hi, im german so dont laugh about my english ... ;)

I think the most people would download the game at a warez site, because we all waited so long and the trouble of this delaying shit causes a big angerness . We all know that the developers of this game have done a big profit about this game, for example the sells of ati graphic cards,, steam ,, the online purchase ...etc.

I only want to say that i for example have got this steam account, where i preloaded this half life 2 game and its speed was amazing. I heard about people, who had trouble with the download, but that isnt true. Ive got a 3mbit pipe and my avarage download speed was 350 KB/sec, so there cant be any problems with speed or something ,, only if i have a got a 1 kb modem.

and the other thing i want to say, for that comment (usually if you pirate a game you can't play online at all, but if someone lets you use their steam account it could make things easier for a lot of people) ---- you could play every pirate game online !!