getting cheap game -- should I get new Steam account ?

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Beladi Nasralla - 27 Nov 2007 12:44 GMT

I am expecting to receive my Orange Box which I bought through eBay
from an Indian seller.

I already have an account at Steam which contains my HL2, HL2:DM, CS:S
and HL2:Ep1, all bought in my country of residence and/or through
Steam. I regularly play HL2DM.

The question is: should I get another account on Steam where I will
register my Orange Box ? (Thus, in the case they cancel my Orange Box
games in their buggy imlentation of cancel, I will have no problems
with the rest of the games). Will it be easy for me to switch between
the accounts ?

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Shawk - 27 Nov 2007 13:47 GMT

> I am expecting to receive my Orange Box which I bought through eBay
> from an Indian seller.
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> with the rest of the games). Will it be easy for me to switch between
> the accounts ?

Depends how confident you are that the Orange Box really is brand new,
has not been used and importantly, India is a region where Valve will
allow it to be imported from. I'd *strongly* advise you ask the
question in the Steam forums.

If you do have to set up a second account then switching between them
means simply entering a new user name and password.

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Ben Cottrell - 27 Nov 2007 16:53 GMT

> If you do have to set up a second account then switching between them
> means simply entering a new user name and password.

Be aware that offline mode can only work with one account at a time too.

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Shawk - 27 Nov 2007 17:01 GMT

>> If you do have to set up a second account then switching between them
>> means simply entering a new user name and password.
>
> Be aware that offline mode can only work with one account at a time too.

Didn't know that...

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John Lewis - 27 Nov 2007 16:56 GMT

>I am expecting to receive my Orange Box which I bought through eBay
>from an Indian seller.

Not at all a wise purchase. Do not be surprised if you find that the
CD key has been already used to create a Steam account and you have
been shafted. Well, the box contents can then be used for Christmas
decorations :-) :-)

>I already have an account at Steam which contains my HL2, HL2:DM, CS:S
>and HL2:Ep1, all bought in my country of residence and/or through
>Steam. I regularly play HL2DM.
>
>The question is: should I get another account on Steam where I will
>register my Orange Box ?

Yes !

A new account-name. And password.
And more importantly a new email-address to attach to the account
name. ( Create a new email account on hotmail or something similar )

>(Thus, in the case they cancel my Orange Box
>games in their buggy imlentation of cancel, I will have no problems
>with the rest of the games). Will it be easy for me to switch between
>the accounts ?

Dead-easy. Just log-in to Steam under the alternate account-name and
password.

John Lewis

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Robotech_Master - 27 Nov 2007 18:03 GMT

> Not at all a wise purchase. Do not be surprised if you find that
> the CD key has been already used to create a Steam account and you
> have been shafted. Well, the box contents can then be used for
> Christmas decorations :-) :-)

Yeah. I can't see why anyone would go the
buy-a-foreign-edition-cheaply route when 'tis the season for big sales
at major retailers. Best Buy has already had the Orange Box for $25 on
Black Friday. Who knows, maybe they or someone else will have it there
again sometime this season.

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Tzortzakakis Dimitrios - 24 May 2008 16:46 GMT

>> Not at all a wise purchase. Do not be surprised if you find that
>> the CD key has been already used to create a Steam account and you
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> Black Friday. Who knows, maybe they or someone else will have it there
> again sometime this season.

I had HL and HL2 bound to my old Steam account, I gave both games away
together with the Steam account. I bought The orange box for 50 euros from a
local shop, and I just opened a new steam account.

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