(Alternative title for this post was "Give me Steam…", but I think that would have been too complimentary. -_-)
After about 5 months of searching, I finally found my Halflife 2 disk yesterday. \o/
Since I've got this sexy "new" computer that should be able to handle pretty much anything I throw at it, I put HL2 up on this bitch and sat down to play… but wait, I forgot my password to Steam! No worries, right? Just get 'em to send you your "secret question," give them the answer and that's that. What? My secret question is "What is your favorite team?" How the fuck did that happen? I can't stand sports! Ah well, just register a new Steam account and play that bad boy.
You thought it'd be that easy, didn't you?
So, immediately after registering, I simultaneously get a pop-up message from Steam and an email, basically saying "You're registering a duplicate copy of a CD key, you're breaking the law, you owe us your fucking firstborn and you won't be able to play this game until you have a unique CD key."
So, this awesome * > $80 game that Lina so lovingly got me for my birthday a couple of years ago now amounts to an expensive drink coaster. Fuck you, Vivendi.
Fortunately, I racked my brain and remembered that Steve and I had changed the password so that he could put a friend of his onto Counterstrike for a weekend… after digging through my shoddy, Alzheimer's-riddled memory banks, I managed to recall the password and get the shindig started.
I still hate you, Vivendi. t(>_<)t
I have a similair situation with Paypal. My e-mail is registered, though I was not the one to register it . Funny that. After a few days of tedious trial-and-errors, I discovered someone I know has thier name assigned to my e-mail(?). I am guesing they used it at my house one day. However, an unusual login requirement for Paypal is the card number used in payments, and since that card has long been discarded, I’m pretty much screwed. The absolute most I’ve gotten out of them, after explaining that I needed a new account for MY e-mail address, was that I was not the registered user of that e-mail, which is funny, considering the entire correspondence was done over the net. The only real solution (aside from genocide) would be to create a new address, but if I have to go through the hassle of checking two accounts every day, I think I’ll get a good laugh out of it. Something like, paypalisalittlebitch@yahoo.com.
See, I think that’s even worse… Paypal = money, whereas Halflife is just a game. Granted, it’s an EXPENSIVE game (or, rather, it was when Lina got it for me), but it doesn’t equal out to losing access to, basically, your money.
I cannot rant enough about how stupid their executives have to be. I activated that account, by the way. ^^
Nice. Now, the key thing will be to call them up and do a password request, in person. For added fun, make sure you have them verify your email address verbally. ~_^
Life is suddenly a much happier place.
Hey, i wasn’t bothered to read both your posts but i heard about half life 2. (Get Episode 2, got PORtAl gun *So cooool*)
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