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    1 steam account, 2 users

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by flavourshaker, Mar 18, 2010.

  1. flavourshaker

    flavourshaker Notebook Guru

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    Im using my bros steam account at the mo ive got empire tw installed and ill be getting more games soon. Would there be problems for example if one of us was playing online and the other wanted to play the same game? Im wondering if id be better of just creating my own account for future games
    Cheers
     
    flavourshaker, Mar 18, 2010
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  2. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    there would be problems if one of you was online and the other wanted to play ANY game, not just the same game.

    time to get a second steam account.
     
    masterchef341, Mar 18, 2010
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  3. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I would think two users on one account is against some kind of steam licensing or agreement.

    Not that they can track it or know, so it would be a honors system for people to follow the rule.

    That said the main problem you will have is only one person can be logged into steam at one time. So only one person can play at the same time.

    I log onto my account at work on my laptop sometimes and will have my wife call me 3 minutes later asking me why I am playing games at work because she sees the message on my desktop at home "you have been logged of because your account has been logged onto on another computer" something like that.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Mar 18, 2010
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  4. AtolSammeek

    AtolSammeek Tokay Gecko

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    Best idea is ask the company. Email them and go this is a family account see if they can cut you a Deal. Like the second game half off. But dont send it to your friends becuse they can send it to there friends and it would look bad to your self.
     
    AtolSammeek, Mar 18, 2010
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  5. popypopy

    popypopy Notebook Evangelist

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    There is no such thing as a steam family account, they do offer discounts in bundles of 4 for some games form time to time, but those are for separate accounts. there is zero reason to use each others accounts except to share games. Which is sort of ok, but dont expect to play together or at the same time. The account can play one game at a time, period.
     
    popypopy, Mar 18, 2010
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  6. mew1838

    mew1838 Team Teal

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    Just do offline mode duh....
     
    mew1838, Mar 18, 2010
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    Dead2th3world Pure Hatred

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    I share my account with my girlfriend , she's in Paris and I'm in London .. works fine even when we are both online at the same time and playing (different games , haven't tried with a particular game but should work fine)

    As mew1838 said , go offline ...
     
    Dead2th3world, Mar 18, 2010
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  8. popypopy

    popypopy Notebook Evangelist

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    Cheapskates :p
     
    popypopy, Mar 18, 2010
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  9. flavourshaker

    flavourshaker Notebook Guru

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    Would it be possible to transfer empire total war to a new account when i make one or is it permanently stuck to the one i share. Itd be better to have all the games togther so i can play them whenever in offline mode.
    Cheers
     
    flavourshaker, Mar 18, 2010
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  10. @nthony

    @nthony Notebook Evangelist

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    lol, this is Steam, that kind of thing will only work at Mom&Pop's gaming variety store.

    No, once you purchase a game it is tied to that account. However it may be possible for each of you to go offline mode and play via LAN. It depends on how the game manages multiplayer accounts.
     
    @nthony, Mar 18, 2010
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  11. shinakuma9

    shinakuma9 Notebook Deity

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    actually my friend told me about a weird bug in steam
    Basically he said he can play SFIV with as many people as he wants with 1 steam account, all he said was that he goes to offline mode, lets his friends login with his steam account and they can go offline as well. Both of them start up SFIV and they can BOTH play online off 1 copy of the game, which is weird. I guess GFWL is poorly designed, i thought there would be a "cd key is in use" restriction or something.
     
    shinakuma9, Mar 18, 2010
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  12. @nthony

    @nthony Notebook Evangelist

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    It's not a bug. Read my post just before yours:
     
    @nthony, Mar 18, 2010
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