I want to play Half-Life 2. It’s a game I bought. I want to play the offline, single player portion which has nothing to do with anything online. Will Valve let me play it? No. Why? Because their stupid [not to mention completely pointless] activation system sucks utter ass.
I had it working earlier today. I guess too many people are playing/activating right now. You’re damn right I’m sour right now too: paying $60 for a broken product is not my idea of a good fun game.