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MajinBuuMan t1_jeaatic wrote

The key should still work on Steam. And people still play CSS.

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Player551yt OP t1_jeacd9w wrote

I bought it used and the one who had it before me has already used it.

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Thor4269 t1_jeairrn wrote

Then you paid 2€ to learn a lesson... To not buy used multiplayer games

Guess you could sell it to someone else and continue the cycle

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Player551yt OP t1_jeaj4fp wrote

Didn't know it had an activation key. I won't sell it i will keep it because it looks cool on a shelf and buy the game on steam for like 1€ during the next steam sale.

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KeepBoppin t1_jeadmma wrote

HL DM was soooo much better than CSGO imho… idk why it died.

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Monkee-D t1_jeajzvd wrote

There are one or two servers alive. I fucking loved HL2:DM. I remember rushing home from school to play it back in the day. Still holds up decently today.

Classic old school death match style choas.

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SwivelingToast t1_jeay9fv wrote

Anyone remember SourceForts? I believe it started as a HL2:DM mod, where you'd go to a platform and press a button to spawn a piece of geometry. Then you'd grab the piece and use it to build a base to protect your flag, and when the timer ran out it was game on.

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bunchofsugar t1_jeah3rs wrote

Because it wasnt. All pre-CS DM games had either complete lack of depth or were too hard to play for an mass market gamer.

Team Fortress was kinda an exception, but back then it was hard to find enough players to make it work unless you were playing on internet, and good enough internet was luxury back then.

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Tobi_1989 t1_jeaiuxf wrote

Yeah, but Half-Life 2 deathmatch was a legend... How many other deathmatch games let you smash a dude's face in with a toilet bowl?

Or better yet, catch a toilet bowl sent to smash your face in and return to sender?

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Monkee-D t1_jeal50q wrote

I miss the days when not every fps was objective based with strick competitive elements players must adhere to. There wasn't a patch every week that changes the games meta, we just didn't care if every game element was perfectly and meticulously balanced. Sometimes you just want to jump into some crazy arena style gameplay with lots of choas and jump out. No player ranks, no unlockables, we didn't really even care if the team lost (because wants the point?)

You just played the damn game and were happy with what you got. Nowadays gamers expect everything to be tailor made to fit every need, want, and desire.

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bunchofsugar t1_jeals8x wrote

OG CS was like that actually.

But unlike lets say Quake you it was actually possible to win or at least score some kills without going really in depth.

In CS strategy and smart part of the game was kinda obvious for the new player. In Quake it took some experience to figure out that playing smart is actually more important than having reflexes.

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Monkee-D t1_jeapdvi wrote

That's true. CS actually has strategy, unlike HL2DM which is basically all luck and managed chaos. But maybe that's a good thing? It gives a more arcade like experience. You didn't need to try so hard with that game.

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KeepBoppin t1_jearkx0 wrote

The premise and gameplay was atleast… Source was the way.

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547610831 t1_jeali3v wrote

Because deathmatch is a crappy and boring multi-player style. That's why people made these mods like Team Fortress and Counterstrike because they wanted actually teamwork.

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Monkee-D t1_jeajmj6 wrote

Throw it away because the key is already taken?

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Player551yt OP t1_jeajwd3 wrote

Realised it too late. I still won't throw it away though.

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Monkee-D t1_jeb0mvv wrote

Oh! You can try to recover them possibly. The games may be on some forgotten steam account from years ago but if you go to the account recovery page on steam, I feel like there was a way to select "I don't have access to this email" - then enter the cd code.

With any luck you may be able to turn the account over somehow. 🤷‍♂️

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Player551yt OP t1_jeb1dmk wrote

Actually the account name is in the manual because the owner wrote it there for some reasonn but i don't think i want to do that because there is a chance they still use it.

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Monkee-D t1_jeb2r9n wrote

Check out their page.

If they haven't logged in for years/these are the only games, chances are they won't be coming back.

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Player551yt OP t1_jeb3my5 wrote

I searched for their name and found nothing.

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Monkee-D t1_jeb5urt wrote

I don't think you can search by account name anymore. You used to be able to (maybe?)

But try recovering it. You should have enough information to go on... Who knows?

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Player551yt OP t1_jeb4kdm wrote

It looks like they also put their password there and i tried the username + password and nothing happened.

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Monkee-D t1_jeb6nb4 wrote

I was able to recently recover a really old steam account I lost back in like 2006 with like no effort. I think I pretty much just entered the account name and selected "I no longer have access to this email..." Or something like that and it worked... Too bad. : /

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Player551yt OP t1_jeb6zl5 wrote

They sadly have removed that feature and replaced it with the phone number thing.

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firey21 t1_jeaaxcu wrote

Play it and put the box on the shelf?

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szibell t1_jeaaubl wrote

I have that!

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Rooty_Rootz t1_jebcxq7 wrote

I would put it in a display case or something

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