[stefanhendriks]

lol steam sucks because you cant play HL1 online because you lost ur username? Rofl, isnt that very 'the other way around'. Ie, its the same as buying a house and then lose all keys.

Btw, HL1 can be still played non-steamed

EDIT:
It can be played legally, as you bought the game in that current form. THere is no way to say you are illegally playing HL1 which you bought and then installed and then can play. THat would mean, every HL1 copy a user owns would be considered illegal suddendly if they would not use STEAM. Thats ridicilous.