Missing the days before online activation/connection required!

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trying to play half life atm first steam asks me for my password so have to get it reset, and asks the question of [what did steam set your password as lst time] .. ive forgotten it!!

now an update before i can even play, not fun with really slow internet, im beginning to think maybe ive had enough with pc games and will just get myself a console the next time they come out, no faffing with hardware or settings and something that doesnt need upgrading for years

half life is ready to play in 1 second.. thats a long second, its been minutes!

Why do i HAVE to wait for updates to play? grr

 

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what? consoles do this too now?

i never knew that, [last console i played was xbox not 360] i guess this is why all these games arent complete on release now.. updates available

its not providing updates that annoys me, just you cant play said game until its updated, all microsoft firefox etc etc allow you to download now install later, why not use this?

i had forgotten my password because its set to remember, for some reason the check box had become unchecked


this wouldnt be a problem if the internet here wasnt so slow!

 

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Right click game in Steam > Properties > Updates > Do not automatically update this game > Cease crying.

thanks, that solves the problem, ill just update as and when this way

the problem is the net connection here yes, but i cant change that, and it wasnt a problem before games had this DRM i just prefer the old 'everything on the HDD' option, again, i always buy retail, its the only real option for games purchases