Ill might be able to help you guys out with your Valve...problem.

*Cocks his glock pointed at Gabe Newell's head, and begins to laugh uproariously*

There was a lot of talk about Spyware in Steam to cover its costs, that was about a month or two ago though. (Sorry for no real details, I've distanced myself from CS for a while now and only heard it when I was looking for files for a friend)

I think that steam is a peice of shit, won is so much better. Besides the fact of the new shit that came along with 1.6/steam you had to redo all of your admin shit, and change your way of playing, 1.6 is like playing a whole new game, I believe it is too much like damn Condition Zero, I want 1.5, there was nothing wrong with it, it ran just fine......