. Shame Doom 3 wasn't as good.
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Post by Warlock »

not really cause.

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no steam sw needed so the pirates win agen argg
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Post by AceCombat »

lol.......now how many leaked Halo2 accounts does MS gotta disable
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Post by Gooberman »

not nearly as much. Harder to hax teh xbox. Even harder to hax the 50/year xbox live fee.
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Post by Warlock »

and when Live sees a mod chip they suspend your account and ip ban ya
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Is it just me, or have anti-piracy measures reached TEH GHAYNESS++ levels these days...
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Post by Vindicator »

I'll say. Its like they want us to buy the game or somethin ;)
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Post by snoopy »

Mr. Perfect wrote:Is it just me, or have anti-piracy measures reached TEH GHAYNESS++ levels these days...
Maybe to match the ever growing piracy there is out there?
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Post by Mr. Perfect »

And does it work? XP has a similar activation measure and it's been the most widely pirated version of Windows yet! As far as I can tell, it's just inconviencing the people who actually buy the products. I'm not saying get rid of copy potection like CD-Keys, but this activation ★■◆● is just gay.

Well, that and the morons who use a single CD key 20,000 times over. ;)
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It's quite simple. You release a CD with a code generator for the program on it. You require a CD key to use the code generator. You require another code generation to access the CD key. You demand a CD key to access the code generator to access the first CD key to access the code generator for the program. Continue ad infinitum.

The ultimate in unhackable software!
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Post by kurupt »

Stryker wrote:It's quite simple. You release a CD with a code generator for the program on it. You require a CD key to use the code generator. You require another code generation to access the CD key. You demand a CD key to access the code generator to access the first CD key to access the code generator for the program. Continue ad infinitum.

The ultimate in unhackable software!
ive downloaded software that had this kind of protection before. it came with a nifty generator that generated all of those nasty numbers :D
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Post by Vindicator »

*looks closely at tank picture*

Dude... it even has the freakin Half Life logo (lambda) on it! :D
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Post by Mobius »

STEAM is TEH GAY.

Firstly, I like to have control over where my software installed - and inside the STEAM folder is NOT where I want it. Also, I want to launch the single player game without &^%^%$^&% Steam.

It's totally lame.
If I had paid money for it, I'd be very upset.
As it was, I got a DL voucher from a 9600XT.
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Mobius wrote:STEAM is TEH GAY.

Firstly, I like to have control over where my software installed - and inside the STEAM folder is NOT where I want it. Also, I want to launch the single player game without &^%^%$^&% Steam.

It's totally lame.
If I had paid money for it, I'd be very upset.
As it was, I got a DL voucher from a 9600XT.
Alas... its not your software, its valve's. HL2 uses a fair number of resources common with other games and mods availible and soon to be availible via steam. You should actually look around the steam folder first, but you are Mobi.

But, as long as you got an internet connection, you can play your games anywhere in the world.
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Post by Mr. Perfect »

We could do that before steam...
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