Counter Strike Steam CD-Key

5tina-5tina- Runcorn, UK
edited September 2004 in Gaming
I have a copy of half life and have recently installed Steam to play Counter Strike Online. I have never registered the cd-key with steam but when it asks me for it they tell me it is already registered with them!

They do not reply to any emails i send to them so does anybody know why this is. Im guessing somebody without a legitimate copy of half life has used a cd-key which happens to be mine!!

Any ideas what i can do?

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    Try calling their tech support?
  • Omatic810Omatic810 Gainesville, FL
    edited March 2004
    Go to the store and buy a 5 or 10 dollar copy of half-life, then use that key. BTW, did you let any friends borrow that game? If they did, then you should ask them to disable that account. Besides that, i dunno what you can do besides hunt that other person down and give them a wedgie.
  • -Ben-Ben
    edited September 2004
    Well i just put a response maybe the database ate it.

    But i'll just sum it up. Sierra fooked the cd key printing process and reprinted a bunch of old cd keys.

    If you bought half life 90 days ago you can do a straight out swap with vivendi.

    If you still have the jewel case and it's after 90 days visit the support section of www.steampowered.com

    But that method takes awhile 2-6 weeks iirc so you'll probably be better buying a cheap version of half life from game, can get them for about £5
  • MoTHA_NaTuREMoTHA_NaTuRE All over this bizzatch called FL
    edited September 2004
    you know some ppl walks to game stores, open the box, copy down the key, and put everything back together.
    and they never get caught.... :mad2:
  • CreepCreep Hell Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Maybe you should try that :)
  • RobRob Detroit, MI
    edited September 2004
    Just buy it right on steam?
    I have a HL key from years ago, but I know I've bought other games from the steam account. Sometimes it's not worth the aggravation to hunt them down.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    I installed Steam for CS for the first time last night - it had been months since I had last played the WON version of 1.5. I was shocked to find out my key wasn't in use. I thought for sure that one of my former roommates would be using it, or a keygen would have picked it up.

    I had a list of other keys that are unlikely to be in use at one time. If I ever find it, I'll help a brother out. :thumbsup:
  • WestCoastWestCoast
    edited September 2004
    www.ebay.com


    buy counter strike blue shift. it will cost you around $5-$8. You can use the cdkey from blueshift for steam. That's only if you want to play Counter Strike. If you want to play condition zero the only way is to buy condition zero. =( Hope that helped.
  • CreepCreep Hell Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    screw CS and wait for HL2 or go buy Doom3 CS is lame now adays
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