Sorry, just trying to find this guy again.
EDIT: in conclusion, he wouldn't accept my friend invite, I can only assume that he didn't mature enough himself to look past this. Whatever, I'm done with this ugly incident. The rest of you really didn't help, you fueled this and supported it, which...
It's alright, from the looks of it, I probably deserved it. I've been trying to contact marcopollo, but that's been pretty tough. Why'd he get banned, anyway?
1. don't make the same thread twice
2. there is no way in hell you downloaded HL2 that fast
3. do what I said
4. I hope you realize that there are problems with illegally obtained games that we can't help you with, it's not just because we hate pirates, it's because the bugs involved can't be...
"I only killed one guy, everyone else is doing fine!"
Before you go saying I'm comparing piracy to murder, I'm not. I'm comparing the flawed logic behind it. there is no magical threshold you have to hit before something's illegal, you do it once and there's consequences.
I'm pretty sick of...
I think you sort of screwed up your chances of actually getting help when you said they were "iligel". The people on this site are fans of Valve and many won't take kindly to someone ripping their stuff off illegally. That's your word of the day, since you also can't spell. Legal, Illegal.
EDIT...
Good God
Oh, me from 5 years ago, you so crazy...
EDIT: yeah, I know, bumping a thread from ancient times is probably frowned upon, I'm just looking through my past, here.