is it possible

[Guest]

for someone else to use the same cdkey as u with steam and still be able to play with u?? i got a friend that wants to try counter-strike, but he doesn't have a cdkey... and i really want him to play, but i want to no if i give him my cdkey, will we both be able to play?

[Miagi]

http://www.gametiger.com/counter-strike/ga...ike-cd-keys.php

https://www.totse.com/en/technology/compute...ogy/167007.html

Why do you think no one will give anyone asking for a cdkey on message boards theirs?

I thought I heard of some cdkey generator once before though.

[Gwarsbane]

No it will not work. Steam will not allow a second account with the same key.

While this is good, its also bad because if someone used a keygen and got my key and registered it with steam first, my legit key would not work on steam, but the other person could play all they want on a stolen key.

[FreeFall]

fake ones don't work either. . .my friend tried. . .he has a legit copy but got banned from steam for hackig apparently. . .we scanned his computer and found none. . .so it was a false accusation. . but now he's banned and can only play on servers not monitered by VAC.

[Gwarsbane]

What is was is someone got the key before they started to enforce the one account per key and they cheated with it, thats why your friend was banned.


The way that steam did the steamids is a good way, BUT it should have only been enforced when new games like half-life 2 came out with totally new serial numbers.


As it is now, anyone with a stolen serial number that registers it with steam is considered the owner of that serial number with no real way to prove it.

I have heard of people going to the store, buying the game new from the store, bringing it home and then put in the new CD key only to find that some person using a key gen has already put the key into steam. So unless the store replaces it, the person is out 20 to 30 bucks.

There have been some idiots that I have said, "just go and buy 5 or 10 copies of it and you're bound to find a working one". Why would someone have to spend 50 to 100 bucks on a bunch of copies of the same game just to get a working serial number.

This is why I would like to buy half-life 2 the day it comes out so that I can make sure my CD works when I get it.

[FreeFall]

There have been some idiots that I have said, "just go and buy 5 or 10 copies of it and you're bound to find a working one".  Why would someone have to spend 50 to 100 bucks on a bunch of copies of the same game just to get a working serial number.

you could return all the other non-working copies. . .right?

[Gwarsbane]

Some stores will allow you to return them some will only allow you to returned unopened ones, some won't let you return any software at all.

really its a flip of a 3 sided coin :)

[Guest]

If anyone of you ever bothered to read the AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) for software that comes in a box, once of the things they state is that by opening the box you have agreed to the terms and conditions supplied within....


... anyone else every though how stupid that is ?

[FreeFall]

i guessed i never really tthought about it. . with my x-ray vision and all