[Flipside]

THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF USE OR PERFORMANCE OF STEAM AND THE STEAM SOFTWARE REMAINS WITH YOU, THE USER. VALVE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY FOR STEAM AND THE STEAM SOFTWARE.  STEAM AND THE STEAM SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT.  ANY WARRANTY AGAINST INFRINGEMENT THAT MAY BE PROVIDED IN SECTION 2-312(3) OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AND/OR IN ANY OTHER COMPARABLE STATE STATUTE IS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.

VALVE DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONTINOUS, ERROR-FREE, VIRUS-FREE OR SECURE OPERATION AND ACCESS TO STEAM, THE STEAM SOFTWARE, YOUR ACCOUNT AND YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS(S).  YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK WITH RESPECT TO THE PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS OF THE STEAM SOFTWARE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR HARDWARE.

NEITHER VALVE, ITS LICENSORS, NOR THEIR AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE STEAM, YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS AND THE STEAM SOFTWARE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES.  YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY DISPUTE WITH VALVE IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF STEAM AND CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, VALVE, ITS LICENSORS, AND THEIR AFFILIATES LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

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You MUST have Steam to play HalfLife2 right? Therefore STEAM is an inseperable function from the game. Doesn't this mean they are trying to say that no matter what goes wrong with Half Life 2, you are the person responsible for it?

Seems a wee bit iffy in the UK, gonna check that out

Edit : Bolded another interesting part.

[Liberator]

NEITHER VALVE, ITS LICENSORS, NOR THEIR AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE STEAM, YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS AND THE STEAM SOFTWARE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES.

That's brilliant.  

Our software is perfect.  It's the users fault.

Talk about drinking the kool-aid.

[Flipside]

As far as I'm aware in the UK, you cannot turn around and say 'This Trading Standard Law doesn't apply to us because we say so'.

It doesn't work like that.

[aldo_14]

****e, innit?  I'm currently deciding if there's any point in keeping the game still installed or whether I should chance I my arm and just return it (now I've finished it).

[Col. Fishguts]

..., WORK STOPPAGE, .....

Is that a real word ?

[Flipside]

Apparently it is if this document says so......

Thing is, my eldest brother is a senior Trading Standards officer, and, as far as I'm aware, there is a reason that Trading Standards is called that and not 'The Trading Law Enforcement Agency' or the like.....

The rules of Merchantible Quality etc are not laws that can be broken (or chosen to be excluded from). They are Standards, that must be met for the goods to be legally sold in the UK...

I'm going to show my brother this agreement next time I see him

[Flipside]

Oh, and installation halted because of an error.....

Do not tell me it won't install with IE running........

[vyper]

If Valve say it is...

[Fergus]

Thank goodness my PC is too rubbish to have this stress

[kasperl]

I'm serious, I hope they get sued. This is ridicioulous. I'm not buying HL2 as long as Steam is needed for singleplayer.

[kode]

Law eats EULAs for breakfast.

[Flipside]

'Your subscription to Half Life 2 Retail Standard has not been completed because Steam servers are currently unable to process the transaction.'

'You won't be able to play HalfLife 2 until the subscription process is complete. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.'



I'm paying £35 effing quid to sit on my arse and wait?!?!?!.

[Ford Prefect]

Translation:

$t3@m d03sn't pr0mis3 j@ck $hitz0r!!!1111

th1$ iz cuz $t3@m $ux0rz!!!!!!11111

d0n't b3 @ nubz0r @nd c0mpl@in wh3n ur g@mez0rz d0n't w0rk!!!!!1111 j00 h@v3 b33n w@rnz0r3d!!!!!!!!!!111111

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Flipside
'I'm paying £35 effing quid to sit on my arse and wait?!?!?!.

While I'm mostly sorry for you part of me does get the feeling that if you were stupid enough to pay £35 for this abuse......

[Flipside]

Tell me about it....

Ah well, it seems to have finally registered me, and I am now sitting waiting for it to decrypt stuff........

It's like the puzzles start before the game even runs......

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by karajorma


While I'm mostly sorry for you part of me does get the feeling that if you were stupid enough to pay £35 for this abuse......

Oi!  We didn;t know it was going to be like this, did we?  Just expected to switch on the internet, spend 5 seconds getting a little acknowledgement that we could play the game, and then quickly uninstall Steam and get back to shotting stuff.

no-one told me I'd actually have to keep the damn thing installed on me PC, neverless that i'd have to wait on it 'validating' my copy every bloody time I wanted to play using the CD key and with the DVD in the bloody drive.

[kode]

those who pirated it seems to be a lot better off...

not that I did, or even wanted to. hl2 doesn't really interest me.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by aldo_14
Oi!  We didn;t know it was going to be like this, did we?  Just expected to switch on the internet, spend 5 seconds getting a little acknowledgement that we could play the game, and then quickly uninstall Steam and get back to shotting stuff.

no-one told me I'd actually have to keep the damn thing installed on me PC, neverless that i'd have to wait on it 'validating' my copy every bloody time I wanted to play using the CD key and with the DVD in the bloody drive.

If you hadn't heard how bad it actually was then I suppose I can't blame you.

All the people I've heard talking about it have claimed that you don't need a net connection to play the game once you've registered it. Have you tried just firewalling the game now that it's registered?

[kasperl]

I truly and honestly hope someome is going to go class action against Valve.

[Gloriano]

VALVE DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONTINOUS, ERROR-FREE, VIRUS-FREE OR SECURE OPERATION AND ACCESS TO STEAM, THE STEAM SOFTWARE, YOUR ACCOUNT AND YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS(S). YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK WITH RESPECT TO THE PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS OF THE STEAM SOFTWARE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR HARDWARE.

now that just sucks

 after i uninstall HL2 I'am not going ever install it again