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"Walter Mitty" <mitticus@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> JoeSmooth wrote:
> > "Walter Mitty" <mitticus@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:cshu75$d77$03$4@news.t-online.com...
> >
> >>JoeSmooth wrote:
> >>
> >>>I now own HL2. If I decide to buy another Steam title in the future,
> >
> > will I
> >
> >>>be able to start an entirely new steam account under a different name
> >
> > and
> >
> >>>play the new game from that account or will steam somehow try to force
> >
> > me to
> >
> >>>keep all games consolidated to one account?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>You should know the answer to that. It really isnt difficult. I thought
> >>higher of you than this blatant troll.
> >
> >
> > What I know I've gleened from threads here on the newsgroup (and we both
> > know how bias those sources can sometimes be). I'm just trying to get
clear
> > on a few issues before I make future purchases and the answers should
help
> > others as well. Why the hell that makes me a troll, I donno. Would you
> > rather I just make assumptions about Steam and act out of ignorance?
You've
> > accused me (and others) of that several times. With you, in this case,
I'm
> > damened if I do, damned if I don't.
> >
>
> Oh come on , puh-leaze. Read what you asked.
>
> Here : If I buy a new game am I able to associate it with a new steam
> account?
>
> Since you can have as many Steam accounts as you want, why on earth
> would you not be able to associate your new game with the new account?
>
> The acocunts are in no way linked. When you create a Steam account, does
> it somehow already know you have another? of courese not.
I also read here in this trusty newsgroup that Steam scans your HD and that
it looks for other steam related titles (even if they are pre-steam titles)
and it consolidates them into one account (for MP play?) and while doing so
it makes the keys obsolete. If so, then would multiple accounts create some
kind of conflict the next time Steam scans your HD? If it doesn't know you
already have another account, then why wouldn't it try to consolidate those
"other steam account games" into "this steam account games"? Granted I
could be misinformed about what steam does or doesn't do in terms of HD
scans and account consolidations, but that's why posted... to get clear
about it. BTW, is there a preference you can turn off so that steam does
NOT consolidate your games into one account?
> Thats how
> multiple people can log into steam on the same computer : multiple
accounts.
I suppose if two different people owning two different steam games installed
them on the same computer, then it would make sense that each individual
owner should each have their own steam account. If I'm not misinformed
about they way a steam account will retoractively consolidate pre-steam
games, then that means it's likely steam will consolidate different owners
into one account the first time it's installed (assuming this function is a
default function). Again, could be wrong on this and I welcome you to set
me straight.
>
>
> It is so blindingly obvious I mistakenly assumed you were trolling.
IMO, you probably mistakened me for trolling because you know I'm anti-steam
and so you read-into my otherwise neutral post. Maybe I'm guiliting of
overthinking the problem, but I think there's enough misinformation around
to justify a little confusion.
Nevertheless, thanks for the info, and if you can set me straight, thanks
all the more. However someone feels about Steam it's clearly better not to
be ignorant about it.
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