02-15-2003, 02:14 PM
Quite often I'll want to play ricochet or counter-strike, and as I join a server it won't let me connect because it couldn't authenticate my WONID. Usually I can do two things... one, I can just try exiting HL and clicking on the shortcut to another HL mod, connect to one of those servers, and it should work, I exit the game and just join the server for the game I wanted in the first place. If that doesn't work, I just restart my computer and it works fine. Before you start thinking it's because someone else is using my CDkey, it's not. I have my own that no one else uses. It's just a weird error. Now, today I tried it, and when I connect, it sat on "Starting Network..." for like 2 mins, then finally told me it couldn't authenticate. That freeze has never happened. I tried a CS server, same thing. I restarted comp, same thing. I shut down, disconnected my cable modem and router, reconnected, turned on comp, same exact thing, except it froze on the countdown. Each time, if I wait it out, it says it can't authenticate. I'm gettin ticked because I wanna play a game to kill some time before going to a Kings game. Anyway, just wanna know if any of this happens to anyone else, and maybe I can get an answer here.