One steam account and two computers...

[Dulrough]

Ok, I bought HL2 on steam, and this afternoon on my home LAN I played with my buddy with no apperent problems from steam, what Im concerned though that this may not be allowed.
I tried searching the Steam powered forums, but LAN is not 4 letters so it wont, and no one types you local area net if they dont have to. Of course I cant create a new thread because I dont have enough posts there...

So, is my steam account in deep sh*t?
Unfortunately this only crosed my mind after the fact...

 

[Ansur]

I don't think its allowed; 1 steam account / computer.
Now, if you can log on to the steam network, that probably means your account is still valid

 

[Bluestrike]

Isn't it impossible to login with the same acount twice anyway?
So maybe you found/expoited a bug or steam allowed it because you probebly had same ip's?

Anyway just guessing.

 

[Woggy]

This is really annoying me as well. We have 4 PCs at home (I have 3 siblings) and I dont see how I can buy 4 seperate copies for 4 seperate computers so they can all play. And if singleplayer requires a steam account as well.. oh boooyyy :|

(theyre shit computers though, they might not run it anyway..)

 

[McVittees]

Ok, I bought HL2 on steam, and this afternoon on my home LAN I played with my buddy with no apperent problems from steam, what Im concerned though that this may not be allowed.
I tried searching the Steam powered forums, but LAN is not 4 letters so it wont, and no one types you local area net if they dont have to. Of course I cant create a new thread because I dont have enough posts there...

So, is my steam account in deep sh*t?
Unfortunately this only crosed my mind after the fact...

Try a search on the Steam support FAQ with the phrase 'using Steam offline'. It will explain how to run Steam on a LAN.

 

[Wesisapie]

they can hardly ban your steam account for you doing something that isnt blocked from doing, or has no warnings saying "dont do this or ya banned, git"

 

[.50Calibre]

as far as i know, steam only checks ips when playing an interent game, as playin lan doesnt actually require a net connection, if it makes u feel better unplug ur internet connection when u play lan

btw i dont condone anything i may have refered to, or anything that may happen due to something i didnt refer to.