HL2 steam question

Greg Wak · Post by **Greg Wak** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:14 am

I heard that there are 2 million preorders for HL2. Hope this is true as I would like it to beat Halo 2 just because I'm a pc kinda guy. Since everyone who buys HL2 has to activate it with steam on tuesday, are we headind for a meltdown? I know they must have planned for this but thats alot of people hitting the ole server farm at once. It would drive me nuts to have this and not be able to activate it.

warning · Post by **warning** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:33 pm

We won't know until Tuesday. I believe the 2 million figure is preloads, not preorders. If so, 2 million people have a locked copy of Half-Life 2 on their hard drive waiting for a (presumably) small executable file to be downloaded. I hope that means the servers won't get hammered but who knows?

Greg Wak · Post by **Greg Wak** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:51 pm

No matter how small the activation download is I don't see how you can accomidate hundreds of thousands in the same instant but I'm sure they have thought of this. It will be interesting to see if it works on the piracy front.

knob · Post by **knob** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:58 pm

Supposedly it's becoming unlocked at 3am in the morning?

I might set my alarm just so I can try to get it going early in the morning. Unfortunately, I have school ALL FREAKING DAY LONG. From 9am to about 8:30pm.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:01 pm

Valael wrote:Supposedly it's becoming unlocked at 3am in the morning?

I might set my alarm just so I can try to get it going early in the morning. Unfortunately, I have school ALL FREAKING DAY LONG. From 9am to about 8:30pm.

Depends on where you live. But if you change the clock on your PC will it make a difference when authenticating with Steam? Dunno.

I was on the fence about Steam, but after seeing that the game ships on 5 CDs, I decided there is no easier way to sneak new games in the house than to download them directly. No boxes to hide. No EB Games bags from the mall to ditch.

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Orpheo · Post by **Orpheo** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:58 pm

I'm pretty sure they're unlocking it at midnight Monday night (Tuesday morning), Pacific Standard Time. So that's 3:00am if you're on the east coast, and changing your system clock doesn't matter.

Two Sheds · Post by **Two Sheds** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 2:10 pm

From what I've read, Orpheo is correct.

The really sucky thing is that I'll be at work all day Tuesday, then at class Tuesday night until 9:00 with an unlocked copy of Half Life 2 just sitting at home, calling to me, begging to be played. It would sure be a shame if I was sick and couldn't go to class on Wednesday.

none · Post by **none** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 2:37 pm

well, i seem to be detecting flu-like symtoms from the tone of your post. best be safe and stay home wednesday.

Al · Post by Al » Sat Nov 13, 2004 2:46 pm

Shit! You gave me your flu!

lildrgn · Post by **lildrgn** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:16 pm

Ah, Ah, AH-CHOO!

Man, I got it too!

Caine · Post by **Caine** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:58 pm

be careful what you wish for....

i just got back up after a week of the flu. damn timing that it happened before hl2 came out, but heh, i wouldn't have been able to play with all the coughing, fever, and headaches i had. bad news the flu.

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