Can another Steam account be bought?

AnastieByte · 25 Jul 2006 at 16:28

I advertised on another forum for an unregistered Half Life 2. I own the game on my main computer but want to play LAN style with my son via a wireless connection so presume I need a legot CD or DVD. Somebody said they would sell me a unregistered steam account that would mean I could just download a copy. Is the possible or not legit. I want to do it right

AnastieByte · 25 Jul 2006 at 16:43

You mean using the steam ID this person is selling?

AnastieByte · 25 Jul 2006 at 16:52

Oer my brain hurts

I already own HL2. I want to play LAN style against my son at Counter Strike Source on our second PC. I thought the only way to do this was to buy a second copy of HL2?

AnastieByte · 25 Jul 2006 at 17:03

I think I get it
1) Set up second steam acc in sons name
2) Buy and download HL2 etc from Steam

So someone wanting to sell me a key is not legit? as I would still need the game

AnastieByte · 25 Jul 2006 at 17:17

DaveyD said:
As long as you are playing together offline, on a LAN, and not over the internet, you'll be fine for playing Counter-Strike: Source together using the same Steam accounts, so if that is all you want to do, all you need to do is log on with your Steam account on your sons PC and install CS:S on there. You do not need to buy a new copy of anything.

If you were to want to play online with him on a server with other people, then you would need another Steam account. You can buy a used version of Half-Life 2 fine, but you either have to make sure the seller is giving you the Steam account details for that version to go with it, OR, you contact valve, prove you own the game, and get the CD-Key transferred over to a new Steam account.

So:
1) Log into steam from his pc and download css again?

AnastieByte · 25 Jul 2006 at 17:32

Thanks will give it a go