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[GTX2GvO]

Originally Posted by Eagle of Fire

Steam, Games for Windows Live and other similar products are all the same as far as I am concerned. How they are handled doesn't matter in the slightest: you still need to be online for it to work.

Although Steam prefers to be online.
It's NOT a 100% requirement.

Once a game in the list has done it's first time setup through steam, you can play it while steam is in offline mode.

I use that on occasion when my connection is just too cr@p to load anything.

Requirements for offline play are:
- Steam must be allowed to store user credentials.
(My own laptop, so no problem of anyone else logging in on my stuff)
- Game has to be started while online @least once to set up and check for patches.
- your internet has to be out 100%.
(if steam detects even the slightest hint of a connection it will try to go online)




Also. On the 100mb use.
It's only using 50mb of RAM here. So that's 50% LESS then all of you say.
It is also just 10% of what Firefox is using on my laptop.
(above average amount off add-ons + a lot of pages open in tabs)

[jonh_sabugs]

One more thing, people shouldn't treat the personal data collection thing so lightly. Yes, they will be using it mostly for marketing and, while annoying, this particular use is mostly harmless. The problem is with the unseen usage of the information. I worked for some time in a company specialized in processing gathered personal data, for profile tracing and other things. Let me say, it is scary, to say the least.

On the 100mb thing, really, it's a lot. Granted, modern OS's have this awful trend of slugging all the resources, and lazy programmers don't help at all also, by churning everything on RAM. I have always actively opposed promiscuous memory usage, and Steam isn't helping.

[KrazeeXXL]

when I want to stay legal I must use it. Otherwise I have to look for other "solutions".

That is all.

[Lulu_Jane]

That doesn't make much sense.

[KrazeeXXL]

my, don't pretend you're not knowing what I'm talking about. kinda ridiculous...

So it doesn't make much sense that I just can play a game like DX:HR with Steam? or have to use cracks or an illegal copy otherwise?

edit: if you're assuming that not playing the game is the option then... erm yea... just stop commenting... lol

as this makes no sense at all

@Eagle of Fire: there's a difference between a forum and a chatroom.