Yes, I agree.

I'm encountering with Steam the first time last night (sorry I'm not much of a gamer). I bought Sin Episode 1 from a local store for $19.99. I paid, Ok, god damn it! Only to find out that the game won't work until I connect online, update Steam, account registration, searching for the CD key, and enter it. Took me almost an hour, and still haven't get the game running yet. W-T-F! Please, stop punishing honest people who actually paid, and stop treating them like thieves. I missed the old days, where you pop in the game CD, install, and start playing. Who needs a spying program running in the back ground in order to play games!

Steam is A Smelly Steamy Pile Of Cow Dung! At least they should inform buyers about needing Steam to play the game, and put instructions how to use it.

Steam SUCKS Big Time. I too have Half-Life 2, and it always asks me to enter the CD-Key, well I bought the Freaking game from Future Shop LOL, anyway, this Steam thing needs to stop.

I will "NOT" buy games anymore which support "STEAM"

Nothing wrong with Steam in my opinion. Then again I'm a very very patient chap

-Stu