STEAM-- Which Key Should I Sign Up With?

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Uzi Goes Blatt! wrote:
> I have my original CD's and keys for:
>
> Half Life.
> Half Life Game of the Year Edition.
> Opposing Force.
> Blue Shift.
> Gunman Chronicles.
>
> Which ones key do I use for signing up to a Steam account?
> Is it likely that some of my keys have expired in some way and wont be
> accepted by Valve because I have only used one key when playing
> online so far?
> I have never cheated or anything like that.
> I have never given away my keys either, afaik!
> So far I've only used my HL GOY Edition key with no problems playing
> CS1.5 online.
> I've owned my original game CD's since brand new and I was wondering
> if Valve has made redundant or unusable old keys that have not ever
> been WON or STEAM authorised online?

Both of the Half-Life ones will work. They don't expire (not yet anyway).
Make sure you remember the e-mail you sign up with, it's the only one you
can use with the CD key you originally use, that is, you can't change your
e-mail addy and you can't register more than once with one CD key.

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Damien McBain <ask.me@for.it> wrote in message
news:4083b126$0$16581$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au...
> Both of the Half-Life ones will work. They don't expire (not yet anyway).
> Make sure you remember the e-mail you sign up with, it's the only one you
> can use with the CD key you originally use, that is, you can't change your
> e-mail addy and you can't register more than once with one CD key.
>
>

Thanks! :-)

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Sign up with your HL CD-Key for now. BUT, keep your GOTY and OpFor CD
Key's around just in case you get banned by VAC.

Uzi Goes Blatt! wrote:

> I have my original CD's and keys for:
>
> Half Life.
> Half Life Game of the Year Edition.
> Opposing Force.
> Blue Shift.
> Gunman Chronicles.
>
> Which ones key do I use for signing up to a Steam account?
> Is it likely that some of my keys have expired in some way and wont be
> accepted by Valve because I have only used one key when playing online so
> far?
> I have never cheated or anything like that.
> I have never given away my keys either, afaik!
> So far I've only used my HL GOY Edition key with no problems playing CS1.5
> online.
> I've owned my original game CD's since brand new and I was wondering if
> Valve has made redundant or unusable old keys that have not ever been WON or
> STEAM authorised online?
>
>


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Thanks,

Tom "Necromancer" Scott
Website: http://www.commorragh.org

Welcome to the Darkness...

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (More info?)

The Key dose not expired for use with steam. It dose not matter what
one you use. I use the just half-life key.
John




On Mon, 10 May 2004 19:40:25 GMT, Tom Scott
<necromancer@commorragh.org> wrote:

>Sign up with your HL CD-Key for now. BUT, keep your GOTY and OpFor CD
>Key's around just in case you get banned by VAC.
>
>Uzi Goes Blatt! wrote:
>
>> I have my original CD's and keys for:
>>
>> Half Life.
>> Half Life Game of the Year Edition.
>> Opposing Force.
>> Blue Shift.
>> Gunman Chronicles.
>>
>> Which ones key do I use for signing up to a Steam account?
>> Is it likely that some of my keys have expired in some way and wont be
>> accepted by Valve because I have only used one key when playing online so
>> far?
>> I have never cheated or anything like that.
>> I have never given away my keys either, afaik!
>> So far I've only used my HL GOY Edition key with no problems playing CS1.5
>> online.
>> I've owned my original game CD's since brand new and I was wondering if
>> Valve has made redundant or unusable old keys that have not ever been WON or
>> STEAM authorised online?
>>
>>